Impossible Dream???

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May 28,29,30 v Minnesota Twins (26-25)

May 28-Don Baylor homered twice and drove in 4 and Ron Santo added a solo HR as Boston beat the Twins 5-2. (34-15)
W-Bill Lee (5-1) L-Jim McAndrew (3-5) S-Sparky Lyle (10)

May 29-4 Red Sox hit homeruns, including Ted Simmons, who hit a 2 run shot as the Red Sox beat Minnesota 8-7. (35-15)
W-Sparky Lyle (3-0) L-Dave Giusti (1-1)

May 30-Ron Santo homered twice and drove in 5 in his first game back in the 5 hole, and Tony C. added a solo HR as Boston completed the sweep, beating Minnesota 7-5. (36-15)
W-Jim York (2-2) L-Dave Giusti (1-2) S-Sparky Lyle (11)

May 31, June 1,2 at Chicago White (33-22)

May 31-The White Sox knocked Steve Carlton out of the game before he recorded an out, hitting 3 homeruns in the 1st inning, and scoring 12 on 17 hits in a 12-8 win over the Red Sox. (36-16)
W-Clay Carroll (5-2) L-Rollie Fingers (1-2)

June 1-Harmon Killebrew and Joe Foy each had 2 hits and 2 RBI, and Bill Lee pitched 8 innings allowing just 2 runs as Boston beat Chicago 7-2. (37-16)
W-Bill Lee (6-1) L-Wilbur Wood (5-3)

June 2-Tony Conigliaro homered and drove in 3, and Don Baylor added a solo shot as the Red Sox beat the White 6-3. (38-16)
W-Jim Lonborg (6-3) L-Tommy John (4-4)

Around the MLB:

Minor trade news out of Boston as the Red Sox reacquire lefthanded pitcher Ken Brett from the San Diego Padres in exchange for P Gary Timberlake. We never wanted to lose Brett in the expansion draft, so getting him for a pitcher we signed off waivers works for us.

Bad news out of Boston as P Jim Lonborg has demanded that we either meet his requests for a contract extension of 3 years $440,000 per year, or we trade him. With Charlie Hough, Roger Moret and Ron Guidry waiting in the wings, I am not sure we will be willing to cave to this, so with the trade deadline coming up in the next month, we'll have to pay attention to this to see what happens!

Up next is the 1970 Amateur Draft!

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1970 Amateur Draft

1) Kansas City- OF Fred Lynn
2) Montreal- P Dan Worthen
3) Cleveland- P John Denny
4) San Diego- SS Roy Smalley
5) Washington- P Dennis Lamp
6) Chicago (NL)- C Darrell Porter
7) Pittsburgh- P Rick Langford
8) Detroit- P Mike Krukow
9) Cincinnati- P Pat Zachry
10) Atlanta- P Al Autry
11) California- P John Caneira
12) Minnesota- P Eddie Bane
13) Philadephia- P Dave Downs
14) New York (NL)- P Pete Vucovich
15) New York (AL)- P Terry Forster
16) Los Angeles- P Joaquin Andujar
17) Milwaukee (Seattle)- P Rick Waits
18) Oakland- P Gary Bears
19) Houston- P Mike Stanton
20) St. Louis- 2B Rich Dauer
21) Baltimore- P Jeff Schneider
22) Boston- OF Dave Collins: He's got the legs, 27/32 in steal chances, he's got the glove, 2 errors in 172 career games, he can hit for average .374 career average in H.S., but doesn't hit for much power, 5 homeruns.
22) Chicago (AL)- SS Bill Almon
23) San Fransisco- 2B Bump Wills

Other Sox Picks:
2nd Round (46th overall) 3B Ray Knight- 14 HR 121 RBI in 130 career games. Hit .370/.437/.571 as a senior. Projects to possible starting 3B in 4 or 5 years.
3rd Round (70th overall) OF Greg Gross- Drafted him for his already stellar batting eye (91), had a rediculous 114/27 BB/K ratio in H.S. Hit .461/.583/.557 as a senior, and .486/.594/.559 as a junior, so the kid can hit, but can he hit enough to overcome his lack of any other real talent, that's the question.
4th Round (94th overall) P Dave Wehrmeister- 9-7 3.42 career mark. Drafted him basically because I didn't want to not draft a pitcher this year. May become a back of the bullpen strikeout pitcher after striking out 120 in 134 innings in H.S.
5th Round (118th overall) OF Jerry Hairston- .315/.483/..415 as a senior with a 41/13 BB/K ratio. Like Gross, can hit for average and will walk, but can he do other things well enough to stick around. I doubt it.
6th Round (142nd overall) 1B Pete LaCock- .365/.479/.600 6-32 as a senior in 35 games. His senior year vaulted him to a potential draftee, but don't expect much.

Up next is 3 in California against the Angels followed by 3 on the East Coast, in Fenway against the Yankees.

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June 3,4,5 at California Angels (33-24)

June 3-Jim Fregosi hit a pair of homeruns, driving in 3 and Don Mincher added a solo shot as the Angels beat the Red Sox 5-4. (38-17)
W-Harvey Shank (1-2) L-Larry Jaster (2-1) S-Steve Kealey (9)

June 4-Rico Petrocelli hit a 2 run HR, and Steve Carlton pitched 6 innings of 2 run ball striking out 7 as Boston beat California 5-3. (39-17)
W-Steve Carlton (6-5) L-Clyde Wright (9-3) S-Sparky Lyle (12)

June 5-Tony Conigliaro went 2-4 with a double, triple and 2 RBI and Bill Lee pitched 8 innings of 1 run ball as Boston beat the Angels 3-1. (40-17)
W-Bill Lee (7-1) L-Ken Tatum (1-1) S-Sparky Lyle (13)

June 6,7,8 v New York Yankees (24-33)

June 6-Joe Foy hit a solo HR and Rico Petrocelli had a 2 run single as Boston beat New York 5-3. (41-17)
W-Jim Lonborg (7-3) L-Bucky Brandon (0-1) S-Sparky Lyle (14)

June 7-Roy White hit a 3 run HR, and Joe Pepitone hit a pinch hit 2 run single as New York beat up on Boston 9-5. (41-18)
W-John Cumberland (2-1) L-Jerry Stephenson (3-2) S-Dooley Womack (3)

June 8-Reggie Smith hit a 2 run homerun, and Steve Carlton pitched 7 innings of 1 run ball, striking out 3 as Boston took two of three from New York. (41-18)
W-Steve Carlton (7-5) L-Jim Bouton (0-8) S-Rollie Fingers (2)

Around the MLB:

After much speculation, the Red Sox have finally found a taker for P Jim Lonborg, sending the disgruntled righty to the Houston Astros in exchange for 2 blue chip minor leaguers, RP Bob Forsch and 1B John Mayberry.
Lonborg was 7-3 this year for Boston, and is 73-58 with a 3.36 ERA for his career. Forsch was 7-1 1.86 in AA ball for Houston and will move to AAA. Mayberry is currently on the DL with a bad elbow, but hit .282/.393/.503 10-36 last year in A ball and once he comes off the DL will move to either AA or AAA.

Up next for Boston is 3 games in California against the Angels followed by 3 games at home against the New York Yankees.

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June 9,10,11 at California Angels (36-27)

June 9-Joe Moeller pitched a complete game, allowing 7 hits and 2 runs while striking out 3, and Ron Santo hit a solo HR as Boston beat California 6-2. (43-18)
W-Joe Moeller (7-1) L-Steve Blass (5-4)

June 10-Harmon Killebrew hit a 3 run HR in a 4 run 9th inning to give Boston a 7-6 lead, but then Rollie Fingers gave up a 2 run triple to Rick Reichardt, giving the Angels an 8-7 win. (43-19)
W-Steve Kealey (1-3) L-Rollie Fingers (1-3)

June 11-Andy Messersmith pitched a complete game shutout, allowing 4 hits while walking and striking out 5, and 4 different Angels drove in runs in the 4-0 blanking of Boston. (43-20)
W-Andy Messersmith (6-6) L-Jerry Stephenson (3-3)

June 12,13,14 v New York Yankees (27-36)

June 12-Reggie Smith hit a leadoff homerun, and Steve Carlton continued to pitch good ball, throwing 6 innings of 1 run baseball, striking out 7 as Boston beat New York 3-2. (44-20)
W-Steve Carlton (8-5) L-Mel Stottlemyre (7-4) S-Rollie Fingers (3)

June 13-Horace Clarke went 3-4 with 2 RBI and Roy White had a pair of hits and a pair of RBI as the Yankees beat up on the Sox 6-1. Rookie Charlie Hough made his major league debut, going 6 innings and allowing 2 runs in the loss. (44-21)
W-Jim Bouton (1-8) L-Charlie Hough (0-1)

June 14-A 5 run first inning, punctuated by Don Money's grand slam were all the runs the Sox would need as they beat the Yankees 6-4. (45-21)
W-Bill Lee (8-1) L-Fritz Peterson (4-3) S-Rollie Fingers (4)

Around the MLB:

Ernie Banks of the Montreal Expos retired this week at age 39. He was a career .277/.334/.506 hitter with 479 HR and 1502 RBI. Banks was an all-star 11 times in his career, 10 with the Cubs and once as a firstbaseman for the expansion Expos. He won 2 gold gloves (1960, 1967) and 2 MVP awards (1958, 1959).

Up next for the Sox is 6 games at home, the first three against the Cleveland Indians and the following 3 against the Kansas City Royals.

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June 15,16,17 v Cleveland Indians (27-39)

June 15-Don Baylor hit a 3 run HR and Reggie Smith added a 2 run blast as Boston beat Cleveland 7-4. (46-21)
W-Jerry Stephenson (4-3) L-Chuck Estrada (4-6) S-Rollie Fingers (5)

June 16-George Foster went 2-4 with 3 RBI and Jesus Alou went 4-5 with an RBI against his former team as the Indians beat the Red Sox 5-3. (46-22)
W-Tom Kelley (5-4) L-Steve Carlton (8-6) S-Phil Hennigan (10)

June 17-Lee Maye went 2-4 with a 2 run HR and Dave Nelson added 2 hits and 2 RBI as Cleveland took 2 of 3 from the Sox, winning 5-2. (46-23)
W-Steve Hargan (5-5) L-Charlie Hough (0-2) S-Phil Hennigan (11)

June 18,19,20 v Kansas City Royals (21-51)

June 18-Ron Santo hit a grand slam in the first inning setting the tone, and Don Money added a 2 run shot as Boston doubled up the Royals 6-3. (47-23)
W-Joe Moeller (8-1) L-Keith Vance (2-9)

June 19-Don Money went 2-4 with 4 RBI, and Jerry Stephenson pitched 7 innings, allowing just 1 run while striking out 9 as Boston beat up the Royals 8-2. (48-23)
W-Jerry Stephenson (5-3) L-Jonah Stickles (5-11)

June 20-a 5 run 8th inning, capped by a bases clearing pinch hit double by Rico Petrocelli, gave Boston a 9-5 win and a sweep of the series. Don Baylor went 2-4 with 2 RBI in the win. (49-23)
W-Lindy McDaniel (4-1) L-Hal Haydel (0-3)

Up next for the Sox is an important series with the 2nd place Baltimore Orioles followed by 3 more at home against the Cleveland Indians. League Standings will be next!

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June 21,22,23 v Baltimore Orioles (42-30)

June 21-Steve Carlton threw 7 shutout innings, allowing just 4 hits, 1 walk while striking out 8 and Harmon Killebrew and Don Money had RBI's as Boston blanked the Orioles 2-0. (50-23)
W-Steve Carlton (9-6) L-Jim Hannan (5-8) S-Sparky Lyle (15)

June 22-Frank Robinson had a 2 run HR and Paul Blair added a 2 run double as Wally Bunker pitched 7 innings of 1 run ball as Baltimore beat Boston 4-1. (50-24)
W-Wally Bunker (7-6) L-Joe Moeller (8-2) S-Jan Dukes (5)

June 23-Don Money hit a 2 run HR and Ted Simmons added a 2 run shot as Boston's offense erupted for 9 runs in the 9-5 win. (51-24)
W-Jerry Stephenson (6-3) L-Tom Phoebus (1-2)

June 24,25,26 v Cleveland Indians (29-43)

June 24-Bill Lee needed only 83 pitches to record a complete game, 4 hit shutout striking out 5. Reggie Smith hit a 2 run HR to pace the offense in the 4-0 Boston win. (52-24)
W-Bill Lee (9-1) L-Steve Hargan (5-6)

June 25-Don Money hit a grand slam and Ron Santo added a 2 run HR, and Steve Carlton pitched 7 innings, allowing 1 run striking out 5 as Boston beat Cleveland 9-1. (53-24)
W-Steve Carlton (10-6) L-Jerry Koosman (4-8)

June 26-Reggie Smith homered and drove in 3 and Joe Foy and Don Money each had 3 RBI as Boston completed the sweep of the Indians, winning 9-5. (54-24)
W-Larry Jaster (3-1) L-Chuck Estrada (4-8)

Around the MLB:

Montreal sends C Del Bates
Atlanta sends 2B Mike Eden P Mike Davey C Rick Sweet
Eh....I guess Davey could end up being halfway decent at some point in a few years.

Up next for Boston leading into July is 6 games on the road, all in Washington against the Senators, but next will be League Standings and end of the month stats!

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End of June American League Standings:

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End of June National League Standings:

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Complete Team Batting Stats Through June 30-(team leaders in bold)

1970 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Smith, Reggie             BOS   78  .264   326   86  14   2  15   51   48   15   4   61   37  .457  .366
Santo, Ron                BOS   79  .280   325   91  14   1  22   36   39    0   0   59   53  .532  .356
Petrocelli, Rico          BOS   79  .281   302   85  12   0  11   56   50    0   0   55   51  .430  .392
Baylor, Don               BOS   77  .247   300   74  12   0  19   42   34   10   8   60   53  .477  .364
Simmons, Ted              BOS   73  .284   264   75   9   4   9   24   24    0   0   31   32  .451  .345
Money, Don                BOS   65  .275   236   65   8   0  16   22   25    1   1   36   56  .513  .337
Killebrew, Harmon         BOS   73  .257   222   57   5   0  13   53   47    0   0   36   48  .455  .396
Conigliaro, Tony          BOS   50  .301   209   63  18   2  10   22   39    0   0   31   37  .550  .373
Lahoud, Joe               BOS   36  .240   125   30   2   0   4   24   16    0   0   21   10  .352  .362
Lewis, Allan              BOS   51  .246   114   28   7   0   1   10   23    5   1   13    9  .333  .315
Foy, Joe                  BOS   44  .189   106   20   2   1   2   12   10    3   2   11   15  .283  .267
French, Jim               BOS   19  .279    43   12   1   2   0    8    4    0   0    9    4  .395  .392
Lee, Bill                 BOS   19  .098    41    4   0   0   0    1   15    0   0    2    6  .098  .116
Carlton, Steve            BOS   18  .206    34    7   1   0   0    1    9    0   0    2    3  .235  .229
Moeller, Joe              BOS   14  .207    29    6   0   0   0    2   10    0   0    1    3  .207  .250
Stephenson, Jerry         BOS   10  .250    16    4   0   0   0    5    5    0   0    3    2  .250  .429
Rico, Fred                BOS   17  .462    13    6   2   0   0    2    3    0   0    5    0  .615  .563
Jaster, Larry             BOS    3  .250     8    2   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    1  .250  .250
Santiago, Jose            BOS    0  .250     4    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .250  .250
Fingers, Rollie           BOS    0  .333     3    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .333  .333
McDaniel, Lindy           BOS    0  .333     3    1   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    1    0  .333  .333
York, Jim                 BOS    0  .000     3    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Hough, Charlie            BOS    2  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Lyle, Sparky              BOS    0  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000

Complete Team Pitching Stats Through June 30-(team leaders in bold)

1970 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Fingers, Rollie           BOS   49.1  2.01   38   0   1   3   5   38   18 10.76
McDaniel, Lindy           BOS   40.1  2.23   32   0   4   1   1   23   16 11.38
Carlton, Steve            BOS  108.2  2.98   18  18  11   6   0   83   45 11.93
Jaster, Larry             BOS   50.1  3.04   22   3   3   1   0   26   25 12.70
Lyle, Sparky              BOS   29.0  3.10   26   0   3   0  16   28    8 10.55
Hough, Charlie            BOS   11.1  3.18    2   2   0   2   0    8    5 13.50
Lee, Bill                 BOS  133.0  3.25   19  19  10   1   0   53   34 11.03
Moeller, Joe              BOS   91.1  3.55   14  14   8   2   0   51   18 10.94
York, Jim                 BOS   42.0  3.64   30   0   2   2   0   29   10 10.71
Stephenson, Jerry         BOS   59.0  3.81   10  10   6   3   0   59   25 12.20
Santiago, Jose            BOS   32.0  5.06   16   0   1   0   0   19   15 13.78

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June 29,30 July 1 at Washington Senators (32-49)


June 29-Tony C. went 3-5 with a HR and 2 RBI, and Ted Simmons added a solo shot as Boston beat Washington 5-3. (55-24)
W-Bill Lee (10-1) L-Bill Laxton (0-1) S-Sparky Lyle (16)

June 30-Ron Santo homered twice and drove in 6, and Ted Simmons went 3-5 with a HR and 3 RBI as the Red Sox beat up on the Senators 13-1. (56-24)
W-Steve Carlton (11-6) L-Joe Coleman (2-10)

July 1-Joe Foy hit a 2 run pinch hit single, and Ted Simmons added a pair of RBI as Boston swept the first three games of the series, winning 5-3. (57-24)
W-Jerry Stephenson (7-3) L-Jerry Reuss (7-14) S-Sparky Lyle (17)

July 3,4,5 at Washington Senators (32-52)

July 3-Ron Santo, Harmon Killebrew, and Allan Lewis each drove in 3 runs and Ted Simmons added a 2 run shot as Boston put the hurt on the Senators 14-2. (58-24)
W-Charlie Hough (1-2) L-Dave McNally (1-5)

July 4-Don Baylor hit a 2 run HR, and Don Money added 2 RBI as Boston overcame a 4-1 deficit to win 6-4. (59-24)
W-Rollie Fingers (2-3) L-Aurelio Monteagudo (6-5) S-Sparky Lyle (18)

July 5-Ken Berry went 2-5 with 4 RBI, and Bob Aspromonte homered and drove in 3 as the Senators avoided the sweep, beating Boston 10-4. (59-25)
W-Bill Laxton (1-1) L-Steve Carlton (11-7)

Around the MLB:

Chicago NL sends P Darcy Fast
New York NL sends P Don Shaw
The first of what I suspect will be many moves to try to catch the St. Louis Cardinals. Good move by the Cubbies.

Bill Mazeroski of the Pittsburgh Pirates collected his 2000th hit
Norm Cash of the Detroit Tigers knocked in his 1000th run

The Red Sox have come to terms with a couple of their pitchers who were eligible for arbitration this offseason. First we resigned P Jim York to a 4 year deal worth $143,000 per year. York has blossomed so far this year, putting up a 3.80 ERA this year in 42 innings, but his DICE is just 2.96 which means he is getting very unlucky. Boston also resigned lefthander Steve Carlton to a 4 year deal totalling $836,000. Carlton has made some strides this year, going 11-7 3.40, but still has plenty of room to improve, and this deal should take us right up to his prime years.

Up next are the All-Star break festivities!!!

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1970 Home Run Derby

2 Youngsters ruled this year as Cleveland's George Foster and Atlanta's Darrell Evans took this contest over. When it was all said and done, Foster beat Evans 4-3 in an extra session. Complete totals below:

1970 Home Run Showdown

FIRST ROUND (10 Outs)

PLAYER                          HOMERS
George Foster (CLE)                  7
Darrell Evans (ATL)                  7
Bill Melton (CHW)                    6
Rick Monday (OAK)                    6
Tommie Agee (CHW)                    5
Hank Aaron (ATL)                     3
Orlando Cepeda (STL)                 3
Cito Gaston (ATL)                    2
Joe Torre (ATL)                      2
Jim Northrup (CHW)                   2

SECOND ROUND (5 Outs)

PLAYER                          HOMERS
George Foster (CLE)                  5
Darrell Evans (ATL)                  4
Rick Monday (OAK)                    2
Bill Melton (CHW)                    1

FINAL ROUND (5 Outs)

PLAYER                          HOMERS
George Foster (CLE)                  2
Darrell Evans (ATL)                  2

EXTRA INNINGS (3 outs)

PLAYER                          HOMERS
GEORGE FOSTER                        4
Darrell Evans                        3

     WINNER: George Foster

1970 All-Star Game

Rick Monday went 4-5 with a homer and 2 RBI, and Norm Cash added a 2 run HR as the American League defeated the National League 5-4. Rico Petrocelli was named to the starting lineup and went 0-4 with 1K and Lindy McDaniel pitched 2 shutout innings. Rollie Fingers was named to the team but did not pitch. Boxscore below:

American League All Stars at National League All Stars
July 10, 1970

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
      All Stars (AL) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    4 10  0
      All Stars (NL) 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 x    5 10  1

AMERICAN LEAGUE      ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
R. Monday (CF)        5  4  0  2  1  2  1  0    .273
N. Cash (1B)          3  1  0  1  1  2  0  0    .312
R. Jackson (RF)       4  3  0  0  0  0  0  0    .307
G. Foster (LF)        4  1  0  0  0  0  2  0    .319
R. Petrocelli (SS)    4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .281
D. Johnson (2B)       4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .286
J. Pagliaroni (C)     4  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .294
E. Mathews (3B)       3  0  0  0  0  0  2  0    .275
 J. Fregosi (P)       1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .340
 T. Oliva (P)         0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0    .288
 T. Agee (P)          1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .280
 J. Northrup (P)      1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .338
 C. Yastrzemski (P)   1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .314
TOTALS               35 10  0  4  2  4  8  0

   2B:  R. Monday, R. Jackson
   HR:  N. Cash, R. Monday
   HBP:  N. Cash, T. Oliva
   GIDP:  R. Jackson

                   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
  M. Stottlemyre  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  1  10   3.36
        F. Beene  2.0  7  2  0  5  5  1  62   2.14
       C. Wright  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  1  14   3.09
       J. Palmer  2.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  21   2.77
     L. McDaniel  2.0  2  0  0  0  0  2  33   2.13
          TOTALS  8.0 10  2  0  5  5  5 140

NATIONAL LEAGUE      ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
A. Otis (CF)          4  1  0  0  0  1  0  0    .268
P. Rose (2B)          4  0  0  0  0  0  2  0    .317
H. Aaron (RF)         3  1  0  1  0  0  0  0    .302
 R. Snyder (P)        1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .248
J. Briggs (LF)        4  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .294
D. Evans (3B)         4  1  0  1  0  0  0  0    .287
J. Torre (C)          3  2  1  1  0  1  0  0    .360
O. Cepeda (1B)        3  1  1  1  0  0  1  0    .350
G. Alley (SS)         1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0    .246
 C. Gaston (P)        2  1  0  0  0  1  1  0    .359
 W. Davis (P)         1  1  0  0  0  2  0  0    .334
 T. Tresh (P)         1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .289
 B. Mazeroski (P)     1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .333
TOTALS               32 10  2  5  0  5  5  0

   2B:  O. Cepeda
   HBP:  G. Alley
   GIDP:  B. Mazeroski, G. Alley

                   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
      F. Jenkins  2.0  5  0  2  4  4  1  40   2.75
     J. Marichal  3.0  2  0  0  0  0  5  47   3.16
     D. Drysdale  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  1  13   3.28
       D. Coombs  2.0  1  0  0  0  0  1  25   1.72
       B. Miller  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0   9   1.63
          TOTALS  9.0 10  0  2  4  4  8 134

     WP: D. Drysdale
     LP: F. Beene
     SV: B. Miller

     Temperature: 82F
     Wind: 2 MPH (in from center)
     Attendance: 29,603
     Time: 2:45

Leading off the 2nd half of the season is 6 games at home for Boston, 3 against the Detroit Tigers followed by 3 vs. the Cleveland Indians.

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July 12,13,14 v Detroit Tigers (43-41)

July 12-Ted Simmons went 5-7 with 3 RBI, and he drove in pinch runner Fred Rico in the bottom of the 14th inning as Boston beat Detroit 5-4. (60-25)
W-Sparky Lyle (4-0) L-Fred Lasher (3-1)

July 13-Charlie Hough pitched 6 shutout innings, and Ted Simmons and Reggie Smith had RBI singles as Boston beat the Tigers 2-1. (61-25)
W-Charlie Hough (2-2) L-Mickey Lolich (8-8) S-Sparky Lyle (19)

July 14-Tony Conigliaro homered and drove in 3 and Steve Carlton pitched 5 2/3 shutout innings and got help from 3 Boston relievers as the Red Sox swept the Tigers, winning 6-1. (62-25)
W-Steve Carlton (12-7) L-Pat Dobson (6-8)

July 15,16,17 v Cleveland Indians (34-50)

July 15-Allan Lewis went 3-5 with 3 doubles and 3 RBI, and Joe Foy went 2-4 with a pair of RBI as Boston nudged Cleveland 7-6. (63-25)
W-Jerry Stephenson (8-3) L-Steve Hargan (7-6)

July 16-Rico Petrocelli went 2-4 with a HR and 3 RBI, and Joe Moeller pitched 8 innings of 1 run ball as Boston beat the Indians 5-3. (64-25)
W-Joe Moeller (9-2) L-Jerry Koosman (5-10) S-Sparky Lyle (20)

July 17-The Indians avoided the sweep as Frank Baker went 2-4 with 2 RBI and George Foster added 2 hits and an RBI as Cleveland beat Bill Lee and the Sox 4-3. (64-26)
W-Chuck Estrada (6-8) L-Bill Lee (10-2) S-Steve Bailey (5)


MLB Trade News:
Montreal sends 1B Dave McDonald
Houston sends P Buddy Harris P Jim Crawford
Montreal continues to trade players away who have hit their peak in exchange for multiple players who haven't.

MLB Milestones:
Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles drove in his 1000th run

Around the MLB:
Darrell Evans of the Atlanta Braves hit his 32nd HR of the year, and is on pace to hit 67. We'll keep updating it as we move forward.

In other HR news Wille Mays of the San Fransisco Giants hit his 681st HR of the year this week, and is now just 33 away from tying Babe Ruth's all time mark of 714.

Up next for the Sox is the end of the homestand with 3 against the Chicago White Sox followed by 3 in Baltimore to face the fading Orioles.

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July 18,19,20 v Chicago White Sox (57-36)

July 18-Pete Ward hit a 2 run HR and Jim Northrup added an RBI double as the White Sox beat the Red 3-2. (64-27)
W-Wilbur Wood (7-5) L-Charlie Hough (2-3) S-Clay Carroll (5)

July 19-Jim Pagliaroni hit a pair of solo HR's and Bill Melton added a 2 run shot as Chicago beat Boston by 1 run for a 2nd straight day, today 5-4. (64-28)
W-Jim O'Toole (10-6) L-Steve Carlton (12-8) S-Clay Carroll (6)

July 20-Ted Simmons hit a 2 run single, and Joe Moeller pitched 6 innings of 2 run ball and Larry Jaster pitched 3 scoreless innings to finish off the 6-2 Red Sox win. (65-28)
W-Joe Moeller (10-2) L-Tommy John (8-9) S-Larry Jaster (1)

July 21,22,23 at Baltimore Orioles (54-38)

July 21-Bill Lee pitched a complete game, allowing just 1 run in 8 innings, but it wasn't enough as Jim Palmer pitched a complete game, 3 hit shutout in the 1-0 Orioles win. (65-29)
W-Jim Palmer (15-5) L-Bill Lee (10-3)

July 22-Rico Petrocelli hit a 3 run HR and Jim French hit a pinch hit 2 run double, as Charlie Hough pitched 6 shutout innings and the Red Sox blanked the Orioles 5-0. (66-29)
W-Charlie Hough (3-3) L-Wally Bunker (7-8)

July 23-Boog Powell went 2-4 with 2 RBI, and 6 other Orioles drove in runs as Baltimore beat up on the Sox 8-1. (66-30)
W-Steve Barber (8-5) L-Steve Carlton (12-9)

Up next for Boston is 3 at home against the Detroit Tigers followed by 3 games in Minneapolis against the Twins.

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July 24,25,26 v Detroit Tigers (51-45)

July 24-The Red Sox pounded out 20 hits and 17 runs, lead by Tony C. who went 3-4 with a HR and 5 RBI as Boston blasted Detroit 17-0. (67-30)
W-Jerry Stephenson (9-3) L-Denny McClain (8-3)

July 25-Tony C. drove in Don Baylor with an RBI single in the bottom of the 9th inning giving Boston a 5-4 win. (68-30)
W-Larry Jaster (4-1) L-Mike Marshall (3-5)

July 26-Joe Foy went 3-4 with 3 runs scored and Tony C. had 2 RBI as Boston completed the sweep of Detroit, winning 6-1. (69-30)
W-Bill Lee (11-3) L-Chuck Dobson (7-9)

July 27,28,29 at Minnesota Twins (47-52)

July 27-Don Baylor hit a grand slam and Tony Conigliaro added 2 more RBI as Boston outslugged the Twins 8-6. (70-30)
W-Charlie Hough (4-3) L-Dean Chance (4-10) S-Sparky Lyle (22)

July 28-Steve Carlton pitched 7 innings of 1 run ball and 3 different Sox drove in single runs as Boston beat the Twins 3-1. (71-30)
W-Steve Carlton (13-9) L-Jim Merritt (5-3) S-Sparky Lyle (23)

July 29-Jim McAndrew pitched 7 shutout innings and 4 Twins drove in runs as Minnesota avoided the sweep, blanking Boston 4-0. (71-31)
W-Jim McAndrew (7-11) L-Jerry Stephenson (9-4) S-Jerry Crider (4)

MLB Trade News:
Baltimore sends 3B Enos Cabell 2B Steve Staggs
Pittsburgh sends P Woody Fryman
Good deal for the Pirates as Cabell could be special

Up next, ending July is 3 in Baltimore against the Orioles followed by 3 in Cleveland against the Indians. Trade deadline deals will be talked about as well!

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Complete Team Stats Through July 31-(team leaders in bold)

1970 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Santo, Ron                BOS  103  .275   414  114  22   1  24   51   58    0   0   71   63  .507  .359
Petrocelli, Rico          BOS  103  .284   398  113  19   0  16   67   67    0   0   74   67  .452  .384
Baylor, Don               BOS  101  .235   396   93  18   0  23   53   51   11   9   78   64  .455  .348
Smith, Reggie             BOS   89  .263   372   98  18   2  16   62   57   15   6   70   44  .452  .370
Simmons, Ted              BOS   96  .285   354  101  11   6  11   32   32    0   0   42   52  .444  .343
Money, Don                BOS   89  .282   323   91  13   0  16   38   39    1   1   48   62  .471  .357
Conigliaro, Tony          BOS   71  .315   292   92  23   2  15   30   47    0   0   41   58  .562  .382
Killebrew, Harmon         BOS   78  .251   243   61   6   0  13   56   50    0   0   38   51  .436  .387
Lewis, Allan              BOS   73  .286   189   54  16   2   2   18   38   11   2   31   20  .423  .355
Foy, Joe                  BOS   66  .231   173   40   6   1   3   22   23    6   3   22   22  .329  .318
Lahoud, Joe               BOS   36  .240   125   30   2   0   4   24   16    0   0   21   10  .352  .362
French, Jim               BOS   29  .233    60   14   2   2   0    8    6    0   0    9    6  .333  .324
Lee, Bill                 BOS   25  .148    54    8   0   0   0    2   18    0   0    2    7  .148  .175
Carlton, Steve            BOS   23  .209    43    9   1   0   0    2   12    0   0    2    5  .233  .239
Moeller, Joe              BOS   17  .171    35    6   0   0   0    2   13    0   0    1    3  .171  .211
Stephenson, Jerry         BOS   14  .280    25    7   0   0   0    6    7    0   0    4    3  .280  .419
Rico, Fred                BOS   30  .364    22    8   3   0   0    6    5    0   0    7    1  .500  .517
Hough, Charlie            BOS    8  .125    16    2   0   0   0    0    4    0   0    1    1  .125  .125
Jaster, Larry             BOS    3  .182    11    2   0   0   0    0    3    0   0    0    1  .182  .182
McDaniel, Lindy           BOS    0  .400     5    2   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    1    0  .400  .400
Santiago, Jose            BOS    0  .250     4    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .250  .250
Fingers, Rollie           BOS    0  .333     3    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .333  .333
York, Jim                 BOS    0  .000     3    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Lyle, Sparky              BOS    0  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000

Complete Team Pitching Stats Through July 31-(team leaders in bold)

1970 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Fingers, Rollie           BOS   58.2  1.99   44   0   2   3   5   44   19  9.82
McDaniel, Lindy           BOS   48.2  2.59   39   0   4   1   1   30   19 11.84
Jaster, Larry             BOS   62.1  2.74   27   3   4   1   1   33   27 11.26
Hough, Charlie            BOS   52.0  2.77    8   8   5   3   0   31   14 10.38
Lee, Bill                 BOS  179.0  2.97   25  25  12   3   0   79   44 10.56
Lyle, Sparky              BOS   38.1  3.05   35   0   4   0  24   32   17 11.50
Stephenson, Jerry         BOS   85.0  3.07   14  14   9   4   0   78   35 12.07
Moeller, Joe              BOS  110.1  3.43   17  17  10   2   0   63   27 11.18
Carlton, Steve            BOS  139.2  3.54   23  23  13   9   0  108   60 12.37
York, Jim                 BOS   54.1  3.98   39   0   2   2   0   40   15 11.60
Santiago, Jose            BOS   35.0  4.89   18   0   1   0   0   21   19 14.14