May 21, 1985: Boston Red Sox (20-16) @ Minnesota Twins (20-17)
Back at it again tonight, with another one at the Terrordome against the Twinkies. Bruce Kison on for us for his first appearance since that IL stint. He faces Ken Schrom, a real nibbler who rarely gives you anything to hit so you need to stay patient and work him hard. I’ve only faced him once – literally, once – flying out last year on one I remember clearly thinking I’d got enough of, only for the aircon to blow it back in and let it die in the CF’s mitt. Back into the cleanup slot tonight with Mike Easler still struggling to get it done.
Bill Buckner YTD stats entering the game
Game Recap
We get a very early one as Dewey Evans, our second hitter of the game, bombs out his 7th for the season and get two more in the next as Mike Easler lays solid wood on the ball for a solo shot after Tony Armas had led off the dig with a similar strike.
They keep us close with 2 on 2 hits in the home half of that one and tie it up in the next as Bruce shows understandable signs of rust from his layoff. Another one in the 5th on a leadoff jack by Mark Salas and they are in front.
We respond like good teams need to, putting 3 in the frame for the 6th on a barrage of hits to retake the lead, although I’m having a shocker and am on the collar after 4 goes at it. Still, that matters little as we tack on a deuce in the next to go up by 4.
In a seesawing affair, they cancel those two out in the bottom half on another longball by Salas and that’s Kison done for the night. Easler then gets us one more with his fifth hit and second homer of the game and Trujillo closes it out for the win.
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