WEDNESDAY AUGUST 9,1967

BOSTON (69-37) @ KANSAS CITY (42-70)

STARTING PITCHERS

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14X (17-6 2.13) 7X (11-10 2.87)

A see-saw contest through 5 when Yaz and Tony C. Put the Sox up for good. Jim Lonborg struggled thru 8 but fought to gain his 18th win with help from Johnny Wyatt.

BOS 002 020 000 4 8 0

KCA 010 200 000 3 9 0

2B BOS Foy 2(22) Yastrzemski 20

KCA Hershberger 19

3B KCA D. Green 3 Roof 4

HR BOS Yastrzemski 38 (3rd off Nash)

RBI BOS Yastrzemski 3(92) Conigliaro 75

KCA D. Green 31 Roof 24

SB KCA Campaneris 32 Cater 5

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Lonborg 8 8 0 2 6 3 3 32 58

Nash 7 8 1 1 11 4 4 30 57

WP Lonborg 18-6 2.22 LP Nash 11-11 2.96 SV Wyatt 18

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 3 .. D. Green walked. Roof tripled scoring a run. BOS 0 KCA 1

TOP 2 .. Foy doubled. Yastrzemski homered scoring two runs. BOS 2 KCA 1

BOTTOM 4 .. Gosger walked. D. Green tripled scoring a run. D. Green scored on a wild pitch. BOS 2 KCA 3

TOP 5 .. Foy doubled. Yastrzemski doubled scoring a run. Conigliaro singled scoring a run. BOS 4 KCA 3

NOTES: Jim Lonborg leads the league with 18 wins. Big game for Yaz. He still leads the league in Homers and RBIs, ahead of Killebrew by 5 homers and 9 ribbies. He trails Kaline by a minuscule .002. Jim Nash punched out 11, the 8th time he registers 10+ whiffs.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Double HR 3RBI