TUESDAY AUGUST 15,1967

DETROIT (64-50) @ BOSTON (71-39)

STARTING PITCHERS

10YW (11-8 3.62 ) 6XW (1-1 9.47)

Dave Morehead showed some of the potential the Red Sox brass had seen all along as he threw buckets, fanning 12 while limiting the powerful Tiger lineup to three hits in the whitewash win.

DET 000 000 000 0 3 1

BOS 001 112 02x 7 8 0

2B DET Wert 16

3B BOS R. Smith 6 Foy 7 Petrocelli 4

HR BOS Conigliaro 28 (4th off Sparma) Adair 2 (6th off Sparma)

RBI BOS R. Smith 43 Foy 48 Conigliaro 77 Petrocelli 70 Adair 2(34)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Sparma 6 6 2 3 3 5 5 27 40

Morehead 9 3 0 5 12 0 0 35 88

WP Morehead 2-1 4.34 LP Sparma 11-9 3.76

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 3 .. E. Howard walked. R. Smith tripled scoring a run. DET 0 BOS 1

BOTTOM 4 .. Conigliaro homered DET 0 BOS 2

BOTTOM 5 .. Morehead walked. Foy tripled scoring a run. DET 0 BOS 3

BOTTOM 6 .. Conigliaro walked. Adair homered scoring two runs. DET 0 BOS 5

BOTTOM 8 .. Scott singled. Petrocelli tripled scoring a run. Petrocelli scored on a wild pitch. DET 0 BOS 7

NOTES: Boston batters ripped three triples in the game. With all the firepower, Yaz was held hitless first time in 8 games. Jim Northrup is stuck in an 0-22 skid.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Triple RBI

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