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Jackie Jensen's big day
earns a
doubleheader sweep for the Red Sox
June 8, 1958
... The Red Sox unleashed a barrage of homers, to
come from behind and defeat the Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 10
innings. They then beat Chicago again, 4-1, in the second game of a
doubleheader.
Down a run in the 10th inning, Jackie Jensen slugged a two-run homer,
his second of the game, to decide the opener. Then Jimmy Piersall and
Gene Stephens each homered, to lift the Sox to their second victory
of the afternoon.
Pierce also surrendered solo homers to Don Buddin, Dick Gernert and
Jensen, before Jackie banged out the game-winning blow. Buddin's
homer in the third inning, tied the game at 1-1, after Sherm Lollar
had homered for Chicago. Then Gernert and Jensen put the Sox up 3-1
with their homers in the fourth.
Doubles by Lollar and Landis, around a walk to Tito Francona, off Tom
Brewer tied up the game in the fifth inning. Three consecutive
singles against Murray Wall, in the top of the ninth, knotted the
game at 4-4 for the White Sox and sent the game into extra innings.
In the 10th inning, Billy Goodman singled of Leo Kiely to start the
inning for Chicago. He was bunted over to second and moved to third
on a sacrifice fly, coming home on Lollar's bouncer into left field.
Now down a run in the bottom of the tenth inning, after Pierce had
struck out Ted Lepcio and Dick Gernert, Frank Malzone was able to
work a walk, just before Jensen unloaded the game winner.
Pierce only allowed the Red Sox just five hits. Meanwhile, the
weak-hitting White Sox knocked the Sox pitchers around for 19 hits
and came away with little to show for it.
Dave Sisler settled down in the nitecap after a shaky start, to earn
his fifth win of the season. The only run scored off him was a home
run by Jim Landis in the second inning.
With one out in the fifth inning, Lou Berberet doubled to
right-center off Dick Donovan, and Piersall followed him with a long
blast into the nets in left-center, putting Boston up 2-1.
Pete Runnels led off the sixth with a base hit and Stephens lofted a
high deep drive just inside the right field foul pole for his first
home run of the year and the 4 to 1 eventual sweep of the
doubleheader.
The Sox outfielders hauled in 17 fly balls behind Sisler, to come
within one of the American League record set by the 1929 Indians and
tied by the 1933 Yankees. |
