On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:37:28 -0500, "Komet17" <selucas@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>Today in Padre History
>April 27, 1982
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>Padres 8, Mets 5
>
>San Diego starts the bottom of the 3rd inning with 5 consecutive hits to
>chase New York starter Pat Zachry. The hits are by center fielder
Ruppert
>Jones (bunt single), right fielder Sixto Lezcano (single), catcher Terry
>Kennedy (single), third baseman Luis Salazar (triple), and first baseman
>Broderick Perkins (single). Jones leads the Padres with 3 hits, and
Lezcano
>and Salazar have 2 RBI apiece.
Of note: new manager Dick Williams did not throw away outs with
compulsive Sacrifice Bunts in this 9th inning rally. He let the
boys swing away.
As HOFer Earl Weaver points out, Outs are precious things,
you only get 27 a game, so make them count.
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