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Griffey and Geronimo: "That Fisk...
With only one out to go in the top of the ninth, he had a two-hitter going, but he tired. Yastrzemski and Fisk singled, and Fred Lynn doubled to get Boston's second...
Cesar Geronimo led off the tenth inning with a single. He was followed by bunting specialist Ed Armbrister who was pinch hitting for Cincy pitcher Rawly Eastwick. Armbrister laid down a bunt in front of home plate, but when Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk tried to make a throw to second to get Geronimo, he ran into Armbrister. As a result, Fisk's throw went over shortstop Rick Burleson's head and into centerfield. A heated argument between Sox manager Darrell Johnson and home plate umpire Barnett ensued, but the appeal did not succeed...
...started off the scoring with a lead-off homer by Carlton Fisk.' In the sixth, Carl Yastrzemski scored on a sacrifice fly by Fred Lynn. The next score came in the seventh when pinch hitter Bernie Carbo slammed the first pitch for a home run. In the ninth, Evans hit a two-run blast to tie up the game...
When the Reds split the opening games in Boston, we all knew that they would return to Cincinnati and sweep the Sox in three games, right. Wrong. First it was Rick Wise limiting the Reds to two runs in game three. "He really was hitting that outside corner," Carlton Fisk said afterwards. The Sox take a 2-1 lead...