FRIDAY AUGUST 18,1967

CALIFORNIA (53-66) @ BOSTON (72-42)

STARTING PITCHERS

15W (5-7 2.09) 8Y (4-6 2.87)

A pitchers duel through 7 as both starters surrendered just one run before turning the game over to the bullpen. Johnny Wyatt’s wildness cost the home team the go ahead run allowing the visiting Angels to take the game.

CAL 000 100 011 3 7 0

BOS 000 001 000 1 2 1

2B CAL Repoz 11 Reichardt 10 Held 6

HR BOS Yastrzemski 43 (6th off Clark)

RBI CAL Mincher 58 Reichardt 33 Knoop 36

BOS Yastrzemski 99

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Clark 7 2 1 4 3 1 1 27 68

Santiago 7 4 0 0 5 1 1 26 70

WP Clark 6-7 2.05 LP Wyatt 9-5 3.10 SV Rojas 16

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 4 .. J. Hall singled. Reichardt doubled scoring a run. CAL 1 BOS 0

BOTTOM 6 .. Yastrzemski homered CAL 1 BOS 1

TOP 8 .. Repoz doubled. Fregosi walked. J. Hall walked. Mincher grounded into a force scoring a run. CAL 2 BOS 1

TOP 9 .. Held doubled. Knoop singled scoring a run. CAL 3 BOS 1

NOTES: Rickey Clark permitted just two hits in this game, same as his last start. Bobby Knoop has an 8 game hit streak, with an 8th inning double, Roger Repoz broke an 0-16 skid. Yastrzemski has homered in 4 straight games, pushing his league lead to 43. Slumping Rico Petrocelli batting average dropped below .300 for the first time all season.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 Double RBI

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