Hurst got Jack Perconte to fly out to left to start the top of the first inning. Barry Bonnell singled but Alvin Davis struck out. Gorman Thomas walked but Al Cowens flied out to left to end the inning. Beattie cruised in the bottom of the first as Jerry Remy struck out to start. Evans grounded out to short and Boggs grounded back to the mound to end the inning.
Steve Henderson singled to start the top of the second but Darnell Cioles flied out to center. Henderson was thrown out trying to steal and Bob Kearney popped up to Hurst to end the inning. Tony Armas flied out to center to start the bottom of the second before Mike Easler struck out. Rich Gedman grounded out to second to end the inning.
Spike Owen grounded out to second to start the top of the third but Perconte singled. Bonnell grounded back to the mound but Davis walked. Thomas walked to load the bases but Cowens grounded out to second to end the inning. Reid Nichols grounded out to short to begin the bottom of the third but Dave Stapleton got a base hit. Jackie Gutierrez grounded back to the mound and Remy grounded out to short to end the inning.
Hurst cruised in the top of the fourth as Henderson flied out to right to start. Coles grounded out to short and Kearney struck out swinging to end the inning. The Sox struck first in the bottom of the fourth although Evans flied out to right to start. Boggs flied out to left but Armas singled. Easler singled Tony to third and Gedman doubled him home to put Boston on top. Nichols struck out to end the inning but the Sox were ahead 1-0.
Hurst shut down the Mariners in the top of the fifth as Owen flied out to left to start. Perconte grounded out to first and Bonnell popped up to second to end the inning. The Sox did nothing in the bottom of the fifth as Stapleton grounded out to short to start. Gutierrez struck out and Remy grounded out to second to end the inning.
Hurst got in trouble in the top of the sixth as Davis flied out to right to begin. Thomas walked but was forced at second by Cowens. Henderson singled Cowens to third but Coles flied out to left to end the inning. The Sox got a big insurance run in the bottom of the sixth although Evans grounded back to the mound to start. Boggs tripled and Armas singled him home to increase the lead. Easler flied out to right and Gedman whiffed to end the inning with the Sox ahead 2-0.
Kearney grounded out to short to start the top of the seventh before Owen also grounded out to short. Perconte hit a routine grounder to Gutierrez who dove on the ball and swam on it for an error. Bonnell struck out to end the inning. Nichols flied out to left to start the bottom of the seventh before Stapleton popped up to short. Gutierrez flied out to right to end the inning.
The Sox got more bad defense in the top of the eighth although Davis grounded out to third to start. Thomas hit a routine grounder to short and this time Gutierrez tried to kick the ball over to first for an error. Cowens grounded back to the mound and Henderson flied out to center to end the inning.
Remy singled to open the bottom of the eighth and was sacrificed to second by Evans. Boggs was intentionally walked and the gamble worked as Armas forced Boggs at second and Easler grounded out to second to end the inning.
Hurst came back to finish his masterpiece in the top of the ninth and the Mariners rallied. Coles grounded out to third but Phil Bradley pinch hit for Kearney. Bradley popped up to second but Owen tripled. Dave Henderson pinch hit for Perconte and singled home Owen to break up the shutout. With the tying run at first.....Bonnell grounded into a force to end the game. Hurst went the distance to guide the Sox to a 2-1 win.
Hero of the Night is Bruce Hurst. He threw a complete game 6 hitter, allowing just 1 run to earn the win.
The Good:
Wade Boggs was 1 for 3 with a walk and a run scored.
Tony Armas was 2 for 4 with an rbi and a run scored.
Rich Gedman was 1 for 3 with an rbi.
Dave Stapleton was 1 for 3.
The Bad:
Dwight Evans was 0 for 3.
Reid Nichols was 0 for 3 with a strikeout.
Jackie Gutierrez was 0 for 3 with a strikeout and 2 errors.
The Ugly:
Jerry Remy was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout.
Mike Easler was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout.
Final Thoughts:
That was encouraging to win a close, low scoring game like this. After trying to outslug teams since Opening Day, the Sox finally managed to win a game when the bats were silenced. Beattie pitched a heck of a game himself but Hurst was just a little bit better. Hopefully Hurst can finally develop into the ace pitcher Sox brass envision him to be. Someone has to step up and so far Hurst has been up to the challenge. Jackie Gutierrez can't catch a cold right now so Glenn Hoffman can come back into the lineup anytime now. The Sox are trying to bounce back into the win column and they need to go on a long winning streak in a hurry. Hopefully this game is the spark they need. The Sox are back in action against the Mariners tomorrow night. Mike Brown goes for the Sox against Matt Brown at 7:30 PM at Fenway Park.
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