‘65 Bosox take 2 of 3 from ‘68 Pale Hose

9/13-9/14 - Fenway Park
GAME 1 - White Sox 4, Red Sox 2
A rain delay that last over an hour in the middle of the 5th inning ended the day for White Sox hurler Jack Fisher and his opposing number from the Red Sox, Jim Lonborg.  At that point the game was tied a 1 all.  Chicago took a 2-1 lead in the 6th when backstop Duane Josephson singled home Russ Snyder with 2 outs.  The Pale Hose would protect that slim 2-1 lead until the bottom of the 8th when Yaz doubled home Felix Mantilla with nobody out.  Amazingly Chicago's knuckleball specialist Wilbur Wood was able to wiggle his way out of a bases loaded jam without allowing anymore runs.  That set the stage for a 2 run top of the 9th.  Buddy Bradford led off with a double and Josephson singled to put runners on 1st and 3rd.  A wild pitch would score Bradford to make it 3-2.  Pinch hitter Leon Wagner grounded out to second and advanced Josephson to third, which enabled him to score on Luis Aparicio's grounder to short.  Hoyt Wilhem would pitch the 9th and garner his 5th save of the season.

GAME 2 - Red Sox 8, White Sox 4
With the potent lineup the Bosox feature all they need is half  decent pitching.  Earl Wilson gave them just that and a bit more with this complete game effort where he gave up 4 runs (3 earned) on 7 hits.  Wilson, as usual, chipped in with the stick going 2 for 4 with an RBI.  Rico Petrocelli hit a 2 run shot to put the Sahx up 2-1 in the first.  Tony C would hit his 7th off of embattled Chisox starter Joe Horlen in the 6th.  Horlen gave up 7 runs on 12 hits in 6 innings worth of work.  Three unearned runs were directly attributed to his shortstop Luis Aparicio, who did not have his normal gold glove day with 2 miscues.  Jim Gosger was the only Red Sox to not get a hit in this 14 hit effort.  Boston now has 5 everyday players hitting over .300 and a team BA of .283.  Jerry McNertney, who was pressed into action when Duane Josephson crashed into the backstop on a foul pop up, went 1-3 with a bases clearing double that provided Chicago with 3 of its' 4 runs.

9/15 - Comiskey Park
GAME 3 - Red Sox 5, White Sox 4
The rubber match would have to go 10 innings before it was decided.  The normally light hitting Pale Hose staked lefty Gary Peters to a 3-1 lead after 1 inning of play.  Typically the Chisox will win when they can score more than two in a game, but today would not be that "A" typical day vs Boston's potent lineup.  With all those great names in the Boston lineup today would be the day that the unsung heros would do in the Pale Hose.  Tony Horton would go 3 for 5 with 2 RBI's to boost his season average to .410.  Chuck "don't call me Curt" Schilling went 2 for 4 and scored a run, but the real unsung hero was banjo hitting catcher Bob Tillman, who went 2 for 4 with 2 RBI and a big 2 run shot in the second off of Peter, which tied the game at 3.  Horton's RBI double  in the 4th would give the Bosox a one run lead that evaporated on one swing of Pete Ward's bat in the bottom of the 8th on an errant pitch by the normally reliable Bill Monbouquette.  Flame thrower Dick Radatz was summoned from the pen to finish out the 8th and carry the Bosox the rest of the way.  Since neither team scored in the 9th the game went to extra innings where Horton shined one more time.  This time he lined a 2 out RBI single to left center to score Schilling of the ever so tough Hoyt Wilhelm.  Radatz would fan Ken Berry to lead off the bottom of the 10th, then get Ward to fly out to right for out number two before fanning Buddy Bradford for the final out.