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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO, PART 6 ... August 19, 1967 ... The Red Sox beat the California Angels by a score of 12 to 1. There were 29 hits in the game, 17 for the Red Sox, with Carl Yastrzemski getting four of them, and 12 for the Angels. There were six home runs and the Angels had four, there were 12 pitchers used, six for each team. The win went to Dan Osinski for the Red Sox, and the loss went to Jim Coates who gave up the 29th home run of the year to Yaz. José Santiago gave the Angels a quick 3 to 0 lead. In the first inning he walked Roger Repoz and Jimmie Hall. Don Mincher knocked in one run with a single to center and Reichardt knocked in two more with a double. George Scott got two of the runs back in the bottom of the first with a home run that scored Jerry Adair ahead of him, making it 3 to 2. The Angels got one run back with Jim Fregosi's home run in the third. Yaz started the third inning with a single to center, moved to second on a ground ball and took third on a wild pitch. Reggie Smith grounded out but during the process Yaz was able to score, making it 4 to 3. Ricky Clark started for the Angels but was knocked out after giving up a single to Elston Howard in the fourth. Against Pete Cimino, Mike Andrews doubled to left to score Howard. That tied up the game once again at 4 to 4. But in the fifth, Santiago gave up a single and a walk before being replaced by Sparky Lyle. Lyle came in and gave up consecutive singles to Hall and Mincher, that scored two runs, and put the Angels back on top 6 to 4. In the bottom of the fifth, singles by Yaz and Scott were followed by a wild pitch that moved the runners to second and third for Reggie Smith. Smith lofted a fly ball to centerfield that was deep enough for Yaz to score, cutting the lead to, 6 to 5. The Red Sox went on and tied it up in the seventh, on a single by Petrocelli, a double by Howard and an intentional walk to Mike Andrews. Pinch hitter, Norm Siebern's triple to center, scored three runners and put the Red Sox ahead to stay, 10-7. In the eighth-inning, Yaz started with his fourth hit, a double to right off Jim Weaver, the first pitcher of the inning. George Scott beat out a grounder to third and then Smith beat out a perfect bunt down the third-base line. Weaver tried to flag down Yaz, but missed. Bill Kelso came in next to pitch to Rico Petrocelli, who was disposed of with a pop fly to second. Howard, who had two hits in the game, hit a fly ball to left and after the catch Yaz broke for home. The throw from Rick Reichardt was good, but Bob Rodgers lost it trying to tag Yaz as he slid. The ball got away from him about 25 feet behind the plate. Kelso got to the ball that didn't know that his catcher had lost his glove. With Scott barreling home, he fired the ball at the plate. Rodgers made a valiant try to hold it, but without his glove, he flinched and the ball bounced out of his hand. Scott scored making the score 12 to 7. Darrell Brandon was the Red Sox sixth pitcher and pitched well in the eighth, only giving a home run of the Rick Reichardt. But in the ninth, he almost blew the game. He started by walking Bobby Knoop, and then John Werhas lined one to left, that Yastrzemski booted, allowing a run. Roger Repoz came up next and slammed a homer into the net, cutting the lead to 12 to 10. Fregosi struck out on a high pitch, but then came another home run by Hall, making it 12 to 11. That brought in Jerry Stephenson, who was called up from Toronto a week ago. He faced Mincher, who hit the first pitch softly out to Yaz. Stephenson hit Reichardt with a pitch and pinch-hitter Bill Skowron snuck a base hit through the right-field, putting the tying run on third. With Jim Lonborg in the bullpen, Dick Williams made a trip to the mound. He stuck was Stephenson and after throwing two pitches by Rodgers, he got him to hit a chopper to Petrocelli. Mike Andrews started to make the play, but let Petrocelli grab the ball, who went ahead making the throw to first, a step ahead of the Angels catcher, completing the doubleplay and the game. Tony Conigliaro was resting comfortably at the hospital, his left eye completely closed from being hit in the face by Jack Hamilton. Owner Tom Yawkey visit him on Saturday, but Hamilton went to the hospital in the morning and was denied admittance. Tony's teammates had sent him cards and a huge basket of fruit and telegrams were pouring in all afternoon. |
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