THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 7,1967

MINNESOTA (72-65) @ BALTIMORE (67-70)

STARTING PITCHERS

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13YZ (13-13 2.88) 14Z (6-3 1.69)

Paul Blair and Frank Robinson got the ball rolling for the Orioles as they jumped ahead 3-0 early but Harmon Killebrew got them within 1. The Birds still lead by 1 going into the 9th but Stu Miller could not hold on as Twins mainstay Bobby Allison tied the game forcing extras. The home club finally emerged victorious thanks to Davy Johnson.

MIN 000 002 101 00 4 7 2

BAL 200 101 000 02 6 8 0

2B MIN Killebrew 23 Carew 17

3B MIN Carew 5

BAL Blair 13

HR MIN Killebrew 42(6th off Hardin) Allison 24 (9th off Miller)

BAL Blair 11 (1st off Chance) Br. Robinson 19 (4th off Chance) D. Johnson 12(11th off Kaat)

RBI MIN Killebrew 2(107) Allison 65 Zimmerman 4

BAL Blair 2(56) F. Robinson 92 Br. Robinson 75 D. Johnson 2(34)

SB MIN Uhlaender 2

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Chance 7 6 2 0 6 4 4 28 55

Hardin 7 5 1 0 2 3 3 26 57

WP Buzhardt 3-3 4.79 LP Kaat 11-14 3.23

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Aparicio singled Blair homered scoring two runs. MIN 0 BAL 2

BOTTOM 4 .. Br. Robinson homered MIN 0 BAL 3

TOP 6 .. Uhlaender singled. Killebrew homered scoring two runs. MIN 2 BAL 3

BOTTOM 6 .. Blair tripled. F. Robinson sac fly scoring a run. MIN 2 Bal 4

TOP 7 .. Carew tripled. Zimmerman sac fly scoring a run. MIN 3 BAL 4

TOP 9 .. Allison homered MIN 4 BAL 4

BOTTOM 11 .. Blefary singled. D. Johnson homered scoring two runs. MIN 4 BAL 6

NOTES: Walk off homer for Davy Johnson . Paul Blair had another big game, extending his hit streak to 12. During the run he is 25-57, a .439 clip with 6 bombs and 16 RBIs. Oh by the way, Blair now leads the league with 13 three baggers. Brooks Robby and Larry Haney each hit in 6 in a row. Johnny Buzhardt won his second game in three days after winning only one all season. Harmon Killebrew is entrenched in 2nd l,ace in the Junior Circuit on Homers and RBIs. Bobby Allison has homered in back to back games. Rod Carew had a 10 game hit streak, Cesar Tovar reached five. On the flip side, Zolio Versalles is mired in a 1-40 drought.

STAR OF THE GAME: WALK OFF TWO RUN HOMER