BOSTON (53-44) @ CLEVELAND (48-43)
STARTING PITCHERS
4 (5-4 5.35) 14XY (11-4 2.54)
Carl Yastrzemski got the ball rolling with a two run shot in the top of the first got the ball rolling in this slugfest. All in all 27 hits were shared by both teams and neither started made it past the4th inning. Top 7, Tony Conigliaro broke a 5 all tie and the SOX added two more to trot off with the win.
BOS 203 000 202 9 13 0
CLE 100 310 000 5 14 1
2B BOS Scott 12
CLE Maye 11 Alvis 21
HR BOS Yastrzemski 29 (1st off Tiant)
CLE Fuller 1 (4th off Brandon)
RBI BOS Yastrzemski 2(71) Conigliaro 2(50) Scott 3(53) Adair 2(25)
CLE Alvis 2(35) Fuller 2(3) Sims 20
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Brandon 4 8 1 1 2 5 5 20 27
Tiant 3 6 1 1 3 5 5 16 29
WP Santiago 3-5 3.24 LP Bailey 1-2 3.52 SV Wyatt 12
SCORING PLAYS:
TOP 1 .. Andrews singled. Yastrzemski homered scoring two runs. BOS 2 CLE 0
BOTTOM 1 .. Maye doubled. Alvis singled scoring a run. BOS 2 CLE 1
TOP 3 .. Andrews walked. Conigliaro singled. Scott doubled scoring two runs. Adair singled scoring a run. BOS 5 CLE 1
BOTTOM 4 .. Colavito walked. Whitfield singled. Sims singled scoring a run, Whitfield out at third. Fuller homered scoring two runs. BOS 5 CLE 4
BOTTOM 5 .. Maye singled. Alvis doubled scoring a run. BOS 5 CLE 5
TOP 7 .. Andrews walked. Foy singled. Yastrzemski walked. Conigliaro singled scoring two runs. BOS 7 CLE 5
TOP 9 .. Yastrzemski singled. Conigliaro hit by pitch. Scott singled scoring a run. Adair sac fly scoring a run. BOS 9 CLE 5
NOTES: First homer for Yaz since 7/4, his longest drought of the season. The RBIs tied him with the Killer at 71 for the league lead.
STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 Double 3RBI
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