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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Shea Stadium
September 25, 1974
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, played on September 25, 1974 at Shea Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 25, 1974 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 25, 1974 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bill Lee |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Doc Medich |
| Ballpark | Shea Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 23,104 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 49 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Art Frantz 1B: Ron Luciano 2B: George Maloney 3B: Jerry Neudecker |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tommy Harper | DH |
| Juan Beniquez | Center Fielder |
| Carl Yastrzemski | First Baseman |
| Dwight Evans | Right Fielder |
| Fred Lynn | Left Fielder |
| Dick McAuliffe | Third Baseman |
| Rick Burleson | Shortstop |
| Doug Griffin | Second Baseman |
| Bob Montgomery | Catcher |
| Darrell Johnson | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Roy White | DH |
| Elliott Maddox | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Murcer | Right Fielder |
| Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
| Thurman Munson | Catcher |
| Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
| Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
| Sandy Alomar | Second Baseman |
| Jim Mason | Shortstop |
| Bill Virdon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Shea Stadium
September 25, 1974
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Medich
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beniquez vs. Medich
Beniquez bunts towards the mound. Medich settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Medich
Yastrzemski strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Medich
There goes Harper. The throw from Munson and he is safe. Harper steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Evans vs. Medich
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lynn vs. Medich
Lynn takes first base on ball four. Harper moves to third. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McAuliffe vs. Medich
McAuliffe hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Lee
White strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Lee
Maddox hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Lee
Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Medich
Burleson hits a line drive towards short. Mason reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Medich
Griffin strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montgomery vs. Medich
Montgomery hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Lee
Piniella takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Munson vs. Lee
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. McAuliffe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Lee
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Medich
Harper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beniquez vs. Medich
Beniquez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yastrzemski vs. Medich
There goes Harper. The throw from Munson and he is out, Mason applying the tag. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Medich
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Lee
Nettles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alomar vs. Lee
Alomar hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mason vs. Lee
Mason hits a fly ball into left field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Lee
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Medich
Evans hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lynn vs. Medich
Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Medich
McAuliffe hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burleson vs. Medich
Burleson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lynn moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Griffin vs. Medich
Griffin is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Lee
Maddox takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Lee
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lee fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Lee
Piniella hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lynn. Piniella reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Munson vs. Lee
Munson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chambliss vs. Lee
Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montgomery vs. Medich
Montgomery hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Medich fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. Medich
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Medich
Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Lee
Nettles hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Lee
Alomar hits a fly ball into left field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mason vs. Lee
Mason hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Medich
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Medich
Evans bunts towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Alomar covering, for the out. Yastrzemski moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lynn vs. Medich
Lynn hits a popup towards short. Mason settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McAuliffe vs. Medich
McAuliffe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Alomar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Lee
White hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Lee
Maddox hits a fly ball into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murcer vs. Lee
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Maddox moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Piniella vs. Lee
Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Medich
Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burleson for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Medich
Griffin hits a line drive into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montgomery vs. Medich
Montgomery takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harper vs. Medich
Harper hits a popup towards short. Mason settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Lee
Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Lee
Chambliss bunts towards first. Yastrzemski fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Lee
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alomar vs. Lee
Alomar hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Medich
Beniquez strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Medich
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Medich
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lynn vs. Medich
Lynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McAuliffe vs. Medich
McAuliffe hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Lee
Alex Johnson pinch hits for Jim Mason.
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Lee
White hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Lee
Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Lee
Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Medich
Fred Stanley now playing shortstop.
Burleson strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Medich
Cecil Cooper pinch hits for Doug Griffin.
Cooper takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carbo vs. Medich
Bernie Carbo pinch hits for Bob Montgomery.
Carbo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cooper moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harper vs. Medich
Harper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out. Cooper moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Beniquez vs. Medich
Beniquez hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Lee
Mario Guerrero now playing shortstop. Tim Blackwell now catching. Rick Burleson now playing second base.
Piniella hits a popup towards short. Guerrero settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Lee
Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Lee
Chambliss hits a popup towards third. McAuliffe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Lee
Nettles strikes out. View Play
Top 10
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Medich
Yastrzemski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Munson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Medich
Evans strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynn vs. Medich
Lynn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McAuliffe vs. Medich
There's a wild pitch. Lynn moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McAuliffe vs. Medich
McAuliffe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burleson vs. Medich
Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Lee
Alomar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Lee
Stanley bunts towards first. Yastrzemski scoops it up and throws to first, with Burleson covering, for the out. Alomar moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Lee
White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lee fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Alomar moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Maddox vs. Lee
Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alomar scores. White moves to second. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/25/1974 -- Boston at New York (N)
Boston AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Harper T, dh 5 0 2 0 White R, dh 5 0 1 0
Beniquez J, cf 5 0 0 0 Maddox E, cf 4 0 3 1
Yastrzemski C, 1b 5 0 1 0 Murcer B, rf 4 0 0 0
Evans D, rf 2 0 1 0 Piniella L, lf 3 0 1 0
Lynn F, lf 3 0 1 0 Munson T, c 3 0 2 0
McAuliffe D, 3b 4 0 0 0 Chambliss C, 1b 4 0 0 0
Burleson R, ss-2b 5 0 1 0 Nettles G, 3b 3 0 0 0
Griffin D, 2b 3 0 0 0 Alomar S, 2b 3 1 0 0
Cooper C, ph 0 0 0 0 Mason J, ss 2 0 0 0
Guerrero M, ss 0 0 0 0 Johnson A, ph 1 0 0 0
Montgomery B, c 2 0 0 0 Stanley F, ss 0 0 0 0
Carbo B, ph 1 0 1 0
Blackwell T, c 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 0 7 0 32 1 7 1
Boston 000 000 000 0 -- 0
New York 000 000 000 1 -- 1
1 out when winning run was scored.
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Lee B (L) 9.1 7 1 1 5 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Medich D (W) 10.0 7 0 0 7 6
DP -- Boston 2
LOB -- Boston 13, New York 9
2B -- Piniella L, Maddox E
SB -- Harper T
CS -- Harper T
SH -- Evans D, Stanley F
WP -- Medich D
T -- 2:49
A -- 23104
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