Torrez got the ball in the top of the first and Damaso Garcia grounded out to first to start. Rance Muliniks grounded out to second but Lloyd Moseby singled to left. Moseby was thrown out trying to steal second by the alert Rich Gedman to end the inning. Clancy got the ball in the bottom of the first inning and Jerry Remy grounded out to short to start. Dwight Evans walked but both Jim Rice and Carl Yastrzemski flied out to right to end the inning.
The Jays struck first in the top of the second as Willie Upshaw singled to center to start. A wild pitch moved Upshaw to second and he moved to third on the grounder to second by Wayne Nordhagen. Hosken Powell hit a sac fly to left to score Upshaw with the game's first run. Ernie Whitt walked and Jesse Barfield singled to center to move Ernie to third. Alfredo Griffin grounded back to the mound to end the inning with the Jays up 1-0.
The Sox failed to respond in the bottom of the second as Carney Lansford flied out to right to start. Dave Stapleton grounded back to the mound but Glenn Hoffman reached onna swinging bunt to Clancy. Rich Gedman forced Hoffman at second to end the inning.
Garcia singled to center to start the top of the second but was thrown out trying to steal second. Mulliniks grounded out to first and Moseby grounded out to second to end the inning. Rick Miller grounded out to first to star5 the bottom of the third before Remy flied out to center. Evans grounded out to short to end the inning.
The Jays struck again in the top of the fourth as Upshaw grounded out to second to start. Nordhagen grounded out to third but Powell singled to center. Powell swiped second and scored on the base hit to center by Whitt to increase the lead. Barfield flied out to left to end the inning with the Jays up 2-0.
The Sox got one back in the bottom of the fourth although Rice flied out to right to start. Yaz crushed his third home run of the season to cut the lead but Lansford struck out swinging. Stapleton popped up to first to end the inning with Boston down 2-1.
Griffin walked to start the top of the fifth but Garcia forced Jim at second. Mulliniks struck out swinging and Moseby flied out to center to end the inning. Hoffman flied out to center to start the bottom of the fifth before Gedman popped up to short. Miller flied out to left to end the inning.
Torrez struck out Upshaw swinging to open the top of the sixth and Nordhagen grounded out to short. Powell also grounded out to short to end the inning. The Sox struck again in the bottom of the sixth although Remy grounded out to first to start. Evans flied out to center but Rice singled to left. Yaz walked and Lansford ripped a base hit to left. Rice scored but Yaz was thrown out trying to advance to third to end the inning with the game tied 2-2.
Torrez returned for the top of the seventh and got Whitt to fly out to right to start. Barfield doubled to left and Griffin doubled him home to put the Jays back on top. That was it for Torrez who allowed 3 runs in 6 1/3 innings. Luis Aponte came in to pitch and Garcia hit one up the elevator shaft. Mulluniks flied out to center to end the inning with the Jays up 3-2.
The Sox failed to respond in the bottom of the seventh as Stapleton grounded out to second to start. Hoffman flied out to center but Gedman ripped a base hit to center. Miller grounded out to third to end the inning.
Aponte returned for the top of the eighth and Moseby grounded back to the mound to begin. Upshaw walked but was thrown out trying to steal by the alert Gedman. Nordhagen struck out swinging to end the inning. The Sox mounted a comeback in the bottom of the eighth inning although Remy grounded out to third to start. Evans walked but Rice struck out swinging. Yaz singled to left to move Evans to third to chase Clancy. Roy Lee Jackson came in to pitch to Lansford and Reid Nichols came in to run for Yaz. Lansford ripped a base hit to center to score Evans to tie the game although Stapleton grounded back to the mound to end the inning. The Sox had tied the game 3-3.
Aponte got Powell to ground out to second to start the top of the ninth before Whitt popped up to second. Barfield grounded back to the mound to end the inning. Hoffman lit up the crowd by tripling into the right field corner to begin the bottom of the ninth. Jerry Garvin was brought in to face the lefty hitting Gedman but Sox manager Ralph Houk countered by bringing in Tony Perez to pinch hit for Rich. Perez was intentionally walked to get to Miller and Julio Valdez was brought in to run for Tony. Turns out Garvin just bounced a pitch to the backstop and Hoffman scored to win the game. The Sox had walked off the Jays with a 4-3 victory.
The Good:
Dwight Evans walked twice in four plate appearances and scored a run.
Carl Yastrzemski was 2 fir 3 with a walk and a home run.
Carney Lansford was 2 for 4 with 2 rbis.
Rich Gedman was 1 for 3.
Tony Perez walked as a pinch hitter.
Mike Torrez allowed 3 runs in 6 1/3 innings of work.
Luis Aponte got the win with 2 2/3 scoreless innings.
The Bad:
Jerry Remy was 0 for 4.
Dave Stapleton was 0 for 4.
Rick Miller was 0 for 3.
The Ugly:
Jim Rice was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout but scored a run.
Honorable Mention:
Julio Valdez pinch ran for Tony Perez in the bottom of the ninth.
Final Thoughts:
Funny how things go. The Sox could get almost nothing going offensively the while game but tie it in the eighth and win it in the ninth. Torrez pitched relatively decent but he gave up one hit too many. Aponte was lights out when he was in the game, hopefully he and Mark Clear can be their shut down guys to get to Bob Stanley as the season moves forward. Hoffman has been directly involved in two straight wins so its good to see him step up as well with the offense struggling. All in all it was a good win and the Sox look for the series win tomorrow morning in their special Patriots Day game. Toronto sends Dave Stieb to the mound up against Chuck Rainey of the Red Sox. The game begins at 11:05 AM at Fenway Park.
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