BOSTON (66-35) @ MINNESOTA (58-45)
STARTING PITCHERS
4 (5-4 5.62) 13YZ (8-3 2.85)
This was was shaping up to be a slobbernocker as both teams scored early and often. But Bucky Brandon and Jim Merritt registered zeroes until the 7th when the Six scored a lair then added three more for insurance to nab the opening game if this series
BOS 120 000 000 8 14 1
MIN 300 000 000 3 8 2
2B BOS Conigliaro 10
HR BOS Adair 1 (7th off Merritt) Yastrzemski 35 (8th off Kline)
MIN Killebrew 32 (1st off Brandon)
RBI BOS Yastrzemski 3(83) Conigliaro 2(70) Foy 47 Adair 29 Brandon 2
MIN Killebrew 3 (80)
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Brandon 6 7 1 1 1 3 3 25 46
Merritt 6.1 8 1 2 5 5 5 30 40
WP Brandon 6-4 5.56 LP Merritt 8-4 3.08 SV Santiago 5
SCORING PLAYS
TOP 1 .. Andrews walked. Conigliaro doubled scoring a run. BOS 1 MIN 0
BOTTOM 1 .. Tovar walked. Oliva singled. Killebrew homered scoring three runs. BOS 1 MIN 3
TOP 2 .. G. Thomas singled. Ryan singled. Brandon singled scoring a run. Andrews hit by pitch. Foy singled scoring a run. BOS 3 MIN 3
TOP 7 .. Adair homered. Andrews singled. Yastrzemski walked. Conigliaro singled scoring a run. BOS 5 MIN 3
TOP 8 .. Andrews reached on an error. Foy singled. Yastrzemski homered scoring three runs. BOS 8 MIN 3
NOTES: Make it six straight for the Beantowners over the Twins. Each team’ s premier slugger went yard, first Killer then Yaz matched him. Carl holds a three homer and three RBI lead. But, Yaz gas slipped behind Al Kaline in the batting race.
STAR OF THE GAME 1-3 HR RBI
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