The Red Sox overcame a 4-0 deficit and defeated the Brewers, 8-6, to move into a tie with the Yankees for first place in the East Division. Dick Pole, who pitched seven innings of relief, received credit for his first victory of the season. Juan Marichal, who started for the Red Sox, retired only one batter in the first inning before being knocked out. Ken Berry singled, George Scott walked and Johnny Briggs doubled to plate one run. After an intentional pass to Porter, Gorman Thomas walked to force in a second run. Pole relieved and yielded a two-run single by Tim Johnson before retiring the side.

The Red Sox began their comeback with a run in the fourth and tied the score in the fifth on singles by Tim McCarver and Doug Griffin, a sacrifice by Mario Guerrero, pass to Tommy Harper, sacrifice fly by Juan Beniquez and double by Bernie Carbo. Two more runs followed in the sixth when Rico Petrocelli walked, McCarver sacrificed, Griffin doubled and Guerrero singled. Dwight Evans then provided the deciding blow with a two-run homer in the seventh. Pole ran out of steam in the eighth and the Red Sox had to use both Bob Veale and Diego Segui in relief. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 8, Milwaukee Brewers 6
Game Played on Sunday, September 8, 1974 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Brewers      4  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   6 10  1
Red Sox      0  0  0    1  3  2    2  0  x  -   8 10  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Money 3b,2b           5   0   2   0     0   1   .285      Harper lf             4   1   0   0     1   0   .230
Berry cf              5   1   2   0     0   1   .227      Beniquez cf           3   1   0   1     0   0   .276
Scott 1b              4   1   0   0     1   0   .292      Carbo rf              3   1   1   2     0   1   .247
Briggs lf             5   1   1   1     0   1   .263      Yastrzemski 1b        4   0   1   0     0   0   .307
Porter c              3   2   1   0     1   0   .249      Cooper dh             1   0   0   1     0   1   .270
Thomas rf             3   1   1   1     1   0   .313        Evans ph,dh         2   1   1   2     0   0   .281
Hegan dh              2   0   0   0     1   1   .235      Petrocelli 3b         3   1   1   0     1   0   .267
  Mitchell ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .236      McCarver c            3   1   1   0     0   0   .227
T. Johnson ss         3   0   1   2     0   0   .249        Montgomery c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Moore ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .269      Griffin 2b            4   2   3   1     0   0   .278
  Ellis 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .298      Guerrero ss           3   0   2   1     0   0   .256
Garcia 2b             2   0   0   0     0   2   .190      Marichal p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Vukovich 2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .188        Pole p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hansen ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .282        Veale p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Coluccio pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .230        Segui p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Yount ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Rodriguez p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sprague p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   6  10   5     4   6             Totals               30   8  10   8     2   2

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 25,531
Left on Base: Brewers 7, Red Sox 5
DP: Brewers 0, Red Sox 1
Errors: Vukovich
Doubles: Briggs (28), Thomas (2), Petrocelli (19), Carbo (16), Griffin (12)
Home Runs: Evans (8)
Stolen Bases: Scott (8), Money (15)
Sacrifice Hits: Guerrero (3), McCarver (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Cooper (2), Beniquez (1)
GIDP: Berry (5)
Hit by Pitch: Carbo (4,by Miller)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rodriguez               4.2   5   4   3   1   2   0  21   3.47
Wright L(8-19)          1     2   2   2   1   0   0   6   4.49
Miller                  1.1   1   2   2   0   0   1   6  13.50
Sprague                 1     2   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.39
Totals                  8    10   8   7   2   2   1  37

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Marichal                0.1   2   4   4   3   0   0   6   4.75
Pole W(1-0)             7     6   2   2   1   6   0  27   3.38
Veale                   0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   5.54
Segui SV(10)            1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   4.13
Totals                  9    10   6   6   4   6   0  40

Passed Balls: McCarver (1)
Hit by Pitch: Miller (1)
Wild Pitches: Pole (2)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Hank Morgenweck


BREWERS 1ST: Money grounded out (shortstop to first); Berry
singled; Scott walked [Berry to second]; Briggs doubled [Scott
to third, Berry scored]; Porter was walked intentionally; Thomas
walked [Scott scored, Briggs to third, Porter to second]; POLE
REPLACED MARICHAL (PITCHING); Hegan struck out; T. Johnson
singled [Thomas to second, Porter scored, Briggs scored]; Garcia
struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); Beniquez
flied out to right; Carbo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Red Sox 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Money struck out; Berry singled; Scott forced Berry
(shortstop unassisted); Scott stole second; Pole threw a wild
pitch [Scott to third]; Briggs struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Brewers 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); Cooper
was called out on strikes; Petrocelli doubled; McCarver grounded
out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Red
Sox 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Porter flied out to right; Thomas flied out to
center; Hegan walked; T. Johnson grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Griffin made an out to first; Guerrero grounded out
(shortstop to first); Harper flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 4, Red Sox 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Garcia was called out on strikes; Pedro Garcia
ejected by HP umpire Marty Springstead; Money singled; Berry
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Money out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Red Sox
0.

RED SOX 4TH: VUKOVICH REPLACED GARCIA (PLAYING 2B); Beniquez
reached on an error by Vukovich; Carbo struck out; Yastrzemski
singled [Beniquez to third]; Cooper hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Beniquez scored (unearned)]; Petrocelli flied out to left; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Red Sox 1.

BREWERS 5TH: Scott grounded out (third to first); Briggs
grounded out (pitcher to first); Porter grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: McCarver singled; Griffin singled [McCarver to
third]; Guerrero out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Griffin to second]; Harper walked; Beniquez hit a sacrifice fly
to left [McCarver scored]; Carbo doubled [Harper scored, Griffin
scored]; WRIGHT REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PITCHING); Yastrzemski flied
out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Red Sox 4.

BREWERS 6TH: Thomas flied out to left; Hegan grounded out
(second to first); T. Johnson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 6TH: EVANS BATTED FOR COOPER; Evans lined to left;
Petrocelli walked; McCarver out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Petrocelli to second]; Griffin doubled [Petrocelli
scored]; Guerrero singled [Griffin scored]; MILLER REPLACED
WRIGHT (PITCHING); Harper made an out to catcher; Debut game
for Roger Miller; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Red Sox
6.

BREWERS 7TH: Vukovich flied out to center; Money singled; Money
stole second; Berry struck out; Scott grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 7TH: Beniquez lined to third; Carbo was hit by a pitch;
Yastrzemski made an out to first; Evans homered [Carbo scored];
Petrocelli grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 4, Red Sox 8.

BREWERS 8TH: Briggs grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter
singled; Thomas doubled [Porter to third]; MITCHELL BATTED FOR
HEGAN; VEALE REPLACED POLE (PITCHING); McCarver allowed a passed
ball [Thomas to third, Porter scored]; Mitchell lined to left;
MOORE BATTED FOR T. JOHNSON; Moore singled [Thomas scored];
HANSEN BATTED FOR VUKOVICH; SEGUI REPLACED VEALE (PITCHING);
Hansen singled [Moore to second]; COLUCCIO RAN FOR HANSEN; Money
flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 6, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 8TH: MITCHELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); ELLIS
REPLACED MOORE (PLAYING 3B); YOUNT REPLACED COLUCCIO (PLAYING
SS); MONEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); SPRAGUE REPLACED
MILLER (PITCHING); McCarver flied out to right; Griffin singled;
Guerrero singled [Griffin to third, Guerrero to second (on throw
to 3b)]; Griffin was picked off third (catcher to pitcher);
Harper flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 6, Red
Sox 8.

BREWERS 9TH: MONTGOMERY REPLACED MCCARVER (PLAYING C ); Berry
flied out to right; Scott lined to second; Briggs grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 6, Red Sox 8.