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THE SOX BATS RUMBLE,
BUT THE PITCHING STUMBLES ...
The Sox bomb the Orioles
with an 11-run inning
June 8,
1977 ...
Butch Hobson finished off an 11-run second inning with a
three-run homer, as the Red Sox breezed to a 14-5 victory over the
Baltimore Orioles. The Sox sent 14 batters to the plate, and combined
seven hits, a walk, a hit batsman, and an error for their biggest
inning of the season.
Carlton Fisk, George Scott, and Hobson scored two runs each in that
second inning. Everyone except Steve Dillard and Bernie Carbo got a
hit in the inning.
It started with Dennis Martinez giving up a hit to Fisk. He then
walked Scott and Hobson reached on a fielder's choice when
thirdbaseman, Doug DeCinces dropped the throw, trying to get Fisk at
third. With the bases loaded, Denny Doyle brought Fisk in with a
single. Dillard scored Hobson with the second run, lofting a
sacrifice fly to Al Bumbry in centerfield. Martinez's wild pitch
allowed Doyle to scamper over to third base.
Earl Weaver next went to Scott McGregor who walked Carbo. Fred Lynn,
Jim Rice and Carl Yastrzemski all singled for three more runs. In
came Tony Chevez to pitch to Fisk, up for the second time. He hit him
with a pitch to load the bases once again. George Scott lined a
single to center that scored Rice and Yaz. Fisk moved over to third
and he and Scott trotted home ahead of Hosbon, who slammed his eighth
homer of the season over the wall for 11 runs.
The Sox scored three more runs in the third inning. Chevez walked
Carbo and bobbled a grounder hit back to him by Lynn. Rice doubled
off the wall to score Carbo and Yaz drew another free pass to load
the bases. When Chevez walked Hobson to bring another run across the
plate, Tippy Martinez came in and stopped the flood.
Staked to a big lead, Rick Wise earned the victory. He allowed one
run in the first inning and seven hits in seven innings, before being
relieved by Tom Murphy, who gave up four runs in the eighth inning. |
