NEW YORK (56-83) @ BOSTON (89-49)
STARTING PITCHERS
13 (8-16 3.52) 14X (21-8 2.20)
What a game! Each teams aces firing blanks for 10 innings without breaking even though each team had runners in scoring position in two different innings. Finally, likely exhausted, Jim Lonborg cracked as Steve Whitaker went yard giving the Yanks an unlikely victory.
NYY 000 000 000 02 2 7 0
BOS 000 000 000 00 0 5 1
2B NYY Amaro 9
BOS Yastrzemski 30 D. Jones 5
3B NYY Whitaker 4
HR NYY Whitaker 12 (11th off Lonborg)
RBI NYY Whitaker 2(56)
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Stottlemyre 9 4 0 1 8 0 0 32 86
Lonborg 11 7 1 3 10 2 2 43 82
WP Womack 7-7 2.54 LP Lonborg 21-9 2.18
SCORING PLAY:
TOP 11 .. Pepitone singled. Whitaker homered scoring two runs. NYY 2 BOS 0
NOTES: After being beaten up for 8 runs in his last 9 innings of work, Dooley Womack tacked up two shutout innings. Poor Mel Stottlemyre has been pitching in extremely hard luck, allowing only 1 or less runs in each of his last 4 starts. Steve Whitaker has regained the team lead in RBIs. Carl Yastrzemski has hit in 15 of his last 16 games and 34 of his last 38. He also us 3rd in the league in two baggers. Dalton Jones is 5-10 in his last two starts at 3rd base. Rico Petrocelli has 6 game hit streak. Even though he lost, Jim Lonborg collected his 9th complete game.
STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Triple HR 2 RBI
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