BALTIMORE (58-52) @ CLEVELAND (41-57)

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4 (9-7 4.32) 11XY (0-1 3.21)

The Indians jumped out to a 2 run lead in the first but Frank Robinson squared the game with a big fly. Eddie Watt struggled and lost the lead. Russ Snyder came up with two big RBIs and Moe Drabowsky slammed the door shut giving the a Charm City boys the Duke.

BAL 000 002 020 4 7 0

CLE 200 000 100 3 10 0

2B BAL Aparicio 18

CLE Alvus 25

3B CLE Davalillo 3

HR BAL F. Robinson 17(6th off S. Williams)

RBI BAL F. Robinson 2(59) Snyder 2(26)

CLE Demeter 3(18)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

McNally 5 6 0 3 4 2 2 23 48

S. Williams 7 4 1 1 7 2 2 25 67

WP Watt (3-3 2.93) LP Pena (1-5 3.84) SV Drabowsky 15

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Davalillo tripled. Alvis walked. T. Horton walked. Demeter singled scoring two runs. BAL 0 CLE 2

TOP 6 .. May walked. F. Robinson homered scoring two runs. BAL 2 CLE 2

BOTTOM 7 .. Davalillo singled. Alvis walked. T. Horton infield single loaded the bases. Demeter walked forcing in a run. BAL 2 CLE 3

TOP 8 .. Roznovsky singled. Haney pinch ran. Aparicio doubled. Snyder singled scoring two runs. BAL 4 CLE 3

NOTES: Frank Robinson regain the team lead in RBIs. Dave McNally tested his wing but lasted only 5. Vic Davalillo is currently batting .364 in his part time duties. Max Alvis is second in the league in two baggers. Don Demeter drive in all three Indian runs and came up in the last of the 9th with two aboard but Demeter whiffed to end the game

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 HR 2RBI

NEW YORK (41-65) @ CALIFORNIA (47-64)

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7YW (7-11 3.95) 4RZ (0-0 0.00)

Curt Simmons making his American League debut for the Angels and gave them six stellar innings of 4 hit ball. Woody Held schooled his early season teammate Steve Barber in the 4th, homering to put the home club up for good. Barber also pitched 4 hit ball over six but to his dismay one left the yard.

NYY 000 100 000 1 7 0

CAL 000 200 00x 2 5 1

2B CAL Mincher 15

3B CAL Cardenal 8

HR CAL Held 6(4th off Barber)

RBI NYY C. Smith 23

CAL Held 2(21)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Barber 6 4 1 4 1 2 2 23 53

Simmons 6 4 0 1 0 1 1 25 59

WP Simmons 1-0 1.50 LP Barber 7-12 3.91 SV Rojas 14

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 4 .. Mantle singled. Tresh singled. C. Smith singled scoring a run. NYY 1 CAL 0

BOTTOM 4 .. Fregosi walked. Held homered scoring two runs. NYY 1 CAL 2

STAR OF THE GAME 1-3 HR 2RBI

BOSTON (69-37) @ KANSAS CITY (42-70)

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14X (17-6 2.13) 7X (11-10 2.87)

A see-saw contest through 5 when Yaz and Tony C. Put the Sox up for good. Jim Lonborg struggled thru 8 but fought to gain his 18th win with help from Johnny Wyatt.

BOS 002 020 000 4 8 0

KCA 010 200 000 3 9 0

2B BOS Foy 2(22) Yastrzemski 20

KCA Hershberger 19

3B KCA D. Green 3 Roof 4

HR BOS Yastrzemski 38 (3rd off Nash)

RBI BOS Yastrzemski 3(92) Conigliaro 75

KCA D. Green 31 Roof 24

SB KCA Campaneris 32 Cater 5

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Lonborg 8 8 0 2 6 3 3 32 58

Nash 7 8 1 1 11 4 4 30 57

WP Lonborg 18-6 2.22 LP Nash 11-11 2.96 SV Wyatt 18

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 3 .. D. Green walked. Roof tripled scoring a run. BOS 0 KCA 1

TOP 2 .. Foy doubled. Yastrzemski homered scoring two runs. BOS 2 KCA 1

BOTTOM 4 .. Gosger walked. D. Green tripled scoring a run. D. Green scored on a wild pitch. BOS 2 KCA 3

TOP 5 .. Foy doubled. Yastrzemski doubled scoring a run. Conigliaro singled scoring a run. BOS 4 KCA 3

NOTES: Jim Lonborg leads the league with 18 wins. Big game for Yaz. He still leads the league in Homers and RBIs, ahead of Killebrew by 5 homers and 9 ribbies. He trails Kaline by a minuscule .002. Jim Nash punched out 11, the 8th time he registers 10+ whiffs.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Double HR 3RBI

WASHINGTON (37-74) @ MINNESOTA (62-46)

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4 (4-14 5.74) 13XW (8-10 3.50)

Back to back doubles put the Twins ahead and Dave Boswell made sure they never looked back as he shut out the visitors on a three hitter. A Rich Rollins triple provided an insurance run as the home club gained a game on the league leading White Sox

WAS 000 000 000 0 3 0

MIN 100 001 00x 2 8 1

2B MIN Oliva 15 Killebrew 15 Allison 6

3B WAS Stroud 5

MIN Rollins 3

RBI MIN Killebrew 83 Rollins 31

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Coleman 5 6 0 3 5 2 2 22 49

Boswell 9 3 0 3 9 0 0 33 87

WP Boswell 9-10 3.30 LP Coleman 4-15 5.60

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Oliva doubled. Killebrew doubled scoring a run. WAS 0 MIN 1

BOTTOM 6 .. Allison singled. Rollins tripled scoring a run. WAS 0 MIN 2

NOTES: Once again it was feast or famine with Dave Boswell with today being a feast. Harmon Killebrew continues his pursuit of Carl Yastrzemski in the power categories. Joe Coleman now has the dubious honor of matching George Brunet with 15 losses.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 Double RBI

CHICAGO (73-32) @ DETROIT (61-47)

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5R (1-1 6.21) 13Y (13-7 3.40)

Norm Cash got the ball rolling with a two run single and the keystone combo of Ray Oyler and Dick McAuliffe homered to give the home club the win. Earl Wilson went 7 strong in notching his 14th win,

CWS 000 000 000 0 5 0

DET 200 120 00x 5 10 0

2B DET Wert 15

HR DET Oyler 2(4th off Klages) McAulliffe 16 (5th off Klages)

RBI DET Cash 2(73) Oyler 30 Freehan 34 McAuliffe 42

SB CWS Buford 19

DET Kaline 5

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Klages 4 7 2 0 1 4 4 19 33

Wilson 7 4 0 2 2 0 0 26 69

WP Wilson 14-7 3.27 LP Klages 1-2 6.92

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 1 .. Wert singled.. Kaline singled for 1st and third . Kaline stole second. Cash singled scoring two runs. CWS 0 DET 2

BOTTOM 4 .. Oyler homered. CWS 0 DET 3

BOTTOM 5 .. McAuliffe homered. Buzhardt replaced Klages. Kaline singled. Cash walked. Northrup walked. Freehan singled scoring a run. CWS 0 DET 5

NOTES: Earl Wilson was well on his way to a complete game shutout when he rolled his ankle covering first while recording the final out of the 7th. Al Kaline stretched his hitting streak to 19 games. With the home run, Ray Oyler broke an 0-20 skid.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 HR RBI

CLEVELAND (57-52) @ BALTIMORE (51-57)

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8XYW (6-13 4.38) 3Z (3-8 4.14)

The first two batters of the game gave the Indians the lead but unknown to all it would be the only run of the game! Sam McDowell was throwing darts, scattering 5 hits while fanning 17. Bill Dillman registered goose eggs after the initial inning but still was the hard luck loser.

CLE 100 000 000 1 8 1

BAL 000 000 000 0 5 0

2B CLE Maye 16

BAL Powell 11

RBI BAL Davalillo 25

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

McDowell 9 5 0 3 17 0 0 36 93

Dillman 7 8 0 4 4 1 1 31 57

WP McDowell 7-13 4.12 LP Dillman 3-9 3.91

SCORING PLAY

TOP 1 .. Maye doubled. Davalillo singled scoring a run. CLE 1 BAL 0

NOTES: Game was over after two batters, mystery nobody else knew it! Sam McDowell matched his season high of 17 strikeouts, first accomplished on June7. Jim Lonborg also matched thus on July 23. Sam leads the league with 212 whiffs.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 RBI

NEW YORK (40-65) @ CALIFORNIA (47-63)

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6 (1-10 4.54) 9Y (6-14 3.48)

The Yankees broke open a 1-1 tie, plating 3 in the 6th capped by a two run single by Hoss Clarke. Freddy Talbot pitched into the 8 but needed relief help from Steve Hamilton and Dooley Womack to secure his second victory.

NYY 000 103 000 4 14 0

CAL 100 000 011 3 9 0

2B NYY Tresh 25 Gibbs 2(6)

3B CAL J. Hall 3

HR CAL J. Hall 11 (1st off Talbot)

RBI NYY Clarke 2(36) Bi. Robinson 22 Amaro 14

CAL J. Hall 2(39) Rodgers 40

SB NYY R. White 7

CAL Cardenal 9

STARTING PITCHERS IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Talbot 7.2 7 1 1 7 2 2 30 63

Brunet 6 11 0 1 4 4 4 29 37

WP Talbot 2-10 4.38 LP Brunet 6-15 3.56 SV Womack 16

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. J. Hall homered NYY 0 CAL 1

TOP 4 .. Tresh doubled. Bi. Robinson singled scoring a run. NYY 1 CAL 1

TOP 6 .. Bi. Robinson singled. Gibbs singled. Amaro singled scoring a run. Talbot sac bunt. Clarke singled scoring two runs. NYY 4 CAL 1

BOTTOM 8 .. Fregosi walked. J. Hall tripled scoring a run. NYY 4 CAL 2

BOTTOM 9 .. Reichardt singled and advanced on a wild pitch. Rodgers singled scoring a run. NYY 4 CAL 3

NOTES: Jake Gibbs went 4-4 in upping his hitting streak to 10 games. He has really taken to the #1 catchers job now that Ellie Howard is in Boston, Jimmy Hall got three quarters of a cycle, but unlike most, he was missing the double. George Brunet notched his league leading 15th loss.

STAR OF THE GAME 4-4 2 Doubles

BOSTON (69-37) @ KANSAS CITY (41-69)

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13Y (13-5 2.37) 4W (2-6 6.34)

In the nightcap, once again the A’s jumped all over the Beantown starter registering four runs in the first two frames. But Johnny ‘Blue Moon’ Odom could not stand posterity, surrendering a lead changing three run blast to Tony Conigliaro. The home club clawed to within two but Yaz again flexed his muscle to give the Red Sox a comfortable lead tested by the erratic relief job by Johnny Wyatt who barely held on to close it out.

BOS 002 050 002 9 14 0

KCA 130 001 001 6 11 0

2B BOS Adair 15

KCA Campaneris 22

HR BOS Conigliaro 27 (5th off Segui) Yastrzemski 37 (9th off Aker)

RBI BOS Adair 2(31) Yastrzemski 3(89) Conigliaro 3(74) Petrocelli 69

KCA Campaneris 2(20) Donaldson 10 Cater 31 D. Green 30 Odom 4

SB KCA Campaneris 31 Roof 4

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Bell 5.1 7 0 4 3 5 5 27 33

Odom 4 8 0 1 4 5 5 21 19

WP Bell 14-5 2.57 LP Odom 2-7 6.62 SV Wyatt 17

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Campaneris doubled. Advanced on grounder. Cater sac fly scoring a run. BOS 0 KCA 1

BOTTOM 2 .. Gosger walked. D. Green walked. Roof infield single. Odom singled scoring a run. Campaneris doubled scoring two runs. BOS 0 KCA 4

TOP 3 .. Ryan singled. Bell singled. Both advanced on a groundout. Adair singled scoring two runs. BOS 2 KCA 4

TOP 5 .. Andrews singled. Adair singled. Yastrzemski singled scoring a run. Segui relieved Odom. Conigliaro homered scoring three runs. Scott singled and advanced on a groundout. Petrocelli singled scoring a run. BOS 7 KCA 4

BOTTOM 6 .. D. Green singled. Talton pinch hit a single. Osinski relieved Bell. Donaldson singled scoring a run. BOS 7 KCA 5

TOP 9 .. Andrews singled. Yastrzemski homered scoring two runs. BOS 9 KCA 5

BOTTOM 9 .. Harrelson walked. Gosger walked. D. Green singled scoring a run. BOS 9 KCA 6

NOTES: Worst start of Gary Bell’s Boston career. Still, he is 9-2 with a 3.17 ERA since the trade with Cleveland. Yaz continues to build on his league leading totals in HRs and RBIs. Kaycee pitchers had RBIs in both games of the twin bill

STAR OF THE GAME 2-5 HR 3RBI

BOSTON (69-36) @ KANSAS CITY (41-70) game 1

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6XW (1-0 3.40) 13Y (10-10 2.66)

The Athletics jumped on Dave Morehead early chasing him with six runs by the 3rd inning. Once again, Jim ‘Catfish’ Hunter showed his batting prowess by driving in the first two runs of the game. Hunter spun a three hit complete game, his only blemish being a Carl Yastrzemski solo home run.

BOS 000 000 010 1 3 0

KCA 042 001 00x 7 12 1

2B BOS Petrocelli 13

KCA Hunter 3 Roof 13

HR BOS Yastrzemski 36 (8th off Hunter)

KCA Hershberger 2 (3rd off Morehead) Roof 8 (6th off Brandon)

RBI BOS Yastrzemski 86

KCA Hunter 2(4) Roof 23 D. Green 29 Hershberger 2(29) Donaldson 9

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Morehead 2.3 7 1 1 3 6 6 15 19

Hunter 9 3 1 4 5 1 1 34 78

WP Hunter 11-10 2.58 LP Morehead 1-1 9.47

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 2 .. Gosger singled. Hershberger walked.D. Green singled scoring a run. Hunter doubled scoring two runs. Donaldson singled scoring a run. BOS 0 KCA 4

BOTTOM 3 .. Gosger tripled. Hershberger homered scoring two runs. BOS 0 KCA 6

BOTTOM 6 .. Roof homered BOS 0 KCA 7

TOP 8 .. Yastrzemski homered BOS 1 KCA 7

NOTES: Jim Hunter notched his team leading 11th win. This was his 5th complete game. Yaz cracked his league leading 36th homer. He also leads in RBIs

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 HR 2RBI

WASHINGTON (37-73) & MINNESOTA (61-46)

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A scoreless duel up to the 7th inning stretch, Frank Bertaina blinked first, allowing a pair or runs in the home half, old veteran Earl Battey breaking the duel shutouts. Jim Merritt went the distance scattering 4 hits to get back to the win side.

WAS 000 000 000 0 4 0

MIN 000 000 21x 3 5 0

2B WAS Cullen 6

MIN Tovar 27 Killebrew 14 Battey 2

RBI Battey 9 Uhlaender 22 Killebrew 82

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Bertaina 7 3 0 3 5 2 2 27 65

Merritt 9 4 0 0 7 0 0 31 86

WP Merritt 9-4 2.86 LP Bertaina 4-4 3.67

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 7 .. Killebrew walked . Battey doubled scoring a run. Uhlaender singled scoring a run. WAS 0 MIN 2

BOTTOM 8 .. Tovar doubled. Killebrew doubled scoring a run. WAS 0 MIN 3

NOTES: Cesar Tovar collected his league leading 27th two bagger. Harmon Killebrew is 4 RBIs behind Yaz for circuit honors.

STAR OF THE GAME 1-2 Double RBI