May 29, 1985: Minnesota Twins (22-21) @ Boston Red Sox (24-19)
A week’s homestand here against AL Central teams before a lovely two-day break ahead of a long, long stretch of games with no break. This is when I usually start feeling my age, with the weather heating up and seemingly constant travel. It is a true test of one’s endurance that I find myself needing to dig deeper with each successive season to survive. It is the time when retirement beckons most persuasively.
Oil Can Boyd up against Frank Viola tonight as we take on the Twins again. Good crowd for a Wednesday night – let’s give ‘em what they came for.
Bill Buckner YTD stats entering the game
Game Recap
It stays quiet until the bottom 3rd, when Dewey puts us in the frame with a 2-run blast and back-to-back doubles from yours truly and Jim Rice add a third. Dennis has allowed just two hits over the first four but gets in a tangle and concedes a pair of runs on a couple hits and a bad gaffe by Oil Can himself to get them within a run.
We get one of those back in the home half when Boggs leads off with a trip and I bring him in on a sac fly but they stay close with one of their own in the 7th.
Geds singles Mike Easler in for an insurance run in the 8th and Steve Crawford closes it out for another controlled win by the boys.
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