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Glenn Hoffman's great night leads the Sox June 23, 1982 ... A Fenway Park crowd of 30,547 saw the Red Sox complete a three- game sweep of the Tigers and extend Detroit's losing streak to 10 games. This time Boston didn't need any late-inning heroics or Detroit favors. Glenn Hoffman was the key contributor as he collected three hits, drove in four runs and broke a 3-3 tie with a two-run homer in the sixth inning. The Red Sox chased Tiger starter Jack Morris (8-8) and wound up with 17 hits. Evans hit his fifth home run, a titantic shot in the seventh, and his 19th double. The latter is more important, for it means he has regained the sweep stroke that he has had trouble maintaining this year. Carl Yastrzemski wound up with three more hits, raising his average to .325. Dennis Eckersley (7-6) ended a three-game losing streak, with relief help from Bob Stanley. After a fast start (.324 in April), Hoffman has been hitting .200. But his hitting spree couldn't have been more timely for the Red Sox. His homer gave the Sox the lead for good. In the seventh, when the Red Sox scored four runs, it was Hoffman who came through with a two- out, two-run, bases-loaded single. The night started as if it would be a long one for both teams. Eckersley had good stuff but poor location. Quicker than you can stay two doubles and a sacrifice fly, the Sox were trailing, 2-0, in the first. But Morris also was struggling. A single by Jerry Remy, a double by Evans and a sacrifice fly by Jim Rice produced a run and started a three-run inning. Detroit tied the game in the third, but the only real problem Boston faced after that was in the sixth, when Eckersley had to pitch out of a bases-loaded jam. Morris wasn't so lucky. He gave up a single to Dave Stapleton with one out in the sixth. Then Hoffman connected on a 3-2 pitch with two out for his fifth home run of the year, all of which have put Boston ahead. It was his first homer since May 19. The Sox chased Morris in the seventh with four more runs. A walk to Jerry Remy and Evans' home run made it 7-3. The Sox got three more runs against the Tiger bullpen, two off Kevin Saucier and one off Elias Sosa. Evans doubled home the Sox' final run in the eighth. But the Sox’ celebration was tempered by concern over Carney Lansford, the defending American League batting champion, and how the Sox will adjust without him for the next few weeks. He suffered a severely sprained left ankle in the third inning in a collision at home plate while trying for an inside-the-park home run. The ankle will be placed in a cast for 10 days; after that, Lansford faces possibly two weeks of rehabilitation. That's a minimum of three weeks on the sidelines. |
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