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A YEAR OF REBUILDING
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Fischer and Foy lead the Sox
to a sweep
August 25,
1966 ... The Red Sox swept the Athletics in
both games of a doubleheader. In the first game, Joe Foy ended a long
three hour and 40 minute game with a walk-off two-run homer in the
ninth-inning for an 8 to 6 victory. The home run came off old friend
Ken Sanders with José Tartabull on base. The Red Sox had three home
runs, with George Scott knocking out his 24th in the third inning off Blue Moon
Odom with two men on base. Dennis Bennett also hit a solo job off Wes Stock in
the sixth inning. He was leading in the first game, 5 to 3 after the cloutted
his first American League home run. But he didn't have the strength enough to go
out and pitched the seventh inning.
Once he left, the game really dragged. Don McMahon pitched in the seventh
inning when the A's tied the game at 5 to 5. The first man made an out but then
came two doubles and a base hit. It looked as though McMahon would escape with
only one run when Larry Stahl grounded hard to Foy. He stepped on third for the
second out but threw the ball into the Red Sox dugout trying for the
double-play.
Sanders got out of trouble in the Sox seventh inning when Lenny Green hit a
hard grounder, with the bases loaded, right at Bert Campaneris who started a
doubleplay. The Red Sox finally got a run in the eighth when José Tartabull
opened the inning by doubling to left. Foy grounded out and Carl Yastrzemski
bounced to second with Tartabull moving over to third. Sanders then lost control
and walked the next three men. The last one was Eddie Kasko who forced in
Tartabull, making it 6 to 5. But in the ninth-inning, Ed Charles hit John
Wyatt's first pitch over the wall and tied up the score once more at six apiece.
In the bottom of the ninth George Thomas singled and George Thomas forced him
at second base. Tartabull forced Thomas and then Sanders tried to pick him off
first base, throwing the ball past the firstbaseman, allowing Jose to get to
second. The next batter was Foy and he got a high fastball that ended the game,
8 to 6.
Hank Fischer, the pitcher the Red Sox picked up the other day, started his
first game for his new team and beat the Kansas City Athletics, 4 to 1 in the
nite cap. He finished this game strongly, with Phil Roof ending his hope for a
shutout when he banged a long fly into the left-field nets in the ninth-inning.
Fisher got his batting help in the first and third innings. Tony Conigliaro
hit his 24th home run over the left-field wall, with Joe Foy on base, off
southpaw Paul Lindblad for a 2-0 lead. In the third inning, George Thomas lined
a single to left off Lindblad, after both Don Demeter and Conigliaro reached on
singles and George Scott getting a free pass, making the score 4-0.
Fisher gave up two hits in the first inning and never gave up another two in
a single inning. He even managed to get a base hit himself, so his first game in
a Red Sox uniform should give him plenty of decent memories. |
