CHICAGO (73-31) & DETROIT (60-47)

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17Z (16-2 1.62) 4Z (1-4 3.37)

Another tight contest in the nightcap as Al Kaline once again lead his Bengals to victory with a big two run double. Fred Gladding made it interesting before nailing down the win.

CWS 000 010 010 2 7 0

DET 000 012 00x 3 6 0

2B CWS Burgess 1

DET Kaline 23 McAuliffe 11

HR DET Cash 23 (5th off Horlen)

RBI CWS Morales 1 Buford 33

DET Cash 71 KALINE 67

SB CWS Buford 17

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Horlen 7 6 1 2 1 3 3 27 52

Podres 5 5 0 0 2 1 1 19 55

WP Wickersham 4-2 3.71 LP Horlen 16-3 1.71 SV Gladding 14

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 5 .. Wa. Williams singled. McNertney singled. Morales singled scoring a run. CWS 1 DET 0

BOTTOM 5 .. Cash homered CWS 1 DET 1

BOTTOM 6 .. Lumpe singled. McAuliffe doubled. Kaline doubled scoring two runs. CWS 1 DET 3

TOP 8 .. Burgess doubled. Staehle pinch ran. Buford singled scoring a run. CWS 2 DET 3

NOTES: Al Kaline has been red hot since returning to the lineup. He has a safety in each game a span of 9 contests. He still leads Carl Yastrzemski in the batting race. Joe Horlen suffered his first loss since May 22.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-3 Double 2RBI

CHICAGO (72-31) @ DETROIT (60-46) game 1

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16X (14-4 2.20) 7Y (12-9 3.12)

Don Buford broke up a terrific pitchers duel with an 8th inning solo shot giving the front running White Sox game one of this double dip.

CWS 010 000 010 2 4 0

DET 000 100 000 1 7 2

2B DET Kaline 22

3B W. Horton 2

HR CWS Buford 9 (8th off Hiller)

RBI CWS Martin 28 Buford 33

DET Freehan 33

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Peters 6 5 0 3 5 1 1 24 60

McLain 7 5 0 2 8 1 0 27 73

WP McMahon 5-4 1.80 LP Hiller 1-1 2.59

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 2 .. McCraw reached on an error. Agee hit by pitch. Martin singled scoring a run. CWS 1 DET 0

BOTTOM 4 .. W. Horton tripled. Freehan singled scoring a run. CWS 1 DET 1

TOP 8 .. Buford homered CWS 2 DET 1

STAR OF THE GAME 1-4 HR RBI

CLEVELAND (57-51) @ BALTIMORE (50-56)

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1YW (1-1 3.76) 14Z (2-2 2.13)

This game was all Jim Hardin. He dominated with the bat and with the arm, his 2 homers 6 RBIs and two hit shutout as proof.

CLE 000 000 000 0 2 0

BAL 130 240 00x 10 12 0

2B CLE Davalillo 14

HR BAL Hardin 2((2) 2nd off Connolly, 5th off Connolly) G. Robinson 16 (5th off Bailey)

RBI BAL Hardin 6(7) F. Robinson 2(57) B. Robinson 2(56)

SB BAL Aparicio 12

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Connolly 4 11 2 4 2 9 9 27 2

Hardin 9 2 0 2 4 0 0 30 85

WP Hardin 3-2 1.72 LP Connolly 1-2 5.78

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Aparicio singled and stole second. Advance to third on grounder. G. Robinson sac fly scoring a run. CLE 0 BAL 1

BOTTOM 2 .. Bowens walked. Etchabarren singled. Hardin homered scoring three runs. CLE 0 BAL 4

BOTTOM 4 .. Hardin singled. Powell singled. F. Robinson walked. B. Robinson singled scoring two runs. CLE 0 BAL 6

BOTTOM 5 .. Bowens singled. Etchabarren singled. Hardin homered scoring three runs. F. Robinson homered. CLE 0 BAL 10.

STAR OF THE GAME 3-4 2HR 6RBI

NEW YORK (40-64) @ CALIFORNIA (46-63)

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8Z (7-6 2.74) 13YW (3-6 3.72)

Woody Held cracked a two run homer in the second and for 8 full innings were the only runs scored. Jack Hamilton had the Yankees under his spell until the 9th he walked two prompting Mgr. Bill Rigney to bring on fireman Minnie Rojas. Alas Rojas surrendered the lead forcing bonus frames. Bottom 11 three consecutive singles gave the home club the win.

NYY 000 000 002 00 2 7 1

CAL 020 000 000 01 3 12 0

2B NYY R. White 3 C. Smith 7

HR CAL Held 5 (2nd off Peterson)

RBI NYY R. White 2(7)

CAL Held 2(19) Reichardt 29

SB CAL Fregosi 4

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

F. Peterson 7 6 1 1 4 2 2 27 60

J. Hamilton 8.1 6 0 6 3 2 2 36 60

WP Cimino 5-4 2.88 LP Tillitson 2-10 6.53

STAR OF THE GAME GWRBI

WASHINGTON (37-72) @ MINNESOTA (60-46)

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11Z (8-9 2.63) 11XZ (10-8 3.09)

Tim Cullen kicked off the game with a solo shot but the Twins countered with blasts by Ted Uhlaender and Harmon Killebrew to tie the game. Bottom of the 8th with the Nats up a digit, Rich Rollins went deep to provide the margin of victory for the home club.

WAS 101 000 100 3 9 2

MIN 000 011 03x 5 13 0

2B MIN Killebrew 13 Allison 5

3B WAS Nen 1

HR WAS Cullen 1 (1st off Kaat)

MIN Uhlaender 4(5th off Ortega) Killebrew 32 (6th off Ortega) Rollins 8 (8th off Cox)

RBI WAS Cullen 10 Brinkman 18 McMullen 49

MIN Uhlaender 22 Killebrew 81 Rollins 3(28)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Ortega 7 7 2 0 7 2 2 29 62

Kaat 7 7 1 0 7 3 3 28 58

WP Kline 4-2 2.95 LP Cox 2-5 2.81 SV Worthington 16

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Cullen homered. WAS 1 MIN 0

TOP 3 .. Cullen singled and stole second. McMullen singled scoring a run. WAS 2 MIN 0

BOTTOM 5 .. Uhlaender homered WAS 2 MIN 1

BOTTOM 6 .. Killebrew homered WAS 2 MIN 2

TOP 7 .. Nen tripled. Brinkman singled scoring a run. WAS 3 MIN 2

BOTTOM 8 .. Oliva singled. Allison singled. Rollins homered scoring three runs. WAS 3 MIN 5

STAR OF THE GAME HR 3RBI

CLEVELAND (56-51) @ BALTIMORE (50-55)

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9YZ (2-5 3.86) 9YZ (2-1 2.54)

A good old fashioned pitchers duel through 8 shutout innings, Gene Brabender and the Orioles blinked first as Vern Fuller went yard to provide the winning margin in this classic game as Johnny O’Donoghue went the distance fanning 11 allowing only 5 hits.

CLE 000 000 002 2 7 0

BAL 000 000 000 0 5 0

2B CLE Alvis 24

BAL Blair 17

3B BAL Aparicio 9

HR CLE Fuller 5 (9th off Brabender)

RBI CLE Fuller 2(7)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

O’Donoghue 9 5 0 1 11 0 0 31 87

Brabender 9 7 1 2 9 2 2 36 72

WP O’Donoghue 3-5 3.42 LP Brabender 2-2 2.38

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 9 .. T. Horton singled. Fuller homered scoring two runs. CLE 2 BAL 0

NOTES: Fiest shutout of the year for Johnny O’Donoghue. He upped his complete games to two. Luis Aparicio joins the gang of Paul Blair, Bob Allison and Ken Berry with his 9th triple.

STAR OF THE GAME: HR 2RBI

PITCHER OF THE WEEK (Aug6)

PLAYER OF THE WEEK (August 6)

STANDINGS AS OF AUGUST 6

WASHINGTON (37-71) @ CALIFORNIA (45-63)

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9YZ (5-10 4.22) 13Y (10-4 3.00)

Jim Fregosi’s 5th inning homer wiped out the 2-0 Washington lead provided by Bernie Allen via a double. The home club managed to cobble together a tally in the 8th thus sweeping the weekend set.

WAS 020 000 000 2 9 0

CAL 000 030 01x 3 8 0

2B WAS c. Peterson 12 Be. Allen 5

HR CAL Fregosi 13

RBI WAS Be. Allen 2(19)

CAL Fregosi 2(46) Rodgers 39

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Pascual 6 6 1 1 7 2 2 25 58

McGlothlin 7 8 0 2 5 2 2 30 56

WP Kelso 2-7 2.72 LP Lines 3-1 1.57

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 2 .. Nen walked. Casanova singled. Be. Allen doubled scoring two runs. WAS 2 CAL 0

BOTTOM 5 .. Knoop singled. Fregosi homered scoring two runs. WAS 2 CAL 2

BOTTOM 8 .. Taylor singed. Held walked. Rodgers singled scoring a run, WAS 2 CAL 3

STAR OF THE GAME, 2-4 HR 2 RBI