Impossible Dream???

[bigpapi]

August 14,15,16 v Detroit Tigers (60-54)

August 14-George Scott hit a 2 run single off Sparky Lyle in the 10th inning to give Detroit a 6-4 win over the Sox. Willie Horton added 3 hits and an RBI in the win. (82-36)
W-Ken Tatum (4-3) L-Sparky Lyle (7-2) S-Horacio Pina (15)

August 15-Fergie Jenkins became the majors first 20 game winner as he pitched a complete game, 4 hit shutout over the Tigers today. Jenkins walked one and struck out 10 in the win and got offensive support from Dwight Evans who hit a 3 run HR. (83-36)
W-Fergie Jenkins (20-5) L-Dave Lemanczyk (14-8)

August 16-Toby Harrah went 5-5 with 2 HR and 5 RBI, and Dwight Evans added 3 hits and 3 RBI as Boston beat up on Detroit 10-3. (84-36)
W-Doug Rau (2-2) L-Mickey Lolich (11-7)

August 19,20,21 at New York Yankees (68-52)

August 19-Fergie Jenkins extended his scoreless innings streak to 17 2/3 innings, and Reggie Smith provided all the offense this game would see with a solo HR in the 6th inning as Boston nipped New York 1-0. (85-36)
W-Fergie Jenkins (21-5) L-Chris Nelson (13-9) S-Sparky Lyle (28)

August 20-In a game that lasted 5 hours and 3 minutes, Roy White singled off Sparky Lyle in the bottom of the 16th inning, scoring Bob Hansen, giving the Yankees a 4-3 victory. The Yankee bullpen pitched the last 5 innings allowing 1 run while striking out 7 in the win. Reggie Smith had 4 doubles to giv ehim 40 on the year in the marathon. (85-37)
W-Rick Sawyer (3-3) L-Gene Garber (3-3)

August 21-George Brett had a 2 run single, and 5 other Sox drove in runs as Vern Ruhle made it through 7 innings, giving Boston a 7-4 win and a 17 game lead in the AL East. (86-37)
W-Vern Ruhle (5-3) L-Terry Ley (5-2) S-Sparky Lyle (29)

MLB Retirements:

Steve Barber retired this week after being released by the Montreal Expos. Barber pitched for 14 years for the Expos, and the Baltimore Orioles (1960-1971). He ended his career with a mark of 158-103 with a 3.17 ERA. His best year came in 1963 when he went 20-13 with a 2.75 ERA. He was a 3 time All-Star (1963,66,67) and 5 seasons with an ERA under 3.

MLB Injuries:

The Cincinnati Reds are getting closer in the San Fransisco Giants rear view mirror these days and it just became harder for the Giants to hold them off as they lose starting RF Oscar Brown until next June after Brown blew out his knee rounding 2nd base this week. Brown was hitting .325 12-54 on the year after hitting .281 5-29 a year ago. The Giants, once holders of a 15 game lead in the NL West have seen that lead shrink to just 5 1/2.

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

[bigpapi]

August 23,24,25 at New York Yankees (69-54)

August 23-Jonah Stickles had a perfect game for 7 2/3 innings, then gave up 3 straight hits and 2 runs, giving the Yankees a 2-1 lead entering the 9th inning. Dwight Evans came up, and with one out in the top of the 9th, hit a 2 run HR giving Boston a 3-2 win over New York. (87-37)
W-Jonah Stickles (10-4) L-Wayne Simpson (13-7) S-Sparky Lyle (30)

August 24-Tony Conigliaro went 3-4 with 3 RBI and Toby Harrah added a pair of runs batted in, as Boston doubled up New York, 6-3. (88-37)
W-Fergie Jenkins (22-5) L-Mel Stottlemyre (14-7)

August 25-Reggie Smith (36), and Billy Grabarkewitz (16) each hit 2 run homeruns as Boston completed the sweep of the Yankees, winning easily 7-2. (89-37)
W-Gary Nolan (13-7) L-Chris Nelson (13-10)

August 26,27,28 at California Angels (65-61)

August 26-Reggie Smith went 2-3 with his 37th and 38th homeruns of the year, driving in 3, and every Sox starter had at least one hit as Boston took the first game of the series, beating California 8-5. In the 5th inning, Tony Conigliaro hit his 300th career HR, a 2 run shot off Marty Pattin. (90-37)
W-Vern Ruhle (6-3) L-Catfish Hunter (8-14) S-Sparky Lyle (31)

August 27-Jim Fregosi went 3-5 with 2 RBI, and Marcelino Lopez pitched 7 innings, allowing just 2 runs as the Angels beat Boston 5-2. (90-38)
W-Marcelino Lopez (9-8) L-Roger Moret (7-7) S-John Strohmayer (6)

August 28-Toby Harrah and Billy Conigliaro each hit RBI doubles in the 2nd inning, and Fergie Jenkins made it hold up, as he pitched his 15th complete game of the year, allowing 1 run on 7 hits while walking 1 and striking out 10 as Boston took two of three from California, winning 2-1. (91-38)
W-Fergie Jenkins (23-5) L-Andy Messersmith (14-8)

MLB Milestones:

Jim Northrup of the Detroit Tigers hit for the cycle

MLB Retirements:

Oddly, the Cincinnati Reds had two players retire on them in the heat of a pennant race. First 3B Max Alvis retired after 12 years in the bigs. Alvis played for Cleveland (1962-68). New York (AL) (1969-71) and the Reds (72-74). Alvis was a career .253 hitter with 177 HR and 613 RBI. His best season arguably came in 1969 with the Yankees when he hit .283 18-73 with 30 doubles. He made one All-Star team in 1965.

The second retirement was a bit of a shocker as Hank Aaron retired after 20 major league seasons. Aaron played for Milwaukee/Atlanta (1954-1970), Montreal (1971-72) and Cincinnati (1973-74). Aaron retired #3 on the all time homerun list, behind Willie Mays and Babe Ruth, with 624 homeruns and 2005 RBI. which is also 3rd all time. Aaron played in 2849 games, recording 3334 hits (6th all time), a .304 average, and 1920 runs scored. Aaron was a 17 time All-Star (1955-1971), 4 time Gold Glove Winner (1958,59,1960, 1971), and won the MVP in 1957 when he hit .322 44-132.

MLB Injuries:

Couple of major injuries that could affect the playoff races. First, Philadelphia lost 1B Joe Lis for the year with a broken hip. Lis was hitting .294 34-96 so far on the year after hitting .274 27-107 last year. Veteran Glen Clark will move into the lineup to replace Lis.

St. Louis will also be without the services of Tim McCarver for the rest of the season after he suffered a broken bone in his back in a home plate collison. McCarver was hitting .293 14-70 this year after missing most of last year, hitting .340 3-18. Former Royals C Ellie Rodriguez becomes the starter.

Ending August and into September for the Sox are 3 games at home against the Brewers followed by 3 on the road against the Cleveland Indians. Before the Indians series however, will be team stats, league standings and a final minor league report!

[CatKnight]

Hmm....I wonder if the San Francisco Giants have enforcers 'encouraging' Reds players to retire....

[Overbay17]

August 23-Jonah Stickles had a perfect game for 7 2/3 innings, then gave up 3 straight hits and 2 runs, giving the Yankees a 2-1 lead entering the 9th inning. Dwight Evans came up, and with one out in the top of the 9th, hit a 2 run HR giving Boston a 3-2 win over New York. (87-37)
W-Jonah Stickles (10-4) L-Wayne Simpson (13-7) S-Sparky Lyle (30)

Way to go Dwight, it woulda been a crime if Stickles lost that one.

[bigpapi]

Cat: It may not have been the Giants, but the Atlanta Braves, who have caught the Reds as both teams sit 6 games behind the Giants. What will be very interesting though is the Reds and Giants play each other 15 times in September, so it's still very up in the air.

Overbay: "Dewey" is going to be a fine ballplayer. My only concern is he always seems unhappy, not really enjoying himself. I just hope that he can get past it, as I don't want to see this end like it ended with Don Baylor.

[CatKnight]

Hm, sounds like the NLW is going to be a maelstrom until the end.

[bigpapi]

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

1974 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Smith, Reggie             BOS  126  .350   535  187  40   4  39   87   84    5   0  133  115  .658  .439
Harrah, Toby              BOS  125  .280   510  143  28   1  21   64   48    9   2   87   85  .463  .363
Simmons, Ted              BOS  116  .351   485  170  39   3  28   59   34    0   0   97   85  .616  .424
Conigliaro, Tony          BOS  114  .252   480  121  25   2  26   48   85    0   0   76  104  .475  .325
Evans, Dwight             BOS  120  .286   458  131  26   3  18   79   85    1   0   90   71  .474  .392
Brett, George             BOS  120  .289   453  131  30  12  11   46   53    6   3   73   69  .481  .356
Petrocelli, Rico          BOS  103  .234   401   94  14   2  15   46   79    0   0   55   53  .392  .313
Grabarkewitz, Billy       BOS   95  .279   340   95   8   2  17   50   64    7   4   54   59  .465  .369
Conigliaro, Billy         BOS   62  .310   239   74  14   3   7   20   51    0   0   45   35  .481  .363
Chambliss, Chris          BOS   58  .301   239   72  13   2   2   15   28    0   0   35   32  .397  .344
McCovey, Willie           BOS   61  .221   226   50   8   2   8   37   47    0   0   31   32  .381  .338
Bowa, Larry               BOS   43  .205   127   26   6   0   0    9   10    6   3   12    9  .252  .257
Fisk, Carlton             BOS   18  .200    65   13   2   0   0    4   15    0   0    3    6  .231  .239
Ruhle, Vern               BOS   18  .000     4    0   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    0  .000  .000

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

1974 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Lyle, Sparky              BOS   61.0  2.07   51   0   7   2  33   45   13  9.89
Foucault, Steve           BOS   56.0  2.09   43   0   4   1   0   31   14 10.61
Jenkins, Fergie           BOS  259.0  2.43   33  33  23   5   0  217   46  9.73
Guidry, Ron               BOS   36.1  2.72    5   5   4   1   0   29    9 11.64
Mingori, Steve            BOS   27.1  2.96   18   0   3   1   0   19   13 12.84
Upshaw, Cecil             BOS   50.0  3.42   40   0   5   1   1   29   13 11.52
Stickles, Jonah           BOS  161.0  3.97   23  23  10   4   0   89   45 12.13
Garber, Gene              BOS   65.1  4.13   45   0   3   3   1   46   23 12.81
Ruhle, Vern               BOS   91.2  4.32   26   8   7   3   3   41   18 12.47
Moret, Roger              BOS  121.2  4.44   19  19   8   7   0   87   38 12.95
Rau, Doug                 BOS   26.2  5.40   10   3   2   2   0   13   18 16.88
Nolan, Gary               BOS  183.2  5.44   29  29  14   7   0  125   60 14.01
Brett, Ken                BOS   67.1  6.82   15  12   4   1   0   35   26 16.57

[bigpapi]

League Standings Through August 31-

[bigpapi]

August 29,30,31 v Milwaukee Brewers (61-68)

August 29-Ted Simmons (27) and Billy Grabarkewitz (17) each hit 2 run homeruns, and Gary Nolan came within one out of pitching a complete game as Boston squeaked past Milwaukee 4-3. (92-38)
W-Gary Nolan (14-7) L-Denny McClain (8-12) S-Sparky Lyle (32)

August 30-Tony Conigliaro (26) hit a 3 run homerun, and Dwight Evans added a 2 run shot (18), as Boston beat Milwaukee 8-5. (93-38)
W-Vern Ruhle (7-3) L-Brian Mogford (10-13) S-Sparky Lyle (33)

August 31-Reggie Smith went 3-4 with a HR, his 39th and 4 RBI, and Ted Simmons added 2 hits and his 28th homerun of the year, a 2 run shot, and Roger Moret scattered 8 hits while throwing a complete game, striking out 8 as Boston completed the sweep, blitzing the Brewers 9-1. (94-38)
W-Roger Moret (8-7) L-Zack MacFadden (6-11)

September 1,2,3 at Cleveland Indians (61-71)

September 1-Fergie Jenkins pitched a complete game, allowing 5 hits and one run while walking 1 and striking out 5 in winning his 24th game of the year, and 6 different Sox drove in runs as Boston beat the Indians 6-1. (95-38)
W-Fergie Jenkins (24-5) L-Steve Hargan (10-10)

September 2-Carlton Fisk, starting for a resting Ted Simmons went 2-2, including his first career HR, while driving in 4, and Reggie Smith hit his 40th HR of the year, as Boston outslugged Cleveland 10-8. (96-38)
W-Gary Nolan (15-7) L-Jack Morris (1-3) S-Sparky Lyle (34)

September 3-Dwight Evans went 4-6 with 5 RBI, and Willie McCovey hit his 10th HR of the year, driving in 3 as Boston swept the Indians, extending their winning streak to 7, beating Cleveland 14-3. (97-38)
W-Vern Ruhle (8-3) L-John Denny (11-14)

MLB Contract News:

Lots of contract happenings this past week. First the Cincinnati Reds tied up one of their key bats, signing Tony Perez to a 5 year deal worth $350,000 per year. Perez is hitting .310 26-94 on the year, and is a career .298 hitter with 228 HR and 964 RBI. This deal locks up Perez until he is 38 years old.

Atlanta and Joe Rudi have come to terms on a 4 year deal worth a total of $864,000. Rudi has had his finest season this year, his first with the Braves, hitting .283 13-65. He played previously for the San Diego Padres and Boston Red Sox.

The Yankees and Al Bumbry have agreed on a 2 year deal worth $131,000 per year. Bumbry is hitting .236 10-52 with 14 steals, his first full season with New York. This deal will take Bumbry through the 1976 season.

MLB Retirements:

In an odd scenario, 41 year old OF Rocky Colavito has walked away from the Red Sox, and retired in the middle of a pennant race. Colavito is quoted as saying, "I just don't have the drive, and I shouldn't stay around and keep the Red Sox organization from finding my replacement before the playoffs. Me leaving now allows the team to see if Gorman Thomas can help this year or not."
Colavito was hitting .221 8-18 this year in just 77 AB's. He retires having played for Cleveland (1955-1959), Detroit (1960-63), Kansas City A's (1964), Cleveland again (1965-67), Boston 1967-68), New York Mets (1968-1972), Kansas City Royals (1973), and Boston again (1973-74). He hit a career 507 homeruns, good for 10th overall and he drove in 1607 runs, 16th all time. Colavito ended his career with 2323 hits, while walking 1231 times (15th all time) and striking out 1200 (19th all time). He made 8 All-Star teams (1959,1961,62,64,65,66,67,68). In 1967 he lead the American League in homeruns with 40.

Next for the Sox is 3 games at home against the Detroit Tigers followed by 3 on the road against the Baltimore Orioles.

[CatKnight]

That's it! This means war! Those Braves or Giants are now forcing yourplayers to retire! I noticed Atlanta passed Cincy, so maybe it is them!

[bigpapi]

September 4,5,6 v Detroit Tigers (73-62)

September 4-Paul Jata had a pinch hit RBI single in the top of the 9th inning off Steve Foucault, breaking a 2-2 tie and giving the Tigers a 3-2 win. (97-39)
W-Ken Forsch (3-2) L-Steve Foucault (4-2)

September 5-Bill Freehan went 4-5 with 2 RBI and Willie Horton went 3-5 with 3 RBI as the Tigers pounded out 19 hits and 8 runs, including 4 in the 9th off Sparky Lyle en route to a 8-6 win. (97-40)
W-Ken Tatum (6-3) L-Sparky Lyle (7-3) S-Horatio Pina (19)

September 6-Boston avoided the sweep as the Dwight Evans (20), Ted Simmons (29), Billy Grabarkewitz (18), and Billy Conigliaro (8) each hit homeruns, leading Boston to a 14-3 win over the Tigers. (98-40)
W-Gary Nolan (16-7) L-Mike Krukow (6-14)

September 7,8,9 at Baltimore Orioles (59-76)

September 7-Curt Blefary hit a solo HR, and Syd O'Brien broke a 1-1 tie in the 9th inning in support of Paul Mitchell who pitched 8 1/3 innings of 1 run ball as Baltimore nipped Boston 2-1. (98-41)
W-Elias Sosa (2-3) L-Gene Garber (3-4)

September 8-Billy Grabarkewitz hit homeruns 19 and 20 on the year, driving in 3, and Ted Simmons added his 30th shot of the season, as Boston beat the Orioles 9-3. (99-41)
W-Roger Moret (9-7) L-Dave Roberts (6-11)

September 9-Toby Harrah hit a 3 run HR and Gorman Thomas hit his first career homer, a 2 run blast as Boston took two of three from Baltimore, winning 7-6. (100-41)
W-Fergie Jenkins (25-5) L-Wayne Garland (7-10) S-Sparky Lyle (35)

MLB Contracts:

The Montreal Expos have tied up C Earl Williams to a 3 year deal worth $186,000 per year. Williams had a breakout season this year, hitting only .238, but hitting 28 homeruns and driving in 83 in just 404 AB's. Williams is a career .230 hitter with 66 homeruns.

St. Louis and P Paul Splittorff have agreed to a 4 year extension worth a total of $816,000. Splittorff is 8-4 with a 4.95 ERA this year after struggling last season with a 5-8 6.08 a year ago. His best season was 1971 when he was 13-8 with a 4.11 ERA.

MLB Retirements:

Dennis Higgins announced his retirement after not playing in the big leagues this year. Higgins spent his entire 7 year career with the Chicago White Sox (1966-1973). He ended his career 15-40 but with a 3.88 ERA and 124 saves in 156 chances. The 124 saves is good for 17th all time.

MLB Injuries:

The San Fransisco Giants have suffered a serious loss as starting 2B Ted Kubiak will miss the rest of the year and about half of next as he ruptured a knee ligament in the field this week. Kubiak was hitting .279 1-35 this year, but was a rock in the field for the NL West Leaders.

MLB Pennant Races:

The AL races seem to be all tied up as Boston and Chicago will meet in the ALCS, but things are a little more dicey in the National League.

NL East:

New York 75-60
St. Louis 72-66 4.5
Philadelphia 72-67 5.0
Chicago 68-70 8.5

NL West:

San Fransisco 82-56
Cincinnati 80-61 3.5
Atlanta 76-62 6.0

Up next for the Sox are 3 games in Milwaukee against the Brewers followed by 3 games in Detroit against the Tigers.

[bigpapi]

September 10,11,12 at Milwaukee Brewers (65-76)

September 10-Curtis Brown homered and drove in 4, and Joe Henderson pitched 4 2/3 innings of 1 run ball in relief as Milwaukee beat Boston 7-6. (100-42)
W-Joe Henderson (4-1) L-Gary Nolan (16-8) S-Jim York (6)

September 11-Ted Simmons homered twice (31,32) driving in 3, and Gorman Thomas hit a 2 run shot, his 2nd of the year as Boston doubled up the Brewers 6-3, and in the process won the 1974 American League Eastern Division Championship!!!. (101-42)
W-Vern Ruhle (9-3) L-Brian Mogford (10-16) S-Sparky Lyle (36)

September 12-Gorman Thomas continued his hot start, homering twice, driving in 4, and Rico Petrocelli homered and added 3 RBI as Boston beat up on Milwaukee 14-4. (102-42)
W-Roger Moret (10-7) L-Zack MacFadden (8-12)

September 13,14,15 at Detroit Tigers (76-65)

September 13-Jim Northrup hit a 2 run homerun, and Bill Freehan added a solo shot as the Tigers beat Fergie Jenkins and the Red Sox 7-4. (102-43)
W-Pat Dobson (13-9) L-Fergie Jenkins (25-6)

September 14-Bill Sudakis, in the midst of an 0-32 slump had 3 hits, including a 2 run HR, and Dave Lemanczyk pitched 8 innings of 1 run ball as Detroit handed Boston its worst loss of the year, 15-1. (102-44)
W-Dave Lemanczyk (16-9) L-Gary Nolan (16-9)

September 15-Willie Horton went 4-4 with 3 RBI, and Mickey Lolich pitched into the 8th inning as Detroit completed the sweep of Boston, winning 5-3. (102-45)
W-Mickey Lolich (14-8) L-Vern Ruhle (9-4) S-Ken Tatum (6)

MLB Injuries:

Willie Davis of the Los Angeles Dodgers will miss the rest of the year and will be out until roughly the All-Star break next season with a broken wrist. Davis, who had broke the same wrist last season, was hitting .276 6-29 on the year after hitting .286 9-45 last year prior to his wrist injury.

Up next for the Sox are 3 at home against the Twins followed by 3 games in Fenway against the White Sox.

[bigpapi]

September 16,17,18 v Minnesota Twins (65-79)

September 16-Ted Simmons went 2-3 with a pair of homers and 3 RBI and Reggie Smith added 3 RBI as Boston squeaked past the Twins 8-6. (103-45)
W-Roger Moret (11-7) L-Jim Merritt (8-9)

September 17-Gorman Thomas hit his 6th HR of the year, a 3 run shot and Tony Conigliaro added his 28th, giving Fergie Jenkins all the runs he would need as he pitched a complete game shutout, allowing 7 hits, walking none and striking out 7 as Boston beat Minnesota 7-0. (104-45)
W-Fergie Jenkins (26-6) L-Buzz Stephen (6-6)

September 18-Toby Harrah hit a first inning grand slam, driving in 5 for the game and Reggie Smith hit his 46th of the year, a 3 run blast as Boston completed the sweep, beating up on the Twins 9-1. (105-45)
W-Jonah Stickles (11-4) L-Dave Boswell (8-10)

September 20,21,22 v Chicago White Sox (86-61)

September 20-Reggie Smith hit homerun number 47 on the year, and Toby Harrah added a pair of RBI as Boston held off the White Sox 7-6. (106-45)
W-Vern Ruhle (10-4) L-Wilbur Wood (13-13) S-Sparky Lyle (37)

September 21-In what was a pitchers duel in the 6th inning, Chicago exploded for 7 runs off Fergie Jenkins, capped by a two run pinch hit homerun by Jorge Orta off Jenkins, and 2 relievers over the next 3 innings to give the White Sox a 8-2 win over Boston. (106-46)
W-Tommy John (19-7) L-Fergie Jenkins (26-7)

September 22-Rookie Bill Madlock went 2-4 with a homer and 4 RBI, and Remy Hermoso added 3 hits and 2 RBI as Chicago pounded out 16 hits and 13 runs en route to a 13-4 win over Boston. The only highlight for the Red Sox came in the 5th inning when Tony Conigliaro, Dwight Evans and Billy Conigliaro went back to back to back off Jim O'Toole. (106-47)
W-Jim O'Toole (11-16) L-Gary Nolan (16-10) S-Bruce Howard (3)

MLB Contracts:

The Cincinnati Reds and former Red Sox hurler Reggie Cleveland have agreed to a 3 year extension worth $267,000 per year. Cleveland is 15-10 4.49 in his first year with the Reds. He was 15-11 4.24 for Boston a year ago and came to Cincinnati in exchange for Gary Nolan. Last season Cleveland tied for the league lead in shutouts with 3 and was second in complete games with 8.

MLB Retirements:

Vic Davalillo retired after 11 big league seasons this week. Davalillo played for Cleveland (1963-1968), San Diego (1969-1971) and Chicago (NL) (1972-1974). He was a career .278 hitter with 56 homeruns and 417 RBI in 5013 AB's covering 1382 games. He had 1395 career hits and stole 207 bases while being caught 123 times. He made 3 All-Star teams (1965,69,1970) and won one Gold Glove (1964). He best year was probably the inaugural season of the San Diego Padres when he hit .275 8-49 with 29 doubles, 9 triples and 28 stolen bases.

MLB Injuries:

St. Louis will be without the services of 2B Tom Heintzelman for the remainder of the year as he suffered a cracked rib after being hit by a pitch. Heintzelman was hitting .314 3-37 this year in 535 AB's. He had stolen 11 bases in 12 attempts this year, batting leadoff for the Cards, who currently sit 7.5 games out of the NL East race in 3rd place.

Ending September for Boston is 3 against the Cleveland in Boston followed by the Milwaukee Brewers coming to town for a 3 game set.

[bigpapi]

September 25,26,27 v Cleveland Indians (69-84)

September 25-George Brett homered and drove in 4 and Reggie Smith hit a 3 run blast as Boston beat up on Cleveland, 8-3. (107-47)
W-Fergie Jenkins (27-7) L-Steve Hargan (11-11)

September 26-Every Sox batter had at least one hit, and Ted Simmons lead the charge with 5 hits while George Brett added 4 RBI as Boston blew out Cleveland 11-2. (108-47)
W-Jonah Stickles (12-4) L-John Denny (14-16)

September 27-The Red Sox completed the sweep of the Indians, knocking 21 hits and scoring 19 runs, lead by Reggie Smith's 3 hits and 5 RBI and George Brett's 2 homers and 4 RBI as Boston beat Cleveland 19-1. Roger Moret pitched a complete game, allowing just 5 hits in the win. (109-47)
W-Roger Moret (12-7) L-Jack Morris (1-8)

September 28,29,30 v Milwaukee Brewers (72-84)

September 28-Dick McAuliffe hit a solo HR, and Zack MacFadden allowed just 2 runs over 6 1/3 innings as Milwaukee beat Boston 5-2. (109-48)
W-Zack MacFadden (11-12) L-Vern Ruhle (10-5) S-Bill Campbell (1)

September 29-Rico Petrocelli had a 2 run double, and 3 RBI's total, and Fergie Jenkins allowed just 1 earned run over 7 innings, winning his 28th game of the year as Boston beat Milwaukee 5-2. (110-48)
W-Fergie Jenkins (28-7) L-Derek Maus (6-8) S-Sparky Lyle (38)

September 30-Jonah Stickles pitched a complete game, allowing just 5 hits and 1 run, while walking 1 and striking out 6, and 4 different Sox drove in runs as Boston beat Milwaukee 4-1. (111-48)
W-Jonah Stickles (13-4) L-Brian Mogford (11-18)

MLB Milestones:

Joe Morgan of the Houston Astros scored his 1000th run

Jim Fregosi of the California Angels scored his 1000th run


It appears as though we have our ALCS and NLCS series matchups. In the American League, the Red Sox will face off against the Chicago White Sox, and in the National League, the New York Mets will more than likely face the San Fransisco Giants, whose Magic Number has been reduced to 1.

Ending the season for the Sox is 3 games at home against the Baltimore Orioles.

[bigpapi]

October 1,2,3 v Baltimore Orioles (70-86)

October 1-Rookie Ken Griffey had 2 hits and 4 RBI, Billy Conigliaro added a HR and 5 RBI and Dwight Evans homered and drove in 4 as Boston set a season high for runs as they obliterate Baltimore 20-1. (112-48)
W-Roger Moret (13-7) L-Woodie Fryman (10-12)

October 2-Mike Fiore had an RBI single in the top of the 9th to give Baltimore a 2-1 lead entering the bottom of the 9th. However, Reggie Smith tied the game with an RBI double and Ted Simmons won the game for the Sox, beating out an infield single to give Boston a 3-2 victory. (113-48)
W-Steve Foucault (5-2) L-Wayne Garland (8-12)

October 3-The 1974 season would end for the Red Sox in a should be pitchers duel between Fergie Jenkins and Jim Palmer, however only one showed up as Jenkins allowed 4 runs and 8 hits over 7 innings, while Palmer pitched 7 innings of 2 run ball striking out 7 and Boog Powell hit a 3 run HR as Baltimore avoided the sweep, beating the Sox 7-2. (113-49)
W-Jim Palmer (17-10) L-Fergie Jenkins (28-8) S-Daryl Patterson (4)

End of the year stats and ALCS/NLCS Previews are next!