BOSOX EXTEND W STREAK TO 10
Bressoud's Slam in 8th Ices Game
BOSTON, July 20 (AP) - The Boston Red Sox became the first major league team
this season to extend a winning streak to double digits, winning their 10th
straight game, 7-1, over the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park. Bob Hefner
(3-5) made his first start of the season and earned the win with seven innings
of four-hit, one-run ball. Felix Mantilla continued his recent offensive
prowess with two more hits, including his 12th home run of the year, and two
runs scored. Mantilla has now hit safely in his last eight games and has a
multi-hit streak of four contests. In his last five games, Mantilla is
12-for-21 (.571) with five home runs, 12 RBIs and nine runs scored.
Hefner and Detroit starter Phil Regan (2-9) matched scoreless frames through the
fifth. The Tigers finally broke the scoreless deadlock in the top of the
sixth inning when Regan drew a one-out walk and consecutive singles by Don Wert
and George Thomas filled the bases. Al Kaline then lifted a sacrifice fly
to deep right-center field, scoring Regan for a 1-0 Detroit lead.
The Red Sox countered with the tying run in their half of the sixth.
Mantilla led off with a single and moved to second when Tony Conigliaro drew a
base on balls. Carl Yastrzemski rolled into a double play, leaving
Mantilla on third with two outs, but, with Dick Stuart at the plate, Regan
uncorked a fastball over the head of catcher Mike Roarke. The wild pitch
scored Mantilla and the game was tied.
Boston took the lead for good in the seventh. Frank Malzone drew a one-out
walk and advanced to second on Eddie Bressoud's single to center field.
Bob Tillman then grounded a single through the box, scoring Malzone, but
Bressoud was cut down trying to advance from first to third. Pinch hitter Dalton
Jones grounded out to end the inning, but the Red Sox led, 2-1.
Boston then blew the game wide open in the eighth against Tigers reliever Larry
Sherry. Mantilla belted a leadoff home run into the screen above the left
field wall to increase the lead to 3-1. Conigliaro followed with his
second walk of the game. Yastrzemski fanned for the first out but Stuart
singled to left, moving Conigliaro to second, and then was replaced as the
runner at first by Dick Williams. Lee Thomas then drew a walk, filling the
bases. Malzone lined sharply to Jake Wood at second for out number two,
but Bressoud gained a 3-1 advantage in the count and promptly drilled his 13th
home run of the season. The grand slam, over the left field wall, gave the
Red Sox a 7-1 lead and was the second Boston grand slam in as many days;
Mantilla accomplished the feat in the first game of yesterday's doubleheader
against the Senators.
Following a loss in the opener of a doubleheader to the Senators at D.C. Stadium
on July 12, the Red Sox had dropped 16 of their previous 21 games and found
themselves in the American League basement with a record of 29-55. Despite
being the most unlikely candidate for a long winning streak in the major
leagues, Boston now possesses the longest such mark in the big leagues this
season.
7/20/1964, Det64-Bos64, Fenway Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1964 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 2 1964 Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 x 7 10 0 4 0 Tigers AB R H BI AVG Red Sox AB R H BI AVG Wert 3b 3 0 1 0 .280 Mantilla 2b 4 2 2 1 .259 Thomas,G cf 4 0 2 0 .257 Conigliaro lf 2 1 1 0 .274 Kaline rf 3 0 0 1 .314 Yastrzemski cf 4 0 1 0 .264 Brown,G lf 4 0 0 0 .227 Stuart 1b 4 0 1 0 .309 Demeter 1b 3 0 0 0 .268 Williams,D pr 0 1 0 0 .190 Freehan ph 1 0 0 0 .283 Thomas,L rf 3 1 1 0 .284 Wood,J 2b 4 0 0 0 .200 Malzone 3b 3 1 0 0 .248 McAuliffe ss 3 0 1 0 .240 Bressoud ss 4 1 2 4 .329 Roarke c 3 0 0 0 .191 Tillman c 4 0 2 1 .305 Regan p 1 1 0 0 .344 Heffner p 2 0 0 0 .000 Bruton ph 0 0 0 0 .282 Jones,D ph 1 0 0 0 .191 Sherry p 0 0 0 0 .000 Radatz p 0 0 0 0 .000 29 1 4 1 31 7 10 6 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Regan L 2-9 7.0 7 2 2 2 4 94 63 5.03 Sherry 1.0 3 5 5 2 2 39 19 3.70 8.0 10 7 7 4 6 133 82 Red Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Heffner W 3-5 7.0 4 1 1 1 4 95 59 4.39 Radatz S 16 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 34 20 2.38 9.0 4 1 1 2 4 129 79 Det: Bruton batted for Regan in the 8th Freehan batted for Demeter in the 9th Bos: Jones,D batted for Heffner in the 7th Williams,D ran for Stuart in the 8th Williams,D moved to 1b in the 9th HR-Mantilla(12), Bressoud(13). RBI-Kaline(47), Mantilla(33), Bressoud 4(51), Tillman(37). K-Wert, Demeter 2, McAuliffe, Mantilla, Yastrzemski, Stuart, Tillman 2, Heffner. BB-Regan, Bruton, Conigliaro 2, Thomas,L, Malzone. SH-Wert. SF-Kaline. WP-Regan. GWRBI: Tillman Temperature: 77, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 17 MPH. Attendance: 6,619