August 28, 1985: Boston Red Sox (65-58) @ Cleveland Indians (60-65)
The middle game in this road series against the Tribe sees Tim Lollar up against southpaw Jamie Easterly, who I apparently first faced all the way back in 1976, then again one time in ’78 and then the one I do remember from last year because I put a hanging curve into the seats. I’ll take another one of those tonight, please and thank you.
Bill Buckner YTD stats entering the game
Game Recap
A single by yours truly and then back-to-back doubles from Rice and Armas sandwiched around a wild pitch gets us a couple early runs as Easterly only hangs around for that first inning in what looks to be a bullpen game for them.
They split the diff with a run in the 2nd then knot it up with another in a crazy 3rd that sees Lollar uncoil two straight wild pitches, but we restore our two-run lead with a deuce in the 4th.
A complete implosion by Lollar sees them add 5 in the home half of that one to go 7-4 up and send him for an early shower. 4 more in the next off Woodward pretty much does us in as this pitching staff of ours continues to struggle.
My 4-for-5 game feels completely hollow as we cop a 14-5 thrashing that feels like double that amount.
Best Performances, News & Highlights of the Day
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- MLB Debuts: Todd Worrell
- Daily Notes: IRL, that makes it 4-16 from their last 20 games for the plummeting Red Sox.
- Transactions of Interest: The Rangers trade Cliff Johnson to the Blue Jays for players to be named later. The Blue Jays end up sending Matt Williams (August 29), Jeff Mays (August 29) and Greg Ferlenda (November 14) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.