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Mike St. Louis and Andy Bender led the hitting barrage, as St. Louis drove in five runs and Bender chalked up four RBIs, including a three-run homer in the sixth inning. Rick Kurzweil also blasted a three-run home run shot over the left-field fence...
...following day Tenace stepped aside for more likely heroes: Leftfielder Joe Rudi and Pitcher Jim ("Catfish") Hunter. Rudi, the most consistent hitter on the A's and a contender for the American League batting crown, belted a long drive into Riverfront Stadium's left-field stands for what proved to be the deciding run. Rudi made sure of that in the ninth by climbing high up the left-field wall to rob Denis Menke of a run-scoring double. The remarkable catch earned Rudi a place in World Series history next to Al Gionfriddo, who robbed Joe DiMaggio...
...night last week, while the Machine was beating a team from New York, Tony Perez came up to bat with the bases loaded and got all his weight into one. Way, way up in the left-field grandstand's third deck were two ingrates who thought they were safe. Tony's 500-ft. blast just cleared them and their sign, which read "Jimmy and Tobi Love the Mets." The Mets...
...Rollins, who popped up to shortstop. As the ball disappeared into the glove of Rico Petrocelli, Lonborg disappeared in a swarm of Red Sox fans. Boston had beaten Minnesota, 5-3, for its first first-place finish in 21 years, and the Fenway crowd tore the score from the left-field scoreboard...
...McDowell weakened and the Nats took the lead in the sixth as Ken McMullen singled and Frank Howard smacked a home run that hit the left-field pole...