With a 2-1 series win, the #5 Boston Red Sox will advance to play the #4 Oakland Athletics in the AL Quarterfinals. Sonny Siebert, the former Indian pitcher, pitched a CG win for the Red Sox, giving up just 4 hits. Boston led 7-1 after 3 and never looked back, winning the game 9-3 and the series 2-1. The Boston Red Sox launched 4 homers, 3 of them off of Cleveland starter, Dick Ellsworth, who left after only 2.1 IP. Game 3: Cleveland (Ellsworth DZ, 0-0) at Boston (Siebert CY, 0-0) (CLE) Tiant(1),in 3rd Harrelson(1),in 6th Game #2ĬLEVELAND INDIANS (0-1) at BOSTON RED SOX (1-0)ĬLEVELAND INDIANS 0 0 2 0 1 2 4 0 0 9 13 1 Tiant pitches a CG win for Cleveland, and goes 3 for 4 at the plate with a homer, double and single, and 3 RBI. Boston starter, Ray Culp goes 5 IP, giving up 8 hits and 4 runs. Ken Harrelson hit a 2-run homer in the top of the 6th for Cleveland. Cleveland takes a 3-1 lead in the top of the 5th, and never relinquishes the lead as they go onto win the game, 9-3.
George Scott homers for Boston in the bottom of the 4th, making it a 2-1 game. Game 2: Cleveland (Tiant CY, 0-0) at Boston (Culp CY, 0-0)Ĭleveland takes a 2-0 lead in the top of the 3rd on a Luis Tiant 2-run homer. HR- (BOS) Yastrzemski(1),in 6th Yastrzemski(2),in 8th Game #1īOSTON RED SOX (0-0) at CLEVELAND INDIANS (0-0)ĬLEVELAND INDIANS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Sparky Lyle saves the game for Boston by pitching a scoreless 9th, leaving 2 runners on base. Cleveland’s lone run scored in the bottom of the 4th when Ken Harrelson tripled home Tony Horton from 1st.
Yaz had tied the game with his 1st homer in the top of the 6th. Vicente Romo gains the win for Boston, pitching 2 scoreless innings, while Carl Yastrzemski hits his 2nd solo homer of the game, giving Boston a 2-1 lead. The series opener is a pitcher’s duel, as Boston uses 3 pitchers to best Cleveland starter, Sam McDowell who pitches a CG loss for the Indians. Game 1: Boston (Nagy BW, 0-0) at Cleveland (McDowell BX, 0-0) This first series came very close to seeing one of those upsets. The best-of-three series format for the Preliminary Round (as well as the league Quarterfinals and Semifinals) means an increased chance of seeing early round upsets. The opening series of my 1969 APBA MLB tournament has the #5 Boston Red Sox (87-75) vs the #12 Cleveland Indians (62-99).
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