Rico Petrocelli's three-run homer highlighted a 5 run eighth inning uprising to pace the 1975 Boston Red Sox to an 11-7 win over the 1978 New York Yankees in the first game of their ALDS at Yankees Stadium. The Red Sox rally erased a 6-4 Yankee lead as Boston pounded the Yankee bullpen for 5 hits and 7 earned runs in the final two frames. New York had 4 pitchers take the hill in those final 2 innings, and two of these chuckers - Ken Clay and Andy Messersmith failed to record an out in Boston's raucous eighth.
Boston jumped out to an early 2-0 lead only to see it evaporate in the second inning on a two-run error by Jim Rice. With two out and runners on the corners, Mickey Rivers hit a fly ball that sliced towards the left field line. Rice seemed to be in a position to make the catch but whiffed on it enabling both runners to score as the ball rolled to the fence. The Yankees added another run in the third for a 4-2 lead.
This was also my first game in which I scored using the iscore app. It is a terrific tool that I plan on using to score Sawx games this season, and I'm still working the bugs out. As you can see on the scorecard below, the error was registered on the card, but River was still granted 2 RBI so I must have missed a step on my device to negate the ribbies. In any case, this app is a neat addition to enjoying any ball game. The scorecard, along with the stats I have included from this ALDS game, was generated using this utility.
Fortunately for Boston, it was a game of redemption for two players in critical situations. First of all, Rice atoned for his second-inning miscue in the fifth with a two-out two run homer tying the game at four Then after Boston fell behind in the seventh on two unearned runs caused by a botched force attempt at second by Denny Doyle that made the score 6-4, Doyle ripped a two-run bases loaded single off New York reliever Andy Messersmith to tie the game 6-6.
After Clay and Messersmith faced 5 batters in the eighth without getting an out, David Rajsich came on and was victimized by Rico Petrocelli's game-winning blast.
Game Two will see Boston send Rick Wise to the hill to face Jim Beattie who effectively shut down the Ree Sox bats in the second game in a series sweep at Fenway that capped the regular season schedule.
Boston jumped out to an early 2-0 lead only to see it evaporate in the second inning on a two-run error by Jim Rice. With two out and runners on the corners, Mickey Rivers hit a fly ball that sliced towards the left field line. Rice seemed to be in a position to make the catch but whiffed on it enabling both runners to score as the ball rolled to the fence. The Yankees added another run in the third for a 4-2 lead.
This was also my first game in which I scored using the iscore app. It is a terrific tool that I plan on using to score Sawx games this season, and I'm still working the bugs out. As you can see on the scorecard below, the error was registered on the card, but River was still granted 2 RBI so I must have missed a step on my device to negate the ribbies. In any case, this app is a neat addition to enjoying any ball game. The scorecard, along with the stats I have included from this ALDS game, was generated using this utility.
Fortunately for Boston, it was a game of redemption for two players in critical situations. First of all, Rice atoned for his second-inning miscue in the fifth with a two-out two run homer tying the game at four Then after Boston fell behind in the seventh on two unearned runs caused by a botched force attempt at second by Denny Doyle that made the score 6-4, Doyle ripped a two-run bases loaded single off New York reliever Andy Messersmith to tie the game 6-6.
After Clay and Messersmith faced 5 batters in the eighth without getting an out, David Rajsich came on and was victimized by Rico Petrocelli's game-winning blast.
Game Two will see Boston send Rick Wise to the hill to face Jim Beattie who effectively shut down the Ree Sox bats in the second game in a series sweep at Fenway that capped the regular season schedule.
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