Pattin got the ball in the top of the first inning and the pain in the ass Pat Kelly got a base hit to left to start. Carlos May ripped a base hit to right to move Kelly to third but Dick Allen struck out swinging. Bill Melton struck out swinging but May swiped second base. Ken Henderson struck out swinging to end the inning. Wood got the ball in the bottom of the first and Tommy Harper grounded out to short to begin. Luis Aparicio doubled to right but Carl Yastrzemski hit one up the elevator shaft. Reggie Smith grounded out to second to end the inning.
Mike Andrews popped up to first to start the top of the second but Ed Herrmann poked a base hit to right. Jorge Orta popped up to left and Eddie Leon struck out swinging to end the inning. Orlando Cepeda lined out to second to start the bottom of the second before both Carlton Fisk and John Kennedy struck out swinging to end the inning.
Melton ends it early
The White Sox struck first in the top of the third as Kelly walked to start. May got another base hit to right to move Kelly to third and this time Allen scored Pat by beating out a double play ball. Melton hit a home run all the way to Minnesota to ice the game early. Henderson struck out swinging and Andrews popped up to third to end the inning with Chicago up for good 3-0.
The BoSox failed to respond in the bottom of the third although Doug Griffin got a base hit to center to start. Evans moved Griffin to second with a grounder to short, but Harper went down hacking. Aparicio grounded out to short to end the inning.
The White Sox struck again in the top of the fourth inning as Herrmann hit a home run into the Charles River to increase the lead. Orta and Leon both struck out swinging and Kelly took strike three to end the inning with Chicago up 4-0.
Allen booted a grounder by Yaz to start the top of the fifth but Carl could only move to second on the grounder to third by Smith and to third on the grounder to short by Cepeda. Fisk struck out swinging to end the inning. The White Sox poured it on in the bottom of the fifth as May flied out to left to start but Allen hit a home run to Nebraska to put the game out of reach. Melton lined out to center but Henderson and Andrews stroked back to back base hits to chase Pattin. Marty sucked again, allowing 5 runs in just 4 2/3 innings. John Curtis came in to pitch and Herrmann walked to load the bases, but Orta struck out swinging to end the inning with the ChiSox up 5-0.
The BoSox did nothing against Wood in the bottom of the fifth with Johnny Jeter in for Kelly. Kennedy grounded out to third and Griffin grounded out to short but Evans lined a base hit to right. Harper popped up to first in foul territory to end the inning.
Leon grounded out to short to start the top of the sixth but Jeter walked and stole second. May took strike three and Allen popped up to first in foul territory to end the inning. Aparicio popped up to first in foul territory to start the bottom of the sixth and Yaz flied out to right. Smith doubled to left but Cepeda popped up to second to end the inning.
Melton walked to start the top of the seventh but Henderson popped up to second. Andrews took strike three and Herrmann flied out to center to end the inning. Fisk got a base hit to left to start the bottom of the seventh but Kennedy banged into a double play. Griffin lined out to center to end the inning.
Orta struck out swinging to start the top of the eighth but Leon grounded out to second. Jeter grounded out to short to end the inning. Evans flied out to right to start the bottom of the eighth before Harper flied out to center. Aparicio singled to center but Yaz grounded out to first to end the inning.
May struck out swinging to start the top of the ninth but Allen drew a walk. Melton flied out to right but Henderson doubled to left. Andrews was intentionally walked but Herrmann grounded out to second to end the inning. Wood completed his masterpiece in the bottom of the ninth although Smith singled to left to start. Reggie took second on a wild pitch but Cepeda popped up to first in foul territory. Smith moved to third on the fly ball to center by Fisk but Kennedy hit one up the elevator shaft to end the game. The White Sox had blanked the Red Sox 5-0.
Jackass of the Night is Marty Pattin. He allowed 5 runs in just 4 2/3 innings on 9 hits.
The Good:
Luis Aparicio was 2 for 4.
Reggie Smith was 2 for 4.
Doug Griffin was 1 for 3.
Dwight Evans was 1 for 3.
John Curtis tossed 4 1/3 scoreless innings.
The Bad:
Tommy Harper was 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
Carl Yastrzemski was 0 for 4.
Orlando Cepeda was 0 for 4.
John Kennedy was 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
The Ugly:
Carlton Fisk was just 1 for 4 with 2 strikeouts.
Final Thoughts:
Not the way to end the month of April, that's for sure. The reign of error by Pinky Higgins continues to haunt the Red Sox as Wilbur Wood turned into a perennial Cy Young candidate. Imagine the 25 year old Wood on the 1967 Red Sox right next to Jim Lonborg? Sox might have actually beaten St. Louis that year. Either way Wood shut down the Sox and Pattin got hammered again. Curtis salvaged the situation but how many times is Pattin going to go out and take a beating before enough is enough? Its only April and there's plenty of time to turn things around but one of the main reasons why the Sox are in last place is because Pattin went 1-4. Offensively the Sox have been fine offensively with the exceptions of Yaz and Evans. If Yaz is nearing the end of the line, the Sox have a 20 year old kid in Bristol named Jim Rice that hit 17 home runs for Winter Haven last year. He could possibly replace Carl in a year or two. Or Evans if he never develops. All in all it was a bad game and the month was full of them, thankfully the month of April is over. The loss dropped the Sox to 7-10, 2 games behind the Baltimore Orioles for first place in the AL East. After an off-day tomorrow the Sox are back in action Tuesday night against the Texas Rangers at home. Bill Lee gets the start for Boston against Rich Hand of the Rangers. The game begins at 7:30 PM at Fenway Park.
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