September 15, 1985: Boston Red Sox (74-68) @ Milwaukee Brewers (51-89)
Down to our final 20 games for the season as we continue this Brewers series with a first career start for Jeff Sellers. Our hosts send Jaime Cocanower to the hill, against whom I am 1-for-5 in my career. Sadly our two wins in this series so far have not allowed us to make up any ground on the O’s, who still hold a 1½ game lead over Detroit and are five to the good of us. Still, we can only catch them if we keep winning, as we must do here on a brisk Sunday afternoon with few in attendance.
Bill Buckner YTD stats entering the game
Game Recap
We give Sellers a couple runs to play with in the top 1st and hopefully settle his nerves, adding a third in the 4th.
They finally get to him with a pair in the home 4th but he hangs tough and that scoreline holds thru eight, only for Mark Clear to blow the save and send us into extra innings tied at 3.
Pretty much sums up the year we have had, really, as they walk it off with a double by Cecil Cooper in the 12th.
Best Performances, News & Highlights of the Day
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- MLB Debuts: NIL
- Daily Notes: On this day in 1979, Bob Watson of the Red Sox becomes the first modern major leaguer to hit for the cycle in both leagues, doing so in a 10-2 victory over the Orioles.
- Transactions of Interest: The Yankees trade pitcher Jim Deshaies and two other players to be named later to the Astros for 40-year-old Joe Niekro, reuniting him with brother Phil as teammates for the first time since 1974 with the Braves.