Yaz Socks Two, Dream Goes On

Rico Petrocelli drove in three runs, Carl Yastrzemski smashed two home runs, and the Impossible Dream, Volume II, rolled through Detroit yesterday as the Red Sox downed the Tigers 7-3 in the season opener.

After Reggie Smith singled and rookie Joe Lahoud walked, Petrocelli smashed a double off loser Earl Wilson to drive in Boston's first two runs.

Yastrzemski, last year's triple crown winner, belted a solo round-tripper in the seventh and padded Boston's lead with a 420-fool inside-the-park homer in the ninth.

Veteran lefty Dick Ellsworth, making his American League debut after coming from Philadelphia in a winter trade, yielded nine hits in going the distance for the Golden Hose. He yielded a lead-off home run to losing pitcher Wilson in the third, but was in control for the rest of the game.

In other opening-day action the New York Mets blew a two-run lead in the ninth inning and lost to the San Francisco Giants 5-4. Also:

Cleveland 9 Chicago 0

Minnesota 2 Washington 0

Yankees 1 California 0

Cincinnati 9 Cubs 4

St. Louis 2 Atlanta 1

Houston 5 Pittsburgh 4