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The series had two more games left but I went back to Charleston the next morning with instructions to ice my arm and practice gripping the ball with Vaseline covered fingers.
I was now 2-3 with a 3.79 ERA. I had allowed 35 hits and 17 earned runs in 40.1 innings. I had struck out 29 and walked 10 since coming to Charleston.
I didn't like it. I didn't like the feel of the ball on the slick fingers. I hated it in fact!
But I did it.
Meanwhile, in Columbia, the Rainbows fell apart in the seventh and a 1-0 game became an 8-0 game which became an 11-0 loss as Mets pitcher Steve Searcy struck out 10. My old buddy from Miami David James made his SALL debut in relief and, well, he was not good. 5 runs and 4 hits and 3 walks in 1.2 innnings. Okay, only four of them were earned.
The next night, again, late innnings. We had a 2-1 lead after six but the Mets got a run in the seventh and two in the eighth to win 4-2.
A four game sweep.
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