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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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THE "GOLD DUST TWINS" AND
April 20, 1975 ... Luis Tiant pitched a four hitter and the Red Sox capitalized on the wildness of Mike Torrez, to breeze to a 10 to 2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Tiant struck out three and walked just one. Torrez gave up five hits, seven runs, walked eight, threw two wild pitches and balked home run before giving way to Wayne Garland in the fourth inning. By then the Red Sox were up 7 to 0 and all Tiant had to do was finish. Tiant allowed just one hit, a bunt single by Al Bumbry, until Bobby Grich hit his first home run of the year into the left-field screen with one out in the seventh inning. Lee May later added another home run in the Orioles ninth-inning. Bernie Carbo and Jim Rice each had two hits. Carbo scored three runs and drove in one as the leadoff batter, triggering a three run rally in the first inning with a walk. Torrez wild pitched him to second and then walked Dwight Evans. Torrez walked the bases loaded and then Bobby Grich dropped Jim Rice's pop fly and it was scored a hit, but it scored the first Sox run. Torrez next walked Rico Petrocelli and another run scored. Bob Montgomery grounded to Belanger, who forced Petrocelli at second, but on the play, Lynn scored and the Red Sox took a 3-0 lead. In the fourth inning Carbo lined a double to center and then went to third on a wild pitch. Yastrzemski walked and Torrez allowed Carbo to score on a balk making the score 4 to 0. In the fourth Torrez walked both Carbo and Evans and Yaz hit a bloop single to right, that scored Carbo and moved Evans over to third. After Torrez gave up a base hit to Fred Lynn, that scored Evans with the fifth Red Sox run, he was replaced by Garland. Jim Rice greeted him by lining a single to left, that scored Yastrzemski and the Sox had a 7 to 0 lead. The Red Sox added one more run in the seventh on a single by Montgomery, a walk to Rick Burleson and a base hit by Carbo. Carbo had cracked the lineup a week ago, when his wife and their second child and he is gone six for 14 since. Two more runs came in the eighth-inning on a triple by Evans, a walk to Cecil Cooper, a single by Lynn and a sacrifice fly by Bob Heise for the Sox 10th run. Fred Lynn walked twice in the game, had two singles and two RBIs and was now hitting .423, giving him a lifetime batting average of .421 |
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