Bill Lee needed only 78 pitches to shut out the Athletics, while Jim Rice, Tony Conigliaro and Juan Beniquez provided home-run support as the Red Sox defeated the Orioles, 7-0. Boston kayoed Vida Blue with six runs in the first five innings, getting two in the second on singles by Dwight Evans and Conigliaro, a walk and Beniquez' double. Boston Red Sox 7, Oakland Athletics 0Game Played on Tuesday, May 20, 1975 (Night game) at Fenway ParkA's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 Red Sox 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 x - 7 10 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .258 Griffin 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .183 Burleson ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Jackson rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Yastrzemski 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .220 Alexander rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Rice lf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .280 Rudi 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Evans rf 3 2 2 1 0 0 .243 Bando 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .181 Miller rf,cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .182 Martinez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Petrocelli 3b 3 0 1 1 1 1 .196 Williams dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Heise 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118 Tenace c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Conigliaro dh 4 2 2 2 0 0 .136 Fosse ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .053 Montgomery c 4 0 0 0 0 3 .219 C. Washington lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Lynn cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .319 Mangual lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .214 Beniquez ph,cf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .298 Garner 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Carbo rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .355 Blue p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 0 2 0 1 1 Totals 34 7 10 7 3 7 Time of Game: 1:51 Attendance: 17,201 Left on Base: A's 3, Red Sox 6 DP: A's 0, Red Sox 0 Doubles: Bando (4), Beniquez (2), Evans (5) Home Runs: Rice (6), Conigliaro (2), Beniquez (1) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue L(8-2) 4.2 8 6 6 2 3 2 24 2.50 Fingers 1.1 1 1 1 0 2 1 5 3.41 Lindblad 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 4.67 Todd 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.21 Totals 8 10 7 7 3 7 3 37 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lee W(5-4) 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 30 3.95 Totals 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 30 Wild Pitches: Blue (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - George Maloney ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (shortstop to first); Campaneris grounded out (second to first); Jackson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Griffin grounded out (third to first); Burleson grounded out (second to first); Yastrzemski singled; Blue threw a wild pitch [Yastrzemski to second]; Rice grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando grounded out (second to first); Williams grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Evans singled; Petrocelli walked [Evans to second]; Conigliaro singled [Evans scored, Petrocelli to second]; On a bunt Montgomery forced Petrocelli (pitcher to third) [Conigliaro to second]; BENIQUEZ BATTED FOR LYNN; Beniquez doubled [Conigliaro scored, Montgomery to third]; Griffin lined to shortstop; Burleson made an out to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 2. ATHLETICS 3RD: BENIQUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Tenace popped to right; C. Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); Garner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 3RD: Yastrzemski struck out; Rice homered; Evans made an out to first; Petrocelli lined to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 3. ATHLETICS 4TH: North grounded out (second to first); Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 4TH: Conigliaro homered; Montgomery struck out; Beniquez grounded out (third to first); Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 4. ATHLETICS 5TH: Rudi grounded out (second to first); Bando doubled; Williams grounded out (third to first); Tenace grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 4. RED SOX 5TH: Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Yastrzemski walked; Rice struck out; Evans doubled [Yastrzemski scored]; Petrocelli singled [Evans scored]; FINGERS REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Conigliaro forced Petrocelli (third to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 6. ATHLETICS 6TH: MILLER REPLACED EVANS (PLAYING RF); C. Washington flied out to right; Garner made an out to first; North flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 6. RED SOX 6TH: Montgomery was called out on strikes; Beniquez homered; Griffin made an out to second; Burleson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 7. ATHLETICS 7TH: Campaneris made an out to second; Jackson grounded out (second to first); Rudi lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 7TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); Yastrzemski lined to pitcher; Rice walked; Miller singled [Rice to third]; Petrocelli was called out on strikes; Conigliaro forced Miller (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 7. ATHLETICS 8TH: HEISE REPLACED PETROCELLI (PLAYING 3B); Bando grounded out (third to first); Williams flied out to right; FOSSE BATTED FOR TENACE; Fosse grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 7. RED SOX 8TH: TODD REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); ALEXANDER REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); MARTINEZ REPLACED BANDO (PLAYING 3B); MANGUAL REPLACED C. WASHINGTON (PLAYING LF); FOSSE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Montgomery was called out on strikes; Beniquez grounded out (second to first); Griffin grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 7. ATHLETICS 9TH: CARBO REPLACED BENIQUEZ (PLAYING RF); MILLER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Mangual singled; Garner forced Mangual (third to shortstop to second); North walked [Garner to second]; Campaneris flied out to right; Alexander was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Red Sox 7. |
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