May 8, 1985: California Angels (12-15) @ Boston Red Sox (15-11)
Second of two against the Halos with Oil Can Boyd up for us against Jim Slaton, who has had a bit of a rough start to the season losing all four of his decisions so far. I had some early success in our two meetings last year, doubling off Jim in each of my first two ABs. But he's since retired me five times in a row, so he certainly has the wood on me entering this game. Let’s see if I can flip that on its head, shall we?
Bill Buckner YTD stats entering the game
Game Recap
They go ahead in the 2nd as Reggie Jackson leads off with a trip and scores on a Mike Brown single. Both hurlers are looking sharp, but we fall further behind in the 5th on a Rob Wilfong solo shot to left.
We’ve only managed two hits to this point (I’ve walked and ground out), but get a rally going in the home half of the same frame and put one on the board with three singles, driven in by Dewey Evans for his 18th ribbie of the season. I get a hit in the next as we eventually knot it at 2 on a single by Geds to plate Tony Armas.
We immediately fall behind again, however, as Can struggles in the 6th and they tag him for two on 3 hits, with both scoring on a long Bobby Grich single. And that’s all it takes as Donnie Moore keeps us quiet over the 8th and 9th to close out the win.
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