MONDAY AUGUST 7,1967

CLEVELAND (56-51) @ BALTIMORE (50-55)

STARTING PITCHERS

9YZ (2-5 3.86) 9YZ (2-1 2.54)

A good old fashioned pitchers duel through 8 shutout innings, Gene Brabender and the Orioles blinked first as Vern Fuller went yard to provide the winning margin in this classic game as Johnny O’Donoghue went the distance fanning 11 allowing only 5 hits.

CLE 000 000 002 2 7 0

BAL 000 000 000 0 5 0

2B CLE Alvis 24

BAL Blair 17

3B BAL Aparicio 9

HR CLE Fuller 5 (9th off Brabender)

RBI CLE Fuller 2(7)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

O’Donoghue 9 5 0 1 11 0 0 31 87

Brabender 9 7 1 2 9 2 2 36 72

WP O’Donoghue 3-5 3.42 LP Brabender 2-2 2.38

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 9 .. T. Horton singled. Fuller homered scoring two runs. CLE 2 BAL 0

NOTES: Fiest shutout of the year for Johnny O’Donoghue. He upped his complete games to two. Luis Aparicio joins the gang of Paul Blair, Bob Allison and Ken Berry with his 9th triple.

STAR OF THE GAME: HR 2RBI

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