Bosox Club Yanks to sweep series at Fenway

Game 1 Red Sox 2 Yankees 1

Game 1 of the series between the two arch rivals was a pitching duel between Fritz Peterson and Sid Hudson. The Yankees struck first in the 1st on a rbi single by Bobby Murcer. Little did they know this would be the only scoring for them. In the fourth Dick Gernert hitting .103 would tie it up with a HR to left. The Yanks try to go with Peterson all the way. but leading off the bottom of the ninth Billy Goodman batting .171 parks one in the right field seats to end the game.

 

Game 2 Red Sox 11 Yankees 7

Enough of the pitching crap like game 1, game two was batting practice for the hitters, as the two teams combined for 34 hits. Throw in a few walks and an error and the fans got to see lots of action. As in game 1, the Yanks scored first and were cruising along with a 6-1 lead after three innings. After a leadoff HR by Vollmer and a 6-2 lead the Yanks were almost through the inning. But Billy Goodman comes through again this time with a two out bases load hit. Scoring two runs. Hoot Evers follows up with a double off the green monster and after four innings it all tied at six. The Red Sox would go on to score another 5 runs during the next 4 innings totally demoralizing the Yanks. Bahnsen who started for the Yanks gave up 16 hits in 6.2 innings. For Boston Ike Delock who came in for middle relief, picked up the win while Ellis Kinder earned a save.

 

Game 3 Red Sox 9 Yankees 8

The Red Sox further embarrass their rivals with an 18 hit clubbing in the final game of the series. Just to make the loss sting even more they spot the Yanks to a 7-2 lead after 6and 1/2 innings of play. The game MVP Clyde Vollmer knocks in 2 for Boston in the 7^th with a triple for his fourth hit of the day. With Kline for the Yanks in trouble in the 8^th Gary Waslewski comes in to try to save the game for the Yankees and promptly allows 3 runs enough for Boston to tie the game. The Yankees take the lead in the top of the 10^th on a Ron Swoboda HR. Now its Jack Aker with a chance to save the game for the Yanks, but he can’t. Boston scores the final run of the game on the squeeze play with hoot Evers Scoring.

--submitted by Joe Mach--