Rick Wise continued his role as the unsung hero of the Boston rotation as he extended his winning ways in the playoffs scattering 5 hits in 7.2 innings to pace the '75 Red Sox to a 4-2 over the '78 Yankees. Boston now has a chokehold on New York with a 2-0 series lead as the scene shifts to Fenway Park.
Wise pounded the zone firing 62 strikes from his 83 offerings while inducing much weak contact on many of the 13 ground ball outs. Wise went on a run retiring 16 Yankee batters in order between the second and seventh inning allowing only a single in the process. Dick Drago earned his second save in as many games.
New York starter Jim Beattie struggled through much of the game to find rhythm piling up 94 pitches in only 5 innings of work. Beattie walked 3 batters and only managed 9 first pitch strikes.
Offensive leader Carlton Fisk drove in two runs and clubbed his second homer of the series. Fisk's opposite field solo homer broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth, and his sacrifice fly RBI in the sixth ended up to be the game-winning run. Jim Rice remained red hot with two more hits. He is now 5-8 with a homer, a double and 4 RBI in the series.
Boston will attempt to sweep the top team of my Sensational 70s season with Luis Tiant toeing the slab. New York was the winningest team in my dream season with 102 wins. In the AL East, Boston finished 4 games out with 98 wins tied for second with the '79 Orioles. Tiant led Boston into this ALDS with a wildcard game win over Baltimore. He'll be opposed by 17 game winner Ed Figueroa in Game 3. Highlights from Game 1 of this series can be seen here. Check out the final standings of my 70s season.
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