Luis Tiant pitching to Pete Rose in the 1975 World Series. Tiant wins the opening game 6-0.
October 11, 1975 At Fenway Park (Photo) Luis Tiant pitching to Pete Rose in the 1975 World Series. Luis Tiant and Don Gullett were locked in a scoreless pitching duel until the seventh inning. Tiant led off with a single and later scored Boston’s first run on a single by Carl Yastrzemski. Then the floodgates opened: Reds reliever Clay Carroll walked Carlton Fisk to force in a run, Rico Petrocelli slapped a two-run single, Rick Burleson had an RBI single, and Cecil Cooper ended the scoring with a sacrifice fly. Tiant finished with a five-hitter against a team that had scored an MLB high 840 runs during the regular season.
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Boston Red Sox 6, Cincinnati Reds 0
World Series Game 1 Played on Saturday, October 11, 1975 (D) at Fenway Park
CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 x - 6 12 0
WP: Tiant (1-0) LP: Gullett (0-1)
Play by Play
Umpires: HP – Art Frantz, 1B – Nick Colosi, 2B – Larry Barnett, 3B – Dick Stello,
LF – George Maloney, RF – Satch Davidson
Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 35205
Starting Lineups:
Cincinnati Reds Boston Red Sox
1. Rose 3b Evans rf
2. Morgan 2b Doyle 2b
3. Bench c Yastrzemski lf
4. Perez 1b Fisk c
5. Foster lf Lynn cf
6. Concepcion ss Petrocelli 3b
7. Griffey rf Burleson ss
8. Geronimo cf Cooper 1b
9. Gullett p Tiant p
REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Morgan lined to
second; Bench flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Red
Sox 0.
RED SOX 1ST: Evans singled to left; Doyle out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Evans to second]; Yastrzemski walked;
Fisk popped to second; Lynn singled to second [Evans out at home
(shortstop to catcher), Yastrzemski to second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Reds 0, Red Sox 0.
REDS 2ND: Perez lined to right; Foster lined to first;
Concepcion flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Red Sox
0.
RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli walked; Burleson singled to left
[Petrocelli to third]; Cooper struck out; Tiant struck out;
Evans flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 0, Red Sox 0.
REDS 3RD: Griffey grounded out (second to first); Geronimo flied
out to center; Gullett flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 3RD: Doyle grounded out (second to first); Yastrzemski
grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk flied to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Red Sox 0.
REDS 4TH: Rose grounded out (second to first); Morgan singled to
center; Tiant balked [Morgan to second]; Bench popped to catcher
in foul territory; Perez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 4TH: Lynn popped to shortstop; Petrocelli flied out to
center; Burleson singled to right; Burleson was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0,
Red Sox 0.
REDS 5TH: Foster singled to left; Concepcion struck out; Griffey
grounded out (third to first) [Foster to second]; Geronimo was
walked intentionally; Gullett popped to third in foul territory;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 0, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 5TH: Cooper struck out; Tiant walked; Evans popped to
second; Doyle singled to right [Tiant to second]; Yastrzemski
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 0,
Red Sox 0.
REDS 6TH: Rose lined to right; Morgan doubled to right; Bench
grounded out (third to first); Perez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Reds 0, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 6TH: Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Lynn
singled to center; Petrocelli doubled to right [Lynn to third];
Burleson was walked intentionally; Cooper hit into a double play
(center to catcher) [Lynn out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 0, Red Sox 0.
REDS 7TH: Foster singled to left; Concepcion flied to left;
Foster was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Griffey doubled to right; Geronimo was walked intentionally;
Gullett lined to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 0, Red Sox
0.
RED SOX 7TH: Tiant singled to left; Evans reached on a fielder’s
choice on a sacrifice bunt [Tiant to second]; Doyle singled to
left [Tiant to third, Evans to second]; Yastrzemski singled to
right [Tiant scored, Evans to third, Doyle to second]; CARROLL
REPLACED GULLETT (PITCHING); Fisk walked [Evans scored, Doyle to
third, Yastrzemski to second]; MCENANEY REPLACED CARROLL
(PITCHING); Lynn struck out; Petrocelli singled to left [Doyle
scored, Yastrzemski scored, Fisk to second]; Burleson singled to
left [Fisk scored, Petrocelli to third, Burleson to second (on
throw to home)]; Cooper hit a sacrifice fly to right [Petrocelli
scored, Burleson to third]; Tiant popped to first in foul
territory; 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Red Sox 6.
REDS 8TH: Rose flied out to center; Morgan flied out to right;
Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Red Sox 6.
RED SOX 8TH: Evans grounded out (second to first); Doyle walked;
Yastrzemski lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Doyle
out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Red Sox 6.
REDS 9TH: Perez flied to center; Foster popped to second;
Concepcion grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Red Sox 6.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Reds 0 5 0 6
Red Sox 6 12 0 9
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