1969 EDCS, Game 4: Manchester Minutemen At Boston Beaneaters 10/21/1969
Minutemen AB R H RBI AVG Beaneaters AB R H RBI AVG J.Kenney 3B 5 2 4 0 .467 A.Johnson LF 5 0 0 0 .250 J.Javier 2B 5 1 1 0 .294 J.Hoerner P 0 0 0 0 ---- P.Blair CF 5 1 2 3 .333 E.Leon SS 4 1 1 1 .125 C.Yastrzemski LF 5 1 2 3 .250 E-T.Gonzalez PH,LF 0 0 0 0 .400 N.Colbert 1B 5 0 0 0 .471 F.Howard RF 4 2 2 2 .286 B.Oliver RF 4 0 0 0 .059 R.Clemente CF 4 1 1 0 .278 J.Fregosi SS 4 1 2 0 .333 T.Perez 3B 5 2 2 3 .333 T.Haller C 4 1 2 2 .333 D.Cater 1B 4 0 0 0 .071 M.Lolich P 1 0 0 0 .000 J.May C 4 2 3 0 .500 C-B.Sudakis PH 0 1 0 0 .000 T.Helms 2B 2 0 1 0 .286 M.Paul P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Perry P 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Osinski P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-A.Phillips PH 1 1 0 1 .000 G.Brunet P 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Williams P 0 0 0 0 ---- G-J.Herrera PH 1 0 0 0 .000 B-M.Shannon PH 1 0 0 0 .000 A.Downing P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Roland P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Woodson P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-C.Blefary PH 1 0 1 1 .600 F-E.Brinkman SS 0 0 0 0 .300 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 8 13 8 Totals 35 9 11 8
A-Pinch Hit For Perry In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Williams In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Lolich In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Woodson In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Leon In 8th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Blefary In 9th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Brunet In 9th Inning
Minutemen....... 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 - 8 13 2 Beaneaters...... 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 - 9 11 1
Minutemen (3-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA M.Lolich 6 6 5 4 3 6 2 98 4.50 M.Paul BS(1st) 1 3 3 3 1 1 0 19 5.40 D.Osinski 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 0.00 G.Brunet 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 A.Downing LOSS(0-1) 0 1/3 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 0.00 Totals 8 1/3 11 9 7 5 8 2
Beaneaters (1-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Perry 5 7 5 5 0 2 2 71 6.00 S.Williams 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 6.75 J.Roland 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 23 5.40 D.Woodson HOLD(1st) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 2.08 J.Hoerner W(1-0) BS(1st) 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 19 18.00 Totals 9 13 8 8 1 7 3
ATTENDANCE- 34,080 DATE- Tuesday, October 21st 1969 TIME- Night T- 3:09 LEFT ON BASE- Minutemen: 6 Beaneaters: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Minutemen: 1 Beaneaters: 0 ERRORS- J.Kenney, T.Haller, T.Perez DOUBLES- J.Fregosi(1st), F.Howard(1st), T.Perez(1st), J.May(1st) HOME RUNS- P.Blair(2nd), C.Yastrzemski(2nd), T.Haller(1st), F.Howard(1st), T.Perez(2nd) STOLEN BASES- T.Perez(3rd), J.May(1st), A.Phillips(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- M.Lolich, T.Helms WALKS- B.Sudakis, T.Gonzalez, F.Howard, R.Clemente, T.Helms, J.Perry STRIKE OUTS- J.Javier, N.Colbert-3, B.Oliver-2, T.Haller, A.Johnson-3, F.Howard, R.Clemente-2, T.Perez, D.Cater WILD PITCHES- A.Downing, J.Hoerner
Tony Perez connected with a 'big fly' and had 3 RBI as the Boston Beaneaters won a dandy at Fenway Park over the Manchester Minutemen, 9 to 8.
The deciding run was scored by Boston in the bottom of the 9th. Roberto Clemente stroked a single. After an out was recorded, Mike Burdulis came up and he called for a steal which was successful. Al Downing then unleashed a wild pitch giving Boston the win and sending the home town fans into a frenzy. Manchester was not lacking for run support as they scored in 5 separate innings, yet victory eluded them as they seemed to forget that pitching is also needed to win ballgames.
Joe Hoerner(1-0) picked up the victory, allowing 2 runs in 1 inning. Downing(0-1) ended up with the loss in relief. He allowed 1 hit and no walks in 1/3 of an inning.