Cleveland got the ball in the top of the first and John Lowenstein grounded out to second to start. Remy Hermoso lined out to center and George Hendrick grounded out to short to end the inning. The Sox struck first against Tidrow in the bottom of the first as Juan Beniquez popped up to second to start. Doug Griffin walked and Bernie Carbo slugged his third home run of the season to put the Sox on top. Carl Yastrzemski and Rico Petrocelli both grounded out to third to end the inning with the Sox ahead 2-0.
John Ellis beat out a roller to short to start the top of the second before Chris Chambliss singled to center. Charlie Spikes popped up to right, Dave Duncan struck out swinging and Buddy Bell flied out to left to end the inning. Cecil Cooper struck out swinging to start the bottom of the second but Dwight Evans reached on an error by Hermoso. Bob Didier made his Sox debut by lofting a base hit to right to move Evans to third. Mario Guerrero hit a grounder....off of Didier for an interference out. Beniquez forced Guerrero at second to end the inning.
Frank Duffy grounded out to third to start the top of the third before Lowenstein flied out to center. Hermoso walked but Hendrick lined out to center to end the inning. The Sox exploded in the bottom of the third as Griffin singled to left to start. Carbo was plunked and Yaz doubled to left to score Griffin. Petrocelli popped up to center but Cooper was foolishly intentionally walked to load the bases. Evans beat out a roller to short to score Carbo and Didier scored Yaz with a sac fly to left. Bell booted a grounder by Guerrero for an error to reload the bases but Beniquez grounded out to third to end the inning with the Sox up 5-0.
The Indians struck back in the top of the fourth as Ellis flied out to right to start. Chambliss grounded out to second and Spikes hit a home run all the way to Nebraska to cut the lead. Duncan popped up to short to end the inning with the Indians down 5-1.
Home run Spikes
Tom Timmermann came in to pitch the bottom of the fourth and Griffin grounded back to the mound to start. Carbo struck out swinging and Yaz also grounded back to the mound to end the inning.
The Indians struck again in the top of the fifth as Bell hit a home run to Saudi Arabia to cut the lead. Duffy and Lowenstein both reached on bunt singles down to third and Hermoso ripped a base hit to right to load the bases. Cleveland houdini'd his way out as Hendtrick struck out swinging to start. Ellis popped up to center and Chambliss lined out to center to end the inning with the Indians down 5-2.
Petrocelli grounded back to the mound to start the bottom of the fifth and Cooper grounded out to second. Evans singled to center but Didier flied out to left to end the inning.
The Indians beat the ball in the dirt in the top of the sixth as Spikes grounded out to short. Duncan grounded out to short and Bell grounded out to third to end the inning. That was it for Cleveland who held the Indians to just 2 runs in 6 innings of work.
Guerrero walked to start the bottom of the sixth and Beniquez dropped down a bunt to move him to second. Mario got thrown out at third on a grounder by Griffin and Carbo grounded out to second to end the inning.
Dick Drago came in to pitch the top of the seventh and Duffy struck out swinging to start. Lowenstein grounded out to short and Jack Brohamer pinch hit for Hermoso. Brohamer grounded out to third to end the inning. The Sox struck again in the bottom of the seventh as Yaz walked to start. Petrocelli forced Carl at second and Dick McAuliffe ran for Rico at first. Cooper singled McAuliffe to third and Cecil Upshaw came in to pitch to Evans. Dwight hit a sac fly to center to score Dick and Didier popped up to second to end the inning with the Sox up 6-2.
The Indians got a run back in the top the eighth as Hendrick hit a home run all the way to Zimbabwe to cut the lead. Ellis flied out to center and Chambliss flied out to left before Spikes took strike three to end the inning with the Indians down 6-3.
Hendrick hits one out
Guerrero struck out swinging to start the bottom of the eighth and Beniquez hit a roller to the mound. Upshaw threw the ball away but Juan was thrown out at third. Griffin struck out swinging to end the inning.
Duncan grounded out to third to start the top of the ninth and Bell did the same. Oscar Gamble pinch hit for Duffy and grounded back to the mound to end the game. The Sox had won it 6-3.
Hero of the Night is Bernie Carbo. His 2 run home run set the tone for the game.
The Good:
Carl Yastrzemski was 1 for 3 with a walk, rbi and a run scored.
Dick McAuliffe scored a run as a pinch runner.
Cecil Cooper was 1 for 3 with a walk.
Dwight Evans was 2 for 3 with 2 rbis.
Bob Didier was 1 for 3 with an rbi.
Reggie Cleveland got the win by tossing 6 innings of 2 run ball. He allowed 7 hits and a walk while striking out two.
Dick Drago earned his first save of the season by allowing just 1 run in 3 innings of work.
The Bad:
Rico Petrocelli was 0 for 4.
The Ugly:
Juan Beniquez was just 1 for 4.
Doug Griffin was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout but walked and scored two runs.
Mario Guerrero was 0 for 3 with a strikeout but walked.
Final Thoughts:
Good bounce back win by the Sox after dropping three of the last four games including 2 of 3 to the New York Yankees in New York. The Indians are not good this year and the Sox need to beat teams like this to have any hope of winning the AL East. Cleveland pitched a gutty game and it was nice to see Didier produce. Bob Montgomery must be exhausted after catching every game with Carlton Fisk out so it was good to see someone else fill in successfully. The Sox definitely went small ball in this one with Beniquez, Guerrero, etc and it worked this time. Hopefully the Sox can keep this momentum going the rest of the series with Cleveland. The Sox look to make it two in a row over the Indians tomorrow afternoon when Luis Tiant (0-1) goes for his first win of the season against Bob Johnson of Cleveland. The game begins at 2:05 PM at Fenway Park.
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