The former Red Sox star left-hander, known as much for his flamboyant and outspoken personality as his pitching prowess, earned the victory for the Brockton Rox of the Can-Am League, pitching 5 1/3 solid innings in a 7-3 win over the Worcester Tornadoes.
Lee, whose performance helped eliminate Worcester from playoff contention, signed a one-game contract with Brockton to pitch at Campanelli Stadium. Lee, who lives in Vermont, has said he pitches more than 200 innings a year in over-40 men's leagues in New England and Canada.
A crowd of 6,126 saw Lee limit Worcester to two runs on five hits. He walked none and struck out one, and went 0-for-3 at the plate. Forty-one of his 63 pitches were for strikes.
“It felt good out there. Everything was where I wanted to be,” the 14-year big-leaguer said, according to brocktonrox.com. “I got pulled before I could use all of my pitches today,” Lee added. “I was hoping to be able to break out my Juan Marichal screwball."
Lee pitched for the Red Sox from 1969-78, winning 17 games each season from 1973-75. He was traded to Montreal in 1979 where he won 16 games in the first of his four seasons there.
Lee owns the Red Sox franchise record for games pitched by a left-hander with 321. He was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame in 2008.
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