THURSDAY AUGUST 31,1967

BALTIMORE (62-67) @ MINNESOTA (68-62)

STARTING PITCHERS

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13XW (13-12 3.41) 13YZ (10-6 3.06)

The Orioles held a precarious 1-0 lead until the bottom of the 5th when the frustrations and disappointments of August bubbled to the surface. The Twins sent 10 to the dish surging to a 6-1 lead. Then sent 9 more the following inning . When the dust settled, the Minnesota team cruised to a 15-3 win.

BAL 100 000 011 3 9 0

MIN 000 064 13x 14 16 0

2B BAL Etchabarren 14 Aparicio 23 Blair 19

MIN Killebrew 19 Oliva 19 Tovar 32 Versalles 26

3B MIN Uhlaender 6

HR MIN Uhlaender 5 (7th off Bunker)

RBI BAL F. Robinson 2(85) Etchabarren 24

MIN Uhlaender 4(34) Carew 47 Oliva 58 Rollins 2(35) Tovar 2(52) Nixon 6 Versalles 3(43)

SB BAL Aparicio 14

MIN Oliva 13

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Phoebus 5 7 0 4 9 6 3 28 40

Merritt 7 6 0 4 4 2 2 29 57

WP Merritt 11-6 3.04 LP Phoebus 13-13 3.56

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Blefary walked. Aparicio doubled. F. Robinson singled scoring a run. BAL 1 MIN 0

BOTTOM 5 .. Merritt walked. Uhlaender tripled scoring a run. Carew singled scoring a run. Oliva walked. Tovar reached on an error scoring a run. Nixon singled scoring a run. Versalles doubled scoring three runs. BAL 1 MIN 6

BOTTOM 6 .. Uhlaender singled. Killebrew walked. Oliva singled scoring a run. Oliva stole second. Rollins singled scoring two runs. Tovar singled scoring a run. BAL 1 MIN 10

BOTTOM 7 .. Uhlaender homered. BAL 1 MIN 11

TOP 8 .. Blair doubled. F. Robinson singled scoring a run. BAL 2 MIN 11

BOTTOM 8 .. Oliva singled. Rollins singled. Tovar singled scoring a run. Versalles walked. Reese walked. Uhlaender singled scoring two runs. BAL 2 MIN 14

TOP 9 .. Bowens singled. Etchabarren doubled scoring a run. BAL 3 MIN 14

NOTES: Twins at least ended the month on a positive note. Jim Merritt broke a three game losing streak. Cesar Tovar leads the league in two base hits. Ted Uhlaender missed the cycle, failing to collect a double. Louie Aparicio broke an 0-22 skid with a first inning double.

STAR OF THE GAME: 5-6 Triple HR 4 RBI