4/24: Red Sox-Senators

BIG FRANK wasn't that big

Turns out, Hank Allen and Cap Peterson were even bigger as Sens slam Bosox 

Washington, APR 24-Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass were making big music on CBS tonight. Turns out, the Senators were making an even bigger sound on this night, and it wasn't music to the Red Sox ears, as the Senators opened a series against the boys from Beantown with a 9-6 win. 

Yaz comes out swinging

Boston's premier belter of popular tunes started the hit parade with a 1-out, 2-run homer off Camilio Pascual with Dalton Jones at 1st after a lead-off single. But the Sens came out beltin' against (Dennis) Bennett, getting a 2-out single from Hank Allen, then a double from Frank Howard. Peterson put a "Cap" on it when he slugged a 3-run blast to left giving the Senators a lead they would not relinquish. Turns out, Bennett would be "relinquished" in the 2nd as the Sens despite a bunt turned double play would blow it open on a 3-run homer from Allen, which chased Bennett, then on the first of 2 solo homers from Big Frank, which would greet reliever Dave Morehead.

Sox make run, but Pascual, Howard, "D" settle down

The Red sox would make it interesting with a pair of 2-run innings, cutting the Sens lead from 8-2 to 8-6, starting with a Rico Petrocelli solo shot in the 4th. Don Demeter would contribute a triple and a double to the Sox rally, but a pair of Pascual strikeouts looking in the 4th and some fine defense by 3rd sacker Ken McMullen in the 5th ended the Sawx's chances. It wasn't until Howard's 2nd home run of the game leading off the bottom of the 5th and a pair of late DPs turned by Ed Brinkman that the Senators would claim the win, officially locked up on a Pascual strikeout of Reggie Smith, his 10th of the game.

WSH 9-12-1 BOS 6-11-0 WP-Pascual LP-Bennett HR-Yastrzemski, H. Allen, Peterson, Howard (2), Petrocelli. 

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