June 4, 1985: Cleveland Indians (24-26) @ Boston Red Sox (29-20)
Bob Ojeda takes on righty Keith Creel – who I’ve never faced before – in this final game of our current homestand. After that, the two rest days then twenty straight games that take us to Baltimore, Motown and Toronto with some home dates as well. Go the mileage! Looking to keep the momentum going with another win here.
Bill Buckner YTD stats entering the game
Game Recap
Brook Jacoby opens the scoring in the 1st with a solo bomb but we come out swinging and respond with 4 in the home half on an error and 4 hits including an RBI single by me.
A pickoff move gone awry gifts them one in the 3rd but Bobby O shakes it off and stays strong thru 6, when we get that run back on a Hoffman triple. They won’t go away, though, getting another one in the next to keep us well within reach.
We put our foot down again in the bottom 7th. I get aboard with a double and then, after we’ve loaded the bases, Geds clears them with another two-bagger that misses being a slam by a sliver.
Another big inning in the 8th puts them away as we post a 5-spot, two when I single and the other three on a big fly by Mike Easler. That makes it 13-3, which end up being the final, and I get the game award for my 3-hit, 3-ribbie performance.
Best Performances, News & Highlights of the Day
- Amazingly, aside from the BoSox blowout, every other game today is decided by two runs or fewer.
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- MLB Debuts: Randy Hunt, Trench Davis
- Daily Notes: On this day in 1929, former Red Sox owner Harry Frazee - forever remembered as the man who sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees - dies.