Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, May 22, 1993 TAG: 9305220224
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: BOSTON LENGTH: Short
Boggs went 4-for-4 in his return to Fenway Park, stroking three singles to center and one to right field. Yet his homecoming heroics were not enough for the New York Yankees, who lost 7-2 Friday night to the Boston Red Sox.
"I was very nervous. I never felt like that before," said Boggs, the hitting star of the Red Sox for 11 seasons before moving to the Yankees this winter as a free agent. "I had jelly legs, butterflies in my stomach and a little bit of trembling, too."
Boggs received a mixed reception from the fans - half gave him a standing ovation and half booed.
"It was the most difficult game I've ever played, no doubt about it," he said. "You can't help it. I'm not a robot. I can sit here until I'm blue in the face and say it didn't matter, . . . but that's not the truth."
Boggs improved his career average at Fenway Park to .370 with a grounder past second base in the first, a liner to center in the third and bouncers up the middle in the fifth and seventh. It was his 49th four-hit game.
John Dopson (3-2), however, limited the Yankees to one run on eight hits in seven innings.
by CNB