CALIFORNIA (54-67) @ BOSTON (73-43)

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13Y (11-5 2.96) 6XW (2-1 4.34)

Carl Yastrzemski too Jim McGlothlin deep in the 1st and the Sox never looked back. Yaz added a pair of doubles in the game driving in a third run supporting Dave Morehead and three relievers earning the home club a sweep of the twin bill.

2B BOS Adair 18 Yastrzemski 2(18)

3B CAL Fregosi 6

HR Yastrzemski 44 (1st off McGlothlin)

RBI CAL Mincher 60 Knoop 37

BOS Yastrzemski 3(103) Scott 65

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

McGlothlin 6 7 1 2 7 4 4 26 47

Morehead 5 4 0 4 5 1 1 23 56

WP Morehead 3-1 3.75 LP McGlothlin 11-6 3.07 SV Lyle 5

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Tartabull singled. Yastrzemski homered scoring two runs. CAL 0 BOS 2

BOTTOM 3 .. Yastrzemski doubled. Scott singled scoring a run. CAL 0 BOS 3

BOTTOM 5 .. Adair doubled. Yastrzemski doubled scoring a run. CAL 0 BOS 4

TOP 6 .. J. Hall singled. Mincher singled. Reichardt hit by pitch. Knoop sac fly scoring a run. CAL 1 BOS 4

TOP 9 .. Held pinch hit a double. Fregosi walked. J. Hall walked. Lyle replaced Wyatt. Mincher sac fly scoring a run. CAL 2 BOS 4

NOTES: Dave Morehead has won three of his four starts since his recall. Carl Yastrzemski gas homered in 5 of his last 6 games and has driven in runs in six straight. Bobby Knoop has a 10 game hit streak. Jim Fregosi had a big series, going 8-13.

STAR OF THE GAME 3-4 2 Doubles HR 3RBIs

CALIFORNIA (54-66) @ BOSTON (72-43) game 1

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9Y (7-15 3.52) 11Z (19-3 1.79)

George Brunet suffered from self-inflicted errors as he gave up 6 runs to the struggling Bosox. A balk in the 2nd lead to a run then he muffed a comebacker extending the 5th inning that culminated with a grand slam by Reggie Smith. Lee Stange went 7 strong innings, his only blemish being a homer by Don Mincher.

CAL 000 001 000 1 5 1

BOS 020 040 20x 8 8 0

2B BOS Adair 2(17) E. Howard 7

HR CAL Mincher 19 (6th off Stange)

BOS R. Smith 11 (5th off Brunet – grand slam)

RBI CAL Mincher 59

BOS R. Smith 4(51) Yastrzemski 2(100) E. Howard 2(22)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB DO BF GSC BF GSC

Brunet 6 5 1 2 6 6 2 27 50

Stange 7 3 1 4 2 1 1 27 65

WP Stange 11-3 1.77 LP Brunet 7-16 3.51

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 2 .. R. Smith singled. E. Howard doubled scoring a run. E. Howard advanced on a groundout. E. Howard scored on a balk. CAL 0 BOS 2

BOTTOM 5 .. Adair doubled. Yastrzemski walked. Scott reached on an error. R. Smith homered scoring four runs. CAL 0 BOS 6

TOP 6 .. Mincher homered CAL 1 BOS 6

BOTTOM 7 .. Andrews singled. Adair doubled. Yastrzemski singled scoring two runs. CAL 1 BOS 8

NOTES: Lee Stange continues to be a revaluation for Dick Williams and the Sox, now in contention for the ERA title. Carl Yastrzemski reached the century mark in RBI’s and continues to lead in all triple crown categories. Reggie Smith had a big week, driving home 9 in the games played. Although George Brunet had a very respectable ERA, he has the dubious honor of suffering the most losses in the league.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 GS 4RBIs

CLEVELAND (64-55) @ DETROIT (67-51)

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9YZ (4-5 3.25) 10YW (11-9 3.76)

Larry Brown was the difference between two contenders as Joe Sparma made one mistake, hanging a breaking ball that was deposited into the left field seats. Then Larry got the sending run home the hard way, take a Gladding fastball between the numbers. The pair of tallies were plenty for Johnny O’Donoghue who took a no hitter into the 8th, settling on a one hitter in tossing a complete game whitewash.

CLE 001 000 100 2 5 0

DET 000 000 000 0 1 0

2B CLE Maye 18 Fuller 5

HR CLE L. BROWN 5 (3rd off Sparma)

RBI CLE L. Brown 2(28)

STARTING PITCHERS IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

O’Donoghue 9 1 0 1 6 0 0 27 90

Sparma 6 5 1 2 8 2 2 25 60

WP O’Donoghue 5-5 2.94 LP Sparma 11-10 3.73

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 3 .. L. Brown homered CLE 1 DET 0

TOP 7 .. Alvis singled. Sims singled. Fuller walked. L. Brown hit by pitch scoring a run. CLE 2 DET 0

NOTES: Second shutout for Johnny O’Donoghue on the season, facing the minimum. He is on a roll, allowing just one run in his last 27 innings pitched. Max Alvis now has a 7 game hit streak. Willie Horton singled to break up the no-no.

STAR OF THE GAME 1-2 HR 2RBIs

KANSAS CITY (47-74) @ WASHINGTON (41-78)

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7X (11-11 3.07) 3W (0-0 0.00)

Ken Harrelson drove in the on,y run that the Athletics would need on this day, but he added a solo shot for good measure as Jim Nash fired blanks at the Senators for his 12th win of the season. Dick Nold was the hard luck loser, only surrendering the opening inning tally in 5 innings of work.

KCA 100 000 020 3 8 1

WAS 000 000 000 0 6 0

2B WAS Nen 3 C. Peterson 13

HR KCA Webster 9 (8th off Cox) Harrelson 9 (8th off Cox)

RBI KCA Harrelson 2(30) Webster 33

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Nash 9 6 0 3 9 0 0 36 81

Nold 5 5 0 0 3 1 1 20 56

WP Nash 12-11 2.93 LP Nold 0-1 1.80

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Campaneris singled and advanced on a groundout. Harrelson singled scoring a run. KCA 1 WAS 0

TOP 8 .. Webster homered. Harrelson homered. KCA 3 WAS 0

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 HR 2RBIs

MINNESOTA (67-51) @ NEW YORK (43-74)

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13XW (8-11 3.33) 11ZZ (2-2 3.16)

A two out single to Joe Pepitone in the 5th inning spelled doom for Dave Boswell as Bill Monbouquette navigated around 9 hits in shutting out the Twins.

MIN 000 000 000 0 9 0

NYY 000 020 00x 2 7 0

RBI NYY Pepitone 46

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Boswell 7 5 0 4 4 2 2 29 59

Monbouquette 9 9 0 0 6 0 0 35 85

WP Monbouquette 3-2 2.71 LP Boswell 8-12 3.30

SCORING PLAY

BOTTOM 5 .. Monbouquette singled. Clarke singled. Mantle walked. Pepitone singled scoring two runs. MIN 0 NYY 2

NOTES: not one extra base hit in the game for either side. Joe Pepitone is no tied for team lead in RBIs.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 2RBI

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CALIFORNIA (53-66) @ BOSTON (72-42)

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15W (5-7 2.09) 8Y (4-6 2.87)

A pitchers duel through 7 as both starters surrendered just one run before turning the game over to the bullpen. Johnny Wyatt’s wildness cost the home team the go ahead run allowing the visiting Angels to take the game.

CAL 000 100 011 3 7 0

BOS 000 001 000 1 2 1

2B CAL Repoz 11 Reichardt 10 Held 6

HR BOS Yastrzemski 43 (6th off Clark)

RBI CAL Mincher 58 Reichardt 33 Knoop 36

BOS Yastrzemski 99

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Clark 7 2 1 4 3 1 1 27 68

Santiago 7 4 0 0 5 1 1 26 70

WP Clark 6-7 2.05 LP Wyatt 9-5 3.10 SV Rojas 16

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 4 .. J. Hall singled. Reichardt doubled scoring a run. CAL 1 BOS 0

BOTTOM 6 .. Yastrzemski homered CAL 1 BOS 1

TOP 8 .. Repoz doubled. Fregosi walked. J. Hall walked. Mincher grounded into a force scoring a run. CAL 2 BOS 1

TOP 9 .. Held doubled. Knoop singled scoring a run. CAL 3 BOS 1

NOTES: Rickey Clark permitted just two hits in this game, same as his last start. Bobby Knoop has an 8 game hit streak, with an 8th inning double, Roger Repoz broke an 0-16 skid. Yastrzemski has homered in 4 straight games, pushing his league lead to 43. Slumping Rico Petrocelli batting average dropped below .300 for the first time all season.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 Double RBI

CLEVELAND (64-54) @ DETROIT (66-51)

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8XYW (8-13 3.89) 12X (11-4 2.13)

Two upscale southpaws duked it out in this one, their parry going 7 innings with each with just one blemish. Venerable all star right fielder Al Kaline was the difference in this one as his late inning hitting theatrics spelled doom for the visitors.

CLE 000 100 000 1 4 1

DET 000 001 01x 2 6 1

2B CLE Demeter 7 McDowell 1

3B DET Kaline 1

HR DET Kaline 17 (8th off Pena)

RBI DET Kaline 2(62)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

McDowell 6 4 0 2 7 1 1 25 63

Lolich 8 4 0 2 6 1 0 30 76

WP Lolich 12-4 2.01 LP Pena 1-6 3.88

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 4 .. Demeter doubled, Fuller reached on an error scoring a run. CLE 1 DET 0

BOTTOM 6 .. McAuliffe singled. Kaline tripled scoring a run. CLE 1 DET 1

BOTTOM 8 .. Kaline homered CLE 1 DET 2

NOTES: Big game by Al Kaline as he continues to chase the leaders in the batting race. Eddie Matthews made his first start at 3rd base, unfortunately his error gave the Indians their first run. Sam McDowell extended his shutout streak to 23 before surrendering a run. He got a no decision. Max Alvis has a six game hit streak.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 Triple HR 2 RBIs

KANSAS CITY (46-74) @ WASHINGTON (41-77)

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13Y (12-10 2.46) 13YW (4-5 3.91)

A ho-hum game through three inning, then the Athletics sent 11 men to the plate against Frank Bertaina and Dick Lines, scoring 5. Big blow was a grand slam by Phil Roof! Catfish Hunter went into the 8th, in typical style, allowing at least a base runner in each inning he hurled, surrendering g just one run but allowing 11 baserunners.

KCA 100 502 000 8 15 0

WAS 000 000 011 2 10 0

2B KCA Cater 14 Donaldson 4

WAS H. Allen 7

3B WAS Stroud 6

HR KCA Roof 11 (4th off Bertaina, grand slam)

RBI KCA Roof 4(34) Cater 2(44) Nossek 17 Donaldson 11

WAS Stroud 16 Saverine 9

SB KCA Campaneris 34 Nossek 1 D. Green 5

WAS Saverine 6 Valentine 14

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Hunter 7 8 0 3 4 1 1 30 58

Bertaina 3 6 1 3 3 6 6 18 23

WP Hunter 13-10 2.42 LP Bertaina 4-6 4.46

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Campaneris singled and stole second. Cater singled scoring a run. KCA 1 WAS 0

TOP 4 .. D. Green singled. Nossek walked. Donaldson walked. Roof homered scoring four runs. Hunter walked and advanced on a groundout. Cater singled scoring a run. KCA 6 WAS 0

TOP 6 .. Harrelson singled D. Green singled. Nossek sac fly scoring a run. Donaldson doubled scoring a run. KCA 8 WAS 0

BOTTOM 8 .. Valentine singled. Stroud tripled scoring a run. KCA 8 WAS 1

BOTTOM 9 .. H. Allen doubled. Saverine singled scoring a run. KCA 8 WAS 2

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 Grand Slam

MINNESOTA (66-51) @ NEW YORK (43-73) game 2

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13YZ (9-4 2.98) 6 (2-11 4.31)

In almost a mirror image of the opener, the Twins plated a pair curtesy of super utility guy Cesar Tovar who scorched Fred Talbot with a two run double. And again, the next inning, the Yanks cut the lead in half, Charley Smith’s grounder this time scored a single which scored the run. Jim Merritt and Al Worthington secured the sweep.

MIN 000 020 000 2 5 1

NYY 000 001 000 1 5 0

2B MIN Tovar 30 Killebrew 18

RBI MIN Tovar 2(46)

NYY C. Smith 24

SB MIN Oliva 13

NYy Hegan 4

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Merritt 7 5 0 4 4 1 1 29 63

Talbot 7 3 0 3 4 2 2 27 64

WP Merritt 10-4 2.90 LP Talbot 2-12 4.21 SV Worthington 23

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 5 .. Nixon walked. Versalles walked. Tovar doubled scoring two runs. MIN 2 NYY 0

BOTTOM 6 .. Tresh walked. Pepitone singled. C. Smith singled scoring a run. MIN 2 NYY 1

NOTES: Once again Cesar Tovar was the hitting star. Al Worthington picked up saves in both ends of the twin bill. Both games end with identical score. Ruben Amaro broke an “-19 skid with a fifth inning single.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 Double 2 RBIs

MINNESOTA (65-51) @ NEW YORK (43-72) game 1

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11XZ (10-9 3.15) 7YW (7-13 3.93)

Our two southpaws traded shutout innings through five before the Twins nicked Steve Barber for a pair of runs. Rich Rollins booted a grounder that let the Yankees cut the lead in half. But Kaat and Al Worthington kept the home club at bay thus securing the opener of this double dip.

MIN 000 002 000 2 6 2

NYY 000 000 100 1 3 0

2B MIN Tovar 29 Oliva 16

NYY Tresh 20

RBI MIN Tovar 45 Killebrew 91

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Kaat 8 3 0 3 11 1 0 31 83

Barber 6 5 0 2 10 2 2 24 62

WP Kaat 11-9 3.02 LP Barber 7-14 3.89 SV Worthington 22

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 6 .. Versalles walked. Tovar doubled scoring a run. Killebrew singled scoring a run. MIN 2 NYY 0

BOTTOM 7 .. Tresh singled. Bi. Robinson singled. C. Smith reached on an error scoring a run. MIN 2 NYY 1

NOTES: Jim Kaat gained his first victory in over a month, last being back on 7/14. Despite it all, Kitty still is second in K’s in the league. Cesar Tovar now leads the league in two base hits. Speaking of doubles, Tommy Tresh took over the Tanker team lead in doubles. Steve Barber had a season high in whiffs with ten. Horace Clarke wore the golden sombrero in this game

STAR OF THE GAME 1-3 Double RBI