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Boston Red Sox @ Kansas City Athletics

1965-08-04 · Night game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 4886 · 2:55

Boston Red Sox defeated Kansas City Athletics 5–1. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 5th. Dave Morehead earned the win and Dick Radatz picked up the save. Lenny Green went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	5	8
KC1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6

W: Dave Morehead L: John O'Donoghue SV: Dick Radatz

Umpires — HP: Red Flaherty · 1B: Lou DiMuro · 2B: Frank Umont · 3B: Eddie Hurley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lenny Green	4	1	3	1	1	0
Frank Malzone	5	1	0	0	0	0
Carl Yastrzemski	4	1	1	0	0	1
Felix Mantilla	3	0	0	0	1	1
Lee Thomas	2	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Tillman	3	0	0	1	1	1
Jim Gosger	3	1	1	1	1	0
Rico Petrocelli	3	1	1	0	1	1
Dave Morehead	3	0	1	1	0	0
Tony Horton	2	0	1	0	0	1
Dick Radatz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bert Campaneris	4	1	1	0	1	0
Jose Tartabull	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Causey	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ken Harrelson	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dick Green	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mike Hershberger	3	0	1	0	1	1
Billy Bryan	4	0	2	0	0	0
Tommie Reynolds	3	0	0	0	0	2
John O'Donoghue	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Landis	0	0	0	0	2	0
Santiago Rosario	1	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Blanchard	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Morehead	7.0	6	3	4
Dick Radatz	2.0	0	2	3

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John O'Donoghue	7.0	6	2	5
Jack Aker	0.2	2	3	1
John Wyatt	1.1	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lenny Green: W
Frank Malzone: E5.1-3
Carl Yastrzemski: 46(1)3/GDP.3-H(UR)
Felix Mantilla: 7

Bot 1

Bert Campaneris: S
Jose Tartabull: SB2
Jose Tartabull: 43.2-3
Wayne Causey: FC.3-H
Ken Harrelson: K/C
Dick Green: S.1-2
Mike Hershberger: W.2-3;1-2
Billy Bryan: 7

Top 2

Lee Thomas: K
Bob Tillman: 63
Jim Gosger: 3/G

Bot 2

Tommie Reynolds: K
John O'Donoghue: 53
Bert Campaneris: 53

Top 3

Rico Petrocelli: W
Dave Morehead: 4
Lenny Green: D7.1XH(762)
Frank Malzone: 53

Bot 3

Jose Tartabull: 43
Wayne Causey: T
Ken Harrelson: 5
Dick Green: K

Top 4

Carl Yastrzemski: 31
Felix Mantilla: K/C
Lee Thomas: K

Bot 4

Mike Hershberger: D
Billy Bryan: S.2-3
Tommie Reynolds: FC.1-2
John O'Donoghue: 52(3)3/GDP.1-2;2-3
Bert Campaneris: 13

Top 5

Bob Tillman: K/C
Jim Gosger: D
Rico Petrocelli: S.2-3
Dave Morehead: S.1-2;3-H
Lenny Green: S.1-3;2-H
Frank Malzone: FC.3XH(52);1-2
Carl Yastrzemski: K

Bot 5

Jose Tartabull: 8/L
Wayne Causey: 13
Ken Harrelson: 6/L

Top 6

Felix Mantilla: 53
Tony Horton: S
Bob Tillman: CS2(24)
Bob Tillman: 9

Bot 6

Dick Green: 53
Mike Hershberger: 53
Billy Bryan: S
Tommie Reynolds: K

Top 7

Jim Gosger: 7/L
Rico Petrocelli: 8/L
Dave Morehead: 7

Bot 7

Jim Landis: W
Bert Campaneris: 3/G.1-2
Jose Tartabull: 8
Wayne Causey: 43

Top 8

Lenny Green: S
Frank Malzone: 46(1)/FO#
Carl Yastrzemski: D.1-3
Felix Mantilla: IW
Tony Horton: K
Bob Tillman: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jim Gosger: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Rico Petrocelli: K

Bot 8

Ken Harrelson: W
Dick Green: 54(1)3/GDP
Mike Hershberger: K

Top 9

Dick Radatz: 13
Lenny Green: 9
Frank Malzone: 63

Bot 9

Billy Bryan: 2/FL
Santiago Rosario: K
Jim Landis: W
Bert Campaneris: W.1-2
Johnny Blanchard: K

Notes & reviews

1bman Thomas ejected by 1B umpire DiMuro for arguing that he had tagged Bryan returning to 1st; he threw ball to ground
Horton missing a CS in game... an educated guess.
Invented fielding credit

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