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The Sox sweep the Royals on Rico's grandslam June 7, 1970 ... A big "Family Day" crowd delighted as they watched the Red Sox sweep a doubleheader from the Kansas City Royals. The double victory extended the Sox winning streak to five games and gave them their best homestand of the season, as they finished with eight wins and three losses. The Sox won behind the hitting of Tony Conigliaro and relief pitching of Ken Brett in the first game, 7 to 4. But the dramatic moment of the day was saved until the eighth inning of the second game, when Rico Petrocelli cracked a grand slam that produced a 5 to 2 Sox victory. The Sox were trailing 2 to 1 against relief pitcher, Al Fitzmorris, when Rico busted his fourth career grand slam. Tony C. Had three singles that produced three RBIs, to pace the Sox attack in the opener. Brett pitched three scoreless innings and added his second big-league home run. The Sox had good relief pitching in both games. Lee Stange and Brett backed up starter Ray Culp, with four scoreless innings out of the bullpen, in the first game. In the second game, Gary Peters pitched well into the seventh inning before giving way to Vicente Romo and Sparky Lyle. The two relievers knocked out 2 2/3 scoreless innings. In the first game, neither Kansas City starter Dave Morehead, nor Ray Culp, had much on the ball. Morehead was gone after facing the first four hitters, as the Sox built up a 3 to 0 lead in the first inning. Walks to Mike Andrews and Carl Yastrzemski, sandwiched around Reggie Smith's single, loaded the bases for Conigliaro. Tony came through with a single to left that scored two runs. Lefty, Tom Burgmeier was brought in to face George Scott, who hit into a doubleplay, that produced the third Boston run. Culp, who had been most effective in almost every start this year, wasn't in this one. The Royal started back in the third inning when Pat Kelly launched a two run home run, after Burgmeier had opened up the inning with a single. The Sox upped their lead by a score of 4 to 2, in the third inning, as Rico Petrocelli tripled and scored on Scott's ground single to right. The Royals finally got rid of Culp in the sixth inning, when Jackie Hernandez slammed a two run homer, that tied up the game. The Sox brought in Lee Stange to pitch the sixth inning and then Ken Brett, who pitched the rest of the game. The Sox winning runs came in the sixth when Dick Schofield walked to open the inning. Andrews bunted, to move him along, and Burgmeier fumbled the ball, allowing him to reach first base safely on the error. He then threw wildly to first for another error and Schofield was on third. Reggie Smith hit a sacrifice fly to left that scored Schofield and Andrews moved up to second on the throw to the plate. That smart base running paid off, when Tony C. singled Mike home. Brett's home run in the eighth-inning wrapped up the scoring for the Sox, 7 to 4. The Red Sox were the first to score in the second game after Gary Peters and Kansas City's Bob Johnson had each pitched five scoreless innings. In the Red Sox sixth, Peters singled to right and moved to second on Andrews' sacrifice, scoring on Reggie's single to right. The 1 to 0 lead didn't stand up long, because the Royals came right back to knock Peters out of the game in the seventh. Luis Alcaraz led it off with an infield hit and Jackie Hernandez bunted him along. But the Sox allowed the ball to roll along the third-base line and it stayed fair, giving Hernandez a base hit. Peters went deeper into a hole when he walked Ellie Rodriguez to load the bases. Pat Kelly singled to shallow left, to score Alcaraz from third. But then, when he fielded the ball, Yaz let it roll under his glove and behind him for an error, and Hernandes also came home, making it 2 to 1 in favor of the Royals. It was at this point that Peters was lifted and Romo got the call. He held Kansas City scoreless in the eighth before he left for pinch-hitter Mike Derrick. Al Fitzmorris, who had taken over for Johnson to start the seventh, had his downfall in the eighth. With one out, Mike Andrews singled, and Yaz and Tony C. both drew walks. With the count one and one on Petrocelli, he lofted a fly ball into the left-field screen for a grand slam that put the Sox ahead 5 to 2. Lyle finished up the game without any trouble to clinch the doubleheader sweep.
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