AL Stars of the Day, 4/28

 1. Luis Tiant, Boston Red Sox "El Tiante" overwhelmed an underwhelmed team of Pale Hosers at Fenway in front of the NBC cameras at Fenway. Tiant scattered 3 hits while striking out 12 in a 13-0 mismatch. The Red Sox bats made 4 White Sox pitchers see Red early and often, collecting 19 hits. 

2. Cookie Rojas, Kansas City Royals The KC second sacker struck for a pair of homers as the Royals tamed the Tigers at their home den. Rojas' first homer came with 2 outs and nobody on off Mickey Lolich to tie the score at 3 in the 7th, then he victimized the Tiger lefty again with a 2-run shot in the 9th after Paul Schaal gave the Royals a 4-3 lead with a lead-off homer earlier in the inning. Rojas also recorded an RBI single in the 5th. 

3. Jeff Burroughs/George Hendrick Or, maybe I should say the Strat dice roll 2-8. Both Burroughs and Hendrick hit home runs off those card results in the late innings in their respective games. Burroughs' dramatic homer came with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th of a game against Milwaukee that forced extra innings and eventually, a Ranger win in the 11th on a run that Burroughs scored himself on a sac fly by Tom Grieve. Hendrick's own dramatic 2-8 blast came off Rudy May in the top of the 9th after May walked lead-off batter Dave Duncan, giving the Tribe the lead and eventual Gaylord Perry win.

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