SATURDAY AUGUST 5,1967

DETROIT (58-45) @ CLEVELAND (54-49)

STARTING PITCHERS

13Y (13-7 3.36) 11XY (0-1 2.57)

Lee Maye broke a 1-1 tie with a two run homer in the 5th only to be trumped by Willie Horton who went deep with two on in the 8th to ultimately give the Duke to the visitors

DET 100 000 030 4 7 0

CLE 010 020 000 3 5 1

2B DET Wert 14

CLE Fuller 3

3B DET Tracewski 2

HR DET W. Horton 13 (8th off Siebert)

CLE Alvis 14 (2nd off E. Wilson) Maye 4 (5th off E. Wilson)

RBI DET W. Horton 4(44)

CLE Alvis 42 Maye 2(22)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

E. Wilson 6 5 2 1 4 3 3 24 53

S. Williams 7 5 0 2 8 3 3 29 61

WP Wickersham 3-1 3.21 LP Siebert 12-6 1.77 SV Gladding 13

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. McAuliffe walked. Wert doubled. W. Horton grounded out scoring a run. DET 1 CLE 0

BOTTOM 2 .. Alvis homered DET 1 CLE 1

BOTTOM 5 .. Fuller walked. Maye homered scoring two runs. DET 1 CLE 3

TOP 8 .. McAuliffe singled. Wert singled. Siebert relieved zs. Williams. W. Horton homered scoring three runs. DET 4 CLE 3

NOTES: Willie Horton batted in all 4 Detroit tallies. Ray Oyler, never known for his bat, is mired in a 1-31 skid. The Sonny Siebert Experiment hit a pothole as he gave up the blast to Horton in his new role as Indian fireman.

STAR OF THE GAME 1-4 HR 4 RBI

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