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SCOTT, CONIGLIARO AND YAZ |
THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO, PART 6 ...
"THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM"
The
Sox end their
road trip
with another loss
August
13, 1967 ... The Red Sox lost their seventh
game of nine on their trip, by falling to the Angels, in Anaheim, 3
to 2. The loss dropped them to fifth-place, 2 1/2 games behind the
first-place Twins, who beat the White Sox. Starter Jim Lonborg lasted
only four innings and lost to the Angels for the second time this
season without beating them.
Carl Yastrzemski banged his head against the left-field wall in the first
inning, trying to run down a shot by José Cardenal. He went to his knees and
Cardenal was able to circle the bases for an inside the park home run.
Roger Repoz led off the second inning with a shot over the 366 foot sign in
right, to put the Angels out ahead 2 to 0. It was his seventh home run of the
season.
The Angels scored their final run on a wild pitch. Repoz started the fourth
inning with a single and advanced two bases on a pair of ground ball outs.
Lonborg was trying to pitch around Bobby Knoop, when he threw one past catcher
Mike Ryan, allowing Repoz to jog home.
The Red Sox were beating the ball into the dirt and never really threatened
against Angels starter, Rickey Clark, until there were two outs in the
eighth-inning. Reggie Smith bounced a single through the right side and Joe Foy
walked to bring up Yastrzemski. Jim Weaver came into pitch for the Angels. The
first pitch was in the dirt and the runners moved up to second and third. Yaz
and ran the count to three and two before bouncing to second to end the inning.
Yaz later admitted that he had vision trouble at the plate.
Weaver retired the first two batters in the ninth, before Jerry Adair beat
out a topped ground ball to the left side of the infield. Rico Petrocelli then
lashed a three and two pitch over the wall in left, for his third home run of
the season, cutting the Angels lead to one run.
Bill Kelso came in to relieve Weaver and George Scott, who was hitting for
Mike Ryan, lined a single to right. George Thomas came in as a pinch-hitter for
Bill Landis, who had come in to pitch, in the bottom of the eighth, and ran the
count to three and two, before striking out to end the game and the terrible
road trip. |
