MONDAY AUGUST 21,1967

CALIFORNIA (54-68) @ CLEVELAND (65-57)

STARTING PITCHERS

4RZ (1-1 4.78) 14Y (14-6 1.70)

The Angels nicked the league ERA leader for a pair of runs but Curt Simmons ran out of gas surrendering the lead as the Indians put up 6 unanswered runs to snag the first game in the four game set.

CAL 000 200 000 2 5 1

CLE 000 021 21x 6 11 1

3B CLE L. Brown 2

HR CLE T. Horton 10 (6th off Simmons)

RBI CAL Reichardt 34

CLE Hinton 39 T. Horton 34 L. Brown 29 Hargan 2(3) Whitfield 22

SB CLE Fuller 2

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Simmons 6 6 1 1 0 3 3 24 47

Hargan 7 4 0 1 8 2 1 26 70

WP Hargan 15-6 1.68 LP Simmons 1-2 4.68 SV Siebert 4

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 2 .. Fregosi . J. Hall singled. Reichardt singled scoring a run. Rodgers reached on an error scoring a run. CAL 2 CLE 0

BOTTOM 5 .. Demeter singled. Fuller singled. Hargan singled scoring a run. Hinton singled scoring a run. CAL 2 CLE 2

BOTTOM 6 .. T. Horton homered CAL 2 CLE 3

BOTTOM 7 .. Fuller reached on an error. L. Brown tripled scoring a run. Hargan singled scoring a run. CAL 2 CLE 5

BOTTOM 8 .. Fuller singled. L. Brown walked. Whitfield singled scoring a run. CAL 2 CLE 6

NOTES: Steve Hargan lowered his league leading ERA to 1.68. He has also won 9 straight decisions, his last kiss way back on June 24.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-3 2RBI

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