COVID-19(73) Baseball Version 3 ALCS game 1

Game 1 of the ALCS was a long sloppy, slugfest, 27 hits, 16 walks, 5 errors, 5 double plays and 12 pitchers used between the 2 teams.

The Bay Area Mikes struck early and mostly never looked back.

• With 2 outs in the top of the first, Willie McCovey singled off of Bill Lee
• Lee then walked Gene Tenace (Tenace walked 4 times in the game)
• Sal Bando singled, scoring McCovey
• Tenace and Bando moved to 3rd and second on the throw home
• Garry Maddox singled to score 2 more before Lee got Tito Fuentes to fly out to end the inning

The RedsSox of Leonardi struck back in the second

• Reggie Jackson led off the bottom of the second with a triple off Vida Blue 
• Bert Campaneris bobbled Carl Yastrzemski's grounder - but was able to hold Jackson at 3rd
• But Reggie Smith singled home Jackson on hte next pitch to cut the lead to 3-1
• After a Dave Concepcion lined out, and a Johnny Bench walk, pinch-hitter George Foster hit into an inning ending 3-6-3 double play

The Leos scratched out another run in the 4th

• Jackson started it again with a single Yaz followed with a walk. 
• Smith erased Yaz and himself with another 3-6-3 DP, but Jax took 3rd
• Concepcion singled home Jackson to make it 3-2

Bobby Bolin couldn't keep the momentum going in the top of the 5th

• With 1-out, Bolin walked Bando
• Maddox followed with a triple, scoring Bando
• Fuentes singled in Maddox to put the Mikes back up 5-2
• In the 6th Bolin walked Gary Mathews, this forced a call to Mel Stottlemeyer
• Stottlemeyer got McCovery on a 3-1 ground out, Mathews moving to second
• Yaz couldn't handle Tenace's ground ball putting runners on 1st and 3rd
• Bando singled home Matthews to make it 6-2

 Bob Veale let it slip all hope slip away in the 7th,

• Chris Speier's base hit led off the inning
• Veale walked Bill North
• After Mathews flew out to left, McCovey hit a 3-run homer to right making it 9-2

 More bullpen failure led to 1-run each in the 8th and 9th

• McCovery singled home Speier in the 8th
• Speier walked with the bases loaded in the 9th making it 11-2

Tony Perez brought a little spark in the bottom of the 9th, homering with Pete Rose on base off of Randy Moffitt, making the final score 11-4