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Jerry Remy doubles up the Brewers June 28, 1982 ... Jerry Remy's bat was the major force in the Red Sox 9-7 victory over the Brewers, a victory that ended a three-game losing streak and restored the Red Sox' lead over hard-charging Milwaukee to three games in the American League East. Remy smashed three hits, including two doubles, and drove in four runs. The Sox desperately needed a happy ending to what had become yet another slugfest in this free-swinging weekend with the Brewers. The score stood 4-4 after six innings, and a pessimist had to expect another Milwaukee home run barrage. But Remy beat the Brewers to the punch in the bottom of the seventh with the biggest hit of this humid night. His bases-loaded double scored three runs and sent Milwaukee starter Pete Vuckovich (9-3), who had won eight straight games, to the showers. The beneficiary of Remy's slugging was Bob Stanley (6-1), who had taken over for starter Chuck Rainey in the sixth with Boston trailing, 4- 3. The Brewers still must be wondering if that was really Remy they saw. This is a guy who usually considers it a season's output if he hits the wall in left once. Five times last night he hit the ball hard, and once he even hit the wall on the fly. Ironically, he was held to a single on that sixth-inning liner, but it sent Rick Miller to third, from where he scored one out later on a passed ball, making it 4-4. That, however, was just a warm-up to Remy's performance in the seventh against Vuckovich. With a 3-and-2 count and the bases loaded, Remy fouled off two pitches, then pumped a double to left- center, scoring three runs. The Red Sox wound up with five runs in the inning after Dwight Evans walked, then scored behind Remy on a triple by Jim Rice. Once again, the Sox had to overcome an early lead by the Brewers, who had won 10 of their last 11 games. Chuck Rainey gave up two runs in the third inning on three singles, and the crowd of 25,773 settled back for what looked to be a long evening. It was a long one, mainly for the Brewers. Vuckovich, who would walk seven batters, gave up three runs in the fourth inning, with doubles by Rich Gedman and Remy the key Red Sox hits, and Boston had a lead for the first time in the series. Wade Boggs, who went 3 for 5 and raised his average to .327, opened with a single and moved to second, when Ed Romero muffed a ground ball by Dave Stapleton. The Brewers thought Gedman would bunt, but instead, he jacked a double to right-center, scoring Boggs and moving Stapleton to third. Stapleton scored on a grounder to short, and Remy brought Gedman home with his first double, a line drive to left-center. Milwaukee used the long ball to chase Rainey and take a 4-3 lead in the top of the sixth. With one out, Gorman Thomas walked and Roy Howell followed with a screen job to left, only his second homer of the year but his ninth career blast at Fenway. The Sox got that run back in the bottom of the sixth, setting up the climactic seventh. Vuckovich, obviously tiring, walked Stapleton and Gedman with one out. He struck out Glenn Hoffman for the second out (Vuckovich's lone strikeout of the evening), but then hit Rick Miller, loading the bases and bringing up Remy. Dwight Evans scored a run in the seventh inning, extending his consecutive game streak to 11 games. Ted Williams (12 in 1950) holds the Red Sox record, and Red Rolfe of the 1939 Yankees holds the major league mark, having scored at least one run in 18 consecutive games. |
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