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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO, PART 6 ... July 19, 1967 ... Mike Andrews faced Pete Richert with Reggie Smith on third and Mike Ryan on second and two men out. The Orioles were leading 1 to 0 in the fifth inning. The count ran to three and two and Andrews sliced off four foul balls. The fifth pitch he drilled into the left-field seats for his fourth home run of the year, putting the Red Sox out in front 3 to 1. The Red Sox went on to win their six straight game, 6 to 4. The Red Sox scored five runs in the fifth inning when after Jerry Adair grounded out, Reggie Smith singled and Mike Ryan walked. Sox starting pitcher, Gary Bell, sacrificed them over and Andrews delivered with his home run. But the Sox were not through. Joe Foy bounced a ground rule double over the centerfield wall and then Carl Yastrzemski drew a walk. Tony Conigliaro came up and unloaded a triple to right-field, that put the Sox ahead 5 to 1. Eddie Fisher was brought in to replace Richert and got Scott to ground out and end the inning. The Sox had to call on José Santiago to bail out Bell, who was knocked out in the fifth inning, the fourth straight time he has failed to finish a starting assignment. The Orioles had scored one off Bell and had three men on, with one out. Santiago faced Curt Blefary, who had hit a home run off Bell in the fourth inning. José got Blefary on a called third strike and Brooks Robinson on a week fly to centerfield to get the out of the inning. The Sox scored their six run in the eighth when Conigliaro lined a triple to right-center, his second of the game, along with a double. With George Scott at the plate, Fisher threw a ball in the dirt, that catcher Larry Haney let roll all the way to the backstop, as Conigliaro scored to make it 6 to 2. The Sox needed that insurance run because Santiago served up a home run ball to Boog Powell in the eighth-inning. It scored Paul Blair in front of him, who had opened up the inning with a single. That cut the score to 6 to 4. Santiago has now done well in his last three relief appearances, whereas a month ago he had everyone on the Red Sox coaching staff wondering what was wrong with him. Now it is Gary Bell, who has everyone wondering what has happened to his fastball. Richert got into trouble in the very first inning. Foy singled with one out and had three more hits in the game, and has 14 hits in his last 32 times at bat. Yastrzemski singled up the middle and Foy hesitated before breaking past second and was able to be thrown out at third. Conigliaro grounded out to end the inning. In the next two innings Richert got the Sox in order and the teams went into the fourth inning scoreless. Blefary hit his home run on a one ball and two strike count with nobody on, putting the Orioles out in front, 1 to 0. Rico Petrocelli took batting practice early this morning and feels he should be ready and couple of days. There were 49 servicemen from the Lawrence area, stationed at Camp Meade, who attended the game. With the victory the Red Sox pulled to 1 1/2 games of the first-place Chicago White Sox, and one half game behind the second-place Minnesota Twins. They are now eight games above .500. |
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