Blomberg drew a bases-loaded walk in the top of the first inning at Fenway Park against reigning MLB ERA leader, Luis Tiant. It was a historic moment in major league history. What is often forgotten, however, is the last base hit by an American League pitcher before the DH began. That hit and story belong to former Yankees pitcher Larry Gowell.
Gowell was drafted in the fourth round of the 1967 MLB Draft by the Yankees out of Edward Little High School in Maine. Ironically, Blomberg was drafted number one overall by New York in that same class.