SUNDAY JULY 30,1967

DETROIT (57-39) @ CHICAGO (70-27) game 1

STARTING PITCHERS

7Y (12-7 3.14) 17Z (15-2 1.57)

After the Sox picked up a run in the boot I’m of the third, the Bengals jumped ahead only to be knotted up by a Boyer homer. Bottom of the 7th, pinch hitter extraordinaire Smokey Burgess provided the margin of victory giving the home club the first three of this series.

DET 000 200 000 2 7 0

CWS 001 100 20x 4 6 0

2B DET Wert 13

CWS Martin 12

3B CWS w. Williams 3

HR CWS Boyer 1 (4th off McLain) Burgess 1 (7th off McLain)

RBI DET Northrup 42 Wert 29

CWS Burgess 2(4) Boyer 1 W. Williams 13

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

McLain 7 5 2 3 4 4 4 28 52

Horlen 7 6 0 1 5 2 2 28 61

WP Horlen (16-2 1.62) LP McLain (12-8 3.23) SV McMahon 5

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 3 .. Nartin doubled. W. Williams singled scoring a run. DET 0 CWS 1

TOP 4 .. Kaline walked. Cash singled. Northrup singled scoring a run. Wert singled scoring a run. DET 2 CWS 1

BOTTOM 4 .. K. Boyer homered. DET 2 CWS 2

BOTTOM 7 .. Hansen walked. Burgess pinch hit a homer scoring two runs. DET 2 CWS 4

NOTES: Joe Horlen tied teammate Tommy John for league lead win wins. Smokey Burgess broke his slump with aplomb.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-1 PH-HR 2RBIs

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