A great day in Red Sox history. Red Sox 5 Twins 3
The starting pitchers Jim Lonborg vs Dean Chance.
Chance last faced the Sox on August 6th. He pitched a rain shortened 5 inning perfect game.He went into the game with a 4-1 record 1.58 era vs the Sox in 67 .
Lonborg had never beaten the Twins in his career. 0-6 lifetime with an era of 7.61 .0-3 6.75 in 67.
Harmon Killebrew , Tony Oliva, and Bob Allison all had batting averages of .350 vs Lonborg. Killebrew hit 6 home runs off of him. Even Rich Rollins had a .333 mark against him.
Hope for Chris Sale against the Indians.
Sox did not win the game as much as the Twins lost it.
Sox score 5 times in the 6th inning . The Twins commit 1 error, a foolish attempt to throw a runner out at home, and two wild pitches. Even Lonborg's bunt would have been close if handled cleanly by Tovar.
The Twins starting the 8th inning trailing 5-2. 5 out of the next 6 batters get singles and at the end of the 7th batter the Twins are now trailing 5-3 but with two out in the ninth and nobody on base
Single, Double Play, single,single,single run scores but runner thrown out at second trying to stretch.End of inning. Single , double play. two outs in ninth.
Rich Rollins makes final out. Someones horoscope was wrong as Rollins and Lonborg have the same birthday. April 16th. Rollins in 1938, Lonborg 1942.
The starting pitchers Jim Lonborg vs Dean Chance.
Chance last faced the Sox on August 6th. He pitched a rain shortened 5 inning perfect game.He went into the game with a 4-1 record 1.58 era vs the Sox in 67 .
Lonborg had never beaten the Twins in his career. 0-6 lifetime with an era of 7.61 .0-3 6.75 in 67.
Harmon Killebrew , Tony Oliva, and Bob Allison all had batting averages of .350 vs Lonborg. Killebrew hit 6 home runs off of him. Even Rich Rollins had a .333 mark against him.
Hope for Chris Sale against the Indians.
Sox did not win the game as much as the Twins lost it.
Sox score 5 times in the 6th inning . The Twins commit 1 error, a foolish attempt to throw a runner out at home, and two wild pitches. Even Lonborg's bunt would have been close if handled cleanly by Tovar.
The Twins starting the 8th inning trailing 5-2. 5 out of the next 6 batters get singles and at the end of the 7th batter the Twins are now trailing 5-3 but with two out in the ninth and nobody on base
Single, Double Play, single,single,single run scores but runner thrown out at second trying to stretch.End of inning. Single , double play. two outs in ninth.
Rich Rollins makes final out. Someones horoscope was wrong as Rollins and Lonborg have the same birthday. April 16th. Rollins in 1938, Lonborg 1942.