WEDNESDAY AUGUST 23,1967

MINNESOTA (68-54) @ DETROIT (71-52) game 1

STARTING PITCHERS

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13YZ (10-4 2.90) 10YW (11-10 3.73)

Willie Horton homered in the bottom of the first and Al Kaline provided the difference with his 20th big fly as the Tigers now have taken the first three of this five game set on Motown.

MIN 001 001 000 2 6 3

DET 201 000 00x 3 6 0

2B MIN Allison 8 Uhlaender 9

DET Kaline 26

HR DET W. Horton 16 (1st off Merritt) Kaline 20 (3rd off Merritt)

RBI DET Carew 43 Uhlaender 26

DET W. Horton 2(54) Kaline 66

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Merritt 6 4 2 1 2 3 1 24 57

Sparma 6 5 0 3 2 2 2 25 53

WP Sparma 12-10 3.71 LP Merritt 10-5 2.85 SB Lasher 3

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. McAuliffe reached on error. W. Horton homered scoring two runs. MIN 0 DET 2

TOP 3 .. Zimmerman walked. Merritt sac bunt. Carew singled scoring a run. MIN 1 DET 2

BOTTOM 3 .. Kaline homered MIN 1 DET 3

TOP 6 .. Allison doubled. Uhlaender doubled scoring a run. MIN 2 DET 3

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 Double HR RBI