Friday April 21,1967

Minnesota (4-2) @ Detroit (5-1)

STARTING PITCHERS

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13XW 7Y

MIN 000 003 021 6 13 0

DET 003 024 20x 11 14 0

2B MIN Tovar 1

DET Northrup 1

3B DET Cash 2

HR MIN Killebrew 2 Allison 1

DET Kaline 1 Cash 2 (grand slam)

RBI MIN Tovar 1 Killebrew 3(7) Allison 2(6)

DET Cash 5(10) Kaline 4(11) G. Brown 7 McLain 1

SB MIN Carew 1

DET Northrup 1

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER GSc

Boswell 6 11 2 5 7 9 9 16

McLain 7 9 1 2 4 3 3 49

WP McLain 3-0 2.95

LP Boswell 0-2 12.00

Two of the Junior Circuit best square off in Motown. Great pitching matchups adorn the weekend series in an early chance to establish dominance

The Tigers got in the board first in the third, one out singles by McAulliffe and Wert put runners on the corners. Gates Brown fouled out but Al Kaline put a souvenir in the left field upper deck for an early 3-0 lead. McLain was in full Denny mode, many base runners in the first 5 innings but always finding a way to wriggle out of trouble. Bottom 5, Northrup singled and dashed home on a three bagger by speedster Norm Cash. Two outs later, Denny helped himself by singling in the run. Twins fought back in the 6th, Tovar lead off with a double and still on base allowing Killebrew to single him home. Allison followed with his first long fly of the season cutting the deficit to 2. But not for long. For some reason, mgr Sam Mele tried to squeeze another frame out of Boswell. It almost worked. McAuliffe singled and 2 outs later, Kaline walked. Gassed, Boswell then walked Northrup. With Roland warm in the pen, Mele stuck with his starter and wasn’t even back to the dugout when Norm Cash cleared the bases with a grand slam, putting the game securely in Detroit’s favor. They racked on 2 more off Ollum in the 7th, two walks and two singles being the damage, RBIs credited to Brown and Kaline. Under the category of too little too late, Killebrew cracked a two run job off Momboquette in the 8 and Tovar chased Carew one in the 9th making the game much closer that it really was.

STARS OF THE GAME 4-4 grand slam 5 RBIs / 2-4 HR 4RBIs