MINNESOTA (77-70) @ WASHINGTON (49-94)

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11XZ (12-14 3.11) 11Z (10-12 2.62)

The Twins muscled up for two homers in the 4th en route to an early 3-0 lead off Phil Ortega. Jim Kaat rode 6 shutout innings into the 7th when backup catcher Doug Camilli tied the game by going yard. It seems like each of his 5 homers were game changers. The game stayed tied into the 13th when Frank Howard did what he is paid to do, sending home the faithful with a walkoff two run homer.

MIN 000 300 000 000 0 3 5 0

WAS 000 000 300 000 0 5 7 0

2B WAS Coggins 2

HR MIN Killebrew 45 (4th off Ortega) Oliva 19 (4th off Ortega)

WAS Camilli 5 (7th off Kaat) F. Howard 37 (13th off J. Perry)

RBI MIN Killebrew 114 Oliva 75 Zimmerman 6

WAS Coggins 2 Camilli 2(12) F. Howard 2(90)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Kaat 9 5 1 2 19 3 3 35 73

Ortega 5 4 2 1 4 3 3 20 50

WP Cox 4-6 2.62 LP J. Perry 10-5 2.56

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 4 .. Killebrew homered. Oliva homered. Allison walked and advanced on a groundout. Zimmerman singled scoring a run. MIN 3 WAS 0

BOTTOM 7 .. Casanova singled. Coggins doubled scoring a run. Camilli homered scoring two runs. MIN 3 WAS 3

BOTTOM 13 .. Stroud singled. F. Howard homered scoring two runs. MIN 3 WAS 5

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-5 Walkoff HR 2RBI

CALIFORNIA (63-80) @ NEW YORK (60-85)

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15W (7-8 2.22) 11ZZ (6-3 2.32)

The Yankees were the polar opposite of their beloved nickname in this game scratching out single runs off Angel starter Rickey Clark to snag a 2-0 lead. Bill Monbouquette nursed the lead thru 7 shutout innings until the Cherubs halved the lead. But the lefty-righty bullpen combo of Steve Hamilton and Dooley Womack sealed the deal putting this one in the left hand column of the ledger for the Yankees.

CAL 000 000 010 1 5 0

NYY 101 000 01x 3 6 0

2B J. Hall 6 Mincher 21

HR Whitaker 14 (8th off M. Rojas)

RBI CAL Johnstone 9

NYY Pepitone 2(53) Whitaker 63

SB NYY Kennedy 1

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Clark 7 5 0 4 4 2 2 29 59

Monbouquette 7.2 5 0 1 5 1 1 30 69

WP Monbouquette 7-3 2.24 LP Clark 7-9 2.23 SV Womack 21

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Kennedy singled and stole second. Pepitone singled scoring a run. CAL 0 NYY 1

BOTTOM 3 .. Monbouquette singled. Kennedy singled. Mantle walked. Pepitone walked scoring a run. CAL 0 NYY 2

TOP 8 .. Satriano singled. Wallace pinch ran. Rodriguez singled putting runners on the corners. Johnstone sac fly scoring a run. CAL 1 NYY 2

BOTTOM 8 .. Whitaker homered CAL 1 NYY 3

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 2RBI

KANSAS CITY (55-88) @ BOSTON (91-52)

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5Y (1-3 2.77) 11Z (14-4 1.72)

The Sox toyed with their visitors, scoring single runs in three separate innings. Which is more than Lee Stange who went eight strong shutout innings in picking up his 15th win.

KCA 000 000 000 0 3 1

BOS 010 100 12x 5 8 0

2B KCA Donaldson 7

BOS R. Smith 19

3B BOS Scott 8

SB BOS R. Smith 7

RBI BOS Adair 3(43) Harrelson 43

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Rodriguez 5 4 0 3 3 2 1 23 53

Stange 8 3 0 2 2 0 0 28 77

WP Stange 15-4 1.65 LP Rodriguez 1-4 2.61

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 2 .. Scott tripled. Harrelson sac fly scoring a run. KCA 0 BOS 1

BOTTOM 4 .. Scott singled. R. Smith walked. Passed ball advanced the runners. Ryan reached on an error scoring a run. KCA 0 BOS 2

BOTTOM 7 .. Stange walked. Andrews walked. Adair singled scoring a run. KCA 0 BOS 3

BOTTOM 8 .. Petrocelli singled. R. Smith doubled. Foy intentionally walked. Adair singled scoring two runs. KCA 0 BOS 5

STAR OF THE GAME 3-5 3 RBI

SEPT 13

CLEVELAND (79-64) @ CHICAGO (88-53) game 2

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14XY (16-7 2.50) 12YZ (18-5 2.84)

Tommy John just didn’t gave it this game as the Indians slapped him for 4 runs in the opening two innings and left it to Luis Tiant to do the rest as the Cuban flamethrower went the distance, firing a 5 hit shutout give the visitors a sweep of the twi-night twin bill.

CLE 310 000 000 4 7 1

CWS 000 000 000 0 5 1

2B CLE CWS Martin 19

3B CLE Azcue 4

HR CLE Fuller 14 (2nd off John)

RBI CLE Alvis 2(62) Azcue 36 Fuller 27

SB CWS Agee 20

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Tiant 9 5 0 1 16 0 0 34 92

John 3 6 1 0 1 4 4 14 22

WP Tiant 17-7 2.39 LP John 18-6 3.00

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Hinton singled. Wagner singled and advanced on the throw to third. Alvis singled scoring two runs. Horton singled putting runners on the corners. Azcue sac fly scoring a run. CLE 3 CWS 0

TOP 2 .. Fuller homered. CLE 4 CWS 0

NOTES: Another masterpiece from the dynamic right arm of Looey Tiant. His 16 punch outs is just one sky of the most this year held by his teammate Sam McDowell (6-9) and Beantowner Jim Lonborg (7-23). It was the 11th time Tiant had double digit whiffs in a game. Jose’ Azcue gad six RBIs in the doubleheader. Vern Fuller went deep in both games. Bill Voss got his first hit of the season. On the dubious side if stars, Tommy Agee has whiffed in 12 straight games.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 2RBI

CLEVELAND (78-64) @ CHICAGO (88-52) game 1

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8XYW (10-15 4.11) 5YW (0-2 4.50)

An old fashioned slobber knocker broke out at Cominsky in game 1 of a twi-night doubleheader. The Indians sent 10 to the plate in the top of the 3rd scoring 6 culminating in a grand slam by Ver Fuller staking Sudden Sam to a big lead….Which he almost gave all back as the Pale Hose sent 10 of their own in a rally featuring a pair of two run homers. Max Alvis increased the lead the very next inning which was matched three innings later by the Sox. But the Tribe put the Chisox out of their misery with a three run blast by Jose’ Azcue securing the opener for the visitors.

CLE 006 200 030 11 11 0

CWS 005 002 000 7 11 2

2B CLE Maye 22

CWS Buford 10 Ward 16

HR CLE Fuller 13 (3rd off Jones) Alvis 21 (4th off Wood) Azcue 6 (8th off Locker)

CWS Burgess 2 (3rd off McDowell) Agee 16 (3rd off McDowell)

RBI CLE Azcue 5(35) Fuller 4(26) Alvis 2(58)

CWS Burgess 6 Agee 2(49) Boyer 2(14) Buford 37

SB CWS Buford 31

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

McDowell 5 6 2 4 4 5 5 26 35

S.Jones 3 6 1 3 4 6 6 17 22

WP McDowell 11-15 4.23 LP S. Jones 0-3 7.20 SV S. Williams 1

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 3 .. Hinton singled. Wagner walked. T. Horton walked. Azcue singled scoring two runs. Vidal walked. Fuller homered scoring four runs. CLE 6 CWS 0

BOTTOM 3 .. Hansen walked. Burgess pinch hit a home run scoring two runs. Wa. Williams walked. Buford doubled scoring two runs. Agee homered scoring two runs. CLE 6 CWS 5

TOP 4 .. Hinton singled. Alvis homered scoring two runs. CLE 8 CWS 5

BOTTOM 6 .. Wa. Williams singled. Buford singled then stole second. Boyer singled scoring two runs. CLE 8 CWS 7

TOP 8 .. Wagner walked. T. Horton reached on an error. Azcue homered scoring three runs. CLE 11 CWS 7

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 Double HR 5 RBI

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BALTIMORE (68-73) @ DETROIT (82-60)

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9YZ (4-5 3.57) 13Y (20-8 3.04)

At the end of two innings it was Willie Horton 5 (Detroit 6) and Baltimore (Brabender) 0. Willie homered and doubled knocking jn 5 as the Tigers cruised to an easy 8-1 win. Earl Wilson went 7 solid innings allowing only one in notching his 21st victory.

BAL 000 010 000 1 6 2

DET 241 000 10x 8 11 0

2B BAL May 1

DET W. Horton 15 Kaline 29

HR DET W. Horton 19 (1st off Brabender)

RBI BAL Haney 11

DET W. Horton 5(65) Wert 34 Lumpe 20 Oyler 37

SB DET Northrup 7

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Brabender 2 6 1 1 4 6 6 14 9

Wilson 7 4 0 3 6 1 1 27 68

WP Wilson 21-8 2.99 LP Brabender 4-6 4.26

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 1 .. Kaline doubled. W. Horton homered scoring two runs. BAL 0 DET 2

BOTTOM 2 .. Oyler singled. Wilson hit by pitch. Lumpe singled scoring a run. Kaline walked. W. Horton doubled scoring three runs. BAL 0 DET 6

BOTTOM 3 .. Cash singled. Wilson singled. Wert singled scoring a run. BAL 0 DET 7

TOP 5 .. Blefary doubled. Haney singled scoring a run. BAL 1 DET

BOTTOM 7 Northrup doubled. Oyler singled scoring a run. BAL 1 DET 8

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-5 Double HR 5 RBI

MINNESOTA (76-70) @ WASHINGTON (49-93)

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13YZ (12-7 3.03) 13YW (5-7 4.62)

The Twins jumped all over Frank Bertaina as the first 4 hitters had safeties and all tolled, sent 8 to the plate notching 5 runs highlighted by a Harmon Killebrew blast. But the Nats fought back, culminating in a game tying two run homer by chief Twins antagonizer Frank Howard. The game stayed deadlocked into the 9th when Bob Allison drive home what would become the game winning run.

MIN 500 000 001 5 11 1

WAS 011 020 000 4 11 0

2B MIN Allison 10

3B MIN Rollins 4

HR MIN Killebrew 44 (1st off Bertaina)

WAS F. Howard 36 (5th off Merritt)

RBI MIN Killebrew 3(113) Allison 72 Rollins 47 Battey 10

WAS F. Howard 2(88) Cullen 20 Coggins 1

SB MIN Oliva 15

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Merritt 5 9 1 2 5 4 4 26 46

Bertaina 4 6 1 3 1 5 5 21 32

WP Merritt 23-7 3.15 LP Bertaina 5-8 4.90 SV Worthington 24

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 1 . . Uhlaender singled. Tovar singled. Killebrew homered scoring three runs. Oliva singled and stole second. Rollins tripled scoring a run. Battey sac fly scoring a run. MIN 5 WAS 0

BOTTOM 2 .. Coggins singled. Bertaina sac bunt. Cullen singled scoring a run. MIN 5 WAS 1

BOTTOM 3 .. McMullen singled. Casanova singled. Coggins singled scoring a run. MIN 5 WAS 2

BOTTOM 5 .. McMullen walked. F. Howard homered scoring two runs. MIN 5 WAS 4

TOP 9 .. Killebrew walked. Oliva singled. Allison singled scoring a run. MIN 6 WAS 4

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-2 HR 3RBI

CALIFORNIA (63-79) @ NEW YORK (59-85) game 2

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9 (8-2 3.03) 8YZ (12-7 2.58)

Jay Johnstone was the center of this win, unfortunately, it was to the benefit of the New York Yankees. Bottom 1, with two on, Steve Whitaker sent a knuckling line drive to center that Johnstone simply muffed and that was the only tally of the game. Luckily, that’s all Fritz Peterson would need as he spun a neat five hitter, going the distance to warn a split of the twin bill.

CAL 000 000 000 0 5 1

NYY 100 000 000 1 5 0

2B NYY Mantle 20

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Wright 6 3 0 1 3 1 0 23 66

F. Peterson 9 5 0 1 8 0 0 31 84

WP F. Peterson 13-7 2.45 LP Wright 7-3 2.77

SCORING PLAY:

BOTTOM 1 .. R. White singled. Mantle walked. Whitaker reached on an error scoring a run. CAL 0 NYY 1

NOTES: Another gem by Fritz Peterson. He has tossed back to back shutouts and registered three in his last four starts. He has a total of 5 on the season. Fritz has won his last six decisions and is tied with Al Downing for the team lead.

STAR OF THE GAME: NONE