Un pitcher se dobla sobre el mont\u00c3\u00adculo del Estadio Municipal de Cleveland, luego de algunos movimientos laterales de su cabeza se pone de acuerdo con el receptor Ray Fosse. Otro serpentinero levanta el pi\u00c3\u00a9 derecho y hace resonar la mascota de John Bateman en el Three River Stadium.<\/p>\n
En el dugout de los Indios alguien se levanta y aplaude cuando su lanzador retira en fila a Don Buford, Merv Rettenmund y Johnny Oates sin que le saquen la bola del cuadro. En el infield del Three River Stadium, Don Money silba desde tercera base mientras el serpentinero le canta el tercer strike a Al Oliver para retirar el primer inning a paso de conga.<\/p>\n
En el segundo episodio Boog Powell descarga sencillo al jard\u00c3\u00adn central de Estadio Municipal. El pitcher busca las se\u00c3\u00b1as de Fosse. Brooks Robinson se sacrifica con toque al mont\u00c3\u00adculo. Terry Crowley la rueda por primera y Chris Chambliss hace el out sin asistencia mientras Powell llega a la antesala. Bobby Grich entrega el tercer out con rolling por segunda. En el cierre de esa entrada Chambliss conecta imparable a la izquierda luego de 2 outs. Buddy Bell descarga cuadrangular ante Dave McNally. Indios 2 – Orioles 0.<\/p>\n
En Three River Stadium Willie Monta\u00c3\u00b1ez abre la parte de arriba del segundo inning con sencillo al centro. Greg Luzinski sigue con imparable a la derecha y cuando Gene Clines pomponea la bola Monta\u00c3\u00b1ez anota la primera rayita de los Filis ante Steve Blass. En el cierre del inning el zurdo de los Filis domina en seguidilla a Willie Stargell, Manuel Sanguill\u00c3\u00a9n y Bob Robertson.<\/p>\n
Entre el tercero y el quinto episodios el espigado lanzador de los ind\u00c3\u00adgenas retira 10 Orioles seguidos hasta que Crowley negocia boleto, despu\u00c3\u00a9s ponch\u00c3\u00b3 a Grich y a Mark Belanger.<\/p>\n
En la apertura del tercero el pitcher le despacha vuelacercas a Steve Blass. Filadelfia 2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Pittsburgh 0. El zurdo retira en orden el tercer episodio de los Piratas. En el cuarto, Renaldo Stennett rompe la seguidilla de 10 retirados en fila al conectarle doblete. El pitcher se recompuso para ponchar a Al Oliver y a Stargell.<\/p>\n
En el estadio Municipal, Buford negocia boleto y Rettenmund suena imparable ante el serpentinero de Cleveland pero este obliga a Oates a batear un l\u00c3\u00adnea que se convierte en dobleplay. En el s\u00c3\u00a9ptimo se lleva a Powell, Robinson y Crowley a paso de conga.<\/p>\n
Para el quinto episodio el zurdo de los Filis recibe imparable de Sanguill\u00c3\u00a9n, pero luego poncha a Robertson, Richie Hebner y Jacinto Hern\u00c3\u00a1ndez. El sexto y s\u00c3\u00a9ptimo cap\u00c3\u00adtulo los retir\u00c3\u00b3 en orden.<\/p>\n
Fosse regresaba la pelota a su lanzador sin siquiera levantarse, solo marcaba las se\u00c3\u00b1ales y la pelota silbaba sobre el home. El pitcher retir\u00c3\u00b3 en fila a los \u00c3\u00baltimos 6 bateadores de los orop\u00c3\u00a9ndolas. Los Indios hab\u00c3\u00adan ganado 2-0 con un juego de 2 hits para su lanzador.<\/p>\n
El zurdo se llev\u00c3\u00b3 el octavo de los Piratas por la v\u00c3\u00ada del 1,2,3. En el noveno Roberto Clemente emergi\u00c3\u00b3 por Blass y negoci\u00c3\u00b3 boleto. Dock Ellis corri\u00c3\u00b3 por Clemente. Gene Clines son\u00c3\u00b3 sencillo al centro. Stennett toc\u00c3\u00b3 la pelota pero le sali\u00c3\u00b3 un elevado al pitcher qui\u00c3\u00a9n dobl\u00c3\u00b3 a Clines en segunda. Al Oliver fall\u00c3\u00b3 con elevado a la derecha. Los Filis derrotaban 2-0 a los Piratas con trabajo de 3 hits del zurdo.<\/p>\n
Gaylord Perry (Indios) y Steve Carlton (Filis) se convirtieron en aquel 1972, en los dos \u00c3\u00baltimos pitchers que dejaban una efectividad menor de 2 carreras limpias por cada 9 innings lanzados, habiendo lanzado por lo menos 300 innings. Ese a\u00c3\u00b1o los Indios terminaron pen\u00c3\u00baltimos en el Este de la Liga Americana y los Filis fueron \u00c3\u00baltimos en el Este de la Nacional.<\/p>\n
English Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n One pitcher bents down on the mound of the Cleveland Municipal Stadium. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s moving his head after watching the signs of the catcher Ray Fosse.<\/p>\n Other hurler raises his right foot and the ball strikes, with sound of drums, on John Bateman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mitt. It happens at Three Rivers Stadium.<\/p>\n At the Indians dugout someone stands up and claps when his pitcher retires in a row Don Buford, Merv Rettenmund and Johnny Oates all of them were out in the infield.<\/p>\n At the Three Rivers Stadium infield, Don Money whistles from third base while the pitcher strikes Al Oliver out to close the first inning in order.<\/p>\n In the second frame Boog Powell hits a line drive for a base hit to the Municipal Stadium center field. The pitcher looks for Fosse\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s signs. Brooks Robinson bunts to the mound and Powell arrives to second base. Terry Crowley bats a grounder to first base and Chris Chambliss makes the out on his own. Powell to third. Bobby Grich is the third out with grounder to second base. In the bottom of that inning Chambliss hits a base hit to left field after two outs. Buddy Bell smacks a dinger before Dave McNally. Indians 2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Orioles 0.<\/p>\n At the Three Rivers Stadium, Willie Monta\u00c3\u00b1ez leads the top of the second frame with a base hit to center field. Greg Luzinski follows up with another single to right field. When Gene Clines fumbles the ball Monta\u00c3\u00b1ez scores the first run of the Filis before Steve Blass. At the bottom of the inning, the Filis southpaw continued his dictatorship by retiring Willie Stargell, Manuel Sanguill\u00c3\u00a9n and Bob Robertson.<\/p>\n Between the third and fifth inning the tall pitcher of the Indians got ten Orioles out in a row, until Crowley was given a walk. Afterwards the pitcher struck Grich and Mark Belanger out.<\/p>\n In the top of the third inning the southpaw batted a home run against Steve Blass. Philadelphia 2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Pittsburgh 0. The lefthander retires three Pirates in a row in the third inning. In the fourth inning Renaldo Stennett breaks the ten consecutive outs by hitting a double. The pitcher got back to strike out Al Oliver and Stargell.<\/p>\n At the Municipal Stadium, Buford got a walk, and Rettenmund batted a single before the Cleveland pitcher, but then he forces Oates to hit a line drive that ends in a double play. In the seventh he retires in line Powell, Robinson and Crowley.<\/p>\n In the fifth inning the Phillies lefthander allows a single from Sanguillen. Afterwards he strikes out Robertson, Richie Hebner and Jacinto Hern\u00c3\u00a1ndez. He continued the consecutive outs in the sixth and seventh innings.<\/p>\n Fosse returned the ball to his pitcher from his knees. He only showed the signs and the ball whistled over home plate. The pitcher retired in a row the last six batters of the Orioles. The Indians had won 2-0 with a two-hitter for the pitcher.<\/p>\n The southpaw got the three outs in row in the eighth inning. In the ninth Roberto Clemente pinch hit for Blass and took a walk. Dock Ellis pinch ran for Clemente. Gene Clines hit a single to center field. Stennet bunted but the ball left as a fly to the pitcher and he completed a double play by making out Clines at second base. Al Oliver hit a fly to right field for the third out. The Phillies defeated the Pirates 2-0 with a three-hitter for the southpaw.<\/p>\n Gaylord Perry (Indians) and Steve Carlton (Phillies) became in 1972 the last two pitchers who had an ERA below 2.00 while working at least 300 innings. That year the Indians finished second to last in the American League East Division and the Phillies finished last in the National League East Division.<\/p>\n Alfonso\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s work has been featured in Venezuela\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s daily newspaper, El Nacional and in the magazine Gente en Ambiente, and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s collaborated on several articles for newspapers, including the daily paper Tal Cual. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also written three books and biographies for SABR\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s BioProject.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Un pitcher se dobla sobre el mont\u00c3\u00adculo del Estadio Municipal de Cleveland, luego de algunos movimientos laterales de su cabeza se pone de acuerdo con el receptor Ray Fosse. Otro serpentinero levanta el pi\u00c3\u00a9 derecho y hace resonar la mascota de John Bateman en el Three River Stadium. 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