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...Cincinnati Reds claimed victory in the third game of the World Series by coming up with one run in the bottom of the tenth inning after a controversial call made by home plate umpire Larry Barnett...
Cesar Geronimo led off the tenth inning with a single. He was followed by bunting specialist Ed Armbrister who was pinch hitting for Cincy pitcher Rawly Eastwick. Armbrister laid down a bunt in front of home plate, but when Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk tried to make a throw to second to get Geronimo, he ran into Armbrister. As a result, Fisk's throw went over shortstop Rick Burleson's head and into centerfield. A heated argument between Sox manager Darrell Johnson and home plate umpire Barnett ensued, but the appeal did not succeed...
...bullpen held the Reds from the fifth to the tenth with four relievers seeing action...
...almost went ahead in the tenth when Yastrzemski hit a ball deep to centerfield with Denny Doyle on first. Reds centerfielder Geronimo caught up to it, though, and the Red Sox were blanked in the rest of the inning...
...bothered Ali on the ropes with more uppercuts, body punches and fast, punishing combinations. No matter that Ah fired back with flicking jabs, speed-of-light combinations, straight rights and lefts-he could not wear Frazier down. The challenger kept moving with his jolting left hook; in the tenth round, Ali's legs wobbled after a fast-moving Frazier left caught him squarely on the side of the head...