Rick Wise, only one out away from becoming the second pitcher in modern history to throw a no-hitter in each league, was stopped in his bid by two consecutive homers in the ninth inning as the Red Sox defeated the Brewers, 6-3, in the opener of a twi-night doubleheader. The Brewers came back to win the nightcap, 4-3. Wise opened the ninth by striking out Robin Yount and retiring Don Money on a pop fly. The Red Sox righthander then walked light-hitting Bill Sharp on four pitches before disaster struck in the form of homers by George Scott and Bobby Darwin. Wise pitched a no-hitter for the Phillies against the Reds in the National League in 1971. The only modern pitcher with no-hitters in each league is Jim Bunning, who hurled one for the Tigers in 1958 and another for the Phillies in 1964. Jim Rice provided the bulk of Red Sox support for Wise, smashing two homers and driving in four runs.

In the second game, Gorman Thomas and Pedro Garcia hit homers for the Brewers, who scored their winning run in the sixth inning on successive singles by Thomas, Charlie Moore and Bobby Mitchell. Cecil Cooper rapped a round-tripper for the Red Sox. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 6, Milwaukee Brewers 3 (Game 1)

Game Played on Wednesday, July 2, 1975 (Night game) at County Stadium

Red Sox 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 - 6 14 1 Brewers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 2 0 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Carbo rf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .273 Money 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Burleson ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .282 Sharp cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .241 Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .297 Scott dh 3 1 1 2 1 0 .281 Lynn cf 3 2 1 0 2 0 .339 Darwin lf 4 1 1 1 0 2 .244 Rice lf 5 2 2 4 0 0 .293 Porter c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .213 Cooper dh 4 0 3 1 0 0 .338 Hegan 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .289 Petrocelli 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .235 Lezcano rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Fisk c 4 1 3 0 0 0 .367 Garcia 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Doyle 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .178 Bevacqua ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .169 Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Yount ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .290 Castro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Champion p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 6 14 6 4 3 Totals 30 3 2 3 3 6 Time of Game: 2:53 Left on Base: Red Sox 8, Brewers 3 DP: Red Sox 0, Brewers 2 Errors: Burleson Doubles: Yastrzemski (17), Fisk (2), Lynn (18) Home Runs: Rice 2 (12), Scott (14), Darwin (9) Caught Stealing: Fisk (1) Sacrifice Hits: Burleson (11) Sacrifice Flies: Carbo (2) GIDP: Rice (7) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wise W(9-6) 9 2 3 3 3 6 2 33 4.73 Totals 9 2 3 3 3 6 2 33 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Castro L(3-2) 3 6 3 3 3 2 1 17 2.26 Champion 6 8 3 3 1 1 1 24 4.93 Totals 9 14 6 6 4 3 2 41 Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Joe Brinkman RED SOX 1ST: Carbo walked; Burleson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Carbo to second]; Yastrzemski doubled [Carbo to third]; Lynn was walked intentionally; Rice grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Lynn out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Money flied out to right; Sharp flied out to center; Scott popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 0. RED SOX 2ND: Cooper singled; Petrocelli flied out to center; Fisk singled [Cooper to third]; Doyle reached on a fielder's choice [Cooper out at home (first to catcher to third), Fisk to second]; Carbo forced Doyle (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Darwin struck out; Porter grounded out (pitcher to first); line drive off of Rick Wise's right arm; unclear if Carl Yastrzemski caught it on the fly; Hegan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Brewers 0. RED SOX 3RD: Burleson singled; Yastrzemski struck out; Lynn walked [Burleson to second]; Rice homered [Burleson scored, Lynn scored]; The ball came within 4 rows of leaving the ballpark; Cooper grounded out (first to pitcher); Petrocelli was called out on strikes; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Brewers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Lezcano flied out to center; Garcia flied out to right; Bevacqua was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Brewers 0. RED SOX 4TH: Fisk singled; CHAMPION REPLACED CASTRO (PITCHING); Fisk was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Doyle flied out to center; Carbo singled; Burleson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Brewers 0. BREWERS 4TH: Money popped to third in foul territory; Sharp flied out to center; Scott popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Brewers 0. RED SOX 5TH: Yastrzemski walked; Lynn lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Yastrzemski out at first]; Rice homered; Cooper singled; Petrocelli forced Cooper (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Brewers 0. BREWERS 5TH: Darwin made an out to first; Porter flied out to right; Hegan flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Brewers 0. RED SOX 6TH: Fisk doubled; On a bunt Doyle singled [Fisk to third]; Carbo hit a sacrifice fly to left [Fisk scored]; Burleson grounded out (third to first) [Doyle to second]; Yastrzemski flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, Brewers 0. BREWERS 6TH: Lezcano popped to first in foul territory; Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); Bevacqua popped to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Brewers 0. RED SOX 7TH: Lynn doubled; Rice grounded out (third to first) [Lynn to third]; Cooper singled [Lynn scored]; Petrocelli was called out on strikes; Cooper was picked off first (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Brewers 0. BREWERS 7TH: Money reached on an error by Burleson; Sharp made an out to first; Scott walked [Money to second]; Darwin struck out; Porter forced Scott (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 6, Brewers 0. RED SOX 8TH: Fisk flied out to center; Doyle singled; Carbo flied out to left; Burleson lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6, Brewers 0. BREWERS 8TH: Hegan struck out; Lezcano flied out to right; Garcia popped to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Brewers 0. RED SOX 9TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Lynn flied out to left; Rice flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Brewers 0. BREWERS 9TH: YOUNT BATTED FOR BEVACQUA; Yount struck out; Money popped to third in foul territory; Sharp walked; Scott homered [Sharp scored]; George Scott's HR broke up Rick Wise's no-hitter with 2 outs in the 9th; Darwin homered; the ball hit the top of the wall and then was touched by a fan; Porter walked; Hegan struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6, Brewers 3.

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