61. Hill retired the next two batters and the first batter in the seventh. 62. Hill had problems with the first batter in nearly every inning, allowing four hits and a walk in those situations. 63. He was replaced by Maloney, who hit his first batter, Andy Sheets, then walked Gomez. 64. His control missing from the beginning, Hershiser plunked Gerald Williams, the first batter of the game, on the back with his third pitch. 65. In his first game on the roster, Morris was called on to relieve in the late innings and whiffed the first batter he faced on four pitches. 66. In seven of the nine innings he worked, Glavine allowed the first batter of the inning to reach base. 67. In the fifth inning, Sanders got one out, the first batter of the inning. 68. In two of his three previous outings, the first batter he faced got a hit. 69. Irabu immediately answered, beanball for beanball, bouncing a fastball off the first batter he faced the next inning. 70. It also made him the first Sox batter to hit nine homers in April. |
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