FRIDAY AUGUST 11,1967

NEW YORK (41-67) @ CLEVELAND (59-53) game 2

STARTING PITCHERS

13 (8-12 3.41) 14XY (12-5 2.82)

Vern Fuller picked up where he left off by going deep in the second and the home club never looked back. Mel Stottlemyre did not have it this game as the Tribe clubbed three homers. Luis Tiant owned the visitors, going the route as the Indians swept the Yanks.

NYY 000 000 000 0 4 1

CLE 020 140 00x 7 9 1

2B NYY Mantle 19 Hegan 2

CLE Maye 17

HR CLE Fuller 7 (2nd off Stottlemyre) Wagner 11 (4th off Stottlemyre) T. Horton 9 (5th off Stottlemyre)

RBI CLE Fuller 2(11) T. Horton 4(29) Wagner 26

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Stottlemyre 5.2 9 3 1 5 7 5 28 31

Tiant 9 4 0 2 9 0 0 33 86

WP Tiant (13-5 2.65) LP Stottlemyre (8-13 3.55)

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 2 .. Alvis reached on an error. Fuller homered scoring two runs. NYY 0 CLE 2

BOTTOM 4 .. Wagner homered NYY 0 CLE 3

BOTTOM 5 .. Tiant singled. Maye doubled. Wagner intentionally. T. Horton homered scoring four runs. NYY 0 CLE 7

NOTES: Vern Fuller homered in both ends of the twin bill. Looey Tiant tied Steve Hargan for team lead in wins who got his 13th in the first game.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 HR GS 4RBIs

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