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Friday, October 17, 1975
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University Daily Kansan
Reds romp; grab one game lead
CINCINNATI (AP)—Tony Perez shattered a series-long slump with a pair of home runs, and the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Boston Red Sox 6-2 in Thursday night's pivotal fifth game of the 1975 World Series.
Don Gullet allowed only two hits until the ninth inning, and Nawy Eastway came out of the Reds' bulpen to get the final out.
The victory gave the Reds a three to two edges in the best-of-seven series with the teams returning to Boston for game six on Monday. The game will be needed, it will be played Sunday in Boston.
Perez' booming horns gave Gullett a comfortable margin that he carried into the ninth. He got the first two butts was keyed on singles by Carly Yastrzenski and
Carlton Fisk and an RBI double by Fred Lymn.
It took Eastwick only three pitches to strike out Rico Petrocello and end the game. As Eastwick slipped the third strike past Petrocello, the Reds embraced the ace before his first pitch, two victories in this series and now has tacked on a save as well.
Perez provided the crucial offense for the smashing a solo home run in the fourth inning, booming a three-run homer in the sixth off the facing of the second deck in left-center.
The Red Sox had taken a one to zero lead in the first time on a triumph by Denny Doyle
For the first three innings, Boston's
Reggie Cleveland protected the Red Sox' one-run lead.
But Cincinnati began to solve Cleveland in the fourth inning, and the first Red to come out was Johnny Manziel.
Hilmes in the first four games of the
Hilmes, Peres was zero-4 or-15 as he came to
the end.
Reds Manager Sparky Anderson had reds Perez a pearn in the batting order, from fourth to fifth, and acknowledged that he was Ms. Manseman's troubles had influenced the switch.
After a warm ovation from the capacity Riverfront Stadium crowd that was conscious of Perez' problems, the first baseman stepped in against Cleveland.
He sent the first pitch over the left field fence, 375 feet from the plate.
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