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THE "GOLD DUST TWINS" AND
A SEASON TO REMEMBER
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Burleson's bat and glove puts the Sox on
top
May 9, 1975
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The Red Sox made it six in a row from good defense, hustle
and excellent pitching. Rick Wise pitched his fourth complete game in
six starts and won for the third time in five decisions as the Red
Sox defeated the Angels, 4 to 1 in Anaheim.
Tommy Harper singled with two outs in the first inning and Bruce
Bochte walked to open the second. After that the Angels did not
get another hit until Joe Lahoud blooped a single to right in the
seventh. Wise was three outs from a shutout when Mickey Rivers
blasted his first homer of the year into the Boston bullpen.
Wise had to be good because California pitcher, Andy Hassler had good
stuff, although he was wild early on. The Sox scrapped for runs,
getting the first one thanks to Hassler's wildness in the second
inning. Fred Lynn singled to left and Hassler walked Rico Petrocelli
and hit Dwight Evans to load the bases. Bob Montgomery's sac fly ball
made the score 1-0.
The second came on a double by Rick Burleson, Carl Yastrzemski's
grounder that moved him to third and Jim Rice's sacrifice fly the
scored Burleson with the second Sox run in the third inning. In the
fifth inning Hassler walked Juan Beniquez, Burleson and then Yaz both
singled to follow, scoring Beniquez with run number three.
Rick Burleson got his third hit, a double in the seventh inning, that
scored Beniquez, who had reached on a throwing error by Angels
secondbaseman, Jerry Remy.
In addition to his big offensive night, Burleson made two brilliant
defensive plays. He made a seemingly impossible pickup and throw on a
hopper by Morris Nettles over Wise's head and in the ninth inning
threw out Harper from the outfield grass. |
