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A POWERFUL TEAM
THAT DEFLATED September 15, 1979 ... Bob Watson became the first Red Sox player to hit for the cycle since Carl Yastrzemski did it in 1965. Jim Rice knocked in four runs with two hits and Rick Burleson had three hits. And Dick Drago picked up his 11th save as the Sox whomped the Orioles, 10-2. The game did have some great defensive plays also. Al Bumbry made a leaping catch over the wall off Butch Hobson and Mike O'Berry picked off Bumbry at second base. Steve Renko, who started for the Sox, hadn't won a game since the All Star break and hadn't started in three weeks. He stiffened up in the sixth inning, with the Sox up 2-1, when Dick Drago came in to save him. Watson singled down the right field line in the second inning to score Yaz with the first run of the game. He banged a double inside the third base bag in the fourth, and led off the eighth inning with a triple to right. The Sox were ahead 8 to 2 in the top of the ninth. Ted Sizemore reached on a base hit and moved to second when Mark Belanger bobbled Fred Lynn's grounder. Jim Rice scored both runners with a double to left and Yaz brought him home with a base hit for the Sox' eighth run. Jim Dwyer came in to run for Yaz and Watson came up to the plate. Don Stanhouse then came in to replace Tippy Martinez and Watson took one of his pitches long and deep over the left field fence to complete the cycle and put the Sox ahead, 10 to 2. |
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