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...unlike their fans, were solemnly bearing down on their own act. Fred Lynn rifled a flat throw to home plate, giving catcher Carlton Fisk a full three seconds to wait for Jason Thompson's slide. Thompson's challenge was the Tigers' only bona fide scoring bid, and Lynn's throw kept the scoreboard clear for Rice's winning homer in the next half of the inning...
Catcher-quarterback Carlton Fisk belted a first-inning triple to knock in two runs, and George Scott boomed a solo homer and an RBI single last night to lead the Red Sox onslaught past the Detroit Tigers by a score...
...talking about desperate efforts--the kind of play you make when you believe it may be your last. Scott picked off choppy grounders all night, combining nicely with Tiant twice for outs. Fisk hopped on a fifth-inning bunt, twisted around and whipped the ball to first with scarcely a look to douse a Tiger scoring...
...doyen. Carl Yastrzemski. injured his nagging back, then his shoulder, then his wrist. Pepper-Pot Second Baseman Jerry Remy fractured his wrist last month, and is still playing with it taped. Dwight Evans was hit by a pitch and gets dizzy chasing fly balls. Add to that Catcher Carlton Fisk's broken rib, First Baseman George Scott's battered right middle finger. Third Baseman Butch Hobson's injured elbow and Centerfielder Fred Lynn's pulled stomach muscle, and you get a team that might be better off playing softball for Massachusetts General Hospital. Only this season...
...their non-Yastrzemski runs on a two-run single from Jim Rice in the fourth--his 200th hit--and a sacrifice fly from Carlton Fisk in the third...