SATURDAY JULY 8,1967

BOSTON (46-31) @ DETROIT (46-31)

STARTING PITCHERS

11Z (5-2 1.85) 7Y (11-5 2.88)

Foy cracked a two run Homer in the top of the first and the Bosox never looked back nudging The Sox a game ahead of the Bengals in the chase of the Chisox. Kaline (arm), Horton (leg) and Lolich (military service) all missing from Detroit.

BOS 200 100 000 3 8 0

DET 000 000 000 0 4 0

HR BOS Foy 12 (1st off McLain) Conigliaro 15 (4th off McLain)

RBI BOS Foy 2(33) Conigliaro 41

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Stange 9 4 0 3 6 0 0 33 82

McLain 6 6 2 1 5 3 3 24 52

WP Stange 6-2 1.65 LP McLain 11-6 2.95

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 1 .. Andrews walked. Foy homered scoring two runs. BOS 2 DET 0

TOP 4 .. Conigliaro homered BOS 3 DET 0

NOTES: Stange fired his second shutout of the week, giving a true boost to the Sox rotation. McLain suffered the loss after going undefeated in June.

STAR OF THE GAME: HR 2RBI

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