Torrez took the mound in the top of the first inning and Ron LeFlore flied out to right to start the game. Tony Bernazard flied out to left but Steve Kemp singled to center. Greg Luzinski flied out to center to end the inning. Richard Dotson got the start for Chicago and Jerry Remy led off the bottom of the first with a flyout to center. Dwight Evans grounded out to second but Jim Rice singled to center. Carl Yastrzemski took strike three to end the inning.
Tom Paciorek singled to center to start the top of the second before Harold Baines walked to put the pressure on. Old buddy Carlton Fisk flied out to right and Jim Morrison popped up to second, but Bill Almon walked to load the bases. LeFlore flied out to right to end the inning. Carney Lansford reached on an error by Almon to begin the bottom of the second but Dave Stapleton banged into a double play. Glenn Hoffman reached on an error by Morrison but Rich Gedman took strike three to end the inning.
Bernazard flied out to center to begin the top of the third but Kemp grounded back to the mound. Luzinski grounded out to third to end the inning. Rick Miller drew a walk to start the bottom of the third and took second on the sacrifice bunt by Remy. Both Evans and Rice grounded out to short to end the inning.
Paciorek walked to start the top of the fourth but the BoSox committed a strike em out, throw em out double play when Baines whiffed and Tom got caught stealing second. Fisk singled to right but Morrison popped up to short to end the inning. The BoSox tried to rally in the bottom of the fourth when Yaz dropped a base hit to right to start. Lansford flied out to right but Stapleton singled to center to move Yaz to third. Unfortunately Hoffman banged into a double play to end the inning.
Torrez cruised in the top of the fifth as Almon flied out to left to start. LeFlore struck out swinging and Bernazard grounded out to first to end the inning. The BoSox blew a rally in the bottom of the fifth as Gedman hit a gap shot to right but was foolishly thrown out at third trying to stretch a triple. Miller grounded out to short which would have advanced Rich and Remy grounded out to short to end the inning.
The ChiSox struck first in the top of the sixth as Kemp doubled to left to start. Kemp moved to third on the fly out to center by Luzinski and Paciorek singled up the middle to score him to give Chicago the lead. Baines struck out swinging but Fisk smashed a double off the Monster to score Paciorek and Carlton took third on the throw. Morrison struck out swinging to end the inning but the ChiSox led 2-0.
The BoSox did try to fight back in the bottom of the sixth as Evans struck out swinging to start. Rice took strike three but Yaz belted his second home run of the season to cut the lead. Lansford walked and stole second but Stapleton struck out swinging to end the inning with Boston down 2-1.
The White Sox finished off Torrez in the top of the seventh as Almon beat out an infield single to third to start. LeFlore forced Almon at second but stole second and scored on the double to center by Bernazard. That was it for Torrez who pitched relatively well but ran out of gas, allowing 3 runs in 6 1/3 innings. Mark Clear came in for his season debut and struck out Kemp swinging before Luzinski was rung up for strike three to end the inning with Chicago ahead 3-1.
Lamar Hoyt came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh and Hoffman singled to left to begin. Gedman and Miller both flied out to left before Remy grounded back to the mound to end the inning.
Clear struck out Paciorek swinging to open the top of the eighth before Baines also went down hacking. Fisk was plunked but Morrison flied out to center to end the inning. The BoSox failed to come back in the bottom of the eighth with Mike Squires now playing first. Evans singled to center but Rice banged into a double play. Yaz drew a walk but Lansford struck out swinging to end the inning.
Clear ran into trouble in the top of the ninth as Almon singled to center to start. Almon stole second and moved to third when Gedman threw the ball a mile over the head of Hoffman for an error. Somehow Cleark got LeFlore looking and Bernazard grounded out to third. Kemp walked and Luzinski was plunked to load the bases but Squires flied out to center to end the inning. The BoSox rallied in the bottom of the ninth although Stapleton flied out to right to start. Hoffman hit a little roller to short and Morrison threw the ball away to move Glenn to second. Gedman pounded a double off the Monster to score Hoffman and chase Hoyt from the game. Kevin Hickey came in to close out the game....and Miller took strike three. Salome Barojas came in to pitch to Remy but Red Sox manager Ralph Houk countered by bringing in Tony Perez to pitch hit for Jerry and Reid Nichols to run for Gedman. A Wild pitch moved Nichols to third but Perez grounded out to short to end the game. Chicago had held on to win 3-2.
The Good:
Carl Yastrzemski was 2 for 3 with a walk and a solo home run.
Glenn Hoffman was 2 for 4 with a run scored.
Rich Gedman was 2 for 4 with an rbi.
Mark Clear tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings.
The Bad:
Jerry Remy was 0 for 3.
Tony Perez grounded out to end the game.
The Ugly:
Dwight Evans was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout.
Jim Rice was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout.
Carney Lansford was 0 for 3 with a strikeout but walked and stole a base.
Dave Stapleton was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout.
Rick Miller was 0 for 3 with a strikeout but walked.
Honorable Mention:
Reid Nichols pinch ran in the bottom of the ninth.
Final Thoughts:
Tough loss and the BoSox just couldn't get the clutch hit when it counted. Gedman getting thrown out at third, the double plays and the failure to get Nichols home in the ninth all added up to the loss. Torrez didn't even pitch that bad its just the Red Sox couldn't generate any offense. The Sox starting rotation isn't scary at all so they can't afford to waste quality starts from Torrez and the others when they actually pull one out. Fisk once again sticks it to his old team by putting Chicago ahead almost a year after his opening day three run home run. Its just one loss but as we found out at the end of last year, every loss adds up by the end. The Red Sox look to bounce back Wednesday afternoon in the second game of this set when Chuck Rainey gets the ball opposite Steve Trout of Chicago. The game begins at 2:05 PM at Fenway Park.
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