CLEVELAND'S RUN OF EXCELLENCE CONTINUES IN BOSOX VICTORY
Red Sox Right-Hander Takes No-Hitter Into 7th for 3rd Time in 4 Starts
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 15 - Reggie Cleveland won his fifth consecutive start--and his
sixth straight decision--as the Boston Red Sox cruised past the Milwaukee
Brewers, 6-1, at County Stadium. Cleveland took a no-hitter into the
eighth inning before surrendering a one-out single to Danny Thomas. The
Boston starter seemed to tire a bit in the ninth inning, allowing consecutive
one-out hits to Von Joshua and Sixto Lezcano before being lifted by manager
Darrell Johnson. Jim Willoughy retired the final two batters to close out
the game.
This was the third time in the last four starts that Cleveland has taken a
no-hitter into at least the seventh inning. The run began on August 31 at
Fenway Park against the Texas Rangers. Cleveland held the Rangers hitless
until, with one out in the eighth inning, Roy Howell singled. Cleveland
finished with a two-hit complete game shutout in Boston's 1-0 victory. On
September 10, in a home contest with the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland brought a
no-hitter into the seventh before yielding a lead-off single to Ben Oglivie.
The Tigers erupted for five runs in the frame, chasing Cleveland from the mound,
but he still picked up the win in a 13-5 blowout.
The Red Sox seized control of this game early on. Rick Burleon led off the
contest by drawing a walk and, one out later, advanced to second on Rick
Miller's base hit. Carl Yastrzemski then drove home Burelson with a single
of his own.
Boston added a pair of runs in the third when Burleson led off with a double,
advanced to third on Steve Dillard's sacrifice and scored on Miller's grounder
to short. Yastrzemski then followed with his 25th home run of the year--a
two-out solo shot--to give the Red Sox a 3-0 advantage.
Burleson and Dillard teamed up for another run in the fifth. Burleson led
off with a base hit and Dillard followed by grounding a single through the
middle. Burelson took third on the play and center fielder Joshua overran
the ball for a tack-on error, allowing Burleson to score all the way from first
base.
In the sixth, Jim Rice led off with a walk, stole second on a botched hit and
run play, moved to third on Dwight Evans' sacrifice and, after Butch Hobson
rolled back to the mound for the second out, scored on Burleson's third hit of
the game.
The Red Sox got their final run in the ninth. Miller led off with a base
hit, took second on a one-out wild pitch uncorked by Brewers reliever Eduardo
Rodriguez, and then scored on Cecil Cooper's two-out single.
The only Milwaukee run came in the bottom of the ninth when, after the one-out
singles from Joshua and Lezcano, a fielder's choice off the bat of George Scott
plated Joshua.
Burleson finished the game 3-for-3, including a double, two walks and three runs
scored. It's the fourth consecutive multi-hit game for the Boston
shortstop.
9/15/1976, Bos76-Mil76, County Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1976 Red Sox 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 13 0 10 0 1976 Brewers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 3 0 Red Sox AB R H BI AVG Brewers AB R H BI AVG Burleson ss 3 3 3 1 .305 Joshua cf 4 1 1 0 .233 Dillard 2b 4 0 1 0 .239 Lezcano rf 4 0 1 0 .282 Miller,R cf 4 1 3 1 .313 Scott,G 1b 4 0 0 1 .259 Yastrzemski lf 5 1 3 2 .258 Aaron dh 3 0 0 0 .219 Fisk c 5 0 0 0 .232 Money ph 1 0 0 0 .284 Cooper 1b 5 0 2 1 .256 Porter c 3 0 0 0 .189 Rice dh 4 1 1 0 .315 Thomas,Da lf 3 0 1 0 .224 Evans,Dw rf 3 0 0 0 .228 Yount ss 3 0 0 0 .269 Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0 .225 Johnson,Ti 2b 2 0 0 0 .274 37 6 13 5 Gantner 3b 3 0 0 0 .138 30 1 3 1 Red Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Cleveland W 11-6 8.1 3 1 1 1 4 106 64 3.84 Willoughby 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 2.92 9.0 3 1 1 1 4 112 69 Brewers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Beare L 0-1 6.0 8 5 4 3 6 121 75 4.85 Rodriguez,Ed 1.2 3 0 0 1 2 35 21 4.17 Castro 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 21 14 3.15 9.0 13 6 5 4 8 177 110 Mil: Money batted for Aaron in the 9th E-Joshua. 2B-Burleson(38), Thomas,Da(8). HR-Yastrzemski(25). RBI-Burleson(49), Miller,R(15), Yastrzemski 2(92), Cooper(43), Scott,G(73). SB-Rice(8). K-Dillard, Fisk, Cooper, Rice 2, Evans,Dw 2, Hobson, Lezcano, Aaron, Porter, Gantner. BB-Burleson 2, Miller,R, Rice, Johnson,Ti. SH-Dillard, Evans,Dw. WP-Castro. GWRBI: Yastrzemski Temperature: 66, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: in from left at 10 MPH, Rain Delays: 52 minutes. Attendance: 4,585 Game Time: 2:32