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The California Angels faced the Boston Red Sox at Fennway Park for a Monday night game on June 12, 1978.
The Angels were an average team and were managed by Jim Fragosi, who had just replaced Dave Garcia earlier in the month.
The Red Sox were managed by Don Zimmer and were off to a hot start with a 39-19 record and a 6-game lead over the Yankees in the AL East.
This audio recording is from the Angels Radio broadcast featuring announcers Dick Emberg and Al Wisk.
The Angels were an average team and were managed by Jim Fragosi, who had just replaced Dave Garcia earlier in the month.
The California Angels were an average team and were off to a hot start with a 39-19 record and a 6-game lead over the Yankees in the AL East.
This audio recording is from the Angels radio broadcast featuring announcers Dick Emberg and Al Wisk.
The Angels were an average team and were off to a hot start with a 39-19 record and a 6-game lead over the Yankees in the AL East.
Back in April, it was out for five or six weeks. He's been used as a designated hitter and a pitch hitter, but this is his first start at the back.
Landro leads them from first base and Bob Ritz, the second baseman, steps in.
From Long Beach, California, hitting 233, a hot-ass four-game hitting streak.
Interestingly, the first pitch thrown by Lee was a big, soft balloon curveball.
In field set for two, the pitch was thrown on road towards third, hopped it up with it, and went for a first base and makes a throw in time.
Now the Angels first throw hunting on Bill Lee, and the thinking by the California Ball Club maybe that Lee has reportedly had trouble with his shoulder may be stiff,
and if you're going to get to him, get to him before he loosens up.
The Angels have Landro at second base, and Raymond Bostock, one of the hottest hitters in baseball this month of June, steps in.
In the 11 games this month, Bostock, the left-handed hitting center fielder of the Angels, has 24 hits in 11 games, 24 for 49, nearly 500.
The raises average up to 274 after a schismal April leave, almost went 0 for April.
Left-hander against left-hander, Lee checks for under a second to pick slow curveball as in there.
And I mean slow curveball.
Bostock against the Red Sox, an appearance in Anaheim last weekend, was 8 for 13.
Lee, Landro, dances off second base, spins the throw and throws in behind the bag by four steps, made the catch to take it out of center field.
The wind is blowing toward that 37-foot green monster in left field, so get the ball up toward left, and you've got a chance for an easy home run tonight.
A near-sellout crowd at Centway Park, they're averaging over 26,000 for home day.
Lee, again checks Landro, big lead, and time called as Bostock steps out of the bat as Box Lee went through with his pitch, and it was another slow curveball.
The Angels and Red Sox, two tired teams.
The Red Sox arrived in Boston at 6.30 this morning from Seattle.
The Angels didn't get to the hotel in Boston until about 9.30, and the bag's in the room about 11 o'clock after an all-night flight from Los Angeles.
Foul back by Bostock on a one-handed swing, and it's going to.
The key to Lee with all of his jump, as the players would refer to it, is to wait, try to hit the ball to the opposite field.
Don't try to power it.
They play Bostock to full.
He has in front of the Marston left, led into right center, and Evans in straightaway right.
Lee checks Landro, the two-strike pitch.
Playing around balls of right field side, a shot up with it goes to the bag and time for the yard.
So Bostock pulling the ball to the right side and strikes to George Scott on two convenient hunts.
Two's on as Landro moves into third base.
His left fielder Joe Rudy hitting 171, and a needy average for the talented left fielder of the Angels.
It just hasn't been able to get that bat working for him.
In fact, if Enfletch had his pitchers and it was figured that Rudy would devour the four-starters, he has only four hits all season, four for 27.
That figure is out at 148. Chance to give the Angels the late top of the first inning.
Landro at third, Lee from the full lineup gets his time from fifth to the fifth.
Down low ball on as they turn that one over, they just hit low and outside.
Ron Jackson, in contrast to Rudy, hitting over 400 against Fluffies as on deck.
Rudy, a couple of home runs, ten runs batted in. He's always hit well here in Boston.
Landro down the line at third, Lee pumps and here comes the pitch.
Swing and a line drive left center field over his gas, racing, racing, and climbing all the way to the wall.
Down flat back with the general left center field, runs rumors Rudy into second with a double, and the Angels lead at 1-0.
Joe Rudy leans on that one and sends a line drive off the base of the wall beyond the scoreboard, inserted into that 37-foot center left field.
The Angels jump in front. It's an under and run as Landro Saifan-Skotir checks in from third base.
Ron Jackson hitting.357, second best in the American League.
Jackson is just a point behind Rod Carew of the Minnesota Twins, and that is still another story because Rod Carew in headlines,
all of the sports pages of around the country, as Calvin Griffith of Minnesota says that he'll be trading him before the deadline burns the midnight.
Jackson high ball one, Lee didn't like the goal.
Word is that the Angels are one of three teams vying for Rod Carew's talent.
Regardless, generally, it's the best hitter in baseball, and the great rumors don't end there.
Hit by Lee, high blooper, very high and away to it all.
Now we got a big thrill. Ted Workin was my idol as a kid, and I can recall tracking behind him down Michigan Avenue from the book Cadillac Hotel
down at Ben Brick Stadium, trying to stay out of his presence but still close.
Line drive, base hit left field, going to be a play-for-play. Here comes Rudy around third.
So far, Yaz is going to be cut off, and Rudy holds it one day.
Rod Jackson lines the field in the left center, but Yaz who plays the outfield like a shortstop,
links over and in, field it on one half and flies to the plate, and John Machamel, the coach of third,
wisely threw up the stop time for Joe Rudy. He would have been out by twenty-three.
Jackson at bird base, bat back at all, playing insane, continues his knowledge hitting for the Angels.
Here's Merv Ruslund, the designated hitter, batting 298, he's primarily against left-handed pitching.
So the Angels in there, a double on the single, have a run-in in the first inning, runner to first and third,
and Ruslund trying to keep it going.
Lee set, and a pitch. High ball one, but to continue the point, Williams of course,
regarded as the first man to hit Rich Sewell's main blooper ball, where he's the pitch that he threw for a home run,
and he connected in the 1946 All-Star game right here in Senway Park.
One of the storied moments in baseball. The pitch, Rettman takes a strike, low curve ball, one and one.
That wasn't the blooper, too, but plenty taking off it.
Bill Lee, 31 years of age, former USC All-American, he is now the all-time Boston Red Sox record holder
for games up here at the left-handers. This is his 306th game in Boston, often a graveyard for the left-handers.
The pitch, low and outside, is defended over, and the count is two and one.
The Merv Ruslund, the veteran outfielder, designated hitter for the Angels.
Outstanding athlete at Ball State University in Indiana.
Played football and baseball. Jackson away at first base, Scott holding him on.
Rudy down the line at third, a run on top of the first inning.
Lee steps in, a two-run hit, low curve is high, three and one.
So Lee's struggling a bit here on the first inning. Rettman backs out of the batter's box,
checks with his third base coach, young Jim Fregelty, the 36-year-old manager of the Angels,
youngest in those big leagues now, sends a sign to Matt Camero, who relays to Rettman, hitter-takes.
Might be something that works with a runner at first base as well, three and one.
They play Rettman straight away to go to first, and Jackson gets back.
Lee has one of the best moves to first base.
That was in his A move, Scott holding on to Jackson.
Lee leaning on the right knee as he gets his time from Townsend fifth.
And a three-one pitch inside, and the bases are loaded.
Rettman to first base with a loss, forcing Jackson into second. Rudy a third.
And the bullpen phone is ringing down in the Boston.
Right center field, relief area, and a right-hander gets up and starts throwing in a hurry.
Here's veteran Ron Fairley. The Angels with three key players injured.
Three right-handed hitters that strapped a bit for the right-handed bat, and he hates coming to center way with us.
The services are saying Don Baylor, who is second in the major leagues and home runs with 15,
but Baylor's sideline with a hamstring ball.
Carney Lansford, the brilliant young rookie third baseman, and his swing made the order for this ballpark.
He's out for three weeks at least with a club injury.
And it's very helpful for another right-hander to do the catchers out with a sore arm.
So Fairley's in there for the Angels.
Here's the pitch by Lee. It's in for a strike, a back ball on the inside corner.
Right-hander Bob Stanley is the man loosening up for Boston.
Fairley used almost exclusively against right-handed pitching.
It's been up only eight times against southparks, and he's one for eight.
Here's the pitch. Low with a breaking ball. It's one and one.
Some of the photographers taking pictures of Fairley and Ted Williams.
But Fairley needs only to stay active a couple more years and become a four-decade player, as was Williams.
Right-hander, first in 40 years of age, weighs that wood back and forth.
Bates is loaded to run in. The one-on-one pitch. Curveball hangs inside. Two and one.
Still the man trying to help out, played on by a rough guess.
I tell you, Lee is throwing soft, softly in.
A couple of those pitches, you almost run up behind and pass them on their way up to home plate.
Almost slow pitch. Two and one. Bates is full. The pitch. Curveball is in there.
Fairley backing away from the plate. He threw that one a little harder.
So two balls, two strikes. Jim Bregotti apologizing for having Fairley's name on it.
Starting wide up lift. They're apologizing only in the man's 40 years of age.
He played yesterday, then an all-night travel, very little sleep.
They'd like to wreck him a day, but that's not possible with the injury.
Rudy at third. Jackson at second. Rettman at first. All ready to rock.
Two outs, two balls, two strikes to count. Lee kicks it. Here comes the pitch.
Clean the line. Bates that right center field. Rudy scores. Here comes Jackson around third. He scores.
Rettman goes to third on a chop single by Fairley, and the angels lead three to nothing.
Now the apologizes there from Ron Fairley, as he drives a bullet past Jack Rohan.
Right in the right center field, fast fielding by Lynn. He's down from rolling all the way to the wall.
Angels with three runs at the top of the first of all the other.
Rettman at third, Fairley, with his 19th and 20th runs batted into the season at first base.
And Dave Schalk in a modest four-game hitting streak to batter.
Way up on the handle of the bat, right-handed hitter. Lee delivers.
Outside with a tailing fastball. Schalk getting a solid 291 for the angels.
They play him a change of ball. Evans up a few steps in right field, quite shallow.
Lee straights and the pitch.
Butt it, scores third a good front, and a red and roll fair.
It lands right on the far line and reviews the kick foul.
The bases are loaded. Rettman could not score in that the front was right there on the third-day front about 20 feet from home plate.
And if Rettman had tried to score, Siskill was hovering over the ball, would have picked it up and tagged him.
Siskill was just waving a mini version of his 1975 World Series moment, where he stood here at home plate and waved his home run fair to beat Cincinnati in game six.
It was more of a little gentle come on, now come on, as he just moved the fingers to both hands, bring it foul, but it didn't have much action on it, and rolled weakly right on the foul line and stopped for a base hit.
So the angels hit around at a first inning as the bases loaded again, and Brian Downing, right-handed hitting catcher, steps in.
So a free run home and a chance to really give Rettman a lead, swing and a miss at a true piece on Michael Lee.
Bailey moves into second, Rettman is third, with shots at first to halo over every base.
The angels threaten to blow it open in the first inning, can't get too many runs in Fenway, that's an old song.
Lee rocks back and a pitch, low, one ball, one strike, Bob Stanley continues to throw in the bullpen, for the Boston Red Sox.
The angels with an air, a walk, and four hits in the inning.
31-year-old left-hander from the University of Southern California, Bill Lee, kicks the deal, high, a breaking ball, two and one, and Lee falls behind again.
The angels hit, two balls and a strike, Lee has to throw strikes with a base that's full, and Brian Downing in the catbird seat.
He likes this one, he's giving it a go.
The outfield deep toward left, a pitch, drive, it just caught the outside corner, Downing thought it was two ball wide,
walked across the place, kind of sculpted the dirt of a line that would mark the left-hander's hitters, that is, Bob.
Two balls, two strikes, Downing with nine runs that it is, here comes the two, two, pitch,
swinging a foul back out of play, that one up on the roof of Fenway.
So talking about double decking, Fenway, from first to round to third, has some 8,000 seats.
The capacity now is around 33 to 35 to minutes, depending on how many you can jam in the backs of the lower deck.
There's multiple tie box sets, as you know, around first to third, almost packed again tonight.
As Boston comes down from a successful throw pitch, two, two, pitch, swinging a high pop-up,
out goes Brohamer, in comes Lynn, here comes Larry Golds, he's all the way down.
Now the angels bat around at first, and a three-hundred run, four hits, four hits, three to three.
Last of the first team that is nearly away, we'll see how Boston does.
Bonham for the first inning, after a half-hitting, the angels three, the Red Sox against right-hander Tom Griffin, coming to the bench.
Last of the first inning, right-hander Tom Griffin of the angels making his third start of the season.
He is 0-2, a 3.50 Yare, is outing last time up, last Wednesday evening.
In the second game of the doubleheader at the Oakland Panathena, what is that thinking performance?
As he lost to someone, Matt Keough, VA's 1-0.
Former National League rookie pitcher of the year, 1969, with a Houston Astros, this is Griffin's first year in the American League.
And looking for his first American League victory, Ron Jackson at third,
Keith Lindsey around the horn, has a shot, gets short, Bob Griffin, Bob Fairley on the right side,
Rooney at left, Voskoc in center, and Ken Landrell on right.
Brian Downey behind the plate, Griffin, with a free-humping lead, will face Rick Rolton, Fred Lind, and Jim Wright.
Remember, these Red Sox have not lost to a Western Division team yet this year at home.
Canada, and only four clubs have beaten them all season at Fedway, where they are 22-4.
First pick to Rolton, very high ball one.
Well, that's been home field defense. 22-4 for the Red Sox, and they've just completed a 5-3 road trip.
Six full games ahead of the Yankees in the East. Griffin hits the field, ground ball to third, Jackson let the go under,
and it's off, they hit. Rooney feels, gets it in, and Rolton's the boy, and they're on a face-hit.
Ron Jackson playing with a bad back, and you can tell it on that play.
He didn't get down on the ball, and right under it, a glove. Jackson normally makes that play.
If he leaned to his left, Griffin gets the glove that low.
Rolton, who I think is now a 10th grade game, is the board at first base, and here's Gwendolyn, the center fielder.
26-year-old left-handed hitter from USC and El Monte, California, hitting 3-16.
Mitched by Griffin. Back ball misses, down tie ball one.
Well, after watching Bill Lee and all that slow, soft pitching that he offered the first inning,
Griffin looks like the fastest man to ever hit the mound, by contrast.
The pitch, back ball low enough, tie ball two.
Molly Engel has the team through all night from the west coast to get here to Boston.
Griffin advanced the team, and he was able to get here 20 times in a good night's sleep, so he's the one rested Engel.
Bill Lee also allowed that play.
He left the Boston club from Seattle a day early so that he might get a good night's rest here.
Oh, Flynn. Good power, gets the ball to the right field well.
The pitch, when a high pop-up off third, Gaffer and Downing to the Engel dugout.
Right end's going to be back about four rows.
Gaffer tie off the concrete floor and well back into the ground.
The Engels left down. Excellent three-game series against the New York Yankees.
They're trying an average of over 30,000 a game, and on a season now,
they've averaged 20,580 hits at Amazons, Boston averaging 26,012 for their home base.
Throw to first and back is Rolston.
Jumie Cieski, former teammate of our three-game guest, Ted Williams,
choking at first base, called him the Washington man in his playing days.
Next, we have the Detroit Tigers, Eddie Yoch, coaches the third.
They're following away three and one. So Griffin gets up the base into Wilson
and falls behind Lynn three and one with Jim Wright,
the Major League leader in home runs and RBI on deck.
Three-nothing Engel, bottom of the first inning.
Griffin sets the three-one-fifth, swinging a high fly ball to center field.
Botsock waiting in position in deep center. He's got it and is one away.
You can see that ball is carrying maybe another 10, 15 feet because of the wind.
Botsock had a beat on it, and then he kept shifting back to his small set.
The ball is in the hand is for Jim Wright.
Right, the Zabrich has dipped down to 321,
and he took the next of that in practice before the game tonight.
He leads the majors with 19 homers, 54 runs batted in,
American League leader in runs, hits, and flung percentage,
and tied in triples with six.
Squeezed and misses, going one.
Good compact stroke for Wright.
They have the tightest swing of anyone in the American League.
Liking to Joe Lewis's famous six-inch right-hand front,
they could destroy an opponent.
Wright takes a very short swing, but such a strong man can hit it out anywhere.
Just 25 years of age from Madison, South Carolina.
Where to waste him, deep in the box, counting out to say something to Griffin who
took over, catched the run of Wilson at first, barely holding in sight,
off to your deeps, the pitch, low, a breaking ball, and it's one and one.
Wright has been playing left field with the injury to Scott,
and tonight the designated hitter was Scottie back at first base for Boston.
Griffin, 6'3", 210 pounds from the San Fernando Valley, throws the first and
rolls in the back.
Griffin, second, squeeze over toward the back,
Scott trying to come to hold best he can, but still hits,
step up, a double play position, set swing, and it's low.
Griffin's at eight, what's wrong with that one?
Two balls and a strike.
How about that for a plugging percentage for Wright, 6'38".
Where's 14, a bright red and a red bull to the back of his Boston white.
The two on deck, low again, three and one.
Griffin's all behind left, three and one, and got him to fly to center.
Now he's behind right, three and one, with Kyle Yosdremski on deck.
No place to rest in his Boston batting order, the best hitting list in the
American world.
Number nine hitter, Hopkins, 262, 11 home runs.
Going in a high pop-up, right side,
Griffin waiting for it to come down as the edge is out on the grass,
second base with Hazard, and it's two away.
For a while, Griffin might have been wondering, will it come down?
It was just that high, two gone, Yosdremski, the batter,
goes right to far for a safety identification.
This is a fourth place of the San Joaquin Valley, KOMG by Talia,
and all of the 300 safety and safety on American Forces radio,
three nothing angels, eight for almost 78.
Talia Yosdremski, three nothing angels, bottom of the first inning,
first pitch is high ball on.
New ball thrown out to Tom Griffin, yes, hitting 290 this year,
refusing to acknowledge his advancing years, still in great shape.
Ten wheels that bat in the right hand and settles off the letters and
a photo of Bert Rolton at back.
Yes, has three home runs and 28 runs that have been.
Now 38 years of age from Long Island, New York.
The pitch, curve ball high, ball two, so Griffin behind the hitters,
but getting away with it so far.
Bill Lee did not, and the angels scored three as they hit around with
a helpful for there in the top of the first inning.
Griffin sent the pitch, going to shot the second way to Griffin,
got the pitch, hit on, throws and gets him.
Ball, handshot, grit, fortunately rolled only about eight feet away,
was able to pounce on it and throw out, yes, at first base, 4-3.
So the touch, no runs, one hit and one left as Skipper Don Zimmerman
left right hand, linear three-one and yes, two holes and they all made out.
After an inning, angels three, brought to nothing.
The same cozy Fenway Park in Boston on a 70 degree evening,
58% humidity, the breeze about 17 miles an hour toward the left field wall.
Little chance of rain tonight, but 80% prediction of precipitation tomorrow.
Bill Lee, shooting up with sound and fizz, will face the top of the angel order,
Lambeau, Griffin, Vossack.
One game played in the Major League this afternoon,
Candle 6, Mark and Stanton, San Francisco, 7,231.
Saw the Giants get a one hitter from Ed Hallicki as they shut out Montreal, one nothing.
The Giants picked up only three hits off Steve Rogers of the X-Bow.
Hallicki three and one the winner, Rogers seven and six the loser,
Giants one, Montreal nothing.
Seattle at Baltimore underway tonight and the Blanders failed to score top of the first inning.
Landro takes a fast ball inside ball one.
That's Colburn against Martinez.
Solts against Moore, Minnesota, Toronto rain delay at the start.
The pitch, a strike and a slider and it's one and one to Landro.
He was safe on Goddard in the first inning that opened the gates for the angels to score their three runs.
Milwaukee will be in Detroit tonight, Rodriguez for the Brewers out of the bullpenning against Noke Wilcox.
Open New York, Texas, Kansas City, Cleveland and Chicago no report.
The pitch, low curve high.
Natchel Lake, St. Louis and Atlanta, they're in the second inning no score.
A book of it for the Cods and Marlars for the Braves.
Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Houston, New York and San Diego, the Dodgers, those for Philadelphia.
There's a looping line of Burlson one handed to the big overscore strike.
Landro, a looping line drive, caught by Burlson as the left-handed B didn't take the full lead and one handed it to his backhand side.
Bobby Gritt mounted a third in for a timeout.
Bobby Gritt.
Point over here, 6-6, 9-9-4.
Quick or not, go.
First pitch to Gritt is second for a strike.
Bobby just saved the last four hands.
We're just getting three-counted back.
A bomb and handled, lightly closed hands, Lee delivers that close service in there.
A strike on Gritt. It has to be a pace and hitter against button and ability.
Most of his pitches are above the batter's head somewhere during the trajectory from mound to plate.
The pitch, inside, and he's doing that one about as hard as he can, a bat ball and Gritt fell back.
What a weight is that ball, more spotty in his lead came to face.
That's still well back for Gritt.
The pump and a one-two delivery.
High, two-and-two, Gritt leads the A-pill with 34-1.
Simon Bogdak on deck.
Three-nothing, A-pill claded.
We're at the top of the second inning, one out, Bates is empty.
We have a line drive, Berlton has his one-two.
Now a line drive off the bat of Bobby Gritt, but right to the doorstop.
Rick Berlton, thought he'd just about the bill of his camp.
Simon Bogdak, the center fielder, bounce-out to the first base when George got unassisted his first time out.
We mentioned Craig Roeber's, a trading deadline.
The name to Lake is this Thursday night, midnight.
And one of the rumors floating around involving the Angels, Nolan Ryan, down ball to George.
Berlton's been a busy man, he picks up everyone in the second inning.
Goes across the scott, hits three on the put-out.
A one-two-three inning for the Angels, after one-and-a-half, it's the Angels three, Boston nothing.
John Chiley, the fine organist here at Senway Park in Boston with a plain, it's a small world.
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Berlton fifth, and George Scott and Jack Brohamer will bat against Tom Griffin in the Boston second inning.
Fifth, now 30, native of New Hampshire.
Getting to 67, that's five-oh-one, and Mankiewicz batted in.
Big right-handed batter, he and Joe Rudy, the Angels brass, the most deliberate hitters in the entire league in getting themselves better than batters.
Berlton just settling in now, wide spread closed stands.
Downing the outside, target the pitches too high, bow-on.
Rudy playing right at the edge of the track in front of the scoreboard and left.
Five-stop team in left-center.
And Lambrough, a good distance back in straightaway right field.
Griffin runs back to pitch, playing a pop-up, might be a play behind the play for Downing, flips the match away, comes back toward the box seat, and makes a fine running catch.
One step from the fatted barrier, the box seat running toward the ankle back out of the third-day's eye.
Downing, a huffling catcher, who plays his position at times like an infielder.
The bowman, George Scott, steps in.
Getting to 84, now 34 years of age, native of Greenville, Mississippi.
He has brought not only a lot of long home runs to this league, but a whole new language, to pitch, back ball strike.
Talk about throwing a heater, a back ball hitting a tater, and many other Scottism, third ball bent outside, what a run.
Scott, handling both ends of his game so very well, he has 256 career home runs, he's won eight Golden Gloves.
Injured at the start of this season, but healthy now.
The pitch, twing, and a miss, as he took his mid-trip.
Scott's power is to left and right center field.
He is 420 to the center field wall and adjacent to the Boston bullpen out of deep right center, about 400 foot away center.
Swing and a miss, takes a bad ball, strike three.
What? Played off by a rough catcher saying that George Scott didn't swing it that way?
And Downing can't believe that, and the Calvary man goes to two and two instead of strike three.
And left, Shet the thing, that that ball was foul tipped by Scott, that's the only thing we can think of.
Jim Tragulki has not come out of the angle dugout.
And Downing continues to talk with the plate up by our guest.
Scoreboard reads the ball in two strikes.
Scott took a pretty good swing, not to be called out.
They must have foul tipped it.
That is one and two.
Rippon rocks back and here it comes.
Swing and a wide drive, big hit, left center field.
Lanzel over to get it in right center.
Swinton falls, gets up and gets his throw in.
Scott holds it for a save with a second Boston hit.
He had a pull-in out over Drixie's head.
The matter is Jack Krohama, little left-handed hitting infielder, he's in the lineup because
Gillie Remy, the second baseman for the Red Sox, has a really great ankle, maybe a 4 or 5 game.
But Krohama has been doing a solid job anyway.
He's got a 10 game hitting streak, that's his longest ever in the big laker and he's hitting 2.99.
The pitch by Griffin is just outside ball one.
Krohama wears number three on his back.
Played out his option with a wide start, time with Boston.
He's a Southern Californian from Huntington Beach.
The pitch, swing and another wide drive, big hit by Gillie.
There goes Scott in the second, Lanzel off to the ball, Scott's going to go to third.
Swinton's been thrown at third base.
He's whiffed it in the back, throws it away and Krohama holds it for a save.
He whiffed it out, a land row throw hit him in the back and Scott Gambling makes it to third.
Krohama has made it 11th great game and George Scott, not the speediest runner,
gambled on land row ground and Lanzel threw a perfect one hopper to the third base with Ron Jackson.
Scott is six back, went in the way, hit him in the back and it's down the way.
Scott, that runner that first and third went out in the second and the tie runs up right in the four on a wide oven
to make right handed head right fielder, out, out, to the right.
Kevin, 13 home runs, 27 runs ran in him.
And that left field ball that's so very close when he steps in there, takes a strike, a curve ball,
and hits the outside corner.
Scott and Ron Hammer with one hop in the box and second inning.
Bailey anchored in the back, the end field looking for the level play, Kevin.
And then it's a 287 hitter, the pitch, swing and a foul.
Puts that one up on a roof about the best level behind home plate.
It's a great ball to play Kevin. So many of the old timers feel as we do that they also never change that way.
It's very special in light of a new modern stadium that seems so sterile.
This one with its many angles and its short centers to pitch is 9-1-2.
You're always going to game a 10-1.
And the fans is knowledgeable of Minion baseball.
And he's going to take his pickets now to bring him here to the Muppet Eye game and hit the seller.
Griffin checks the runners for the third and the pitch.
Swing and a foul, foul, foul, it'll be out of play as Evans falling a fastball away.
Hits it in behind the back of the box and dugout.
Bush-Hopson, 38th minute on deck.
The likes of Hopson and Evans at the bottom of the Boston batting order give you an idea why the rest of us in first place.
Evans has 13 home runs and Hopson 11th and they're hitting 8th and 9th.
Got off third, from Amherst first, swing out the angles, here's the pitch.
Look at that, oh, high five on the left field.
The wind will help it and it's going and it's off.
Right, Evans with his fourth home run, high five all and the wind just rolled that one into the string and left it in the field and it's a new ball game in three.
Evans, a couple of pitches he couldn't call, got a high fastball over the plate and hit a high five ball.
It's been out almost anywhere else but that's why it's so friendly and friendly for the right-handed hitters.
As the wind carried it, Rudy just watched as it fell over his bat high up into that string.
Just like that the game is even at three.
Here's Bush-Hopson batting 262, the pitch, breaking ball for a strike on one.
As a pitcher you just have to save yourself, I didn't make that bat a pitch but in this part you can't let him hit it high to left,
it's simply over the wind, ball out the middle, backhand by Griggs behind second, he throws it out, five strikes.
Ball is just fairly well.
Now two outs in the second inning and the total is now even, three runs, four hits a tie.
Rick Wilson singled under Jackson's glove, hit first time up.
Second to the American Laker doubles with 15.
So Hawthorne's close are getting 2.7 but his bat's getting heated up a bit, he's hit safely a six and a row and wouldn't admit to a good thinking bat ball.
So the crowd got what they were asking for, the home run was two-man-eleven from Dwight Evans.
A three-three tie, the pitch, turnball over but low, one and one.
Brett Lennon's on deck. Griffin runs back and here's the pitch, high, a bat ball, two and one.
Griffin mopping his brow, working it late for the angels, not accustomed to the humidity with a dry heat in California.
It's not a bad night, pop up in his channel center, five-stock in, talk out, five-stock stop, man makes the catch,
almost fell down, he put on the break running hard to realize the wind was staring that ball out.
He slammed on the break and almost fell down.
Griffin, they made his putting and made the catch.
Red Sox three runs to tie, a three hit, no one left.
After two, Boston three, the angels three.
The Red Sox are home where they enjoy the dimensions of Fenway and have just hit their 69th team home run of the season,
and they tie with Milwaukee, the best home run hitting team in the American League currently.
And Bill Lee is back even at three-three as he warms up, he'll say still Rudy, Ron Jackson and Merv Gressma,
the middle of the angel batting order in the top of the third inning.
This is the Kenberg with Al Witt, Don Drysdale off on a time and will rejoin us tomorrow night,
producer, engineer, Dick Nelson.
Just to complete that note on a possible trade involving Nolan Ryan,
the fire service report that the owner of the Texas Rangers, Brad Corbett, had flown from Arlington to Anaheim
to visit with Angel General Manager, Bucky Bervese about a trade which would involve the Rangers and Angels.
They would like very much to have an agent in Texas, Nolan Ryan.
We hear anything, of course, you'll hear about it.
Let's go to the third inning.
Three-three, tie here now.
Our deck and here's Rudy at the plate, they've seen Bill Lee in the Boston Red Sox.
Lee holding the ball in front of his chest, looking for the side from Carl Spiskie.
Now lines for the first pitch for Joe Rudy as the slow curve up high for a one.
He's changing speed to watch this year and that's one reason that George Van Bergen,
the new manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, says that he figures Bill Lee will be the big winner this year in the Boston Red Sox.
We'll have to wait and see.
He's back at seven and three.
He winds at the pitch.
Swing and a miss.
Does Joe Rudy get the plate to count even one and one?
Bill Lee has been bothered by shoulder problems ever since he got into that brawl in Yankee Stadium on May 20th, 1976.
And he says that he still has some degree of discomfort in his shoulders as he pitches this year.
He winds and the one more pitch to Rudy is in time.
They count two and one to Joe.
Of course, Lee was out for a couple of months after that injury.
And that's on track at the 1976 season for him. He's hoping that 78 will be a different story.
Making his third try with number 81, two one pitch, hangs high, three and one to Rudy.
On Jackson, on Jack Jackson currently is the number two hitter in the American Lake for average behind Rod Carew and just barely behind Carew.
The score is 368. Rudy gets the plate. He has the edge on Lee, three and one.
The quarterback native on demand, 31 years old, six three, 205 pounds.
He winds and the three one pitch to Rudy.
Swing and a foul tap at the plate. Bounces into Joe Rudy.
To the count goes to three and two.
Bill Lee, right time against the Angels with a seven and four record.
And last year appears to be getting on the track for Boston against everybody in the American League because in September he had a four and two mark.
That smacks his entire win and loss total, five of the All-Star game, which results in four and two.
Three two pitch to Rudy. Just outside ball four with a man called.
So Rudy draws the walk from Bill Lee. That's the second walk issued by Lee.
The leadoff man on into third. Here's Ron Jackson.
Jackson is first time up with a single.
The Angels going three times in the first inning. The Boston Red Sox matching it with a three run home run by Dwight Evans in their half of the second.
So it's three three in Boston's Fenway Park. The Angels hitting in the top of the third.
The big Jackson is outside and Paul Wanderer. Jackson getting three fifty-seven with three home runs and twenty-seven RBI.
They also leave the Angels in doubles with him. The big daddy playing with the.
Turn for the.
So I.
Have the play.
I guess Billy.
The U.S.
The angels hoping that they were able to generate the momentum.
At home before taking to the road. They have a long, long road trip in front of them.
Four of the last six games and have three come back with them.
Way inside of Jackson has to lift his foot out of the way to get out of the way.
They got down two and two to Ron Jackson.
The Angels.
Step around the injuries.
Say.
An awkward.
Rulers in the East of the vision. The Eagles a game and a half out of West.
Trying to catch the open A.
Starts over the first base.
Allegedly throws to Big George Scott.
And in plenty of time to get back to the back, Joe Rudy.
Jackson up the play by hand. It is slightly closed.
And three two-pitches and he goes.
And a drive across.
Jackson hits a fuller and they get swept out as well.
And clears it right on the mound.
And fires over the first base to George Scott.
And Rudy was almost down to second base by the time the ball was returning to first.
So a very quick shuffle boy.
One three on the liner to Bill Lee.
And the taunt over the first base to George Scott.
So Joe Rudy doubled up.
The base is closed for the Angels.
That's where Bruckman in the third with two outs.
Bruckman walks back in the first.
Hitting two out of gate. One home run. Ten RBI.
The line to the big just flow.
Breaking ball inside. Ball one.
First the D.H. replacing Don Baylor.
And that back will be missed.
And a short two game period in Fenway Park.
Because Baylor is Taylor's name for Fenway.
Down low. Two and oh.
Don Baylor's dead full hitter.
And he just tattooed that ball all night long.
But Baylor with a hamstring full.
And so he's going to be out.
No telling how long. Hopefully just a couple of games.
Playing a high chopper.
That's off the glove of the third base for Houghton in the short left field.
Making the turn to Bruckman. He'll hang on to just simply retrieve quickly and throws back to the infield.
He'll be scored an air five on Butch Houghton.
He tried to cut off the ball in front of Berlton.
The short top of the red dot.
But in doing so took his eye off the ball.
The ball hit it off his glove.
And to the left field.
So an E five.
And that is the second air of the game for the Red Sox.
So a man home with two men off.
And now Ron Bailey at the plate.
Bailey is one for one.
He singles the center.
He has the first.
And Bailey with that hit.
One of the rare times he's had a chance to come up against left hand hitters this year.
And a rare hit for him.
He's hitting one twenty-five this year against left handers.
Bailey taking advantage of the expertise of Dick Enberg's pre-game guest, Ed Williams.
He and Ted were talking.
Outside the Boston dugout five of the game.
What else?
Subject hitting.
So Bailey left hander in the play.
Down ball, Milley on the bar.
Bending at the weight.
Glove on his knee.
The ball on the backhand.
He sets the kick and the pitch.
Back ball down low.
Ball one.
Bailey hitting with two outs.
Runner at first base.
That's Merv Rettman.
The angels and the Boston Reds are tied in the third at three.
Police set the right lift and the pitch.
Swing at a bombing ball.
Backing up to Scott at first.
He dropped it but it's not too far from the back.
So he just eggs it with his foot as he recovers.
And the dive retired in the third.
He goes out without a hit.
In the half of the third.
At the end of two and a half the score will make tied at three.
That was Tomadick and the Fenway Park in Boston where the score is tied at three.
The angels with three runs in their half of the first on four hits and one error.
They still strand at three then.
The Boston Reds are with their three in the second of the three run home run by Dwight Evanson
which is 14 home runs of the year.
And that took him up to 30 in the RBI mark.
That's his number three in home runs in the American League this year.
Fred Lynn leading off for Boston in the third.
But Jim Reiss and Kyle Yatseski.
Well that Boston Reds are trying to get the pace up there.
Look at the talent they have.
When they're helping for his running he's now going up to pitch a negative one.
Scott is back in for Boston.
He has missed an action.
So when you look at that lineup with all the starters in there, breaking ball inside, ball one.
Many people say two leadoff men and seven clean up hitters.
And a not far wrong.
Fred Lynn leading off for one on mid to the outside corner of the knees for a goal strike one and one.
Lynn 319, over one in this game, seven home runs, 27 RBI.
Left-hander against the right-hander on the mound for the Angels on Griffin who deals high, two and one.
Lynn, a couple of stats on him.
He likes to hit in Boston, likes to hit right-handers.
Playing at a foul, play it along to the left side and back into the stands by 13-0.
Look out two and two.
Lynn's average in Boston last year is 313.
You check his breakdown on home runs.
You find he is two against left-handers but 16 against right-handers.
And what for him was a tough five years.
Two-two-fifth.
Swung into bombing ball right side, blocked by Brich on the edge of the outfield grass and he throws him up.
So Fred Lynn put away by Bob Brich.
And here's Jim Wright.
Jim Wright.
Dwight Cox Brich in the first.
Heading of the game, scoring a 321 average, number five in the American League.
The ball category right up on top, 19 home runs, 54 RBI.
The first pitch, breaking ball high, and the count is one and 0.
Jim Wright, got barely reaching his premium years with a ball to Red Sox.
Ball inside, the count's ill known.
The Red Sox figured it for many years as he now enters his late 20s and early 30s.
He will contribute 35 to 40 home runs at least a year.
Over 100 RBI, that probably hits 325.
Flaming a one hopper hits sharply to Brich.
He has it and throws him up.
So Bob Brich is taking care of the first two men.
Up for the Boston Red Sox in the third.
And here's Kyle Dziuski.
Dziuski bounce top to Brich in the first to end Saturday.
Kyle, very impressed by Boston this year, as well he could be, third first place by six games,
airing today's action, 39 and 19, that's 20 games above 500.
Dziuski at the plate, left hand hitter, holding that bet off his back shoulder,
high and away with a fast ball by Griffin, 4-1.
Kyle says this is the best Boston Red Sox team that he has seen.
The one hopper, quick and a miss, one and one.
Dziuski has had his cuts against the game, both in his career.
His total 30 career home runs against California.
Bob, low stance at the plate, the pitch, up high with a fast ball, 2-1 to Dziuski.
Dziuski heads into this game with a hitting streak of four straights.
Getting the two outs, he's last of the third.
Fast ball, missed outside, three and one to Dziuski.
Kyle, the first on deck.
Tom Griffin looking for his first win as an angel, his first win in the American League.
He's working in the tie game at three, in the third.
Fast ball outside, ball forward, Dziuski rejects the bat to the fungal circle to the right of home plate.
Goes down to first for the wash.
For Griffin, that's the first free pass that he's issued this evening.
And it brings up Carlton Fisk.
Fisk in the second, foul out to his counterpart, Brian Downing.
Hitting 267, five home runs at 19, RBI.
Carlton visiting with relatives because the angels are in town.
His brother-in-law is Rick Miller.
Rick married to Carlton's sister, Janet.
She'll spend a couple of weeks here in the Boston area and in New Hampshire visiting Carlton and her folks.
Swing and a miss and a breaking ball served up by Griffin, one strike to Fisk.
Fisk, a very dedicated hitter, if you go into the batting case, the batting practice, and listen to him from time to time,
you'll hear him reciting verbal situations, game situations, man on first six, but a man on third with one out.
And he'll go down on the whole list of them and try to react accordingly at home plate.
Get the ball to the right side, Brian, get it in the air, get the runner on.
So Fisk, a thinking man's player outside, and a count to Carlton, one and one.
The Reds don't catch your hitting with two outs, a man on, that's Jastrinsky,
issued a free pass, the first walk of the game by Griffin.
And down the S. San Diego Padre pitcher on the mound, looking for the time from Downing,
who sets the target for the talk over first base and they almost got Jastrinsky.
He barely made it back with a dive, as if trying to reach the end of a boat dock
and just barely getting on with his fingertips, that's how he was gripping the bat.
Now Griffin just barely missed picking him off.
Now down Griffin now, back on the rubber, setting his intentions to home plate.
Again the time by Downing and the target swinging and a miss, breaking ball outside part of the plate.
Waved at a miss by Carlton, Fisk is one and two as Griffin ends the edge.
Outfield against Fisk, deep and around slightly toward left.
Boston Reds on and the Angels, first game of a short two game series, they've been playing for another talk over the first base.
And back in time, Carl Jastrinsky, one fairly covering at first, Bob Gritch over at second,
the Angels have chalked it short and Jackson over at third.
Downing behind the plate, time called quickly by home plate umpire Russ Getz, as it was requested by Carl Fisk.
The Angels defense rounded out with Broody in left, Bob Dock in center, and Yung Semi Landrow in right.
This now, close stand, Griffin fires over the first base and Jastrinsky back standing up.
Again the set by Griffin, he works the plate, fast ball hangs high and the count, two and two to Carlton Fisk.
So far the operator having some difficulty getting to the right count tonight.
And the home plate umpire Getz holding up his hands was the correct indication.
Another throw over the first base by Griffin, and again Jastrinsky back.
A couple fans throwing him, but that's his job, keeping close.
Now Fisk reestablishing himself at the plate.
The two two-pick to the runner goes, swing and a miss strike three, and Carlton Fisk strikes out.
So the sides are tied for the Boston Reds, talks in the food, no runs, no hits, no errors, and one man left.
At the end of three in Fenway Park, three-three, Boston and California.
Elvis Columbus, Dick Enver, Fenway Park, and Boston for the game is tied at three.
The Reds talk, and the Californians lead, Boston three runs on four hits.
The Angels ditto, three runs and four hits.
And for the Halos, the man ahead for the fourth is Dave Chalk, Brian Downing,
and top of the order is Kenny Landau that pays still leads.
The Angels getting a chance to exchange greetings with their teammate, Jerry Remy, who unfortunately can't play in this game.
He's going to be at least three more games with an ankle that's injured in Seattle.
But Remy's very happy to be in Boston. He of course is a native of Massachusetts, and he feels right at home.
Here in Boston, the Reds talk uniform in a pen and paper.
Dave Chalk at the plate, the first pitch of breaking ball that they break off, strike one.
Chalk, as if they play in five straight, bonneted his way on in the first,
and he couldn't have rolled it with his hand, and he vetted.
Guys, the bunnies went on again, it's a foul, and rolls off the catcher,
and the fish can over toward the Boston Reds on dugout, so 0-2 on Chalk.
Chalk laid it down the third base line, and first was found to urge the ball to go foul,
but it stopped just barely on the line.
And Chalk over his first base already by the time the momentum of the ball stopped.
Playing a bombing ball into the third base with a hot, skinny gloves and guns, it's done.
Dave Chalk put out 5-3 by Butch Hopkins and Brian Downing at the plate.
White Forest Restation, identification. This is Angels Radio 78.
This is the American Forces Radio and Television Service.
It's the end of the long dawn.
Angels and Red Sox 3-3, top of the fourth, one out, Brian Downing at the plate, all set to go against Bill Lee.
The Angels with a barrage of hits yesterday back at Anaheim Stadium as they beat the Yankees 9-6.
16 hits for the Angels, it looked like they were going to duplicate that in this game as they got off with 4 hits
and 3 runs in the very first inning.
Downing at the plate, takes 4-1.
So it's the last two times around, but the second down, 1-2-3, and no action in the fifth either.
There's a slow curve at the knees for a call strike from the inside corner.
Downing at 238 hitters, 2 home runs, 7 RBI, all for one in this game, he's flying out to center.
A tapper hits back to the pitcher, Bill Lee.
Quirrells and Quirrells are in the first base, and there are two of the Angels in the fourth.
A lead coming off the mound, a good feeling pitcher.
The first base climb, the draw of that tapper, and the quarter-o and throw to George Scott at first.
Two down for the Angels on the fourth, and the top of the order, up in my draw.
Getting left hand hitting, gets the left hand early, swing and a bounding ball, left to Scott, just 50-mills over the first base.
From the side, retired, 1-2-3.
Angels go to the fourth, at the end of 3-1-2, 3-3.
The Angels and Red Sox contrasted as they began the first game in a long series of games for 18.
The Angels with their longest road trip of the year, 14 games for Boston Red Sox with their longest home stand of the year.
It begins tonight in Fenway Park, George Scott at the right, and Jack Rowhammer and Dwight Evans in the left-hand half of the fourth.
The game starts pretty good, a lead team with four hits so far tonight.
The Red Sox scoring in spectacular, although narrow fashion.
Dwight Evans with a three-munt home run into the net, a shot to Green Monster in left field here at Fenway Park.
It was very much win 80, a very strong wind blowing out toward the Green Monster.
George Scott takes down Rowam and outside for a one.
A breeze at game time of 17 miles per hour, he's blowing so strong the big American flag is pulling at that black ball.
It's wading in the breeze of black ball that's back for inside, and you can hear the reaction from the crowd here at Fenway.
2-0 to Scott.
George Black here is one of the music incidents at Fenway because he hit a home run.
There's just no question about it. He hit a home run to straightaway center field, but there's a perpendicular line that designates playing and a line drive.
He hits, it's a short shot, that is his second hit.
Up and up, two for two.
Both of them line drive to right field.
Scott last year against the Angels with a home run that was to the right of a perpendicular line which separates the Green Monster from a shorter wall about half the size of their 37-foot block.
But the umpire didn't see it. Scott as he was circling the base was trying to tell him it's out.
He was doing the umpire's cause, boiling his hand, it's out, he's pointing to the wall, and he was so busy trying to tell the umpire he was wrong he missed a chance inside the black hole run because the Angels didn't pursue it in the outfield.
That happened last year.
First pitch is in there at the knees, outside corner for a called strike one to Jack Grohamer.
Grohamer a hot hitter.
11 straight game, 2-9 coming in, one home run, and 10 RBIs, and he has the singles so far tonight.
Back in the second, he and Scott brought home the three run home run by Evans.
Swing in the mid, mid-time that pitch, and a count on two.
Grohamer getting a chance to play because of the injury to Jerry Remmits.
The strain of Remmits ankle, quite twisting of it.
Jack Grohamer up against Tom Griffin, who kicks and delivers way outside and down the half to scramble off to his left of the sphere of effort.
George Scott leading off the fourth with a single, game tied at three, Fenway Park in Boston, blasts up the fourth. Jack Grohamer has to play, the count one and two.
Griffin sets and delivers outside, two and two.
A check of the scoreboard, other actions today.
In progress, Baltimore and Seattle, and the Orioles lead 3-0.
They have played three.
Eddie Murray with his tenth home run of the year, that's the difference in the game. It came in the third with two men off.
So Murray a three run home run.
Griffin fires over to first base, and George Scott, obviously no base-stealing threat.
Now with all the luggage he's carrying, he's back in front of you, Scott.
Two-two pitch, inside.
Scott again fires, and it was not the second day Jim Groome was in.
A score of a wild pitch.
George Scott in scoring position represents a potential tie-breaking run in the fourth.
Elsewhere on the make-up and scoreboard, Detroit leads to a walk in three to two at the end of a hitting and a half.
There have already been three home runs in that game.
Tom Griffin, who is victimized by Dwight Evans in the second for a three run blast, stands to the morrow.
Check George Scott, the pitch, swinging a tamper foul to the right of home plate.
Tom Fultz on Jack Brohamer on the red side.
In the Detroit-Nowakie game, Tom with his ninth home run, Thompson his fifteenth, Thomas his thirteenth.
Jason Thompson goes into a tie for second place with John Favis in the American League home run for a.
Scott for the conservative league, now he has to drop to second.
The three-two pitch by the left, the left is in the middle by Brohamer.
The score of the play is cut off by Fairley, but Scott will run straight for third.
The run is the first and third with nobody out in the fourth, and here comes Dwight Evans.
For Devon, who's provided the fireworks for the walk tonight, a three run blast is 14th of the year, pulling his IVI total up to 30.
Dwight Evans always seems to hit the easy way.
He's a cap for his nine.
Blast is 393, and it was two home runs against California.
He has hit home runs in two consecutive games, and was 13th yesterday.
Now with the fans shutting the rhythmical bars and Fenway Park,
he backs off the mound and now wants to conference with his catcher, Ryan Downing.
Nobody out, two men on, game tied 3-3, blast off the board.
The American late for the New York Yankees has won an inning and a half with Oakland,
so scoring that game is Kehoe against Gidry.
Later on, a couple of jumpies hang those, Texas and Kansas City in Royal Stadium.
And Cleveland will play Chicago, also the better off, the pitch, a 5-0-1 for the fastball.
John Griffin in a jam, nobody out, two men on, four-setting, game tied at three.
And Dwight Evans threw home runs off of him back in the second at the plate.
Evans closed hands, right hand hitter, the pitch, Clinton hit a foul back to the screen.
And a cap for him once.
Evans with that home run, he did safely in six straight games.
The Angels will try to turn the double play so they're a double play depth.
They'll give up the run, Scott at third, Texas weighing it down low, and the Count's doing one.
Back about three steps from the outfield grass to short is Dave Sharp.
Rich about four steps from the grass over at second base, both pitched in toward the middle,
and Evans will hit it on the ground and out in the air, the pitch, swing, and a checker
playing off the facing of the fastball to your right.
Gloves on the fly by Matt, actually, on the rebound.
Two and two.
The boomer, George Scott at third, Jack Brohammer at first.
Fairly holding Brohammer at first.
Jackson playing off one, and back of the bag at third.
The middle of the infield double play depth.
So Scott will score on the ground ball, hit toward the pitch.
In there for a cold strike play, a slider by Tom Griffin caught Evans looking.
The scales balancing as Evans with a three-run home run in the second,
and now pound of flesh for Tom Griffin in the fourth as he catches Evans looking.
That's the second strike out tonight for Griffin.
That's only one out in the fourth for the Boston Red Sox,
and it's pushed Optin for number nine here at the plate.
Optin for the rebound, home run, the 35, high of the eyes,
and he's hitting nine for this power-packed Boston Red Sox lineup.
Holds that bat high, swing, and a miss, a high fastball served up by Griffin.
Optin holding that bat high, almost a mirror image of Carl Jaczemski when he does that.
Two-sixty-two to go on with those 11 home runs and 35 rebbies.
Down low, one and one.
Optin, the free swinger, while he'll pick up those home runs,
will also pick up strikeouts.
He's got a 12-record of 162 last year.
Activity now in the Angel Bullpen, 10-grat-crowing, breaking ball,
left side, two and one to Optin.
Optin last year, 30 home runs for the Red Sox, 112 high of the eyes.
Oddly enough, no home runs against the Angels.
Let's take a look at just about everybody else in the American League.
Two-one pitch, leg of a bounding call, into the short shot, he's got it.
Throw ball to first base, got it, got it, everybody.
Second short, Scott Storrs, and the Red Sox lead it 4-3.
Now you have to feel for Tom Griffin.
He did exactly what the pitcher wanted to do.
He struck out Evans, with runners at first and third,
and served up a made-order double play.
Wait a shot, but in his haste to make two, he got none, and the Red Sox are in front.
George Scott Storrs is 4-3, Optin.
At second base, Jack Rohanford, Optin's statement first,
to the air by Dave Schalks, at the top of the order up in Rick Berlton.
Berlton one for two, waste of the play.
Down the baller.
The Red Sox with a great break.
The Angles should have gotten out of this inning on a double play.
Dave Schalks couldn't find the handles.
He's charged for the net, and a run score.
And his teammates, Tom Griffin still on the hook.
4-3, Boston.
Berlton waits.
The kickoff attempt not made to second base as Bobby Griffin running over towards the bag at second.
Griffin world stepped off the rubber, but did not throw to second.
Rohanford second.
Optin at first, the pitch.
Outside breaking ball for Berlton.
Two and on the record.
Berlton was only three home runs, but he hit number three yesterday.
Downing California as the sixth game hitting streak goes.
One for two in this game.
He wins.
Close stance, right hand hitter.
A long fly ball.
Hit the deep end to the side, going back.
The warning, he makes the catch.
Reans up against the wall, goes back to the infield.
One run, he will tag and go to third.
Rohanford third base, remaining at first, put Optin on a towering deep fly ball.
Hits a straightaway center field and a warning track, the base of the wall by Rick Berlton.
What is the first to third now with two outs.
As Griffin getting the advantage of the deep center field area.
He and Fenway Park, although that was not the deepest part to go apart.
He's going to chain around toward right center field and there's a little corner out there, that's 420 to U.S.
That one was 20 deep.
Red lead up, lift, hole for two.
He wakes.
What is the first to third?
Two outs, down low, downing for the nice stop.
Red lead 319, seven home runs, 27 RBI.
He's got hits low and broad.
And hits right hand as well.
He's got to keep the wood back and forth.
The pitch, wing, center foul back.
Turns off the screen, back to the ball board, behind home plate, one and one.
Down Griffin, on the fight he's way out of it without any more damage being done in one run.
And he should have gotten out of his inning with no one scoring.
But Dave Shaw put in a double play ball.
Griffin's set.
The leg left hand in the pitch, check, wing, looper, that in the pitch, foul, by inches, wide on third base.
Jackson going over trying to backhand.
It was a very difficult play for him.
The angels lucky the ball was foul, one and two.
Glynn checking his bats just to the right of home plate.
Now tapping it against the sole of his shoes, cleaning his spikes.
Digging back in, left hand hitter against the right-handed Griffin.
But Thompson on the air over first base.
Jack Brohammer is third.
Tops over to first base.
And back in time, but Thompson.
Angels and red shots.
In the second lead, 4-3. He just barely did mention to him to.
You know, really a couple of steps to the warning track in front of that scoreboard.
On the green mark steering in left field.
Blocked off, straight away center.
Kenny Landrell, off the line, well off the line and right.
Glynn a high five, hit the left field, what was the win? It's John.
The double play for him is Justin Campbell, he's got the ball in front of him.
The second three run home run of the game.
This one by Fred Lynn, really getting close to wide effort.
The bases are clean, and the Boston Red Sox have jumped out in front with four runs in their half of the fourth.
And they lead it, 7-3.
John is up for the plate now, but the top home run hitter in the American League, Jim Wright.
He's going to miss. High outside fastball, all right.
One strike.
Nineteen home runs for Jim.
54 on the eyes, leads the American League in those two categories.
One after a breaking ball that broke low and inside, it's going to.
Fred Lynn, a left hand hitter, going to the opposite field, getting the ball onto the wind, over the wall, into the screen.
Home run.
Griffin deals up high, one and two to right.
A tough break for Griffin.
He's still going out of his inning. Checked wing line, look out, looks like it may have hit someone right behind home plate. Now they're checking the young man.
And apparently he's shaken up a bit.
Also concerned is Jim Wright, who's looking into the stands, the five rows deep.
Just to the right of the protective screen, the young man wearing a baseball cap.
And he looks to be a little shaken up, although it doesn't appear to be seriously hurt.
So Wright turns his attention to the mound, and picks it down Griffin.
The one, two, fifth. Wing and a miss right through.
The Griffin out of the inning.
But the horses are out of the barn because four runs score.
A three run home run by Fred Lynn, big blow in the fourth.
And at the end of fourth complete in Boston, it's seven three Red Sox.
Now listen on the deck end for a Fenway-Boston Boston with the Red Sox are on top by a four, seven runs, seven hits, two heads, four Bostons for the Angels.
Three runs, four hits and one cross clear.
It's the top of the best and here's Dick. All right, Al, you can't hear the Red Sox.
A five out inning, which that missed double play amounted to.
And they took advantage as they have three unearned runs to match the Angels' three unearned runs.
They scored in the first inning off. Bill Lee hasn't allowed to get sent.
A lot of greats will try to start things. Takes a through ball for a strike.
Rich is mounted to third and Lyon to George.
So Lee down three nothing after one.
Sees his teammates tied in the second on Dwight Evans.
Three run homers and Fred Lynn, Boston Eric, gets four home in the fourth inning.
Roll curve ball, grounded foul.
Rich just couldn't wait that long and fouls it into the Angel dugout.
Two strikes to get up.
That's a good enough three runs on four hits, Boston Eric, and they'd all the runs unearned in the first inning.
The Angels do not have a hit sent off Lee.
Looking for his eighth one of the year.
Six for eight, two under five pounders.
Flings into the lineup, the two strike bet.
Click of the line drive foul into the first row of box seats beyond the Angel dugout.
Down on ground, Fenway Park and Lawson.
Where the Red Sox, towards this team, has built to fit this park.
A lot of right-handed power.
They have taken a seven to three lead as they shoot for their 23rd home win against only four Lawson.
A windup and a hit. Outside, it's the state of that one.
Off the corner.
Lee and Fisk the battery.
Thompson a third, roll from the shortstop.
Brohammer and Scott on the right side of the infield.
They each have two hits apiece.
Gads and left, Flynn and Seder, heaven's at right.
The pitch. Swing and a foul.
Gritz, Jeff, and Shiv get a piece of the high curve ball.
Gritz, Bott, Sack, and Rudy.
In the Angels' fifth inning.
We told you, Connie Lampert, the Angels talented young rookie third baseman will be out for probably three to four weeks
with a sprained thumb and ligament damage.
They've called up Dave Mechamer, the Pacific Coast League's leading hitter.
The pitch. Well, curve ball, and it's a high fly ball to the shortstop.
Little soft fly ball to Rick Wilson who pedaled out on the grass and made the catch.
And then a case again of the Angel hitter not able to wait long enough for it.
He hit it off the end of the bat. He just couldn't wait.
And that's part of the style of Lee when he gets it going.
If he gets the end figure, then he can throw it that slow.
One out, Lyman Bott, Sack, and Trout at twice. Two short and a bird.
Lee pumps left-hander, hands left-hander. The pitch.
Slow curve is in there.
The Angels got their way to the first inning.
Out of there, Landro Cabe on Scott there.
Two out, double by Rudy, case Landro home.
Then Jackson single, Bretman walks out fairly.
Hit a base and throw to single the right setter.
High with a fastball is Lee. It's one and one.
Singles by Scott and Brohammer.
An Evans fly ball home run into the screener left side at for Boston in the second inning.
And singles by Scott and Brohammer. And Ayers starts to chuck out one run in as they force.
There's a line right face at left center field.
That's 12 games in a row now for Bott stock who turns first and holds.
And Jazz gets his throw into the end field.
Lyman Bott's stock getting 2.74 to start.
Singles to left center field. And here's Joe Rudy.
And of course, one point.
He gets himself right back in the ball game at Fenway.
And Joe Rudy's a man who has that potential.
He doubled off the base at the wall at left center field his first time up to drive in a run.
And Brough in the third inning.
Rudy settles in.
Bott stock with one out at first base. Scott holding him on.
Brohammer second. And Brough from the short stuff will squeeze forward.
Working for the double play.
Hobson guarding the line deep at third.
Lee straightens. Left hander comes to the plate.
And it's a line right face at the right field.
Bott stock will move to second and hold as Evans huckles the throw in.
And the Angels have a back to back singles by Bott stock and Rudy.
Good one out here in the fifth inning.
And Joe Rudy, that's the kind of Rudy that will start hitting like he knows he can.
Guy will go to the off the field with that outside pitch.
So Ron Jackson comes up. He has the line single to left.
And with Rudy at first base in the third inning, hit a bullet back to the middle.
Appear to be a two-based hit.
And Lee in self-defense threw up the glove, caught it cleanly, and doubled up Rudy easily.
One of the fastest double plays you'll ever see.
The sound of mitt was quack, quack, and it was Lee catching it and throwing the shot.
Curveball in there.
So he's starting almost every hitter with a big, slow curveball.
That set up the rhythm of all the rest of his pitches.
Seven to three Boston Leeds, two on one out.
Swing and a ground ball toward the hole.
Hobson has it, goes to second for one.
Throw hammer back to first.
They throw it into the dugout.
And a run will score.
So the Angels get a break as Rudy breaking up the double play, and it would have been to.
Went in to throw hammer.
And it was a legal slide.
And so in the Naked League games this year, they've called the double play when that runner goes out of the baseline.
So the Angels get a break there.
A run scores Bontak.
And you can credit Jackson with a no-RBI.
He's safe at second base.
It's an 8 all the way.
He'll have his choice.
E4.
Braddock scoring from second base.
And Jackson has second in scoring position for Mo Rechman.
As the Angels trail Boston by three, seven to four.
It's a big run at second base.
Rechman has lost and safe on an error by Gwen Thompson.
Red Sox committed their third error of the game.
The set by Lee.
Checkback at Janssen.
And here comes the pitch.
A ground ball toward the hole that's going to be back headed by Burlton.
He plants.
He throws.
And he hits it.
Oh my.
A big call by Dick Rimmelgen.
But he's dead.
Here comes Jim Fregosi out to argue.
The Angels skipper will talk to the boss.
Clear the first base post first.
And Fregosi has got him.
And Fregosi just turns and goes back to the Nugget.
A fine play by Burlton.
Deep in the hole.
He's got a great arm.
And he's used it royally to throw out Rechman by Wicker at first base.
There was a halfway mark in this one.
Four and a half innings in the book.
And the Angels score a run on two hits.
One error lead one in Boston 7 and the Angels 4.
New picture for the Angels now is Ken Bradd who started his major league career in the Boston Red Sox organization.
Signed out of El Segundo, California.
The older brother of Kansas City's Sterling Third Baseman George Bradd.
Ken warms up with Brian Downing.
And we'll see if he's going to be able to get a shot in the bottom of the fifth inning with a score of Boston 7 and the Angels 4.
Now Griffin goes four innings, allows seven runs, four in the first.
Seven hits, walk one, struck out three.
And Griffin has to be talking to himself down in the clubhouse at the moment because he was running to first and third in a tie game in the bottom of the fourth inning of three.
He struck out Evans and then induced Thompson to hit what appeared to be a double play ball at shortstop.
He would have been out of the inning the game so tight at three.
Instead, Scott booted the ball.
The Red Sox got their two extra outs and immediately converted them into four runs.
One of those came home on a Thompson's on ball error to Scott.
And then a three run blast by Fred Lynn.
And actually a fly ball that he just lifted to the left and the wind blew it about five feet above the top of the wall into the screen.
Yastrinsky up and a pitch by Bradd is rounded toward second.
In the clean heart by Gritch, almost went through his legs.
He's thrown him out of the three steps.
Yant has got his second mark and now that easy tap to Bob Gritch.
Thompson's fifth can throw it out and struck out.
Scott, you're in first. Scott, you're in first.
Checking the scores in the National League, Atlanta leads St. Louis one to nothing after five.
Chicago two, Cincinnati nothing at the bottom of the fourth of Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh scores top of the first at Houston.
Phillies one, Dodgers nothing after three in Los Angeles.
Wazinski, he's been on a chair, his 13th home run of the year.
The wind up, a pitch by Bradd.
Get the high five on the center, back up by Kaki Avro, makes the cat baiting away on the warning tap, almost misjudged that.
At the last moment had to leap up and make the play over his shoulder as the wind carried that one well.
The flag on the left-hand field is darkened out toward that three monster as the wind blowing always gets around 20 miles an hour.
Going in hard now to that goal right ball.
George Scott, two line drive single, scored two runs. In fact he has nine in both rallies, the three-run rally in the second and the four runs in the fourth.
Seven to four, Boston a pitch, blown inside by Bradd.
That's the flag at San Diego tonight, no report and this afternoon the Giants got a one-hitter by Ed Hylicki.
Cut out Montreal one-nothing. Giants got only three hits to victory against Steve Rogers.
There's a change in their first strike, one-on-one.
White's on quick, Cleveland one-nothing after one in Chicago.
Texas has a one-nothing lead at Kansas City after one and a half.
Outside ball two, two and one to George Scott.
Willie Randolph has hit a second home of the year for the Yankees and a third to give New York a one-nothing lead against Oakland after three.
The pitch, third ball, fouled out of play.
In that game at Yankee Stadium, Ron Gidry is trying to win his tenth game with Ottawa this year.
Little much hander from Louisiana, nine and oh.
Detroit leads Milwaukee four to three after three.
Minnesota, Toronto, not underway, rains up at Toronto.
And Baltimore still leading Seattle three-nothing after five and a half.
The pitch by Bradd swings in a miss and a high back wall and Ken Webb restores the motors.
Here's a defending as the Red Sox go down one, two, three for the first time in the game.
And after five it's underway. Red Sox seven, Angel four.
The man is a darned member of the Boston Red Sox with no lead.
The official history of record after by then got made a change bringing in big right-handed Bob Stanley from the Boston Bulls.
So the line on the two starters, now Griffin and the Angels four runs, about seven runs, four of which.
We're earned with seven hits, one loss, three strikeouts.
Bill Lee went right in and four runs all unearned, six hits, one two, and struck out none.
Ron Bailey will be the first man to bounce Stanley's faces.
Stanley, an excellent record in 18 appearances, has four wins, only one loss, three saves, and a 2.80 ERA.
Take eyes on the natural thinkers.
And the starter, the BT Angels, in a prime ball game here last summer.
Stanley lights into the bulls end where he's used his middle reliever and his long relief.
Stanley knocked in two runs with a single back in the first.
Then he's hit by Stanley.
He's going to drive into right center field, hit pretty well Evans and Lynn on their horses.
It's Lynn racing. Lee Dangin can't get it. It's off the wall.
Oh, Lynn hit the wall very hard and in the second goes Stanley with a double.
And let's hope Fred Leonard is okay.
As he meant for that one-handed catch, he slammed into the padded barrier in front of the Boston Bulls end and he hit it hard.
He's on his knees and his conches and taken, hopefully not a serious injury.
Over to a 10-2, the right fielder, Dwight Evans, and now the Boston trainer gets there, is Lynn.
That's like a wide receiver going on a 20-yard hook pattern and as he goes up to catch the ball, somebody comes up from behind and just glams it full bore.
And Lynn's shaken. Former outstanding football star himself.
And trying to gather his faculties as a Boston Red Sox Bulls end anxiously watching.
He steps to his feet now.
Now Stanley is okay. We'll see him again.
Lynn getting a hand as he's escorted back to his defensive position in center field by the trainer.
Oh, that's good news. You hate to see anyone in this game get hurt like that.
A superstar like Lynn, shaking his right arm as he goes back to position.
It appeared he was trying to catch that ball as he raced from center field into right center.
And he's starting to backhand his leaping try, just missed the ball, and then his next step took him right into the wall in front of the Boston Bulls end.
So barely a second base with a double. He's two for three as he greets Stanley on his first hit.
Seven to four Boston in the sixth inning. Now right side, Scott to his right to field it. Stanley covering. The flip is stopped by Stanley and dropped his day.
Stanley goes to third. So that's going to be the fourth error of the game for Boston as Stanley dropped that underhand part from George Scott.
Scott with an assist, but the air goes to Stanley. And the Angels, certainly with no enough, bring the tie run to the plate.
Seven to four score. Unusual total up there for Boston Red Sox. Seven runs, seven hits, and four errors.
The Angels taking advantage of a couple of them to score four underhands runs off Bill Lee.
Brian Downing with runners at first and third, no enough. Right-handed hitting catcher is flied out and tapped to the mound.
Stanley looks in, gets the sign, and held his fifth. Runners leap from the corner and it's a hit.
Outside with a flat-out back wall.
Austin just off the back and third. Wilson and Broham are looking for two off the middle. Scott anchored at first base, holding on short.
The outfield has taken the pole for Downing. The pitch. Breaking ball in there. One and one.
Downing the wide open stance. And as the pitch is made, steps even more down that third base line, and that curveball's caught the inside corner.
Stanley settles at the waist. The one-one set. Swing and a foul into the glove.
Catcher's count of six is one and two. Good fastball. Brought that in at the base.
Stanley is just one and three. Born at Portland, Maine, six-four and two-oh-five.
As the sign's going out, runners at first and third. The pitch.
Chop foul and again Downing just got a piece of it. That's where Stanley is rough. If he can keep the pitches down there around the knees with his natural finger, he's going to throw a lot of ground ball.
And in this ballpark, that's a bonus.
Infield will gladly give up a round to turn a double play. Seven to four Boston going out of the angle, fifth inning.
Talk of first, barely a third. The pitch. Play on the ground ball, fifty-two. Brokken has it. Goes to Brawhammer. Back to first base, double play.
Run score, this seven to five Boston.
Well, that's the difference in the game now. Each team has had a double play ball with first and third.
And no out or one out, the Angels up there and the Red Sox went on to score four. Now Boston turns its double play and the Angels get only one run.
Six-four-three. Nicely turned. Two outs down to sixth inning, a seven to five score.
And the Angels second away at Boston's lead here at Canlandra. Left-handed hitting right fielder. He's 0-3 facing the Southfall Dilley. First chance against Stanley.
He takes it low and inside, ball in.
Wind it by Stanley. Here comes the pitch. Swing and a foul off the plate on fire.
The test protector is one and one. Alandro hitting two forty-seven at the start. Counts in California and Arizona State University. Alandro, the final league player of the year. Last season, Riley Harold at Youngstreet.
The pitch. Outside with a back ball. Stanley's throwing well. Two and one to count.
Angels were three in the first, one in the fifth, now one in the sixth. They put them two out and the two on pitch. Low, three and one. On deck is Bobby Gritch.
It is an absolute must if you're trying to pitch for Boston or pitching in this ballpark and an opposing color. They use gross strikes. You cannot afford to walk in it that way.
The three one six. Inside ball four. Get started up with the right arm and said, nope, that's not good enough. It hits him down Zimmer to the mound. Stanley walks Alandro and again the angels have the time running the plate.
Bobby Gritch, the hitter. And Boston's trying to get someone else up in the bullpen. Could be their eighth right-hander, Bill Campbell. It is a right-hander.
Zimmer talking to his batter, Stanley and fifth. Stanley the pitcher is tearing down at his feet and falling away at the dirt on the mound.
Gets the word from the skipper. Now Josh backs to the first base red-tide dugout. Gritch in the game is 0 for 3.
Down to the third line is short and a soft line is short. Two men throwing, Tom Bergmeyer, a left-hander and Nick Drago, a right-hander. Stanley looks and gets his side.
Gritch with one point to tie it up with seven to five. Boston were in the sixth inning of a wild one to start this long road trip. The hit. In there a good fastball.
Right down the middle. Angels two and Boston two to Baltimore. Three in New York. Three Minnesota. Cap it off with a four game series in Texas.
The set. Set the run at a pit. Playing the ground ball weakly right side but that's going to twist into right field for a base hit.
Rohan out of channel right. Hits it up and goes to third. And it is not in time. Broke it away from Austin. In the second base goes Gritch and the Angels have a tying run in going position. And I think we're going to have another.
A little twisting ground ball that got by Scott. Rohan was playing way over near second. Finally caught up with the ball as it was dying in the grass in channel right field. He had no play at first base but alertly noted that Landro running all the way was going to try to make it to third and made a good throw.
I believe that I had Landro had the ball gotten to third base and Austin but I think the throw hit Landro. And no error is charged. Gritch goes to second on the throw. credit him with a base hit. The second on the throw. Landro to third. They're going to walk Lyman Boston contentedly to load the bases.
The Angels with a run home. And Landro at third. Gritch the tying run at second in a 7-5 game. And Stanley rather than pitch to the red hot Lyman Boston is going to go against Joe Rudy who is two for two today. A double, a single and a walk.
Oh my. We said at the very start of the first inning when the Angels scored three. That's just a drop in the bucket. That's just flipping a penny in the pool. If you play a ten way you're going to get out the silver dollars because the stakes are high and it's easy to score runs.
Rudy out there. A halo over every base with Vostok at first. Gritch standing at second. Landro at third. Boston seventh. The Angels five. The Angels with a plop out some floppy fielding plays by Boston.
As the mother had run, Boston took the best run on two swings to the bat. Three run homers from Dwight Evans and Fred Lynn. How Rudy would like to tie at one. He settles in.
Infield back in all positions except for Hobson guarding the line behind the bag of third. Stanley into the wind up. Here comes the pitch. Play the brown ball through the middle of the middle field. Here comes Landro. Richard around first. He scores and the Angels have tied at seven-seven on Rudy's third hit of the game.
They pitch around last shot to get to Rudy. Rudy coming into the game batting only 171 but may be finding that excellent hitting stroke of his tonight with a double lock and now two shot singles. That one went right back through the middle. Stanley reaching for it with under his glove as Rudy has driven in three runs.
And now the Angels have netted his bat. We're back in a new game at seven-seven. Don't you dare go away. They both kick their extra points in Boston. Here's Ron Jackson swinging a high fly foul hooking down under the roof and left field and with a win that one had home run death.
Ron Jackson has single run scores lined into a double play and safe on a fielders choice. He's the eighth man to bat in the inning. And only the double play turned by the Boston infield as they've the red dot. More easel run scoring here on this day.
Runners at first and second. The fifth. Flank and a chopper toward third foul. John McNamara will field it and is coaching by flipping to the third base up by a brief nab and eight. Last shot and second. Rudy at first.
Seven-seven tie. The Angels about hit the red dot nine to seven. So both starters Tom Griffin and Dilley will not figure in the decision tonight. The game belongs to Stanley and Brett. Jackson trying to give the Angels the lead. They play them deep toward left. The pitch.
Hit him in the left knee and Jackson comes up the hobbler. Now the bases are loaded as Ron Jackson already playing hurt with a bad bat. Is hit just above the left knee with a bat ball. And an 0-2 pitch. Stanley didn't want to do that. So the Angels again have the bases loaded. Here comes John Zimmer and that's going to be all for Bob Stanley.
The pitching change is made by the people of the Red Sox but for a second identification from Austin Mapp. This is Angels radio 78. The Angels seven the Red Sox seven. Bob Stanley is out and hit Grego.
He's going to come in to pitch to the Angels from Irving Rettman with the bases loaded. Jackson hit by that bat ball is okay. Walking off the thing as he maneuvers himself down the right field foul line. Getting very little sympathy from first baseman George Scott. Rudy to second.
Five times the time breaking run. Stan to third. Is it thing will get Grego brought in in a Boston golf cart adorned with a Boston Red Sox hat. Here's the cover. Grego will step out on a bases loaded ten. First baseman's going out now.
All right. There's five more family dates upcoming at our stadium this season and all boxing team members on these special evenings and afternoons are at half price for these five days. Now the first one to bear in mind is Monday June 26th. That's a 5-10 p.m. game with Kansas City.
The Western Division champions defending Royals. They open a four game series with the Angels and the first game is June 26th and that is the first family date upcoming. Now two more family dates upcoming in July.
July 17th for the Detroit Tigers and you know all the young good hitters on that team like Thompson and Kaplan and of course the veteran like Rusty Starr. July 31st at Sino-Fines the surprise team in the American League the Beach Boys Gang. Then August 15th the Boston Red Sox.
The team you've been hearing about tonight. September 4th the Texas Rangers. There's some top eight attractions upcoming and remember that on Saturday night first tickets are at half price. That's stuff to talk.
Seattle just scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning. John Hale has hit a three run homer for Seattle. Little problem with that Western Union. Ken Singleton hit a solo homer in the sixth inning so Baltimore had to lead four and Seattle had four.
In the seventh at Baltimore, the Orioles have won nine in a row.
Ten in a row.
One of those two. Nine or ten in a row.
The Minnesota to Toronto, Goltz against Moore. Game has not started.
It is a five to four lead. Milwaukee at Detroit in the bottom of the fifth.
Baltimore with a ten game winning streak.
The Yankees have scored again on Greg Neville's temperal run of the year.
And after five innings, Ron Gidry going for his tenth win without a loss.
Leads Oakland 2-0 in New York.
This three Kansas City one, Bobby Bonds has hit his seventh home run of the year
with a man on in the third inning in Kansas City to give the Rangers a 3-1 lead.
Bonds has just signed a two million dollar contract yesterday.
Reportedly for five to seven years.
So he's a happy Ranger and a very wealthy one.
And completing the American League scoreboard, the White's have to have a one nothing lead
at home against Cleveland after three.
Rettman settles in.
The Yankees are playing short three men because of injury.
That takes away some of the maneuvering that Jim Fragosi can do.
So it's right hander against right hander.
Base is loaded.
Drago sent and a pitch.
Way outside, ball one.
Rettman is locked safe on an air.
And Wilson recalls one deep into the hole to throw him out on a close play.
That was him at this inning.
The Yankees have hit around for the second time in this game.
Throwing three runs on four hits in the air in the first inning.
They have three more runs here in this inning.
Three hits in the air and a couple of walks.
Base is loaded.
A seven-seven tie.
Drago to the plate.
Inside corner.
Rettman jumps back but it's off the edge.
Rettman has a grand slam over on this year for the Yankees.
He's only over.
Everyone becomes a power man in this ballpark.
It's basically as you hit from the right side.
Five stock at third.
Rudy and Nick Lee to second base.
Jackson ready to go from first with two outs.
Drago, better than right handers.
One-one hit.
High and inside.
Two and one.
Rettman kicking his swing as he collapsed to his left knee.
Drago has done a good job with Boston.
One point six-six during run average.
He's saved six games.
Tops on the clock.
That's tough to do when you've got a Bill Campbell out there.
He's won two and lost only one.
Trying to pick out of a base is loaded jam.
And here comes the action pitch.
Two and one to Merv Rettman.
Drago hands his sign.
Low target.
Here's the pitch.
Rettman takes right two.
Unquieter and Rettman unhappy with himself.
Good to do in fifth.
Me to it.
Two and two.
We're in the sixth setting.
A new game at seventh.
Wind blowing briskly toward left field.
Yes, back a couple of steps from the warning pad.
Lin and deeper left center.
Evans back and right.
A two-two count.
Drago slowly at the waist.
Here's the pitch.
Inside, ball three.
And that builds the drama right through the bounding point where Drago has to throw a
trite or the Angels get a run.
And Rettman has to protect the plate.
I don't think he can get a hold of something and put the Angels in front.
Angels three in the first.
Red Sox three in the second.
Red Sox four more in the fourth to make it seven to three.
Angels one in the fifth.
And they score three here in the fifth to tie.
And now three and two to count.
And the pitcher, well, who's it under?
The batter of the pitcher, most would say it's Drago who has to throw a trite.
Rettman waves the wood back and forth.
Drago's settled slowly in the waist.
Three-two-fifth.
Bring it a looper to left center field.
Here comes Lin in a hurry.
He makes the catch.
In this game where the wind actually hurt the Angels because the ball was not hit hard at all,
but the wind carried it out to Fred Lin who galloped into jail to left center field to make the catch.
The Angels settle for three runs, three hits, one error, and they lead three.
Level of the sixth, five, seven, seven, five.
The Cleveland Indians have signed five more players who are recent selections of the summer free agent draft.
The signing brings eight to total of players in the free agent draft who are now under contract.
Signed with third base and Pete Peltz, a ninth round pick from Clemson University.
Picked Bob Husey, a 13th round selection from Xavier Illinois College.
Picked Jerelle Struzheim, a 15th round pick from Olympic Fields, Illinois.
Picked Jim McBride, a 19th round choice from Jackson State.
And second baseman Ken Gilmore, a 27th round selection from Troy State University.
The Minnesota Twins announce the signing of left-hander pitcher Chris Deason, the club's 22nd choice in last week's draft.
Deason will report to Melbourne, Florida for two weeks of training,
and then will pitch for Elizabeth Town of the Appalachian League.
The Boston Red Sox signed seven more free agents selected in last week's draft.
Five of those signings have been assigned to Elmira of the Class A New York Pennsylvania League.
A wild one at Fenway Park in Boston as the Red Sox open a long home stand.
And the Angels have a long two week road trip.
Trying to figure out the other runs the way we did in that six-setting game,
before two more hunter's runs and now six of their seven runs on the Earth.
Ken Rudd at his ball game, and he faces Jack Rohammer,
Dwight Evans and Wood Thompson, the lower third of the Boston batting order.
The Angels have left eight and on base, Boston only two.
That'll tell you part of the story as the Red Sox with runners on, it's off with a big blow.
Dwight Evans a free run over, Fred Renssen saying,
the Red Sox are pumped to this, waiting in the midst of Rohammer.
Angels throwing three in the first, leaving the base at full,
and three more in the sixth to drive,
but the base is worth runs when Brettman puts the fly ball to center.
Inside is Brett, one and one.
The Angels take up the eight, Atlanta to St. Louis nothing after six and a half in Georgia.
Line up by Brett, one and one to this.
Third ball hit the left center field after a tough play by Block,
going back, back, back, back, it's over, hit, back to by Rudy.
Rohammer has found new life in Boston.
He's had a 240, 250 hit almost with his wife,
but a 300 hitter with a Red Sox has been doubled to left center field.
And again, that's when the Red Sox already has a ball,
but it's carried right over his head as Rohammer is three for three,
two singles and now a double, as the Red Sox come right back against Ken Brett.
That's their eight hit and brings up Dwight Evans, a three run over, and he's stuck out.
Other National League scores, White's got two, Cincinnati nothing after five.
In the sixth, Pittsburgh leads at Houston, one nothing in the third.
Billy's two, down to nothing, bottom of the fifth in L.A.
Olberd's five, Olibinsky is 13th, and Smith is in his ninth for the two gold scores.
The fact that other guys beat Montréal one nothing, New York and San Diego no report.
Dwight Evans way outside and a fine shot by Brian Downing.
Rohammer on second base, Ken Brett left-hander against the right-hander,
Dwight Evans a 7-7 tie in the sixth inning, here's the pitch.
On the outside corner, one and one.
Brett's last side was Wednesday night, part of the double header at Oakland,
and he hit very well, just a couple of hits and seven cutout innings.
He is two and three on the year, ERA up there at five points to tape.
That's Rohammer's second, here's the pitch, curve ball fouled at the three,
and Evans trying to go to right field with it.
Hit one and two to the Boston right fielder.
Brett's on to the Yankees in one of the amazing courts of the 1978 American League schedule,
have not played each other yet.
First game will be a week from tonight, and they'll see each other a lot,
so it'll go steady for a couple of weeks.
Brett gets a sign from Downing, is ahead on the count, the one-two pitch is one on a wide line,
right field, hits to the left, and it's a base hit.
Andrew's going to the line, trying to cut it off, he's got it,
Evans going for two, here comes the throw,
and it's time, back-to-back double for Boston, they lead eight to seven.
A frustrating game for the Angels, Jim and Jeff Ragusey,
as Bob keeps battling back, and as soon as they get even or close,
Boston does it all right, we're going to turn it on to Boston again,
and four on a held out, four roots.
Eight to seven to score, as Brett gives up his first hit and first run of the game.
Got the sign out in order in the fifth inning, but doubles by Broham or Evans.
Here's Boston, late eight-seven, here's Wood Thompson.
Evans, four on the eyes, and he leaves away from second base, the pitch,
blowing inside ball one.
Angels getting a right-hander ready, Paul Hartsall in the bullpen.
We're in the sixth inning, Boston eight, the Angels seven, both sides nine hits.
The curve ball is way outside ball two.
One of the things that that big close left field wall do to left-handers
is make you pitch delicately, and then sometimes you get behind,
you have to draw a strike, and they're sitting on your pitches and really take good cuts.
Not been ready to swing two at all.
The Angels are in the second, no one out, Boston six, pitch, taken for a strike, short one.
Boston with the best record in baseball, 39 wins and only 19 losses.
They lead the game to five-six.
The Angels 30 wins, 27 losses, but they're only one and a half out of first place in the West.
The pitch, curve ball, hop shot, playable.
First baseman, Fairleigh, in foul territory.
He makes the catch, leaning back to his right as the wind brought it towards their territory.
So Hartsall fouls out, unable to move the runner to third, and with one out, Rick Berlton steps up.
Right-handed hitting shortstop as a single, fly to center, and then fly to deep center.
A good one-handed catch made by Potsdock right against the wall.
Can Brett look to get the sign from his catcher downing as Evans leads from second base?
Brett says yes to the sign, looks to second, and the pitch.
That ball over the blow, one and all.
On deck is Fred Lim.
The getters from the game, Evans with a free run homer and an RBI double driving in fourth.
Joe Rudy three for three to knock in three.
The pitch, outside ball two, but Lin with a free run glass.
To left field, the left-handed hitter as he homers to left field at Anaheim Stadium to win Boston the ball again in the ninth inning at Anaheim a week ago.
So Berlton waits for the two-all pitch.
Brett steps, here it comes.
Oh, they had a good shot at Evans.
The throw was 30 feet at the third-date line.
If Landow throws and he has a great arm anywhere near the plate, Evans is out.
And third-date coach Eddie Yost took real liberties on Landow on that play and lost it late at nine to seven.
When Yost was waving Evans home and Evans with a bat he does not run well, he appeared to be doing the angels a favor,
but Landow's throw sailed way up the third-date line and there was no chance to get him.
Now Brett gives up a couple of runs and on the throw, Berlton is in scoring position nine to seven.
Where were we then? Here's Fred Lind, one out.
Three-round homer and his three-click.
He's also wide-out, rounded out.
The pitch, throwing outside.
Now Brett falling behind Berlton, two and oh, and Berlton just went right where that bat ball landed to right field.
Iso continuing to throw in the ankle pin, all this flat on the box and half of that right field area.
That looks back a second to pit, curveball mounted, short, Schalk is up with it, his very throw just in time, two away.
Lin out short to first, brings up designated hitter Jim Wright and also brings Jim Fragosi
and stuff down into the pockets of his warm-up jacket, onto the field, starts at the foul line on his way to the mound.
And it looks as if he's going to go to both ends and counter Wright with Hartzell or will he walk Wright
and take the chance to left-hander Brett again to Sturmski.
He's asking Brett for that step question now.
Berlton at second base, two out.
Boston with two back in the fifth inning, to lead nine-seven.
Brett stays and we'll see if Wright hits.
That's a tough choice. You want Jim Wright and then all you have to do is get down to Sturmski and he hits left-hander.
Wright a home run away from twenty for the year.
And he'll not swing, they're going to walk in intentionally.
So, turning it out with Brett and Fragosi, meeting at the line and they have decided to walk Wright.
Wright is over three, Hartzell crowded out and struck out.
Brett walking in first man.
Man's going now, but you'll soon hear a cheer that said it's Wright's walk because they know they've got King Kyle Yosemite waiting for that next ball free outside.
In the inning, doubled by Berlhamer and Evans. Arkin found out that Berlton singled in a run.
One-second of a serve on the plate and Lynn has turned it out. Wright's walk, this time to Sturmski.
The intentional walk in the top half of the inning as the Red Sox walk Bob Sox to fill the bases.
Back right is Broody, singled in two runs.
He has a 290 average, three home runs, 28 runs better than he's rounded, twice the grit in a long.
Left hander against left hander with Carlson Piss doing it.
Two outs, two runs, nine to seven Boston.
Brett steps, checks the runners, good hit. Outside ball in, that's four.
Yes, as he continues his brilliant career, building up on the all-time list in so many categories.
He steps out of the batting spot, he's now 37th all-time and runs scores, 30th in total hits, 17th in doubles tied with Ted Williams, 17th all-time.
24th in all runs, takes it way outside ball two, a third ball.
That's the 369 homer, gets empty, gets tied for number 24 with Ralph Snyder and he's only one behind the man in the 23rd spot, the late Joe Hunter.
He's 22nd in RBI, just three behind Billy Williams.
And in extra bay pitch, only 18 minutes in Major League history has collected more extra bay flows than he has.
And he's just one behind the man in the 18th position, Billy Williams.
So you're talking about Hall of Fame names when you compare the answers position, all-time and all those offensive columns.
And he's got two main to boards and he's waiting for a two-hole pitch.
And you know he's swinging if he likes it.
He's ready, so is Red. The Bits, we're at a high pop while out of play.
He got a fast ball and took quite a rip.
Two and one. Red starts scoring in bunches.
The three in the second are four in the fourth and they have two already in the sixth.
The Eagles have thrown up there a couple of threes and they've stuck in the first in the sixth inning along with a Singleton in the fifth.
Rolfe in the second, right to first. The action fits two and one, here it comes.
Swing to the left, a change and he has out in front.
All right, game two of this short two-game series.
Chris Knapp, the angle right-hander, sits in fourth against right-hander Jim Wright of Watson, making a rare start.
Two and two, two on, two off the pitch.
Four on and a bounce in the first. Fairly gets a take off and takes it to the bag and the inning is over.
The Reds, however, take the lead as they score two runs on three hits and leave a pair.
After six innings in Boston, Red starts nine, angle seven.
After six offensive innings here at Sidenway Park, Boston, the total three this way.
Boston nine runs, ten hits, four errors, four left. Angle seven runs, nine hits, one error, eight men stranded.
Dick Grego, it's his game as he comes out of the ten and it's Ken Reds ball game for the Angels.
Grego in, the seventh inning, Rolfe, fairly chalked and downing to Ken Bergow with Ken, a producer in New York, Nelson from Sidenway Park, Boston.
Beautiful summer's evening, fell out fast and they've been thoroughly entertained.
If you like Dick's battle, well this is the antithesis, who's going to finally get off the canvas glass and have his hand raised to victory?
Let's go to the seventh, here's now.
Alright Dick, I'm sure if you're an Angels fan, you're wondering one thing right now, what kind of Dick Grego is this on the mound?
Is this the new Dick Grego or the old Dick Grego?
Well, when we're trying to remember the ice and score, when the Angels had difficulty out of the bullpen.
And the new one, a badly, is doing well for the Boston Reds on the two and one record, a 1.66 ERA and six saves to his credit.
He faces the Angels in the seventh, the first pick to fastball away to Ron Felle, ball one.
Felling in the game has two hits and three trips, a single and a double.
The Angels matching the Boston Reds on for Boston, going in front in their half of the sixth and they lead nine to seven.
Now Felle requests time and is granted it by home plate umpire, Russ Gett.
If I can remind you, the crew tonight has brevigan over his first base, Dale Ford is at second and Joe Brinkman at third.
The pitch, swinging and a miss, this time the guy wants a change and the gap is one and one to Felle.
Ron Felle hitting against the kind of pitcher you like to see a right-hander has difficulty against left-handed pitching.
Statistically at least, that's primarily due to the fact you don't see it that often because they'll take him out.
Swing and a foul back, count one and two.
The Angels jumping out in front with three runs in the first, they strand the three men also in the first.
The Reds are dancing with three in the second and then had four in the fourth.
The Angels with one in the fifth and then tied it with three in their half of the sixth.
The Reds are to jump back out in front again with two more in the last of the sixth.
Nine to seven Boston, nobody else fairly leading off into seventh.
Playing on a high fly ball, playable, medium depth right field.
Under it is Devin, then he makes the catch under the night sky.
The Bailey flies out to the right fielder, Evans, and we remind you that Angels...
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One out of his jumps, choking up, right hand hitter.
Swing and a line drive and it is Ricky Yosinski, glides to the line to make the catch.
Yosinski playing left field like Van Kuyver plays the piano.
He knows every inch of that territory and he just moves over to the line.
Good position on Schonk right off the bat and as a result the line drive out by Dave Schonk and the two going into seventh.
The two members tied, here is the catch.
The number nine hitter from California, Brian Downing.
The great goal number nine, full speed of an over, he rocks, here comes the first pitch, inside and high, ball one.
Downing holds a few players tonight without a hit.
He is flyed out, bounced out, and hit into a six, four, three double play.
One on the referee is up high, one, now it's two and oh to Brian Downing.
The Red Sox is using Draco, he is the third pitcher that they've utilized tonight.
Lee started with five, Stanley two-thirds and now Draco off.
He winds the two-all pitch, inside Downing checking his swing.
Three and oh to Downing.
The two off, the Red Sox can feel back, off and back and third, relative to short, row hammered second, and Scott over at first.
This behind the play, flashing the sign, let's see if Downing is going to play it out.
The best thing he's taking is strikes.
The angels, need a base runner to get on board and see what the following hitters can do.
Downing, taking, and it's three and one.
Draco, rock to the motion, three one pitch, a five or four.
Brian Downing with a two-arm walk.
Draco, that's the first walk that he has issued.
And here's the top of the order, Kenny Landru.
Landru couldn't give a workout in right field, had difficulty with the throw.
The last half inning, with a gun demand out to play, he has a very strong arm, strongest arm of the team, but it was too accurate.
The throw is 20 feet up the line, and a run score.
Landru, offensively, has not created a double, but bonds.
Draco, a slow set, down to the weight and the pitch, fastball in the outside corner, it calls strike one.
Dick Draco on in relief for Stanley, who in turn believes middle league.
Nine, seven, Boston, top of the seven, Fenway, March.
The Red Sox, best record in baseball, 20 games above 500.
The pitch, to the line drive, hit down that line, in that field, it was dropped in front of Yosemkes, holding and second base is Downing.
A strong throw behind the runner, but Downing retreats to second ahead of the throw.
So the angels were two out for the pair of middle arms.
Downing walks, and then Kenny Landru picks up his first hit of the night, a line drive, single, to that field.
And here's Bob Rich.
Rich is 33 times up, retired, he grounded out, and he popped out the short twice.
His last time up, the singles.
Bobby with a chance to imprint upon the angels, Chancers, as they trail by a pair of two out, two head on, seventh inning, the pitch.
Playing on a high fly ball, playable, shallow right field, coming on his Evans, going on and dropping the ball into second base is Brohamer.
One run scored, the Downing comes in, Landru holds over third base, Rich goes to second base.
And the air will be tied to Brohamer, who went out, as Brohamer and Scott, and the right-giver Evans, are first on the ball.
Brohamer tried to pick it up over his shoulder, and he dropped the ball.
So the angels stay alive, a run score, they are within one run of the Boston Red Sox, on the air by Jax Brohamer.
Actually, it could have been Dwight Evans' ball, now he was there, could have caught it, but Brohamer calling all the way.
And with the win, hitting the ball back toward right-fetter, it just kind of carried enough, it went off his fingertips.
And Landru may have pushed it an angle, he should have scored with two outs, that ball hit high enough, and with Landru's feet from first base, he should have been able to score on it.
But stopped at third, and now, Rick Smith, the angels' trainer, Simpson trainer, and Jim Fregalski, for the post-game, back him out there to see if he's alright.
But the game did the equal again, that's five Boston errors, and yet Boston still leads, 9-8.
And this is the charm of Bentley Park, of course you're always in the game, but it's always generally a wild game, and an intentional pass up coming along with Boxock, with first baseman, second time in a row.
And now, that Don Jimmender has ordered up an intentional pass to Boxock, he bypassed him in the sixth to pitch to Joe Rudy, and Rudy came up with two RBIs and a single.
So Dick Grego, dealing out back to left-hand, hitting Boxock, the right-hander on the mound to pitch to the right-hander, Joe Rudy.
Grego again set, and deals outside, and at ball four, as Boxock underhands the back to the fungo circle dealer, what ball for station identification? This is Angels Radio, 78.
This is the American Forces Radio and Television Service.
SCN, to their tone.
They have a inning of play. Boston, Massachusetts, Fenway, marks the Angels' bump, with a bump for trailing by a run, 9-8.
They have Kenny Landrow at third, Bobby Gritch at second, Ryman, Boxock at first, and Joe Rudy at the plate.
Rudy in the game is three for three. He has doubled, he has two singles, and he has won.
Rudy with a closed stand, right-hand hitter, leading at the plate. Grego, leaning on the mound, looking in for the sign from Carlton Fitz, still looking.
Now Rudy says, that's too much time for me. And he steps up, requesting time from guests.
Now Grego and Rudy now in a battle of nerves, as the Angels try to move back to at least high, or perhaps take the lead.
They are down by a run, 9-8, in the seventh. And again, Rudy says, to heck with it. And Getsch just waves his hands and says, well, come on, you might as well throw the ball sooner or later.
Now going out is Carlton Fitz, the drop to Dick Grego, with the paternal hand placed on his shoulder.
The mass split up on top of his head. And now the Red Sox shortstop, Burlinson, also in.
There is activity now in the bullpen again for the Boston Red Sox.
Bill Campbell, the expensive release pitcher, creates an uptame by Boston. He is warming up.
Mesa voted for the Angels. Rudy's still waiting on the first pitch.
Grego on the mound, thus far has been not too anxious to deliver it. The glove slowly to the belt. The pitch. A high strike.
Looks like it might have been on the side though, a fast ball.
4-1 to Rudy. Landrell at third. Bobby Gritch at second.
Lineman, Sox, at first. On the mound, Dick Grego. The third Red Sox pitcher used tonight. 9-8 Boston, in the seventh.
Rudy getting set up to play. Close stand, waving the wood back and forth. Grego set.
The kick and the pitch. Up high, and it's 1-1.
Jim Bragosi yelling from the ankle, Grego, that's the same place as the one you just saw the strike. He's really sparking at Red's get.
First one, good look high.
Now Dick Grego has six saves thus far. A sparkling ERA.
But he is well aware of what can happen at Fenway Park. He told us last year when he was an Angel and came to this park, the world give it and the world take it away.
Grego set. The 1-1 pitch. Sweet give of this.
That one outside slider. Grego now ahead, 1-2. Rudy steps out of the bat his box. Hounds the dirt from his spike.
He glances down the third base to Coach McNamara. There's Kenny Landrell off the back and foul to a throw.
Bridge off about five, six, seven steps over his second. Simon Botstock clapping his hands. And off to the edge of that quarter circle. The cut out.
In the diamond over first base. Rudy at the plate.
He has jumped up a bit on the bat with two strikes. Grego set. The 1-2 pitch. Inside. 2-2 to Rudy.
Fenway Park. The scene of this game between the Angels and the Red Sox. A packed house on a gorgeous night. The wind blowing out. The temperature game time 70 degrees.
A strong wind blowing out towards that green monster in left field.
And what a digit. Weathering the scoreboard tonight. 9-8 Boston. 10 hits for each team. Five errors by the Red Sox. One error by the Angels.
Bases loaded. A 2-2 cap to Gil Rudy. Two outs. In the seventh. Grego set. The slowest set. Super belt. And the plate. Swing and a tap or foul. Wide of the first base line.
And the others now always drink to their respective bases. Landrell back to third and Bits back to second and Botstock back to first.
The tension continues in Fenway Park where the Angels are trying to get off on the right foot on a 14-game road trip. The Boston Red Sox are trying to begin their longest halt stand of the year in the correct fashion.
Boston the team that's been hot 20 games above the 500 bucks. 39-19 the best record in Major League Baseball. The Angels three games above 500 and a game and a half out of first place in the West.
Grego set. The bases loaded. 2-2 pick inside as Rudy has to reel back a bit. Back pedal out of the way. The cap now full. No fouls to Gil Pedrago or Gil Rudy. And the crowd revving up in Boston.
Gil Rudy slowly making his way back toward the batter's box. The tuck of the helmet. Zipping the bat. Climbing that back foot. Grego. His pivot foot on the rubber. Time call until Rudy gets established. He's ready to go.
Grego looking for the sign from Carlton Smith. Bases loaded. Two outs. Angels down. 9-8. The pitch. Playing in a high fly ball. Playable right field. Evan Buster is looking off that.
Grego touched up for a line. End of seven. But he retires the side with the bases loaded. And gets out of a very big jam in the seventh inning. And at the end of six and a half in Boston is correct on nine and the Angels eight.
The attendance announced tonight at Fenway Park. The capacity is 33,513 and they're not far from that. 31,612 on hand to watch the Angels and the Boston Red Sox in the 9-8 game.
The Red Sox with that one run in. Now just like the North, those 2,000 empty seats are about 10-5 in it. That's true. Great baseball fans in Boston. They're attracted by a team that's just headed to a ballpark that produces high scoring, exciting games and they're getting one tonight.
They've always had competitive teams. They build a rough card and take advantage of this very intimate park here at Fenway. They get their stars. They keep them for a long, long time. Carlton Smith is a testimony to that.
His teammate Carlton Smith will lead off in the seventh. He'll be followed by Jordan Scott who went away to Milwaukee then returned to Boston. And then Jack Groenemann who's been both hero and joke tonight. A new pitcher for the Angels in the seventh. It's Paul Harkill relieving Ken Brett.
The first pitch is a little high at his ballpark. Carlton Smith in the game today is 0-3. Harkill winds in the fifth. Swing and a miss on a breaking ball. Harkill's record, 1-4, is DRA 3.59. He has five saves to his credit.
And of course yesterday in Anaheim, it's the final two innings in that victory over the New York Yankees. This way, Harkill delivers breaking ball low and outside. Scooped up by downing out of the dirt, 2-1.
The Angels three in the first, one in the fifth, three in the sixth, and one in the seventh. The Boston Red Sox three in the second, four in the fourth, two in the sixth, the fifth. Swing and a high chopper into the shortstop Dave Sharp. He goes across the diamond in time. And there's one going for Boston in the seventh.
Carlton Smith, his guy, put in the fourth, six, three. And here's the boomer, Scott. George Scott. Scott is not here to home run today, but he's just a dent. He is 2-3 for the Paris Singles to Angier.
Scott holds that bat high and takes a strike on the outside corner of breaking ball, a home run. Scott off to a slow start, only three home runs through the first two and a half run. Swing and a fly ball, hits the level line in right field. Over to make a running catch is Kenny Landruh. He easily puts it away, two going.
The Angels, although they have four nine runs, check that eight runs tonight, they have wrecked a lot of men on the basin. They were put down in the first half of their score three runs and wrecked with a basin loaded. They left three more in the sixth and three more in the seventh. One in the third, one in the fifth.
They've lost the restarts a bit more efficient. They've shot at only four, back for the inside corner. And Rohammer lifts his arms out of the way. Rohammer hits them hard at the plate, not so hard defensively.
A costly air, the last half of it. But at the plate, he is three for three with a pair of singles and a double. Rohammer now at this safely 11th straight game. Breaking ball is inside. And Rohammer at the plate, one and one.
Boston Reds on clinging to a one-run lead, nine to eight, the pitch. Inside, two and one to Rohammer.
The Reds on flexing their most brutal, the pair of three-run home runs. And that has helped out in this game. That's for, this is the outside edge, three and one. A three-run home run by Evans in the second. And then the three-run blast to the opposite field by Fred Lynn in the fourth.
Bolts into the net over the green markers. Winger to the bounding course, the first base for the high jumper at the eyes. Fairly underhand, too hard to lead time. It's a one-two-three inning. A rarity tonight. One-two-three to Boston Reds.
The Red Sox strong, the
final six, and it'll know how to handle it. At the end of seven, it's nine to eight Boston. Offense, Boston tonight in Fenway Park where it's nine to eight Boston. The Red Sox nine runs, ten hits, five errors. The Angels eight runs, ten hits, and one error. It's the double of each inning of play and the Angels will send up Jackson, Redsman, and then Fairly.
We bring to the mic Dick Enberg. Thank you, Al. Dick Drago. It's his ball game and he's picked very well for Boston all season long. He's doing much harder than when he performed as an Angel last year. He was traded to Baltimore one-to-one for Ryany Enterdyer Miller. And then played out his contract and signed with the Boston Red Sox. Ron Jackson will try to eight-inning a nine-eight score. Boston in front of it. A strike on the inside corner. Jackson a single, Ryan's got a double play, stable to fuel his choice and hit by a pitch.
Second to Ross Carullo in the American League batting derby with a.357 average entering the game. Right-hander against right-hander. The Rocks back and here's the pitch by Drago. Swing and a foul, tip, 0-2.
Merve Rettman on deck and then we're on Fairly. schedule here on the top of the eighth. East side with ten hits. Boston, the number one fielding team in the American League. Has committed five errors tonight but still lead by one.
Of the Angels, eight runs, seven on earth. Drago gets his nine from Cowden fifth. Rocks back and here comes the pitch. High and outside, one and two. Drago in fifth with Hops and a third.
The girls in the shorts, Brohamer and Scott on the right side of the box and then field the hands and left, lin and center, Evans and Wright. 31,652. Page here at Fenway as Drago's one-two pitch on his way. Almost did it, did. Nick, Ron Jackson, he's the board. He is on. Hesitating with Russ Gets and then finally says, Jeff, you're on.
No argument from Cowden fifth. So Jackson has set 10 to every pitch anyway. Gets nicked in the left shoulder by Nick Drago and the Angels have the lead off eight on here in the eighth inning.
You think circuses are fun and carnivals are fun? You've got to enjoy baseball at Fenway.
Nick Drago with Merv Retman settling in, watches John McNamara, the Angels third base. Got to go back to his position after a visit with Retman. The Angels play the tie of the game here in the eighth inning.
Retman is hitless tonight over three. He was up there with a base as far as a six inning and flying to set a field. That was Drago who got that out.
Right-hander settles at the waist, hits Retman inside a fat ball. He was not running. Fairly is on deck. Angels led by Throes, Joe Rudy's three hits, Jack Brohamer with three hits for Boston.
But the big swings have come from Dwight Evans, a three run homer and an RBI double and Fred Ledges only hit tonight as a three run homer.
The game is tied to eight, Boston. Drago, veteran right-hander, uses that little stair-step, seance system as he gets to the waist, the pitches outside and low.
Gets started to call it a strike and got his hand caught on the chest protector. Two and over count.
Alan Ripley and Bill Campbell are throwing in the Boston bullpen. Two right-handers, Campbell of course the ace of a Boston penland year.
Jackson, good runner at first eight. And only a man, two and 0 to count on Murr Retman, infield set for two.
He's going to go deliberately at the waist, the pitch, inside corner, a fat ball on Retman, throws his hand up and the catch. He thought that was bull three. Two and one to count.
Calvin Fitt taps out of the couch and kind of walks out a little huckle full on his legs and gets cramped sitting down there so long.
Drago does take a lot of time between pitches. His legs can go to sleep on him if you're a catcher in that squat.
The action pitch two and one. Kind red at first, no one out in the eighth inning, Boston nine, the angels eight.
Drago is ready. Over the shoulder, look at the runner at first. Here comes the pitch.
Swinging a foul out of play. That's up on the roof on the first base side.
Two balls, two strikes to Retman. The launch in the first inning, save on an error in the third. Out on a good play by Brilson in the hole in the fifth.
And fly to shallow center to Fred Lind with the bases loaded in the sixth.
The angels have had plenty of opportunity.
And with all the hits and runs scored, the key statistic of the game, left arm baked, angels 11, Boston four.
Jackson has his lead. Here's the two-two pitch.
Playing a little ground ball up the middle. Up with it, Brilson. He goes to second for one and that's all they'll get.
And save at first on a field that starts to Dretman. Gammed on the flight, didn't get it hard enough for the double play.
That brings up Ron Fairley, the veteran first baseman, and the two-run single. And he doubles in the sixth inning in score.
Two for ball for Fairley.
Good job, a solid job as always with the angels and even with that long distance to right field.
And it's a tough right field, 380 behind the right fielder.
If you pull the ball sharply, you can get a fairly easy home run.
But you have to hit it about 15 feet from that foul ball because that ball angles sharply down into the corner.
Infield, set for two so that gives Fairley a hole on the right side to pull the ball, Scott holding on Dretman.
The angels lose a half step and speed at first in exchange of Jackson and Dretman.
Set by Dregold at the waist for pitch.
Frank, outside runner, good fat ball.
The final for Baltimore Orioles, they're going to 11th in a row, 5-4 against Seattle, 5-8 and 0 for the Birds, four runs, 10 hits for the Mariners.
Don, stand up.
And a release for Kipi Martinez, got the save.
Martinez going to win the winner, Colbert won it by a peloton.
The 0-1 pitch, swing the foul pitch, caught by Fisk and right hander Drego quickly in front on the count, two strikes on Fairley.
They have 15,212 to welcome Baltimore home from a great road trip.
They were 9-1 on the road and they win tonight 5-4 against Seattle.
They've gone from three games under 500 to eight above in the last two weeks.
Drego has his time from 5th, Dretman the safely to first base.
Here's the pitch, high, a fat ball, two and one, one and two, one ball, two strikes.
Gator joined his late, the Angels got three in the first off-starter bill lead,
but the Red Sox came back with a three-run home run by Dwight Evans, off-starter Tom Griffin to tie in the second.
Then in the fourth when the Angels come up to double play ball, they would have gotten Griffin out of the inning.
The Red Sox went on to score four, three of them on Fred Limb's old run.
Angels one and a fifth, three and a sixth.
They tied the game at seven, but the Red Sox scored two and a sixth, the Angels back with one and a seventh.
Down nine-eighths, the fifth, swinging a shot by the diving Pro Hammer in the right field for a base hit.
Holding it first was Dretman to make sure the ball was in front.
He now goes to second and the Angels have the time and go ahead, runners aboard with one out of the eighth inning
and barely sends a low-line drive just out of the reach to the glove side of Pro Hammer for his third hit of the night.
Here's Dave Chalk a bun single and ground out safe on an error, and he lined out the yards and left his last time up.
Got to get a little nervous in the crowd of Fenway partisans.
Don Zimmer right up on that dugout step, staring out at Dick Drago.
Chalk up on the handle of the bat, Madman powered to try to move the ball around, keep it in play.
Dallin right is Evans, a base hit to the right, I don't think Dretman can score.
Hugging the line and Dallin assert his hop-in, hit by Drago on the outside corner for a strike.
Drago jumps in front of Thalia on two, but the veterans work just a one and two and then rifle the singles.
Dretman in scoring position at second base.
The Angels now vouch it for Austin 11-10.
Chalk at 291, hit around the season.
Choked up about as much as anyone in the league now, way up on the handle.
Drago ready, the pick. Outside, a breaking ball, one and one.
Brian Downing would be next.
Again, the Angels without Charney Lampert and his replacement from the Pacific Coast, the Dave McNamara,
a deep three, stolen 20 bases already this year, at least, with ECL and hitting 380.
Will probably report here in Boston to the club tomorrow.
So the Angels are without Lampert and Baylor with a hamstring ball.
Maybe they're two best power right-handed hitters in this ballpark.
One-one hit, low, two and one.
That's really short-changing yourselves to be without that kind of box in Fenway.
And to that, Terry Humphrey's shoulder.
The Angels catchers, and he's done on the bench.
Jim Brugosi, like dealing out the cards, a seven-card polter and you only get five-cards.
He'll try to keep the opposition.
Quite exaggeration, but that's what's the Al Brugosi deal.
Runners at first and second, two-one hit, chalk piles it away.
Off to the right and Lam in a photographer well, off the guy box section,
and skips up into that two-three row of the seat.
That accommodates the man at San Diego Fenway, but basically the only one-feared park him a major league.
Left-hander Dave LaRoche starts to throw in the Angel bullpen.
And the two right-handers Ripley and Campbell still at work behind Rego for Boston.
Two balls, two strikes.
Ripley leads from second, barely off-first.
Drake going to wait, the pitch.
Outside, ball three.
He went three and two with the bases loaded to Rudy in the last inning before Rudy flied out.
And the drama at Fenway tonight has been superb.
No matter which side you're pulling for, I don't know if you've fans listening early morning hours in other parts of the world,
this is a baseball delight.
Like sitting yourself down at the table and they just keep bringing the food, all your favorites.
And to eighth, Boston.
Rego backs off the rubber.
Rettman being alerted by Machamer.
He's got to hurry now, those good outfielders for Boston on a base hit.
Barely off-first.
And the three to pitch.
Roo and the bases are loaded.
One out, shot to first, barely to second, and Rettman to third.
And the bases loaded time and time again this evening.
Great time ending an inning with three minute more.
And they've got him drunk again.
Here comes Tony Salida to bat for Brian Downing.
Salida, the powerful Samoan, who has done a great job coming off the bench.
And it's been the angel's top ten hitters.
He's up there with one out.
Not much speed, so he's a good double play man.
But as strong as anyone in that angel dugout.
And has the power to even the fool to go to left field and get the monster.
Like time against Boston.
Salida is hitting three fifty.
And as soon as he's introduced, Zimmer comes out of the dugout before he gets to the foul line.
And he waves with the right hand, because he wants Bill Campbell to come in from the bullpen.
So Campbell will be the fourth Boston Pitcher of the night.
Here's the spot where Tom Bergmeyer, the left-hander, was not throwing.
Zimmer had two right-handers, so he cannot counter with the left-hander.
He's going to go with Campbell, who has an excellent screwball, and his tough on left-handers.
So Drago goes out, picks himself out of two bases loaded jams.
One left for him by Bob Stanley in the sixth, and one of his own in the seventh.
And he leaves with the bases loaded.
And Campbell is carted in from the right center field bullpen area.
With a break in the action, let's go on Al Witt.
Hi Dick, you can take a time.
That walk to chalk was the seventh given up by Boston pitching plus two hit batters.
So that's nine more base runners plus five errors plus 11 hits.
To give the Angels eight runs, still thought Goodenbilt to be in front.
Boston has nine, and Bill Campbell, the bearded right-hander, begins turning up with Cantor Calvin fifth.
He has a good screwball, and around the batting cage before the game tonight,
some of the Red Sox players commenting on what a good screw he had in Seattle his last alley.
So he's got four men and two perfect relief innings.
The tying run for the Angels with one out is represented by Merv Rettman standing in third
in conversation with his coach John Maximera.
Ron Fairley, the veteran, is at second base.
And Dave Chalk at first.
Tony Salida has been hitting around 400 off the bench,
but his season average doesn't reflect that because overall he's hitting 245.
One home run and nine runs batted in.
Campbell, the ace of the full-center Boston the last couple of years,
although he's had some rough outings this year, and his ERA reflects that.
5.40, base is full, Enfield looking for two to pitch to Salida.
High ball in.
Campbell, two wins.
Check that, his ERA is higher than that.
7.24 for Campbell.
Two wins and four bosses he's saved, too.
So he has not pitched that way.
He's only worked his 13th and two thirds innings.
Ninety-fourths, Salida waits.
Campbell to the plate.
To the outside of the hole, ball two.
Two balls, no strikes, and now Salida hits with his third base touch
to see if that green light is flashing.
The outfield, playing Salida with respect.
Deep in the right is Evers.
Right center a couple of steps is Lynn.
Back forward by a warning tap and left in front of the scoreboard gets empty.
Enfield set for two.
The two-goal pitch by Campbell.
Roll, ball three.
So now Campbell, in a terrible bind, with a base devoted,
has to throw strikes down 3-0 or walk in the tying run.
Meanwhile, Salida, if he wanted to, could be sitting on a pitch
that he could really drive 3-0.
Ragosi, the gambling manager, he's shown that already,
the 3-0 pitch strikes across the letters and nearly throws.
Oh, that was supposed to be ball four.
What a lettering of the Angels on the front of the great uniform.
Campbell nervously goes to the round, then back, throws it aside,
pitches with his cap, wheels to the ground, over his head,
now rips that right foot on the front edge to the rubber.
Rettman is third, barely a second, and Dawkins first lead away.
One out, 9-8 in the eighth inning, the 3-1 pitch.
Outside and the game is tied.
That is only the second earned run scored by the Angels in the game,
and you almost have to bite your tongue saying earned about that one
because it comes around only one single, a hit battered, a couple of walks.
The run will be tied to Dick Drago as Rettman walks off with a ninth run,
a 9-9 tie, and Ken Landrow steps up,
the un-left-handed hitting right fielder, single this last time up.
He's one for 40, scored two runs.
Good speed, a tough man to double up.
Salida at first, Dawkins second, barely a third,
outfield toward right, Campbell fifth, and delivers.
Swing and a miss, and Landrow good start at a breaking ball.
Ken has one over, and seven runs batted in, starts tonight at 2.47.
So the Angels led in the first inning when they scored three,
but after Boston tied in the third,
the Angels have been playing catch-ups ever since and finally are back even at nine.
The pitch, right down the middle, and Landrow took a fast ball right there.
Two strikes on Kenny.
And the final in from New York, Ron Gendry has done it again.
He's 10-0, he's shut out Oakland on three hits.
New York 2, Oakland nothing, so that plays an important role in what happens here tonight.
The pitch, swing and a miss, he's looking out.
A through ball against Landrow, and there's two away.
Nates is still loaded for Bobby Gritton.
Landrow got to one pitch, a group of three that was set to hit, and caught looking on that.
That was the second pitch, the fast ball down the middle,
and a hit on the count of two, Campbell gave him that tough through ball,
and Landrow couldn't find it.
Next up then, a hit tonight, he's hit safely a five in a row, he's won for five,
eight-betting, and Gritton's tough for the sixth time in the game.
Nine-nine guy, two out, the Angels with a base is full.
Gritton's waiting, Campbell kicks the deal, third ball, five-all-one.
Gritton's tough man, he'll make it those strikes.
Again, Yankees 2, and Oakland nothing, Matt Keele, another fine-ticking job in defeat.
Heverloh was given a loss, and released, yeah, 2-2.
1-0-10, swinging a foul back.
Give a retent on the winner, Heverloh and the losers 2-2, they have 27 fouls and 7-21 in New York.
The Yankee runs came on home runs by Randolph at third, Nettles at fourth, 2-0 New York.
The Yankees are six behind Boston, Oakland is lost if the Angels could win tonight,
they'd be only a half game out of first place.
Currently tied for second with the Texas Rangers one and a half hours.
Another foul, Cubs at Cincinnati, 3-2, 3-6-0 for Cubs, 2-4-2 for Cincinnati,
Chicago a game ahead of Philadelphia, and then thanks to the Leafs, East, wins that Cincinnati 3-2.
Here's the hit to Gritton, step-swing foul, and it goes off to the right as Gritton tries to keep the bat away,
and that ball hits the handle and comes to the box, he's really one ball, two strikes to Gritton.
George Foster hit his sixth, eighth, seventh, sixth at his 14th home run of the year, George Foster for Cincinnati.
That wasn't enough, it's Russell 8-4, he's bottomed 7-1, first loss for Bill Bonham, 30,190 at Cincinnati.
Here, a 9-9 tie, bases loaded with Angels, 2-0 on the eighth inning of Dolph Campbell,
ahead of a count of Bobby Gritch one and two.
Gritch has three home runs and 16 runs batted in.
He's up on the handle of the bat, trying to guard the play, didn't want to hard someplace.
Enfield, Aldi, Thompson deep guarding the line at third.
The outfield straight away, a deep time call, does Campbell take too much time,
and Fitz is going to go out and make sure that he and his right-handed reliever are in sync.
A hit batter, a single by Sarley, and a couple of walks have tied the game here on the ninth inning.
The Angels have scored in each of the last four innings.
After three in the first inning, shutout to Lafitte when they got one, three in the sixth, one in the seventh, one here in the eighth.
And we start over again. The Angels with another glorious chance, bases full.
Gritch out with Lyman, Bostock, two minutes.
One and two to the count. Campbell, staring, staring, staring, now he has his time.
The low target and the pitch. Swing and a miss, quick free.
Gritch commands the turnball, low and outside, and Campbell does some fancy dishes.
The Angels get a run on a hit, no hands, and for the fourth time in the game,
I believe the danger loaded, they've ran it 14 minutes.
After seven and a half, nine, nine times.
Frank Gilner, Glenn Evans, leads off the eight for Boston, takes the breaking ball low, ball one.
Hartford working quickly to the fifth.
We have a shot, the first backhand by Jepson in third territory, the first cross is in time.
Good he plays.
And the appreciative Boston fans applaud to the existing third baseman, Ron Jackson,
who made a dive for the line to backhand that ball.
In normal conditions, that's a two-base hit, but in a tie game in the late innings,
that third baseman is sitting right on the line, and even then, Jackson's barely got it.
And Evans whips it, five-one-hot, first pitch to Hobson outside, a breaking ball.
Evans, two for four, four out of the eyes, and trying to get something going in the eighth.
Hobson, grounded weakly to short, charged by Chalk, he goes across the fairway, two away.
Now for Harsell, who's got to have the most successful pitcher of the game,
he's just got to go for it.
And it's an in for an inning and two thirds, and has retired five in an order.
Burlton takes a fast ball low, ball one, the leadoff man for the Red Sox tonight,
has singles right and five points to center, once the very deep center field, he's not going to rush.
Harsell pitches a fast ball in there, one and one.
A nine-nine tie in Boston.
Incredible set, we receive ourselves, and at the risk of doing that,
Angels, 14 left on base, Boston, four.
The pitch, swinging a miss, good hard slinger in on the hand, Rick Rolton, it's one and two.
Terry Elfrey, taking over behind the place of the Angels,
it's a fact that he has a very painful sore shoulder.
Burlton wants to see the baseball, Harsell lobs it into his canter, and Russ Guetzel,
like that, veteran played on fire, notes the flaw, and puts a new one in play.
Burlton with a good eye, he didn't spot nothing.
Burlton waving the wood, the pitch, swinging a shot to third,
and there's Jackson playing deep right on the line to glove it, and throwing it out.
The positioning of the third baseman paid off, two hard hit balls,
both would have been hit earlier in the game,
they come out and Jackson fields that hot corner splendidly.
Three up, three down, after eight and nine-nine ties.
Bill Campbell warming up with his canter, Calvin Tick, in the ninth inning.
The right hander will face Honestoc, Rudy, and Jackson of the Angels,
when Campbell with a base as low as truck out Lambrough has ripped,
and the eighth inning, those were the first two Boston strikeouts of the evening.
Bill Lee started, went five innings, allowed 400 runs, fixed it,
walked two truck outs on Bob Stanley, two firsts of an inning,
three runs, one earth, three hits, two warts.
Dick Drago on inning and two firsts, two runs, one earth, two hits,
three warts, and now Bill Campbell,
going to walk one and truck out two, three men, he's base coming in,
with a base as low as an eight inning.
Vossoc, Bob is three fourths on Vossoc, to the Boston skipper, Timmer,
trying to hit to him, and the Red Sox have avoided that best they can.
They've walked him intensely the last two times up.
He has a single and three trips.
A 12-game hitting streak for Vossoc.
Campbell delivers inside with a breaking ball.
Former teammates for the Minnesota Twins, Bill Campbell and Lyman Vossoc,
both playing out their contact and signing rich, new deals with their clubs presently.
True ball lined the right field, but it's going to stay up,
and Evans is there to make the catch.
Vossoc on, right field to Dwight Evans.
That was a true ball. He ran as well.
He steps out to Campbell as he goes by him on his way to the third base, dugout.
Joe Rudy, the first inning, lined a double wall play.
Base to the wall in left field, a drive in a red light,
a score himself, walk in the third, singled in the fifth.
When they won Vossoc, it was two-hundred and six,
but he sits alone the base to be promptly singled to center field to drive in two warts.
And then with a base to the seventh and a three-two pitch he flies to right.
Three for four for Rudy.
Three on the eyes, give him thirteen for the year.
Joe has two home runs.
Campbell will throw off a long one now, and then the pitch.
In there came Rudy, but it was inside.
Minnesota Toronto has been postponed.
Rain in Ontario.
Milwaukee leading point seven four in the bottom of the eighth inning at Tiger Stadium, Detroit.
McOkey of the Inks shut out Oakland two-nothing.
Baltimore are best at Seattle five-four.
The set by Campbell, and a one-strike pitch.
Playing on the top of the short,
Brilson charges at the ugly hop, has to go in a hurry and gets his man by a step.
Straight on with Brilson in shortstop, and there's two-bond in the top of the ninth inning.
Ronan Jensen is one for three.
Singleton short and a first.
Rhyme into a double play.
A vicious line drive back to the mound of Bill Leary.
In the third inning, it felt to have been stabbed and turned into two.
Saban of Hill, Detroit, from the last two times up, he's been hit by a pitch.
At Kansas City, the Royals have just scored four times in the seventh inning to tie the game at five against Texas.
But Al Oliver did a solo home run in the eighth, so it's now six-five Texas top of the eighth at KC.
One-nothing.
Chicago over Cleveland after seven.
The Cots are getting great pitching, but they've made a change in the top of the eighth.
A pitch to Jackson.
Change is low, ball one.
Nantz-O-Lake, Atlanta beats St. Louis 2-1.
Caps over Cincinnati 3-2.
Pittsburgh against a 3-0 lead at Houston in the sixth.
Philadelphia trails the Dodgers 6-4.
After eight innings in Los Angeles, Jackson takes ball two.
Ducky Baker in the grand slam-over on a back game.
Houston hits two home runs, 14th of the year.
Monday's hit is 12th minute night, so long balling in Dodger Stadium in L.A. up front.
6-4, still up top of the night.
No score meant to send the eagle bottom to second, and the Giants deep-marched it all one-nothing.
The 2-0 pitch coming up to Jackson.
Hyde inside, up under the 10th, 3-0.
Jackson was swinging, so he was really stepping into that one, looking for something he could yank out of here.
He went with his chin.
Three balls, no strikes.
Merb Rettman with the next.
Wynn continues to blow toward left-hand quite as strong as early in the game.
Playing a high-five ball, the left-field, Rue Keane, he has coming in for it, and he makes the pass.
Jackson 3-9 at 3-0, but didn't have a very good swing.
The Eagles got it all in. We go to the bottom of the ninth inning. Wynn, Reitz, Yudhsitse, Duke, and Boston in a 9-9 tie.
Bottom of the ninth inning, and the Eagles come in with their top left-handed reliever, Dave LaRoche.
LaRoche, the base, Wynn, Reitz, and Yudhsitse.
LaRoche, missed yesterday, and missed that two-day.
Now, as Wynn has the win, with three-1 headings in relief.
He's 5-2 on the year with a club high of 7 saves.
He had a 2.88.
Wynn, with a three-run homer and four at bats, takes a 9-1.
LaRoche and Humphrey, the Eagles battering.
Jackson, short, rich, and barely on the infield.
The men of the barters, barely a first, and Jackson is third, right on the line.
The outfield of Rudy Boczka, the land road, up the right.
Out of line, and Boston, and a down ball right side, barely can get it, and it's in the right field.
Wynn turns and holds at first base.
Now, we told you that, barely was right on the line.
That was the routine out earlier in the game, but it trickled through for a base hit here in the ninth.
Jackson went the other way for Boston in the eighth inning, went two smashes to third,
and came out because Jackson was position there.
So, LaRoche created for a base hit off the bat of Liam.
Kim Wright comes up, he's over three with a loss.
Now, Boston has its best hitter, and they believe top home run at RBI producer at the plate, in the bottom of the ninth inning.
31,652 to play, and it's a sell-out when you consider their couple of thousand guests here.
Now, they've lost in that, and they've seen a great game, and all they can add for now is a win in the bottom of the ninth inning.
It's a 9-9 tie.
Lamaga face runner to pitch, Wright got a butt, takes a strike.
So, John Zimmer, chanting his big home run hitter to run around sacrifice,
but it might just as quickly take that butt off and let it swing away,
figuring that the Angels would give him a high fanfall against that and drive it out of here.
Jackson creeping in from third, barely holding on, let it burst.
The pitch he's swinging and fouls it away.
He got the high fanfall, but was a little late pulling the trigger.
Lynn at first base, the winning run, no one out, bottom of the ninth.
Nine runs, 11 hits for each side.
Infield looking for the double play.
Lynn has a bigger lead this time.
A roach to the plate, high, a back ball, 1-2.
That's over two perfect innings, getting the fat out of order in the seventh and the eighth.
And now the roach, working the ninth inning.
Lynn has created him with a ground ball single.
The 1-2 pitch, Lynn takes the just inside.
That's his swing, and the ball breaking sharply down and in, just off the corner.
2-2.
The first net, 6-4, again, brand-handed Jim Wright, 2-0, Boston.
In the second and final game of this brief set, 2-2 pitch, high ball, 3.
So the count is on from two strikes to 3-2.
We'll see if the Red Sox play a little run and a hit.
The roach kicking it to the rubber.
Now let's then get this time from Terry Humphrey.
Lynn leads away from first base.
The roach at the plate.
Here's the pitch.
High ball, 4.
Now the Red Sox, good net, the ball in the net.
Lynn gets the ground single, and Wright behind 0-2, watches for a straight ball.
And now the Red Sox have runners at first and second going out.
And Carl Yusremski fouls in the fifth, and George Scott can't go to hit him at order.
Gazz, who handles the match extremely well, gets with his third base, Gogetti, out to see if he's up there to box.
Gazz is rounded out three times and walks.
Now Boston, literally undefeatable at all, 22-4, with a great chance to win it here on the bottom of the ninth.
The roach gets the winner, Gazz wears it, takes it away, and top-side ball up.
Now the roach has that plate jumping on him.
Lynn, the winning run at second.
Wright just frosting over Gazz.
Yes, square to butt, he gave himself up immediately.
Swing, miss the iron, and take the strike, one-and-one.
Oh my, with Gazz increasing in from third and barely tied at first.
Yes, got a good breaking ball, but didn't go after it, one-and-one to count.
Habsfield straight away for Gazz, wind blowing out toward left.
Runners lead first and second going out, he's cleared the butt, butted toward third.
The roach gets a play at third, and he doesn't make it, and it went a three.
Oh my, Gazz and Legosi, the roach all around, and third base up by our Joe Franklin, he called him safe.
Legosi throws his hands in the air of disgust, but it was an excellent front by the veteran gethfifty.
The roach got only one play.
The ball field is going toward the third-base foul line, and so he was in position to throw the bird,
but they didn't get him, the umpire ruled safe, and you've got to give your sense he a bunch single.
That's how good he is.
Now trying to take some miracle-pinting by the roach, not to lose in the ninth inning.
Has Walshens, has the bases loaded, no one out.
The infield is in, the outfield is in, time is called, and Johnny Tuskey goes out to say something to Jim Wright.
Now to the fifth, the right-handed hitting catcher is fouled out, struck out, a deep out to center, and a ground out.
The infield, who have had the bases loaded four times at the end of an inning,
everybody will get that big blow, trying themselves now with Walshens, enjoying a bases loaded situation,
and no one out in the bottom of the ninth. La Roche is not going to use the wind-up.
Fifth, right-handed batter, the pitch, way outside, ball in.
La Roche, not close with that one.
The infield and the outfield, their players to the plate.
There's softball depth in the outfield, hoping he'll stop a line drive, apply ball,
and they're going to join the back of right-fly anyway. The pitch, outside, ball through.
Lynn, the winning run, is third, Wright the second, he has the first.
Angel-Tamil Ford, what they would like to see is that ground ball, home to first double play.
But La Roche has to throw a strike first.
Single by Lynn, a walk, and a bunch-single, below the nature's revulsion,
in the last of the ninth inning, a 9-9-9.
Let's get this night from Humphrey, the pitch, way to ground ball,
fifth, Boston, Hitchcock wins 10-9, and fifth, single, Pat Byrd.
One run, two hits, two errors, and three laps in the bottom of the ninth inning,
and Calvin Smith, lands a single between Jackson and a bag of Byrd,
and Boston wins again at home, 10-9 in a thrilling ballgame.
Here's now, I think the Red Sox, 10 runs, 13 hits, five errors,
seven men left on base for the Angels, nine runs, 11 hits, one error,
and 14 men left on base.
The winning pitcher, Bill Campbell, he's three and four.
The losing pitcher, Dave Lowe, five and three.