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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO, PART 6 ... August 3, 1967 ... Mike Andrews hit his second home run in two days, his only ones at Fenway Park in his career, and drove in the tying and leading runs in the sixth inning off Catfish Hunter. Dave Morehead pitched five innings of good relief ball, winning a 5 to 3 game, following the Athletics three runs in the opening inning against Bill Landis. In the top of the first, Danny Cater singled to right field, scoring Ted Kubiak, who had walked. Ken Harrelson then homered into the net on top of the left-field wall off Landis, to give Kansas City a 3-0 lead. Andrews led off the Red Sox half of the inning and hit the wall in left. But he was out by 10 feet trying to stretch it into a double. After Harrelson's homer, his second in two days against the Red Sox, Kansas City twice tried to get runs across and failed. In the sixth inning, after Morehead had gone through three hitless innings, Mike Hershberger doubled to right when Tony Conigliaro played the ball halfheartedly. It looked bad when Dick Green, the next batter, singled through the hole into left field. Hershberger, the fastest player on the Athletics, rounded third and headed for home, but Carl Yastrzemski threw a perfect strike to Mike Ryan at the plate. It was his fourth outfield assist during the homestand and the fifth in twelve games. The Red Sox had scored a run in the second inning when Petrocelli singled with one out, a base on balls to George Thomas and a single off the wall by Ryan. They added another in the third on a double by Yaz, when his grounder popped over Harrelson's head at first base, and George Scott knocked him in. Down 3 to 2, the Sox scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to take the lead. George Thomas beat out a single that was hit slowly down to thirdbaseman, Dick Green. Mike Ryan bunted one back to the mound and Hunter made a wide throw, trying to get Thomas at second base. Morehead moved the two baserunners along with a good sacrifice bunt down the third-base line. Hunter had gotten two strikes past Mike Andrews, but he clipped the next one for single to left, scoring both runners, and the Red Sox were in the lead 4 to 3. Morehead had Bert Campaneris to handle to lead off the eighth. He doubled off the wall and Dick Williams brought in Sparky Lyle to pitch to Ted Kubiak. Kubiak tried to bunt twice and missed. He finally grounded one down to Petrocelli, who threw him out as Campaneris held at second. Now Williams brought in his closer John Wyatt. Wyatt doesn't have a good move to hold men on base and as result Campaneris took off for third, beating Ryan's throw easily. The infield moved in, and with two strikes against him, Danny Cater tried to hit the ball up the middle. It got past Wyatt, but not by Petrocelli. He made a great stop, as the ball took a strange hop, and threw home. Ryan had to make a long sweep, but got Campaneris, who was sliding away from. With that fire put out, Andrews helped again in the eighth, with his home run off Lew Krausse, giving the Red Sox a 5 to 3 lead. Wyatt had only one worry in the ninth, when Jim Gosger doubled off him with two out. But he came back to get the next batter on a ground ball to second base to end the game. |
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