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After a miserable start this season, caused mostly by anemic pitching, the Sox are back on track and will probably pose a threat to the streaking Yanks before the campaign concludes. The starting pitching trio of Dennis Eckersley, Bob Stanley and Mike Torrez at one point possessed a combined record of 3-13, but has recently gone 9-3. Rice and Burleson have regained their hitting strokes, temporarily missing in action. Fisk has rebounded from the latest in a series of debilitating injuries, while Lynn, Remy and Perez have provided impressive offensive production. Following the onset of an unsettling cynicism...
...usual number of spectator scuffles all around, a home-opener crowd of more than 33,000 watched Detroit take a 1-0 lead when Richie Hebner singled home Lou Whitaker in the top half of the first inning. Jason Thompson and Champ Summers then reached Boston starter Dennis Eckersley for walks to load the bases, but the righthander forced Lance Parrish to ground to second baseman Jerry Remy to extinguish the threat...
...While Eckersley settled down and hurled near-hitless ball Tiger twirler Jack Morris held the Bosox in check until the sixth, yielding a lone fourth-inning tally on a Carl Yastrzemski sacrifice fly and nary else...
...minute rain delay halted proceedings after seven frames, and when play resumed Tom Burgmeier had replaced Eckersley. The southpaw held the Bengals scoreless the rest of the way and recorded the save...
BOSTON RED SOX: With players like Fred Lynn, Jim Rice, Dennis Eckersley, and Rick Burleson just entering their prime, the Red Sox look tough. The Red Sox will go as far as catcher Carlton Fisk's fragile throwing arm and the pitching staff can take them. Eckersley's arm hurts, but he should be okay once the season opens, and look for Mike Torrez, Chuck Rainey and bullpen ace Skip Lockwood to have good seasons...