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GEORGE SCOTT HOMERS |
THE "GOLD DUST TWINS" AND
A SEASON TO REMEMBER
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Rick Wise comes soooo close to a
no-hitter
July 2, 1975
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Rick Wise came within one out of throwing what would
have been his second career no-hitter, before George Scott and Bobby
Darwin homered, following a walk in the ninth inning. Wise had
pitched a no-hitter against the Reds in 1971, when he played for the
Philadelphia Phillies. The Sox won the game 6 to 3, before losing the
second game of a doubleheader to the Brewers, 4 to 3.
Wise dazzled the Brewers and had allowed only two baserunners before
the ninth inning, but he walked Bill Sharp on four pitches with two
outs. Scott then drilled his home run about two rows into the
left-centerfield seats. Wise walked off the mound and watched the
ball disappear and the slammed a new ball into his glove.
Darwin followed Scott with a line drive that appeared to hit the top
of the fence in left-center, but umpire Nestor Chylak signaled that a
fan had interfered and it was indeed a home run. Wise then walked
Darrell Porter before striking out Mike Hegan to complete his
two-hitter. Earlier, Wise had retired 18 in a row before Don Money
reached safely on Rick Burleson's throwing error, to start the
seventh inning.
Jim Rice hit two home runs in the first game and drove in four of the
Sox six runs. He slammed a three-run homer off Bill Castro in the
third inning into the left field bleachers, after Burleson had
singled and Carl Yastrzemski walked. He added a solo shot off Bill
Champion in the fifth inning into the right field seats.
In the sixth inning, after Carlton Fisk doubled and Denny Doyle
reached on a bunt base hit, Bernie Carbo's fly ball brought in Fisk,
to put the Sox up 5-0. In the seventh, the Sox added their sixth run
on Fred Lynn's double and Cecil Cooper's base hit.
In the second game, Pete Broberg beat the Sox after replacing Tom
Hausman in the second inning. Hausman was hurt fielding Rice's liner
back to the mound. The first man Broberg pitched to, was Cecil Cooper
who hit a homer into the right field stands.
Bill Lee gave up a solo homer to Gorman Thomas in the second inning,
with two outs, to tie the game. In the third inning the Sox came back
with two runs on a walk to Carbo, who was brought home on Burleson's
double. Carl Yastrzemski got a base hit, scoring Burleson, and
putting the Sox out front, 3-1.
The Brewers tied the game back up in the fifth inning when Pedro
Garcia homered off Lee, after he had given up a base hit Bobby
Mitchell. Three straight singles in the sixth inning broke the tie
for the Brewers and gave them a split of the doubleheader. |
