FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8,1967

NEW YORK (57-83) @ BOSTON (89-50)

STARTING PITCHERS

11ZZ (6-2 2.30) 11Z (13-4 1.74)

Who else? Yup, Carl Yastrzemski got the Sox out in front in the 1st going deep off former Bill Monbouquette. The Beantowners added another in the 6th. Charley Smith broke Lee Stange’s shutout but the Boys from the Bronx could muster nothing else and the Sox even this weekend series at a game apiece.

NYY 000 000 100 1 5 0

BOS 100 001 00x 2 7 0

2B NYY Tresh 25

BOS Andrews 25 Adair 22 Harrelson 10

HR NYY C. Smith 9 (7th off Stange)

BOS Yastrzemski 54 (1st off Monbouquette)

RBI NYY C. Smith 31

BOS Yastrzemski 128 Scott 74

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Monbouquette 7 6 1 1 3 2 2 27 59

Stange 7 3 1 2 3 1 1 26 68

WP Stange 14-4 1.72 LP Monbouquette 6-3 2.32 SV Lyle 10

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Yastrzemski homered NYY 0 BOS 1

BOTTOM 6 .. Andrews doubled. Yastrzemski walked. Scott singled scoring a run. NYY 0 BOS 2

TOP 7 .. C. Smith homered NYY 1 BOS 2

NOTES: Carl Yastrzemski us 7 homers behind Roger Maris record with 20 games to play. Both Yaz and Rico Petrocelli extended their hitting streak, 5 and 7 games respectively. Lee Stange lowered his ERA to 1.72 temporarily putting him in 2nd in the league depending on how Sonny Siebert fairs later today. Horace Clarke ran his hit streak to 11.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 HR RBI

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