TUESDAY AUGUST 22,1967

NEW YORK (45-75) @ CHICAGO (79-39) game1

STARTING PITCHERS

7YW (7-14 3.89) 10Z (5-4 3.33)

After dropping the opener of the series, the Pale Hose took out their aggression on Steve Barber and jim Bouton, registering 7 runs before the Yanks could come up for air. Unlikely heroes Rocky Colavito and Jerry McNertney led the hit parade and Wilbur Wood held the Pinstripers at bay evening the series at a game apiece.

NYY 000 100 000 1 6 1

CWS 232 010 00x 8 10 0

2B CWS McNertney 5

HR CWS Colavito 4 (1st off Barber) McNertney 2 (2nd off Barber)

RBI NYY Bi. Robinson 26

CWS McNertney 5(13) Colavito 2(23) Causey 21

SB CWS Agee 14

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Barber 2 3 2 2 2 5 4 11 32

W. Wood 6 6 0 0 2 1 1 23 64

WP W. Wood 6-4 3.11 LP Barber 7-15 4.09 SV Wilhelm (17)

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Ward walked. Colavito homered scoring two runs. NYY 0 CWS 2

BOTTOM 2 .. Hansen reached on an error. Causey singled. McNertney homered scoring three runs. NYY 0 CWS 5

BOTTOM 3 .. Colavito singled. Agee singled. McNertney doubled scoring two runs. NYY 0 CWS 7

TOP 4 .. Tresh singled. Mantle singled putting runners on the corners. Bi. Robinson sac fly scoring a run. NYY 1 CWS 7

BOTTOM 5 .. Colavito singled. Hansen walked. Causey singled scoring a run. NYY 1 CWS 8

NOTES: career game for spare catcher Jerry McNertney. Rocky Colavito hit his first White Sox homer. Wayne Causey has a 9 game hitting streak. Steve Barber’s Yankee record dropped to 2-7.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 Double HR 5 RBIs

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