April 19, 1985: Boston Red Sox (6-3) @ Chicago White Sox (3-4)
Ahhh, ChiTown - always mixed emotions for me when I come here. Not sure what it would be like going back to Wrigley - but I'd be willing to try if it meant we were playing the Cubs in a World Series! Anyway, White Sox fans give me doubly what for as both a former Cub and current Red Sock, which usually makes for a few laughs because it's done very much tongue-in-cheek over on this side of town. A 100-year-plus inferiority complex will do that to you, I guess.
Mike Trujillo on for us in this one making his first start for the year up against Britt Burns. Certainly a spring in our step after that great win last night – let’s see if that translates into a good performance on the field. Big Friday night crowd in attendance means the air is electric.
Bill Buckner YTD stats entering the game
Game Recap
A slow start to this one with barely a baserunner thru three. Jim Rice then gets us off and running with a leadoff homer in the 4th, by the end of which I’m already 0-for-2. Pudge repays us in kind with a similar strike in the bottom half to get it back to level and you just know how much he enjoyed that one.
Not sure he’d have liked the 3-spot we put up in the next quite as much, though, with Boggsy doubling in a deuce and the other one scoring on a sac fly by Dewey Evans. They bounce straight back again, however, with two of their own on two hits and a Marty Barrett error when one just kinda eats him up. Then we erase those out as Tony Armas triples to lead off the 5th and I single him in, then come all the way around and finally score with two out as Marty squares the ledger with a clutch single.
Pudge goes solo yard again in the 8th to welcome Bob Stanley who is brought on to replace Trujillo who has been real gutsy despite not being sharp. But we just seem to have all the answers at the moment and push back out with one in the top 9th as Wade gets his third hit and ribbie for the game, before Mark Clear closes it out for the 7-4 win.
Best Performances, News & Highlights of the Day
- The Cubs drop their first game of the year, 4-3 at Montreal - with all four runs coming in the bottom 9th and Hubie Brooks the walkoff hero.
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