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luckymann · 11-24-2022, 04:25 AM

April 17, 1985: Boston Red Sox (5-2) @ Kansas City Royals (4-2)

Well let’s hope I didn’t leave all my form out on the field last night because we’re up against old Charlie Liebrandt tonight and I haven’t been able to get a hit off him in 11 goes so far. In fact, if memory serves I ain’t even put proper wood to nary a pitch of his. He’s a wily old fox, our Charles, and we’ll be up against it for sure. With Bruce Kison on the DL, we’ve got Al Nipper making his first appearance for the year and Al’s got plenty of his own tricks to call on as well.

Bill Buckner YTD stats entering the game

Game Recap

They open the scoring with an early one in the 1st but we get it straight back as Marty Barrett, our hottest bat to this point, doubles one in for us in the 2nd. I meekly pop out to shallow LF and follow that with another soft out in the 4th as Charlie continues his sway over me.

They edge back in front in the home half of that one on a leadoff jack by Bye-Bye Balboni, who then repeats the dose in the 6th to make it 3-1.

Again we have the ready reply as I finally get onto one for my 4th homer of the season to get us back within a run, then Marty doubles and scores on a Jackie G seeing-eye single to make it a tie game once more.

With it still 3-3 halfway through the 8th, Bobby Ojeda comes on to replace Al. Then Dan Quisenberry replaces Charlie in the 9th and I manage to get a walk but the boys can’t bring me around. It goes into extras with Steve Crawford entering the game in the home 10th and Joe Beckwith coming in for them to start the 12th, with me leading off. But I can only ground out 4-3.

On it goes, with us lucky to escape a couple jams, and nearly going in front ourselves in the 13th when I double off Steve Farr with two out but we end up leaving them loaded. It lasts until the 15th when we can’t hold them off and Willie Wilson wins it with a one-out single to send the home crowd into raptures. Disappointing, but you can’t win ‘em all.

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With a 4-3 home win over the Reds, the Braves break their drought. The Cubs win again.

The Real Deal

MLB Debuts: NIL
Daily Notes: NIL

11-24-2022, 04:25 AM	#28
luckymann Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 14,036	Anatomy Volume 1: Game 8 of 162 April 17, 1985: Boston Red Sox (5-2) @ Kansas City Royals (4-2) Well let’s hope I didn’t leave all my form out on the field last night because we’re up against old Charlie Liebrandt tonight and I haven’t been able to get a hit off him in 11 goes so far. In fact, if memory serves I ain’t even put proper wood to nary a pitch of his. He’s a wily old fox, our Charles, and we’ll be up against it for sure. With Bruce Kison on the DL, we’ve got Al Nipper making his first appearance for the year and Al’s got plenty of his own tricks to call on as well. Bill Buckner YTD stats entering the game Game Recap They open the scoring with an early one in the 1st but we get it straight back as Marty Barrett, our hottest bat to this point, doubles one in for us in the 2nd. I meekly pop out to shallow LF and follow that with another soft out in the 4th as Charlie continues his sway over me. They edge back in front in the home half of that one on a leadoff jack by Bye-Bye Balboni, who then repeats the dose in the 6th to make it 3-1. Again we have the ready reply as I finally get onto one for my 4th homer of the season to get us back within a run, then Marty doubles and scores on a Jackie G seeing-eye single to make it a tie game once more. With it still 3-3 halfway through the 8th, Bobby Ojeda comes on to replace Al. Then Dan Quisenberry replaces Charlie in the 9th and I manage to get a walk but the boys can’t bring me around. It goes into extras with Steve Crawford entering the game in the home 10th and Joe Beckwith coming in for them to start the 12th, with me leading off. But I can only ground out 4-3. On it goes, with us lucky to escape a couple jams, and nearly going in front ourselves in the 13th when I double off Steve Farr with two out but we end up leaving them loaded. It lasts until the 15th when we can’t hold them off and Willie Wilson wins it with a one-out single to send the home crowd into raptures. Disappointing, but you can’t win ‘em all. Best Performances, News & Highlights of the Day With a 4-3 home win over the Reds, the Braves break their drought. The Cubs win again. The Real Deal MLB Debuts: NIL Daily Notes: NIL __________________ HISTORICAL DO-OVERS A'S RED SOX DODGERS PIRATES MARINERS CUSTOM SAVES LGB NEXUS Last edited by luckymann; 11-24-2022 at 04:47 AM.