BOSTON 54-34 @ CLEVELAND (48-44)
STARTING PITCHERS
11Z (7-2 1.59) 14Y (8-6 1.81)
Cleveland seemed to have things in hand, leading 3-1 through 8 innings as Steve Hargan was dealing . Top 9, the Bosox came to life scoring three to take the lead on a Reggie Smith homer. Rookie Sparky Lyle came in to nail it shut only to have fellow rookie Vern Fuller take him deep to tie the score. The Indians put two more on but It looked like the game would go bonus frames when Pedro Gonzalez grounded to third, a sure double play ball that eluded Joe Foy allowing the winning run to score.
BOS 000 100 003 4 6 2
CLE 000 012 002 5 9 0
2B BOS Conigliaro 10
CLE Maye 12 Fuller 1
HR BOS R. Smith 8 (9th off Hargan)
CLE Fuller 2 (9th off Lyle)
RBI BOS Adair 2(27) R. Smith 2(29)
CLE Davalillo 20 Maye 18 Alvis 36 Fuller 4
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Stange 7 7 0 1 5 3 2 29 57
Hargan 9 6 1 3 11 4 4 35 67
WP Hargan 9-6 1.95 LP Lyle 1-1 1.29
SCORING PLAYS:
TOP 4 .. Yastrzemski walked. Scott singled. Adair grounded into a force scoring a run. BOS 1 CLE 0
BOTTOM 5 .. Whitfield reached on an error. Fuller singled. Davalillo singled scoring a run. BOS 1 CLE 1
BOTTOM 6 .. L. Brown walked. Maye doubled scoring a run. Alvis singled scoring a run. BOS 2 CLE 3
TOP 9 .. Conigliaro doubled Adair singled scoring a run. R. Smith homered scoring two runs. BOS 4 CLE 3
BOTTOM 9 .. Fuller homered. Azcue pinch hit and walked. Hinton pinch hit and singled. Gonzalez pinch hit and reached on an error scoring a run. BOS 4 CLE 5
NOTES: Vern Fuller is starting to hit like he did in AAA ball, missing the cycle the usual way, no triple in his 4 hits. Hargan was throwing darts as he twice whiffed the side among his 11 punch outs.
STAR OF THE GAME: 4-4 Double HR RBI
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