Well, this was one of the most anticipated games of the Statis Pro season - the debut of rookie Roger Clemens!
Clemens is a "2-5" ranked pitcher in Statis Pro thanks to his +4 ERA, but his strikeout range is enormous, so it should make for some interesting stat lines the rest of the way.
The Rocket got into trouble in the bottom of the second. With two outs and runners on second and third, Rick Manning ripped a double to but the Brew Crew up by two. But the Red Sox tied the game by plating runs in the third and fourth inning. The score stayed knotted until the top of the sixth. With one run already in, Dwight Evans took spot starter Chuck Porter over the outfield fence for three more RBI!
Meanwhile, Clemens pitched out of a jam in the bottom half of the inning but finally got tagged again in the seventh when a Ben Oglivie single brought Cecil Cooper and Robin Yount home. Ganter came up next and got a hit but Oglivie was thrown out at third base for the second time of the game by Dewey. Bob Stanley gave up two unearned runs off his own error in the eighth but Boston held on to give Clemens a win for his first career start.
Winning Pitcher - Roger Clemens
Losing Pitcher - Chuck Porter
Player of the Game - Dwight Evans, 2-4, HR, 3RBI, 2R's, BB, HBP, 2Asst.'s
Hall of Famers in the Game - Wade Boggs, Jim Rice, Robin Yount, Rollie Fingers
Dave Engle led off the bottom of the second with a double and scored three batters later when Kirby Puckett knocked him home. That was the only run of the game until the bottom of the sixth when Tim Teufel took Royals starter Larry Gura deep for a solo homer.
Frank Viola, meanwhile, was mowing down the Royals...until the eighth inning. With two outs Hal McRae singled and Willie Wilson scored to make it a 2-1 game still in favor of the Twins. But a Houston Jimenez error kept the inning alive and Viola was replaced by Ron Davis. Davis gave up an RBI single to pinch-hitter Dane Iorg and all of a sudden Viola had a no-decision and the game was tied.
In the top of the ninth pinch-hitter Jorge Orta doubled with one out. Wilson popped out and it looked like George Brett grounded out to Gary Gaetti but Gaetti overthrew Kent Hrbek and Orta scored the go-ahead run on the error! Quisenberry worked his second inning of relief in the bottom of the ninth and got the Twins retired without incident to cap a comeback victory for the Royals.
Winning Pitcher - Dan Quisenberry
Losing Pitcher - Ron Davis
Player of the Game - Quisenberry
Hall of Famers in the Game - George Brett, Kirby Puckett
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