TUESDAY AUGUST 15,1967

KANSAS CITY (44-74) @ CHICAGO (75-35) game 2

STARTING PITCHERS

8 ( 3-13 4.60) 5XW (0-0 0.00)

The Athletics put up a deuce in the first two innings then coasted the rest of the way, content to let Chuck Dobson work his magic. Dobson tossed his best game of the year, not allowing a hit a after the 3rd inning, two total while providing the impetus to sweep the league leaders in this twinight twin bill

KCA 220 000 000 4 8 1

CWS 000 000 000 0 2 0

2B KCA Hershberger 22

CWS Causey 4

RBI KCA Hershberger 2(34) Monday 53

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

C. Dobson 9 2 0 3 6 0 0 33 86

S. Jones 3 6 0 2 6 4 4 16 35

WP C. Dobson 4-13 4.29 LP S. Jones 0-1 12.00

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Campaneris singled. Cater singled. Hershberger doubled scoring two runs. KCA 2 CWS 0

TOP 2 .. Suarez singled. C. Dobson singled. Campaneris walked. Monday singled scoring two runs. KCA 4 CWS 0

NOTES: Major league debut for Steve Jones after 6 years in the minors. Sox relievers combined for 6 shutout innings in this game after being hammered in the opener. Chuck Dobson is pitching much better than his record indicates, surrrenderjng only one earned run in his last 25 innings. Rick Monday has 5 game hit streak.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 2 doubles 2 RBIs

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