BOSTON (81-47) @ NEW YORK (51-78) game 1
STARTING PITCHERS
14X (19-8 2.33) 13 (8-16 3.70)
After Monday’s battle Royale, the teams aces squared off and did not disappoint. Reggie Smith poked an RBI double to break the scoreless contest. Yanks scratched out the tying run in the sixth bringing the battle to the 9th where pinch hitter Dalton Jones provided the winner to get the Sox square in the 4 game set.
BOS 000 100 001 2 4 2
NYY 000 001 000 1 1 0
2B BOS Scott 24 R. Smith 16
NYY Clarke 15
RBI BOS R. Smith 58 D. Jones 13
NYY Gibbs 29
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Lonborg 9 1 0 2 9 1 1 31 88
Stottlemyre 8 2 0 3 6 1 1 29 67
WP Lonborg 20-8 2.28 LP Womack 6-5 2.13
SCORING PLAYS:
BOTTOM 4 .. Yastrzemski singled. Scott doubled scoring a run. BOS 1 NYY 0
BOTTOM 6 .. Clarke doubled and advanced on a wild pitch. Gibbs sac fly scoring a run. BOS 1 NYY 1
TOP 9 .. Scott doubled. R. Smith walked. D. Jones singled scoring a run. BOS 2 NYY 1
NOTES: Jim Lonborg reaches the twenty win mark first in the Junior Circuit as he spun a one hitter for his 20th win, it was his 8th complete game of the year and ranks second in strikeouts.
STAR OF THE GAME: 1-1 RBI
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