It stands to reason that if a fellow pitches enough no-hit games, he is bound to win one sooner or later. Two months ago, against the New York Mets, Cincinnati's lim Maloney, 25, pitched ten innings of hitless ballâonly to lose the game 1-0 when Johnny Lewis, a .245 hitter, homered in the eleventh inning. Last week in Chicago, Maloney tried and tried again.
The Chicago Cubs did not hit a ball out of the infield until the eighth inning. But lim walked ten men, hit another, stretched the count to 3-2 against 14 batters. He loaded the bases on walks in...
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