BOSTON (67-36) @ MINNESOTA (59-46)
STARTING PITCHERS
14X (16-6 2.06) 13YZ (12-8 2.34)
The Sox batted around in the 3rd chasing Dean Chance from the game by posting a 5 spot highlighted by Carl Yastrzemski two run triple, cruising to an ultimate 8-3 victory. Jim Lonborg went seven serviceable innings in once again besting Dean Chance
BOS 005 000 102 8 11 0
MIN 000 001 200 3 7 0
2B BOS Scott 14
MIN Killebrew 14
3B BOS Yastrzemski 2
HR MIN Reese 3 (7th off Lonborg)
RBI BOS Yastrzemski 2(85) Scott 2(64) Siebern 1 Petrocelli 2(68) R. Smith 41
MIN Allison 48 Reese 2(12)
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Lonborg 7 6 1 2 6 3 3 29 57
Chance 3 5 0 3 2 5 5 18 28
WP Lonborg 17-6 2.13 LP Chance 12-8 2.53 SV Wyatt 16
SCORING PLAYS
TOP 3 .. Andrews walked. D. Jones singled. Yastrzemski tripled scoring two runs. Conigliaro walked. Siebern singled scoring a run. Petrocelli singled scoring a run. R. Smith sac fly scoring a run. BOS 5 MIN 0
BOTTOM 6 .. Oliva singled. Killebrew singled. Allison singled scoring a run. BOS 5 MIN 1
TOP 7 .. Yastrzemski walked an advanced on two groundouts. Petrocelli singled scoring a run. BOS 6 MIN 1
BOTTOM 7 .. Uhlaender singled. Reese homered scoring two runs. BOS 6 MIN 3
TOP 9 .. Yastrzemski walked. Conigliaro singled. Scott pinch hit a double scoring two runs. BOS 8 MIN 3
NOTES: The Bosox got back to their winning ways against their Midwest rivals. Jim Lonborg notched his league leading 17th win while also upping his chart topping total in whiffs now with an even 200. With a 3-3 day, Yaz has crawled within .003 of Al Kaline for the league lead. Altho he did not knock in anyone, Tony C had an eye opening 12 RBIs for the week!
STAR OF THE GAME 3-3 Triple 2 RBI 2 walks
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