NEW YORK (58-84) @ BOSTON (90-51)
STARTING PITCHERS
14X (12-8 2.28) 11Y (18-6 2.66)
The Sox socked solo homers in the 1st and 2nd to stake Gary Bell an early lead. But a miscue by Bell himself opened the doors for the Yanks in the third and the visitors did not stop until 12 men went to the plate scoring 7 runs. The teams traded a pair of runs in the 6th and the Yanks added two more in the 8th to route the league leading Bosox.
NYY 007 002 020 11 14 0
BOS 110 002 000 4 11 2
2B NYY Whitaker 11
3B NYY Tresh 7
HR BOS Yastrzemski 2(57)(1st off Downing; 5th off Downing) Harrelson 12 (2nd off Downing)
RBI NYY Tresh 3(53) Whitaker 3(62) Pepitone 2(51) Clarke 40 Amaro 19 Downing 3
BOS Yastrzemski 2(133) Harrelson 42 Petrocelli 80
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Downing 6 8 3 0 9 4 4 26 51
Bell 3 7 0 4 3 7 1 20 30
WP Downing 13-8 2.40 LP Bell 18-7 2.66 SV Bouton 2
SCORING PLAYS
BOTTOM 1 .. Yastrzemski homered NYY 0 BOS 1
BOTTOM 2 .. Harrelson homered NYY 0 BOS 2
TOP 3 .. Downing reached on error. Clarke singled. Gibbs reached on an error. Tresh tripled scoring three runs. Pepitone sac fly scoring a run. R. White walked. C. Smith walked. Amaro singled scoring a run. Downing singled scoring a run. Clarke singled scoring a run. NYY 7 BOS 2
TOP 6 .. Clarke singled. Pepitone singled. Whitaker doubled scoring two runs. NYY 9 BOS 2
BOTTOM 6 .. Yastrzemski homered. Scott doubled. Petrocelli singled scoring a run. NYY 9 BOS 4
TOP 8 .. Clarke walked. Tresh singled. Pepitone singled scoring a run. Whitaker singled scoring two runs . NYY 11 BOS 4
NOTES: Yanks took 3 of 4 from the front runners. Al Downing now leads the Pinstripers in victories. Jim Boutom recorded his second three inning save. Yaz smoked two more putting him just 4 behind Roger Maris with plenty of games remaining. And, oh by the way, Carl has reached the coveted 200 hit plateau. Ken “The Hawk” Harrelson has hit 3 homers and driven in 12 since coming over from Kansas City.
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