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Lot # 1188: 1978 Bucky Dent Home Run Signed Full Ticket by Dent & Torrez PSA VG 3 (MK) Auto 10 (Only Two Higher)

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Item was in Auction "2024 Summer Classic",
which ran from 6/9/2024 12:00 PM to
6/29/2024 10:00 PM



Presented is a full ticket from the Oct. 2, 1978, American League East tiebreaker game at Fenway Park between the visiting New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. The two teams had finished the regular season deadlocked for the AL East Crown as each had 99-63 records. Ron Guidry started for the Yankees, and Mike Torrez opened on the mound for the Red Sox. Boston took a 2-0 lead on a homer by Carl Yastrzemski, and an RBI by Jim Rice. Dent was a light-hitting shortstop who only had 40 home runs in his entire Major League career. With two men on base in the top of the 7th inning, Dent hit a pitch from Torrez over the Green Monster in left field to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead, and New York hung on to win the game, 5-4, with Hall of Fame reliever Goose Gossage getting the save by inducing Hall of Famer Yastrzemski to pop out with two out in the home 9th. The 1.7x5" ticket has Game E2 stamped on it as well as reading, RESERVED $4.75 OBSTRUCTED VIEW. Both Dent and Torrez have signed the ticket in blue, fine tip marker. The full ticket has been encapsulated and PSA/DNA Certified FULL VG 3 MK, with an AUTO Grade of 10.

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