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ROGELIO MORET |
THE "GOLD DUST TWINS" AND
A SEASON TO REMEMBER
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The BoSox
and Tigers split a pair
September 10,
1975 ...
The countdown continues for the Red Sox in their bid
to win the AL East. They split a doubleheader with the Tigers at
Fenway, winning the first game 7 to 4 and losing the nitecap, 5 to 3.
Fred Lynn and Carlton Fisk collected three hits apiece in the opener
and Rico Petrocelli homered. In the second game Willie Horton hit a
decisive two-run homer that was the difference.
The first game started at a snail's pace for the Sox as Vern Ruhle
and Rogelio Moret both tossed three scoreless innings. In the fourth,
however, the Tigers put a run on the board when Rick Burleson made a
poor throw on Horton's grounder. A walk, a sacrifice bunt and a
sacrifice fly scored Horton.
Then in the bottom of the inning, Lynn doubled off the wall, starting
him off on a five hit day. Jim Rice's fly ball moved him to third and
a single by Fisk tied the score. Evans' bunt moved Fisk along and
then Petrocelli hit a majestic fly to left off of one of the light
towers.
The Sox scored three more runs in the fifth inning on a single by
Denny Doyle who stole second, a base hit by Carl Yastrzemski and a
line double by Lynn down the right field line. Rice was intentionally
walked and Fisk was unintentionally walked. Evans' sac fly to right
counted Lynn, putting the Sox up 6 to 1.
Moret didn't give up a hit from the third until the eighth inning.
Then four straight Tigers reached base, accounting for three runs. At
that point Dick Drago was called on and put out the fire once again.
The Sox final run came in the eighth on a leadoff double by Fisk and
a base hit by Burleson.
Dick Pole started his third game in seven days and took a 2-0 lead
into the seventh inning of the second game. The Sox had gotten their
two runs as the result of a home run hit by Bob Montgomery with a
runner on, in the third inning.
The Tigers tied the game in the seventh inning and then the Sox went
back out in front in the their half of the seventh. Denny Doyle
doubled and rode home on Dwight Evans' triple to put the Sox back up,
3 to 2.
Horton's homer the next inning with Dan Meyer on board, put the
Tigers back up to stay. They added a fifth run in the ninth inning as
insurance. |
