MINNESOTA (7-5) @ WASHINGTON (1-11)
STARTING PITCHERS
13YW 11Z
MIN 200 000 000 2 4 1
WAS 000 000 000 0 2 0
2B MIN Tovar 3
RBI MIN Bond 2(2)
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER GSc
Boswell 9 2 0 3 9 0 0 89
Ortega 8 3 0 4 4 2 2 68
WP Boswell 1-2 6.00
LP Ortega 0-3 3.08
Second game of this 4 game set, Twins taking the opener as Dean Chance fired blanks for the win. Mgr Gil Hodges must feel like he is back with the 1962 Mets as his club can’t seem to buy a win!
Top one, the normally efficient strike throwing machine Phil Ortega walked the bases full with one out. Walt Bond, dubbing for Tony Oliva, lashed one to center for a pair of RBIs. Dave Boswell pitched around an error by Walt Bond to keep the game 2-nil. Ortega then settled down nicely retiring 9 in a row before Bond collected his second safety. The only other hit the Arizona native allowed was a two out double to Cesar Tovar in the 5th. Phil closed out his outing getting the last 10 he faced. A double play ball aided Boswell in the 2nd, the Casanova single prior was the Nats last hit of the game. Big Dave set down 12 in a row before a walk broke the streak, then dropped the next twelve to register his first W of the 1967 season, looking very much like his previous year’s form.
Four hits a season low for the Twinkies, back to back shutouts for the Minnesota starters. Speaking of which, this was the third consecutive shutout suffered by DC, and their sixth already in on,y 13 games. Hodges juggled his lineup, benching struggling Bernie Allen (4-44) in favor of Bob Saverine.
STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 2RBIs
APBA BASEBALL REPLAYS OF THE 60’s 