Fenway Park continued to be an inhospitable place for the Yankees, who lost to the Red Sox, 6-3, for their eighth straight defeat in the Boston playground over two seasons and their 17th in 18 games since August, 1972. The Red Sox jumped off to a 2-0 lead, but the Yankees tied the score in the fifth inning with a homer by Jim Mason, single by Elliott Maddox, double by Bobby Murcer and infield hit by Ron Blomberg.

The Red Sox came back immediately in their half with two runs on a single by Juan Beniquez, double by Cecil Cooper on which Beniquez scored and single by Bernie Carbo. Another pair in the eighth clinched the verdict. Dwight Evans tripled, Carl Yastrzemski walked, Carbo hit a sacrifice fly and Bob Montgomery singled. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 6, New York Yankees 3
Game Played on Wednesday, May       22, 1974 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Yankees      0  0  0    0  2  0    1  0  0  -   3 10  2
Red Sox      2  0  0    0  2  0    0  2  x  -   6 12  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clarke 2b             5   1   1   0     0   0   .239      Beniquez cf           4   2   3   0     0   0   .280
Maddox rf             4   1   3   0     1   1   .290      Cooper 1b             4   1   2   1     0   0   .282
Murcer cf             4   0   1   1     0   2   .261      Evans dh              4   2   2   1     0   0   .392
Blomberg dh           4   0   1   1     0   0   .370      Yastrzemski lf        2   1   1   0     2   0   .336
Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .234      Carbo rf              3   0   2   2     0   0   .248
Piniella lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .325        Miller rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Chambliss 1b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .272      Petrocelli 3b         4   0   1   0     0   0   .330
Dempsey c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .216      McAuliffe 2b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .210
  Hart ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Montgomery c          4   0   1   1     0   1   .183
Mason ss              3   1   1   1     1   1   .211      Guerrero ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .232
Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   3  10   3     2   7             Totals               32   6  12   5     3   3

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 16,466
Left on Base: Yankees 9, Red Sox 6
DP: Yankees 1, Red Sox 1
Errors: Dempsey, Mason, Cooper
Doubles: Chambliss (7), Murcer (3), Maddox (2), Cooper (5)
Triples: Evans (4)
Home Runs: Mason (2)
Caught Stealing: Yastrzemski (2), Beniquez (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Murcer (6), Carbo (1)
GIDP: Nettles (2), Montgomery (3)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich L(6-3)           7.2  12   6   6   3   3   0  35   3.39
Lyle                    0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.78
Totals                  8    12   6   6   3   3   0  36

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(4-5)            9    10   3   3   2   7   1  39   4.29
Totals                  9    10   3   3   2   7   1  39

Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Hank Soar


YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (pitcher to first); Maddox
walked; Murcer struck out; Blomberg grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Beniquez singled to right; Cooper grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Beniquez to second]; Evans singled to right
[Beniquez scored, Evans scored (error by Dempsey)]; Rick
Dempsey argued call at HP and Dwight Evans went to 3B; Dempsey
threw wildly to 3B and Evans scored; Yastrzemski singled to
center; Yastrzemski was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Carbo singled to left; On a bunt Petrocelli reached
on an error by Mason [Carbo to second]; McAuliffe grounded out
(third to first); 2 R, 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 2.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Piniella
singled to center; Chambliss singled to left [Piniella to
second]; Dempsey was called out on strikes; Mason walked
[Piniella to third, Chambliss to second]; Clarke popped to left;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 2ND: Montgomery grounded out (first to pitcher);
Guerrero popped to second; Beniquez singled to right; Beniquez
was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 2.

YANKEES 3RD: Maddox struck out; Murcer struck out; Blomberg
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Cooper singled to center; Evans popped to left;
Yastrzemski forced Cooper (second to shortstop); Carbo grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red
Sox 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Nettles flied out to center; Piniella struck out;
Chambliss doubled to left; Dempsey grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Petrocelli singled to left; McAuliffe forced
Petrocelli (second to shortstop); Montgomery grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [McAuliffe out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Mason homered; Clarke popped to shortstop; Maddox
singled to left; Murcer doubled to right [Maddox to third];
Blomberg singled to first [Maddox scored, Murcer to third];
Nettles grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Blomberg out at second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
2, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Guerrero struck out; Beniquez singled to shortstop;
Cooper doubled to left [Beniquez scored]; Evans flied out to
left; Yastrzemski was walked intentionally; Carbo singled to
center [Cooper scored, Carbo to second (on throw to 3b),
Yastrzemski out at third (center to third)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox 4.

YANKEES 6TH: Piniella flied out to center; Chambliss flied out
to right; Dempsey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Petrocelli grounded out (third to first); On a bunt
McAuliffe struck out; Montgomery was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox 4.

YANKEES 7TH: Mason struck out; Clarke singled to right; Maddox
singled [Clarke to third]; Murcer hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Clarke scored]; Blomberg flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 3, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 7TH: Guerrero grounded out (third to first); Beniquez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Red Sox 4.

YANKEES 8TH: Nettles struck out; Piniella flied out to right;
Chambliss grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 3, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 8TH: Evans tripled to right; Yastrzemski was walked
intentionally; Carbo hit a sacrifice fly to center [Evans
scored]; Petrocelli popped to first in foul territory; McAuliffe
walked [Yastrzemski to second]; Montgomery singled to center
[Yastrzemski scored, McAuliffe to second]; LYLE REPLACED MEDICH
(PITCHING); Guerrero forced Montgomery (shortstop to second); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Red Sox 6.

YANKEES 9TH: HART BATTED FOR DEMPSEY; MILLER REPLACED CARBO
(PLAYING RF); Hart popped to catcher in foul territory; Mason
grounded out (shortstop to first); Clarke reached on an error by
Cooper; Maddox doubled to right [Clarke to third]; Murcer flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Red Sox 6.