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DUQUETTE PUSHES ALL
THE RIGHT BUTTONS ...
The Jays come
back, but the Sox steal June 26, 1995 ... Mike Greenwell believes in leadership by example. It must have hurt when he was hit by a pitch to lead off the ninth inning last night. But a few moments later, he was feeling no pain as he slid home with the winning run in the Red Sox' 4-3 victory over the Blue Jays at Fenway Park. Luis Alicea's single to left scored Greenwell, who had stolen second with two outs, and handed Toronto its seventh straight loss. The clutch offense by Boston made up for a ninth-inning rally by the Blue Jays that wiped out a 3-0 lead and deprived starter Erik Hanson of his eighth victory in 12 starts. Tim Naehring gave Hanson an early lead with a solo home run off Toronto starter Al Leiter. The third baseman's shot on a 2-and-2 pitch in the second inning cleared the left-field screen and was his fourth homer of the year. Boston took advantage of wildness by Leiter to make it 2-0 in the third inning. Alicea started the inning with a single past third. Two outs later, Mo Vaughn was hit by a pitch and Jose Canseco walked to load the bases. Leiter then walked Naehring, scoring Alicea, but the rally died when Leiter got Greenwell to fly to left. Hanson had hardly any trouble in the first five innings even though Toronto had runners in three of them. Joe Carter singled to lead off the second but was picked off first. Mike Huff walked to lead off the fourth and Candy Maldonado doubled with two out in the fifth, but both failed to advance. In the sixth inning, the Blue Jays got two runners on but couldn't score. Domingo Cedeno led off with a single. Hanson struck out Huff and got Paul Molitor to line to left, but Roberto Alomar reached on an error by Naehring. But Hanson was saved by Greenwell, who made a nice running catch of a drive by Carter. The Red Sox made it a 3-0 game with two outs in the bottom of the sixth. After Naehring and Greenwell went down quietly, catcher Mike Macfarlane erupted with a home run into the screen. It was his ninth blast of the year but first since June 2. It was also Macfarlane's fifth homer off a lefthander this year. The Blue Jays made another bid with one out in the eighth inning. After Cedeno grounded to first, Huff and Molitor came through with singles, putting runner on first and second. Alomar grounded feebly to the pitcher, with both runners moving up a bases, but Hanson struck out the dangerous Carter on a 3-and-2 offering. Hanson finally ran out of gas in the ninth. When he walked John Olerud to lead off the inning, manager Kevin Kennedy came out for a conference. When he gave up a subsequent single to Ed Sprague, there was no choice. Stan Belinda replaced Hanson, who gave up seven hits and walked two in his eight innings. Belinda was greeted by Maldonado, who pounded a double to right that bounced into the seats, making it 3-1. Belinda got Lance Parrish and pinch hitter Shawn Green with no further damage, but Huff singled down the left-field line, tying the game at 3-3. |
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