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"A YEAR WITH TWO
NO-HITTERS" ...
The Sox score 12 runs in one
inning
May 4, 1962
... The Red Sox came home and whacked the Chicago
White Sox, 13 to 6. They saved just about all of their ammunition for
12 runs in the fifth inning, five shy of their own American League
record of 17 runs in an inning.
During that 12-run round, Russ Nixon tied a record by getting two
hits as a pinch-hitter.
It started with a walk to Carroll Hardy. After Pumpsie Green flied to
center, Nixon got his first hit while pinch-hitting for Mike
Fornieles, who had given up three runs to Chicago in the fourth
inning. Nixon hit a sqibber down the third base line and beat the
throw. Pete Runnels drew a walk to load the bases. Eddie Bressoud's
single scored Hardy with the first run and the bases were still
loaded. Gary Peters came in to pitch and gave up a base hit to Yaz,
who brought in Nixon and Runnels.
Now Dom Zanni was brought in and he walked Jim Pagliaroni. Frank
Malzone's single scored Bressoud and still the bases were full. Gary
Geiger brought in two more runs to take a 6-4 lead, with another
single.
Eddie Fisher got his turn to pitch and walked Hardy, who was up for
the second time, to load the bases once more. He then walked Pumpsie
who forced in Malzone. Nixon collected his second hit of the inning,
a semi-roller that struck the second base bag and bounced into
centerfield. Frank Baumann pitched next for the White Sox, and got
Runnels to fly to center for the second out, before giving up
back-to-back doubles to Bressoud and Yastrzemski. He struck out
Pagliaroni to end the fireworks, and the Red Sox led 12 to 4.
A triple off the center field wall by Al Smith in second inning,
followed by a Nellie Fox base hit, gave Chicago their first run.
Singles by Mike Hershberger and Fox preceded a homer by Cam Carreon
in the fourth, giving the White Sox their 4-0 lead.
It was a perfect evening for Eddie Bressoud with three hits in five
times up, but he committed his first error in a Red Sox uniform. He
had accepted 109 previous chances flawlessly. His double in the 7th
inning scored Runnels with the Sox' 13th run of the game. |
