Gullett gave up two hits and walked three — two of which came with the bases loaded — in the inning. He turns the double play, we’re out of the inning, and I see the ball go into the stands and I think, ‘Oh crap, we don’t get the double play.’”, Said Brennaman: “What Pete did was something we had grown accustomed to watching over all those years. Even when the Reds trailed in games, Brennaman said, the fans at Riverfront Stadium stayed until the end in anticipation of the inevitable late-game rally. “We wanted this for Mr. Yawkey,” Evans said. I thought this must be a joke; everybody is getting together to give me a hard time.”. Literally. He walked Griffey to lead off the inning. Many thanks to him. Subscribe to our Free Newsletter, This Month in Sports ReferenceFind out when we add a feature or make a change. The stakes were raised. Morgan may have been 5-foot-7, but he hit 17 home runs that season. Gullett was just the guy the Reds wanted starting in Game 7. They were bound to return. “We had the name the Big Red Machine, but if we lost this one we might lose that name because people don’t trust us anymore,” Perez recalled Anderson saying. It is abbreviated history. He got Concepcion to ground out to short and walked Griffey before a blister on his left thumb forced him out of the game. The Reds and Red Sox had just played perhaps the greatest game in baseball history. The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 22, 1975 at Fenway Park. He and Petrocelli were the last remaining members of the 1967 Impossible Dream team that shocked baseball when the Red Sox won the pennant on the final day of the season. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Wednesday, October 14, 1:44AM. Perez’s eyes widened. The Reds were veteran-laden and experienced, but, haunted by World Series letdowns in 1970 and ’72, was notorious for coming up short. “We were still winning 3-0. We’re down 3-0 in the sixth inning and we have to win this game.’ And I said, ‘Well, don’t worry about it. After the game he walked past a group of players, including Perez, in the clubhouse reflecting on the classic they just took part in. History, even if buried well below Fisk’s heroics, will always award them that. But for all he had achieved to that point, including MVP honors in ’67, Yastrzemski had yet to deliver Boston that long-awaited championship. Jim Willoughby got Bench to foul out to end the top of the inning. Evans references David Halberstam’s “Summer of ’49” to compare the Red Sox and Reds in 1975. The 25-year-old rookie had been strong out of the bullpen all season, leading the team in ERA (2.89) and strikeouts per nine innings (6.6) over 29 appearances. He got his fix and showed up for the game. They trailed 3-0 entering the top of the sixth and had yet to have an answer for Lee, who was working a four-hit shutout through five. He followed with a low curveball for ball two and a fastball down the middle for a strike. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall. In Game 1, Gullett crumbled, allowing four runs over six-plus innings in a 6-0 loss. Lee’s first pitch to Perez in the sixth was a fastball outside for ball one. Anderson’s greatest fears had been realized. Lynn had already ruined one pair of shoes in Game 6. Perez was one of the game’s most dangerous hitters, but Lee had been hard to beat to that point. “But under those conditions I just couldn’t get there.”. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Griffey scored and the Reds took a 4-3 lead. Except on this night, while the team was taking batting practice, he didn’t have the wherewithal to know what was in front of him. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. IBB–Gullett (2,Fisk). Or write about sports? 1971 World Series Game 7 box score between the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates. “Whoever scores next is going to win.”. Lynn had to respect that. A–35,205. Yastrzemski grounded out to second to advance Carbo to third and Fisk struck out to end the inning. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. He took batting practice and then a cold shower, trying anything he could to prepare himself to play. But he couldn’t fathom why he was in the lineup against one of the best lefties in baseball. Boston was still leading, but couldn’t help but go back to the dugout disappointed. “People say, ‘Well, the Red Sox, Game 6 was remembered.’ It was. Their apparent lack of concern angered him. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. Sometimes that style of play got him in trouble, such as during Game 3 of the 1973 NLCS when he slid hard into Mets shortstop Buddy Harrelson to try to break up a double play. Now Armbrister was pinch hitting for pitcher Jack Billingham. The longtime rivals squared off for a two-game series at Yankee Stadium to close out the regular season. There was reason for the Red Sox to be encouraged, however. We tried, but they got the job done. I kind of chuckled.”. Still photos of that moment are hung in bars and restaurants throughout New England to this day. The first time Perez swung at a pitch in the dirt. If Cincinnati wanted to come back, it had to start now. In the third inning of Game 7, Gullett lost control. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain.". What Williams meant was Lee liked to use his blooper pitch, a slow curveball that started face-high and dropped through the zone. Forty years later, the legend of that night at Fenway Park remains unbreakable. “It was shocking,” Brennaman said. Each day he’d come to the ballpark under the influence, and with a productive .892 OPS at 27 years old that season remained a regular against right-handed pitchers. The Red Sox sent lefty Jim Burton to pitch the ninth. We had to do it,” Perez said. Rose lined a 1-0 pitch to center to score Griffey and tie the game at 3-3. Denny Doyle followed with a fly ball to right field for the first out. Boston brought an underwhelming trio to the plate against Will McEnaney in the bottom of the ninth. There’s no way he’d be more than a pinch hitter late in the game. “You might’ve said he was going to give up a couple home runs or they’re going to string three or four hits together for a run, but they’re not going to score runs off him because he can’t throw strikes.”. But the players weren’t concerned. Perez fell victim to that pitch twice in the series. Carbo went to the dugout and saw the lineup posted. Morgan was calm and collected, swinging the bat back and forth as he awaited Burton’s next pitch. Carbo didn’t think the ball was hit far enough and hesitated, forcing him to stay at second.

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