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ROY WHITE IS THROWN OUT AT HOME |
THE "GOLD DUST TWINS" AND
A SEASON TO REMEMBER
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The Sox rally to beat the Yankees
April 23, 1975
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Cecil Cooper started a five run uprising against Catfish Hunter,
Sparky Lyle and Dick Tidrow with a pinch-hit triple in the seventh
inning, as the Red Sox rallied for an 11 to 7 victory over the
Yankees. Hunter was unable to hold a 7 to 3 lead built with the help
of two home runs by Roy White. Lyle took the loss after Tidrow
surrendered a two run double to Bob Montgomery to finish the decisive
rally. Cooper started the big rally in the seventh inning, by
lining a triple to the 420 foot mark in right-center. Bernie Carbo singled him
home and then Lyle replaced Hunter, walking Dwight Evans but struck out Carl
Yastrzemski. Fred Lynn and Jim Rice both followed with run-scoring singles and
Tidrow was called in to face Montgomery. The Sox catcher lined a double to right
that scored both Lynn and Rice, and the Sox went from a 7 to 3 deficit to a one
run 8 to 7 lead.
The Red Sox scored again in the eighth-inning on a three run double by Lynn
off Larry Gura. Gura had come in to replace Tidrow after he had issued three
walks to load the bases.
Lynn drove in four runs with two big hits, the first a single in the seventh,
and then a billiard shot double down the third-base line in the eighth that
highlighted the Sox come back just when it seemed all to be gone down the drain
because of the inconsistency of Reggie Cleveland.
The Red Sox scored eight runs in two innings. Hunter allowed six hits and
walked four. He was charged with five runs.
Dwight Evans hit a first inning home run that went out like a bullet and
barely cleared the wall. Rice had to settle for a two run double in the third,
when his drive to left-center did not clear the wall. Still the Red Sox led by a
3 to 2 score until Roy White homered in the top of the third.
White, batting against Sox starter Reggie Cleveland, took him for a two run
homer down the right-field line in the third inning. Then batting right-handed
against Rogelio Moret, he hit another home run into the left-field screen in the
sixth inning. He also had a single, a walk, a stolen base and scored three runs.
Fred Lynn's arm helped in the victory. In the third inning when the Yankees
got three runs, Jim Mason hit a double off the wall and Fred he was in perfect
position. Not only did he pull the ball off the wall but made a great throw from
370 feet away that was on a dime. He also nailed Ron Blomberg, as he tried to
advance from first to third on a single. Dwight Evans also made a strong throw
in the first inning that cut down White at the plate. |
