1973 NY Yankees (Marc Weiss) vs 2001 Boston Red Sox (Keith MacDonald)
GAME 1 - Fenway Park
Medich vs Martinez
Red Sox 8, Yankees 3
Pedro turned in his 6 quality innings (6 IP / 3 ER) and handed the ball off to "Wake" up 6-3. Boston scored 2 more in the 8th to put the game out of reach. Doc Medich gave up all 8 (4 earned) Red Sox runs. Boston hit 3 homers and the Yankees made 3 errors. Jose Offerman (3-5, 2 RBI) hit one of those bombs. Daubach and Varitek hit the other two. Matty Alou ws 3-5 for New York, but only managed to score once.
Red Sox lead series 1-0
GAME 2
Stottlemyre vs F.Castillo
Red Sox 4, Yankees 3 (12 inn)
"Stick" Michael, who doubled with one out in the top of the 9th scored on a Horace Clarke
grounder to put the Bombers up 3-2. Former Red Sox Sparky Lyle needed 3 outs in the bottom of the inning to notch the save. With one out and one on Nomar Garciaparra singled home Offerman to tie the game up and eventually send it to extra innings. No one scored for the first 2 and a half innings of OT. Trot Nixon singled to lead off the bottom of the 12th. An error by Michael at short put runners on the corners with nobody out. Brian Daubach singled up the middle to score Nixon for the walk off win.
Red Sox lead series 2-0
GAME 3 - Yankee Stadium
Nomo vs Peterson
Yankees 3, Red Sox 2 (11 inn)
Two days later the Bombers reversed their fortunes by winning in 11. Nursing a 2-0 lead for 6 innings Fritz Peterson final made a mistake when Offerman doubled home Nixon and Bichette to tie it. It remained tied until Bobby Murcer hit a walk off homer in the bottom of the 11th off of Rod Beck.
Red Sox lead series 2-0
GAME 4
Yankees 6, Red Sox 0
Cone vs McDowell
Vintage Sudden Sam McDowell tell the full story in a must win game 4 for the Bronx
Bombers. McDowell, who seems to be on the down side of his career, turned the clock back to his prime when he could blow the fastball by anyone. McDowell fanned 6 on his way to a neat 4 hit shutout. Mike Hegan (2-4, 3 RBI's) made a spot start for his glove and rewarded his mates with a fine day at the bat. Clarke, Murcer and Ron Blomberg all chipped in with 2 hits with the latter also knocking in 2.
Series tied 2-2
GAME 5 - Fenway Park
Medich vs Martinez
Red Sox 5, Yankees 4
A rematch of game one starters saw Sahx managre MacDonald have an "oh crap" moment in the top of the 3rd when Pedro had to leave the game with pain in his throwing elbow. MacDonald went to Rolando Arrojo, who was Pedro like in 4 1/3 innings, where he gave up just 1 run on 4 hits. Boston's bats woke up after yesterday's silencing to make Arrojo's way a bit easier. Offerman hit a solo shot with one out in the bottom of the 3rd. After Nixon reached base off a Horace Clarke error, Carl Everett hit a 2 run shot to make it 3-0. Thurman Munson scored the Yankees first run of the day by tagging up on a long fly from Jim Ray Hart. Boston answered back with 2 more in the bottom of the inning when Nomar hit a 2 run shot. The Yankees looked dead and buried until the top of the 8th when they scored 3 runs to make it a 1 run game. Graig Nettles two out knock plated 2 and had the Fenway faithful thinking another collapse was on it's way. Rod Beck and Rich Garces combined efforts to silence the Yankee bats in the 9th to clinch the series.
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Red Sox win Series 3-2
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