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"I told him I didn't want to come out", Cheney said. "Back in those days, you finished what you started." Cheney wound up pitching eight straight hitless innings near the end. With his 228th and final pitch, he slipped a called third strike past pinch-hitter Dick Williams, who went on to become a major league manager.<ref>[http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Cheney.Tom.Obit.html Obituaries] ''The Dead Ball Era''.</ref> |
"I told him I didn't want to come out", Cheney said. "Back in those days, you finished what you started." Cheney wound up pitching eight straight hitless innings near the end. With his 228th and final pitch, he slipped a called third strike past pinch-hitter Dick Williams, who went on to become a major league manager.<ref>[http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Cheney.Tom.Obit.html Obituaries] ''The Dead Ball Era''.</ref> |
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It was not until the bottom of the 16th inning that teammate [[Bud Zipfel]] hit the game-winning home run off [[Baltimore Orioles|Orioles]] pitcher [[Dick Hall (baseball)|Dick Hall]] giving the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Senators]] a hard-fought 2–1 victory and Cheney a win and a major league record that still stands. [[Roger Clemens]], [[Kerry Wood]], and [[Max Scherzer]] |
It was not until the bottom of the 16th inning that teammate [[Bud Zipfel]] hit the game-winning home run off [[Baltimore Orioles|Orioles]] pitcher [[Dick Hall (baseball)|Dick Hall]] giving the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Senators]] a hard-fought 2–1 victory and Cheney a win and a major league record that still stands today. To this day, [[Roger Clemens]], [[Kerry Wood]], and [[Max Scherzer]] have come threateningly close to Cheney's record, but all four have failed, each striking out 20 men in their respective 9-inning regulation games. |
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Teammate [[Don Lock]] says of his gifts: |
Teammate [[Don Lock]] says of his gifts: |