Word: eckersley
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that's the kind of place that Cleveland really is--take it from here. Don't forget that the Indians gave Boston the likes of Louis Tiant and Dennis Eckersley over the past few years. And don't forget, either, that Rick Wise usually beats the Red Sox when his new management summons him to pitch. So it's an even tradeoff, Cleveland for Boston, mystery for excellence, and anyway it turns out, the loser is always logic...
...Indians threatened only three times all afternoon. Jim Norris doubled to left center in the first, but Eckersley struck out Bonds and Thornton to end the uprising...
...Rice, who stroked a Rick Wise slider into the screen for three third-inning runs, Dwight Evans and Fred Lynn provided Boston's wallop, and Dennis Eckersley kept the Tribe subdued with seven innings of two-hit pitching...
Cleveland picked up its only run in the ninth when Remy dropped a hopper behind second base that should have been a double play. Dick Drago, who started the eighth in relief of Eckersley and certainly didn't prove his ability as a stopgap, threw a pitch in the dirt to advance the runners to second and third, and Veryzer brough Gary Alexander home with a Texas Leaguer over Remy's outstretched hands...
...Dennis Eckersley scattered seven hits for his 19th win and Jim Rice slugged his 44th homer last night as the Red Sox kept pace with pennant fever, beating the Detroit Tigers by a score...