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A YEAR OF REBUILDING
... June 4, 1966 ... Jim Gosger blasted a three run homer in the 16th inning off the Yankees relief pitcher Dooley Womack, at 11:59 in Boston. Had it come one minute later, the Massachusetts "Blue Laws" would have kicked in and the game would have had to be continued the next day. It was quite a game and a pitcher's duel by each team's bullpen. In the last 10 innings only one hit had been surrendered. That was a bloop hit by Elston Howard in the 11th inning. Jose Santiago started for the Red Sox and pitched into the seventh inning. The Sox were ahead, 3 to 2, and the Yankees had men on first and third with nobody out. Richardson managed to get the tying run in with a fly ball. In came Don McMahon to face Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. McMahon struck out Mantle and got Maris on an easy line drive to George Scott at first base. Next came Dan Osinski, Lee Stange, Jerry Stephenson, Dick Stigman and finally Ken Sanders. Sanders got the win. The Yankees scored first on a single by Richardson and a triple by Maris in the first inning. The Sox got that run back on a base hit by Joe Foy and a triple to deep right by George Smith in the second inning. Rico Petrocelli singled in the third and was forced at second by Gosger. Carl Yastrzemski line a doubled to right and Gosger held at third. George Scott's sacrifice fly brought home Gosger with the go-ahead second run. New York tied the game up in the sixth inning. Santiago walked Howard with one out and Hector Lopez moved him over to third with a base hit to center. Ray Barker's fly ball let Howard score, to make the score two apiece. But in the Sox half of the sixth inning, the Red Sox re-took the lead. Scott reached first base safely when Clete Boyer booted his grounder. Tony Conigliaro next doubled off the wall and Foy was intentionally walked to load the bases. Smith came thru again with a sac fly to center to put the Sox up 3 to 2. Mel Stottlemyre started for the Yankees and was followed by Pedro Ramos in the seventh inning, who left after two innings, being taken out for a pinch hitter in the ninth. Next came Hal Reniff who pitched five scoreless innings, before giving way to Womack. Bob Tillman started the final inning with a smash off the left field wall, that just missed going out by a few feet. It clanged off the Green Monster, bounced back, and Scotty hustled into second base. Ken Sander's attempt at a sacrifice was spoiled when Womack was able to get Tillman at third base. Rico Petrocelli hit a ground ball into left field to put Sanders on second and himself on first, bringing up Gosger. |
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