WEDNESDAY JULY 19,1967

WASHINGTON (31-59) @ DETROIT

STARTING PITCHERS

11Z (6-8 2.67) 12X (9-4 2.33)

The Tigers bookended their scoring in taming the visitors frm the Nations Capital. Norm Cash cracked a three run blast to get the Tigers off and running and Dick McAuliffe ended the scoring with a two run single. Mickey Lolich tosses 7 four hit innings fir his 10th win.

WAS 010 000 000 1 4 0

DET 300 000 04x 7 9 0

2B WAS Casanova 17

DET Wert McAuliffe 10

HR DET Cash 22 (1st off Ortega)

RBI WAS H. Allen 14

DET Cash 3(64) McAuliffe 2(27) Wert 37 Price 3

SB Saverine 1

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Ortega 6 6 1 2 5 3 3 26 51

Lolich 7 4 0 1 10 1 1 26 74

WP Lolich 10-4 2.27 LP Ortega 6-9 2.67

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 1 .. Wert singled. McAuliffe singled. Cash homered scoring three runs. WAS 0 DET 3

TOP 2 .. Casanova doubled. H. Allen singled scoring a run. WAS 1 DET 3

BOTTOM 8 .. Freehan walked. Stanley singled. J. Landus walked. Price walked forcing home a run. Wert walked forcing in a run. McAuliffe singled scoring two runs. WAS 1 DET 7

NOTES: Mickey Lolich shook off his injury from his last start posting a strong 7 innings and once again striking out double digits. Norm Cash has really picked up the slack I the absence of Al Kaline. He now has homered three straight games and TBIs in four in a row, Ortega pitched just good enough to lose once again. His third straight.

STAR OF THE GAME: 4-4 Double RBI

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