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1975 AL Championship Series (3-0): Boston Red Sox (95-65) over Oakland Athletics (98-64)
BR 1975 ALCS Summary
The Boston Red Sox swept the Oakland Athletics to capture the 1975 American League Championship Series. The Red Sox went on to lose to the Cincinnati Reds in the 1975 World Series, which is considered by many to be one of the greatest Series of all time.
[edit] Results
[edit] Game 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E
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| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4
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| Red Sox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | X | 7 | 8 | 3
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| WP: Luis Tiant (1-0), LP: Ken Holtzman (0-1)
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| Home Runs: - none
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[edit] Game 2
[edit] Game 3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E
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| Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 1
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| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2
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| WP: Rick Wise (1-0), LP: Ken Holtzman (0-1), SV: Dick Drago (2)
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| Home Runs: - none
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[edit] Further Reading
- Bill Nowlin and Cecilia Tan, ed.: '75:The Red Sox Team that Saved Baseball, Rounder Books, Burlington, MA, 2005.
