And you hope you have a left-handed pitcher that can pick anyone off that gets on.

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However, Pettitte ranks 13th on the all-time career wins list for a left-handed pitcher.

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What he saw, down the first base line, was left-handed pitcher Cat Osterman working on her wicked windmill underhand delivery.

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In fourth and fifth on our list are the 2003 Marlins (91-71) and the 1916 Red Sox (91-63), a club led by an ace left-handed pitcher named Babe Ruth.

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Rick Ankiel's two-run homer off rookie Seth Maness (3-0) tied it in the top of the seventh and was his first against the team that converted the former left-handed pitcher to an outfielder in 2005.

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Kuroda pitched a five-hitter for his fifth major league shutout and Brett Gardner hit his first home run off a left-handed pitcher since July 2010, leading the New York Yankees over the Orioles 3-0 Sunday night.

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Kuroda pitched a five-hitter for his fifth major league shutout and Brett Gardner hit his first home run off a left-handed pitcher since July 2010, leading the New York over the Baltimore Orioles 3-0 Sunday night.

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He was a left-handed pitcher with no right hand who threw a no-hitter for the New York Yankees. (Jim Abbott.) He ran in the Olympic Games on prosthetic legs. (Oscar Pistorius.) She sprinted to an Olympic gold even though they once nearly amputated her feet. (Gail Devers.) You can't make up stories like those.

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