WEDNESDAY AUGUST 16,1967

BALTIMORE (57-58) @ NEW YORK (41-72)

STARTING PITCHERS

13XW (12-11 3.39) 14X (9-7 2.29)

Yanks jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the 5th but Frank Robinson took Al Downing deep to tie the game. Sam Bowens found a Downing fastball to his liking to put the Birds ahead only to see the Pinstripers rally got the win walk off style off Stu Miller to snag a game in the series.

BAL 000 000 021 3 5 0

NYY 000 020 002 4 10 0

2B NYY Tresh 19

HR BAL F. Robinson 20 (8th off Downing) Bowens 3 (9th off Downing)

RBI BAL F. Robinson 2(66) Bowens “

NYY Clarke Mantle 38 Pepitone 44 Downing 1

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R EF BF GSC

Phoebus 7 7 0 2 7 2 2 30 60

Downing 9 5 2 3 11 3 3 35 73

WP Downing 10-7 2.33 LP S. Miller 1-3 2.26

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 5 .. Bi. Robinson singled. Kennedy singled. Downing singled scoring a run. Clarke singled scoring a run. BAL 0 NYY 2

TOP 8 .. McGuire singled. F. Robinson homered scoring two runs. BAL 2 NYY 2

TOP 9 .. Bowens homered. BAL 3 NYY 2

BOTTOM 9 .. R. White walked. Gibbs singled. Mantle singled scoring a run. Pepitone singled scoring a run. BAL 3 NYY 4

NOTES: Mickey Mantle picked up his first RBI since August 1, a stretch of 13 games. Tommy Tresh now has doubled in three straight games. Downing collected 11 whiffs, third straight time he fanned 10+

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 2 RBI

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