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FRANK HOWARD |
THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO, PART 6 ...
"THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM"
Camilo Pascual and Frank Howard
ruin it for the Red Sox
June
10, 1967 ... The Washington Senators beat the
Red Sox, 7 to 3, at Fenway Park just when one was beginning to think
that they were no match. Camilo Pascual said he didn't have much of
anything on the ball but quieted down Carl Yastrzemski, a little bit.
Yaz doubled in the first inning just before George Scott hit one of his "taters"
into the centerfield seats. But after that, Pascual stopped him by walking him
twice. And finally, he got Yaz to hit into a harmless ground ball to second
base.
Frank Howard, the Senators big man, hit two home runs, the first just 350
feet, on a pitch from Lee Stange. But the second home run sent everyone home
with a stiff neck. It came in the ninth-inning off Bill Landis and was so long
that Yaz just lowered his head once the ball was hit, and never budged.
The two teams were tied 3 to 3 after two innings. Rico Petrocelli attacked
one of Pascual's curves for a home run in the second, after the Senators had
gone ahead on a double and a single in their half of the inning.
But Washington piled up four more runs and seemed quite a bit stronger,
especially with Eddie Brinkman, there shortstop, and Al Saverine, there
secondbaseman, back from reserve duty.
The Senators went ahead in the fourth, when Bernie Allen's grounder hit the
first-base bag for a single. Ken McMullen then singled to right and Allen
stopped at second for a moment, before heading over to third. Tony Conigliaro
made a throw to second on the play, and McMullen was picked off trying to get
back to first. The inning should've ended, but Mike Andrews booted a ground ball
to give them a run, putting Washington up, 4 to 3.
Paul Casanova doubled to start the sixth and Allen singled to right. Casanova
stopped at third, but Allen moved to second on the throw to home. Dan Osinski
then came in to relieve Stange and McMullen hit one back to the box, that
allowed Allen to be caught. Now with men on first and third, Pascual squeezed
home Casanova on the first pitch. Tim Cullen singled in McMullen with the second
run of the inning, giving Washington a 6 to 3 advantage.
Pascual pitched into the eighth-inning when he was relieved by Dave Baldwin.
Up till that time he had given up only two singles.
The Sox had two chances, one in the fifth when Reggie Smith singled to left,
was sacrificed along by Andrews and Yastrzemski walked. Scott hit a long fly,
hauled in at the Washington bullpen and Tony Conigliaro grounded out.
In the ninth, Joe Foy singled with one out, and after Russ Gibson flied out,
Dalton Jones walked. But here Smith grounded out to end the game. |
