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JIM RICE |
THE "GOLD DUST TWINS" AND
A SEASON TO REMEMBER
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The Sox lose Jim Rice with a
broken hand
September 21,
1975 ...
Jim Rice was hit by a pitch from Vern Ruhle in the
second inning of the Sox 6-5 victory over the Tigers in Detroit. He
batted two more times before being taken to Ford Hospital for x-rays.
They showed that he had a fractured fourth metacarpal bone and had
his hand put in a cast.
In the game however, Denny Doyle ripped a bases-loaded double in the
ninth inning to give the Sox a comeback win. Ron LeFlore had singled
home Aurelio Rodriguez in the eighth inning with the go-ahead run.
Rogelio Moret had given up a double and a run-scoring single to Gary
Sutherland to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead. But in the second inning
the Sox took a 2-1 lead. After Rice was hit by Ruhle's pitch, Fisk
singled and Bernie Carbo drew a free pass to load the bases. Rico
Petrocelli's sacrifice fly to center scored Rice to tie the game.
Burleson's infield hit re-loaded the bases and Fisk scored on Cecil
Cooper's ground ball to firstbaseman Dan Meyer.
Moret and reliever Ed Glynn both pitched scoreless ball until the
seventh inning. Glynn lost his control and walked Carbo, wild pitched
him to second, and gave up a run-scoring single to Rico Petrocelli,
and put the Sox up 3-1.
But the Tigers got to Moret in their half of the seventh. Veryzer
walked and Moret went 3-1 on Gates Brown. Dick Drago was brought in
but walked Brown. After two ground outs, Ben Oglivie and Willie
Horton singled back-to-back, scoring three runs and giving Detroit a
4 to 3 lead.
A walk to Doyle, a base hit by Yaz, and a sacrifice fly to deep right
by Fred Lynn, tied the game in the eighth. LeFlore put the Tigers
back on top in the bottom of the eighth. After Drago had given up two
base hits, LeFlore lined another hit and the Tigers led again, 5-4.
So came the ninth inning and Gene Pentz was now pitching for the
Tigers. He walked Rick Miller, and the Gary Sutherland let
Petrocelli's pop fly drop in over his head. Burleson sacrificed the
runners up and Pentz put Cooper on intentionally to load the bases.
Doyle brought Miller and Rico home with his double off the first base
bag and the Sox were ahead 6-5. Drago pitched a 1-2-3 ninth and
picked up the win. |
