Cinderella Kids Win!

The people in Tommy's were quietly afraid and didn't look up when they asked the score; and fifty-four thousand ugly, hungry fans chortled in their Budweiser when their team took the field. But Boston's Other Hero. Jim Lonborg, fired a three hit almost-shutout past St. Louis to bring the Series back home to Boston.

A World Series that has seen the big stars come through to make the difference finally found a little hero. Bad Boy Ken Harrelson, who's been making enemies in Boston for over a month with his aimless glove and fruitless bat, saved Lonborg with a brilliant catch of Lou Brock's drive in the first and gave him what was his only run for most of the ball game.

Throwing only a hundred pitches in the nine innings. Lonborg showed brilliant control, keeping the ball low and getting most batters to hit grass hoppers to the infielders.

The Sox lucked out in the third on a succession of weak rollers. Batting leadoff in the desperately rearranged Boston lineup. Joe Foy singled. Mike Andrews sacrificed him over to second and made it safe to first on an error. But then Yastrzemski whiffed.

Harrelson, however, skipped an off-target double-play grounder through the left side of the infield to give Boston the lead.

After the third it seemed that hitters on both sides were trying to put as many innings as possible between them and Mrs. Schoendienst's singing of the Star Spangled Banner.

The Sox winning runs came on one decent hit and some neat base running in the ninth. With Scott on first with a walk. Reggie Smith sliced a double into the left field corner. Then with men on second and third with no outs, the Cards walked Petrocelli intentionally to get at Elston Howard's 180 average.

When Howard tweaked one into short right field. Scott on third waited to see if it would be caught. But Smith on second didn't wait, knowing that if it were caught they would try to cut down Scott at the plate.

The ball bounced in front of Maris, who gunned it home. Scott said under the high throw which the catcher dropped. Then suddenly a second later and 20 feet behind scott. Smith came flying in just missing the tag.

Ahead 3-0 in the ninth. Lonborg put down two in a row and then gave up a long fly down the right field line to Maris the ball dropped over the bull pen wall by a couple of feet and 17 2 3 innings of scoreless pitching was ended.

Gary Waslewski, who threw three straight perfect innings on Saturday, will start for the Sox Wednesday. Dick Hughes will pitch at Fenway for the Cards. If it goes seven. Lonborg and Gibson will have a fantastic showdown on Thursday.

The Red Sox think being on the Brink is the only way to play. What the other team wins doesn't count: it's only the ones that they can't afford to lose. Today's was just the first they had to win.