MINNESOTA (57-38) @ BOSTON (59-35)
STARTING PITCHERS
13YZ (11-6 2.46) 14X (14-6 2.23)
The start of a big 5 game set in Beantown, game one featuring the aces of each staff. An RBI single got the visitors going early but Yaz countered with a clutch homer into the bullpen to tie the score. The Sox took the lead in the 8th and Jom Lonborg fought fatigue in the 9th, inducing a DP ball, going the route and win the opener.
MIN 100 000 000 1 3 0
BOS 000 001 01x 2 7 0
2B MIN Oliva 14
3B BOS Foy 5
HR BOS Yastrzemski 32 (6th off Chance)
RBI MIN Allison 39
BOS Yastrzemski 77 Foy 42
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Chance 8 7 1 2 5 2 2 31 59
Lonborg 9 3 0 4 8 1 1 33 81
WP Lonborg 14-6 2.17 LP Chance 11-7 2.45
SCORING PLAYS:
TOP 1 .. Oliva doubled. Allison singled scoring a run. MIN 1 BOS 0
BOTTOM 6 .. Yastrzemski homered MIN 1 BOS 1
BOTTOM 8 .. Andrews walked. Foy tripled scoring a run. MIN 1 BOS 1
NOTES: Jim Lonborg had a helluva month of July going 5-0 with a 1.70 ERA. He also leapfrogged Jim Katt and us the league strikeout king at 183. Yaz cracked his 32nd homer to skip past Killebrew for the league lead. In fact, he leads in all triple crown categories. Tony Conigliaro has an 8 game hit streak, but Reggie Smith saw his 9 gamer end. Bob Allison has RBIs in three straight games.
STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 TRIPLE RBI
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