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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Shea Stadium
September 24, 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 24, 1974 at Shea Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 24, 1974 |
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Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Home Team |
New York Yankees
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 24, 1974 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
Home Team | New York Yankees |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Luis Tiant |
Home Starting Pitcher | Rudy May |
Ballpark | Shea Stadium |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 38 minutes |
Umpires | HP: George Maloney 1B: Jerry Neudecker 2B: Art Frantz 3B: Ron Luciano |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tommy Harper | Left Fielder |
Juan Beniquez | Center Fielder |
Carl Yastrzemski | First Baseman |
Dwight Evans | Right Fielder |
Deron Johnson | DH |
Rick Burleson | Shortstop |
Bob Montgomery | Catcher |
Doug Griffin | Second Baseman |
Terry Hughes | Third Baseman |
Darrell Johnson | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Roy White | DH |
Elliott Maddox | Center Fielder |
Bobby Murcer | Right Fielder |
Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
Thurman Munson | Catcher |
Jim Mason | Shortstop |
Sandy Alomar | Second Baseman |
Bill Virdon | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Red Sox
@ Yankees
Shea Stadium
September 24, 1974
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. May
Harper hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. May
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: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. May
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox 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. Tiant
White is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Tiant
Maddox takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Tiant
Murcer hits a popup towards third. Hughes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Tiant
There goes Maddox. The throw from Montgomery and he is safe. Maddox steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Piniella vs. Tiant
Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Evans 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: ---
Evans vs. May
Evans 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--
Johnson vs. May
Johnson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burleson vs. May
Burleson hits a line drive towards short. Mason catches it and throws to first to double up Evans. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Tiant
Chambliss 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: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Tiant
Nettles hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Harper. Nettles reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Munson vs. Tiant
Munson 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: -2-
Mason vs. Tiant
Mason hits a popup towards third. Hughes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montgomery vs. May
Montgomery takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. May
Griffin is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hughes vs. May
Hughes strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harper vs. May
Harper takes first base on ball four. Montgomery moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Beniquez vs. May
Beniquez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Montgomery scores. Harper moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Yastrzemski vs. May
May spins and fires to second and Mason drops the ball. That's an error on Mason. Harper moves to third. Beniquez moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Yastrzemski vs. May
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer who is chasing the ball. Yastrzemski reaches third base with a triple. Harper scores. Beniquez scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Evans vs. May
Evans is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Tiant
Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Tiant
White takes first base on ball four. Alomar moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maddox vs. Tiant
Maddox hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murcer vs. Tiant
Murcer hits a popup towards third. Hughes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Piniella vs. Tiant
Piniella takes first base on ball four. Alomar moves to third. White moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Chambliss vs. Tiant
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hughes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. May
Johnson hits a popup towards short. Mason settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. May
Burleson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alomar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montgomery vs. May
Montgomery hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. May
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Tiant
Nettles hits a popup towards third. Hughes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Tiant
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tiant fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mason vs. Tiant
Mason 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
Top 5
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Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hughes vs. May
Hughes is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harper vs. May
Harper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beniquez vs. May
Beniquez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Harper moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Yastrzemski vs. May
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Evans vs. May
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss juggles the ball. That's an error on Chambliss. Harper scores. Beniquez moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. May
Johnson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Tiant
Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops it up and throws to first, with Tiant covering, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Tiant
White is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Tiant
Maddox hits a line drive towards short. Burleson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. May
Burleson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montgomery vs. May
Montgomery hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Montgomery for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. May
Griffin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hughes vs. May
Hughes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Griffin moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harper vs. Tidrow
Dick Tidrow now pitching.
Harper hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Tiant
Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Tiant
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hughes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Tiant
Chambliss hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Tiant
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops it up and throws to first, with Tiant covering, for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Tidrow
Beniquez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Alomar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Tidrow
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Maddox throws the ball in to Mason who tags Yastrzemski trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Tidrow
Evans strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Tiant
Munson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mason vs. Tiant
Mason hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Harper. Mason reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blomberg vs. Tiant
Ron Blomberg pinch hits for Sandy Alomar.
Blomberg takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Tiant
White hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maddox vs. Tiant
Maddox hits a fly ball into left field. Harper settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cooper vs. Tidrow
Fred Stanley now playing second base. Cecil Cooper pinch hits for Deron Johnson.
Cooper strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Tidrow
Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montgomery vs. Tidrow
Montgomery strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Tiant
Murcer strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Tiant
Piniella strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Tiant
Chambliss hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Tiant
Nettles strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Tidrow
Griffin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hughes vs. Tidrow
Hughes bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harper vs. Tidrow
Harper hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beniquez vs. Tidrow
Beniquez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Tiant
Rick Miller now playing left field.
Munson strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mason vs. Tiant
Mason hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Beniquez who is chasing the ball. Mason reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Johnson vs. Tiant
Alex Johnson pinch hits for Fred Stanley.
Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
White vs. Tiant
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops it up and throws to first, with Tiant covering, for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/24/1974, game 1 -- Boston at New York (N) Boston AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Harper T, lf 4 2 1 0 White R, dh 4 0 0 0 Miller R, lf 0 0 0 0 Maddox E, cf 3 0 0 0 Beniquez J, cf 5 1 2 1 Murcer B, rf 4 0 0 0 Yastrzemski C, 1b 4 0 2 2 Piniella L, lf 3 0 0 0 Evans D, rf 4 0 1 0 Chambliss C, 1b 4 0 2 0 Johnson D, dh 3 0 0 0 Nettles G, 3b 4 0 1 0 Cooper C, ph 1 0 0 0 Munson T, c 4 0 0 0 Burleson R, ss 4 0 0 0 Mason J, ss 4 0 2 0 Montgomery B, c 3 1 1 0 Alomar S, 2b 2 0 1 0 Griffin D, 2b 4 0 2 0 Blomberg R, ph 0 0 0 0 Hughes T, 3b 4 0 1 0 Stanley F, 2b 0 0 0 0 Johnson A, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 4 10 3 33 0 6 0 Boston 003 010 000 -- 4 New York 000 000 000 -- 0 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Tiant L (W) 9.0 6 0 0 4 6 New York IP H R ER BB SO May R (L) 5.2 8 4 3 2 6 Tidrow D 3.1 2 0 0 0 5 E -- Mason J, Chambliss C DP -- New York 1 LOB -- Boston 7, New York 10 2B -- Nettles G, Mason J 3B -- Yastrzemski C, Mason J SB -- Maddox E T -- 2:38 A -- 0
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