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ALAN ASHBY |
THE "GOLD DUST TWINS" AND
A SEASON TO REMEMBER
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The Indians sweep the Red Sox
on a controversial call
June 25,
1975 ...
Bernie Carbo was the center of a controversial call with with
runners on first and third, to end the ball game. A team
hardly sweeps three games from the Red Sox at Fenway Park, but the
Indians did just that, with an 8 to 5 victory.
Down 8-2, Carl Yastrzemski started the ninth inning with a base hit.
After Fred Lynn popped out, Jim Rice reached on another hit. Indians
starter, Roric Harrison then walked Rico Petrocelli to load the
bases. Cecil Cooper's fly ball scored Yaz and pinch hitter Rick
Miller, drew another walk to re-load the bases. In came Tom Buskey to
replace Harrison and Doyle greeted Buskey with a base hit to right,
that scored Rice and Petrocelli, making the score 8-5. With Miller on
third and Doyle on first, Carbo came to bat.
Carbo hit a slow grounder to first, but stood in the batter's box as
Boog Powell fielded the ball for an unassisted putout that ended the
game. Carbo claimed that the batted ball had hit his foot and should
have been a foul ball, so he didn't move out of the box. But home
plate umpire Armando Rodriguez, thought differently. Carbo was
hopping mad and first base umpire, Bill Haller, backed Rodriguez to
end the game.
Frank Duffy had three singles, scored two runs and drove in two. Alan
Ashby, batting just .118 at game time, belted a two-run homer and had
two sacrifice bunts. Duane Kuiper drove in two runs and made two
spectacular plays at second base.
The Indians started the scoring in the first inning. Two walks and a
base hit by George Hendrick put them up 1-0. The Sox went ahead in
their half of the first, when Yaz was hit by a pitch and moved to
second on a walk to Fred Lynn. Rice drove them both in with a double
off the wall.
Cleveland re-took the lead in the second on Duffy's base hit and
Ashby's two-run homer. Rick Manning then drove in Buddy Bell, who had
singled, to give the Tribe a 4-2 lead. They went up 8-2 in the sixth
inning on three base hits and a walk.
Meanwhile Roric Harrison gave up a two-run double to Rice in the
first inning, but shut down the Sox until Rico Petrocelli doubled in
the seventh inning. Kuiper robbed Rice of a base hit, with a diving
catch near the right field foul line, in front of oncoming
rightfielder, Charlie Spikes. |
