Saturday August 16, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Roger Moret extended his scoreless inning streak against the White Sox to 22 before being sidelined by a stiff neck in a 5-0 Red Sox victory. Jim Willoughby completed the two-hitter with two scoreless innings of relief for his eighth save. Dwight Evans homered and tripled for two Red Sox runs. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 5, Chicago White Sox 0

Game Played on Saturday, August 16, 1975 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Red Sox 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 - 5 9 1 White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Beniquez lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .305 Kelly rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .275 Burleson ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .263 Dent ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .290 Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .285 Henderson cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Fisk c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .306 D. Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Lynn cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .333 Melton 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .222 Evans rf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .253 May lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .274 Miller pr,rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .211 Stein dh 2 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Cooper dh 4 0 2 1 0 1 .342 Hairston ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .283 Griffin 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .255 Orta 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .298 Heise 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .202 Downing c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Moret p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willoughby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Upshaw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 5 9 5 2 4 Totals 26 0 2 0 2 2 Time of Game: 2:09 Attendance: 15,352 Left on Base: Red Sox 4, White Sox 2 DP: Red Sox 2, White Sox 1 Errors: Burleson Triples: Fisk (1), Evans (4) Home Runs: Evans (10) Stolen Bases: Fisk (3), Lynn (8) Caught Stealing: Cooper (4), Kelly (8) GIDP: Beniquez (5), Downing (10), Henderson (13) Hit by Pitch: May (9,by Willoughby) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moret W(9-2) 7 2 0 0 2 2 0 22 3.61 Willoughby SV(8) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.07 Totals 9 2 0 0 2 2 0 29 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood L(12-16) 8.1 9 5 5 2 3 1 34 4.02 Upshaw 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.75 Totals 9 9 5 5 2 4 1 36 Hit by Pitch: Willoughby (1) Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Bill Deegan RED SOX 1ST: Beniquez walked; Burleson popped to right; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first) [Beniquez to second]; Fisk tripled [Beniquez scored]; Lynn struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly walked; Dent made an out to second; Kelly was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Henderson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, White Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Evans grounded out (third to first); Cooper struck out; Griffin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: D. Johnson grounded out (third to first); Melton struck out; May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, White Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Heise singled; Beniquez grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Heise out at second]; Burleson walked; Yastrzemski flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Stein singled; Orta flied out to left; Downing grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Stein out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, White Sox 0. RED SOX 4TH: Fisk flied out to left; Lynn flied out to right; Evans struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); Dent flied out to left; Henderson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, White Sox 0. RED SOX 5TH: Cooper singled; Cooper was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to first); Griffin popped to center; Heise made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: D. Johnson grounded out (third to first); Melton walked; May struck out; Stein forced Melton (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, White Sox 0. RED SOX 6TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson flied out to right; Yastrzemski singled; Fisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta grounded out (first to pitcher); Downing flied out to left; Kelly flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, White Sox 0. RED SOX 7TH: Lynn grounded out (third to first); Evans homered; Cooper grounded out (first unassisted); Griffin flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 7TH: Dent singled; Henderson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Dent out at second]; D. Johnson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, White Sox 0. RED SOX 8TH: Heise flied out to left; Beniquez flied out to center; Burleson popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 8TH: WILLOUGHBY REPLACED MORET (PITCHING); Melton made an out to first; May was hit by a pitch; HAIRSTON BATTED FOR STEIN; Hairston forced May (second to shortstop) [Hairston to second (error by Burleson)]; Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, White Sox 0. RED SOX 9TH: HAIRSTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); Fisk singled; Fisk stole second; Lynn singled [Fisk scored, Lynn to second]; Lynn stole third; Evans tripled [Lynn scored]; MILLER RAN FOR EVANS; Cooper singled [Miller scored]; UPSHAW REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Griffin struck out; Heise grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 5, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 9TH: MILLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Downing flied out to left; Kelly flied out to left; Dent grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, White Sox 0.

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