NEW YORK (40-63) @ KANSAS CITY (40-69)

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13 (8-11 3.28) 8 (2-13 5.18)

It was just not Mel’s say. The Yankee ace got clubbed for 6 runs over the first four innings providing Chuck Dobson enough offense as he cruised to a complete game win and a win of the series from the Pinstripers.

NYY 001 000 000 1 5 0

KCA 012 300 10x 7 9 0

2B KCA Hershberger 18

3B KCA Campaneris 5

HR KCA Harrelson 7 (7th off Monbouquette)

SB NYC Clarke 7

KCA Cater 4

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Stottlemyre 4 7 0 3 2 6 6 21 21

C. Dobson 9 5 0 3 7 1 1 35 77

WP C. Dobson 3-13 4.86 LP Stottlemyre 8-12 3.41

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 2 .. Gosger walked. Hershberger doubled scoring a run. NYY 0 KCA 1

TOP 3 .. Clarke singled. R. White singled. Mantle walked. Tresh sac fly scoring a run. NYY 1 KCA 1

BOTTOM 3 .. Donaldson walked. Cater singled. Harrelson sac fly scoring a run. Gosger singled scoring a run. NYY 1 KCA 3

BOTTOM 4 .. D. Green walked. Roof hit by pitch. Campaneris tripled scoring two runs. Donaldson singled scoring a run. NYY 1 KCA 6

BOTTOM 7 .. Harrelson home NYY 1 KCA 7

NOTES:: Chuck Dobson finally tasted victory again, the first time since June 28. It was also his first complete game. Danny Cater gas been on a tear, hitting .391 (18-46) over the last two weeks. It’s no wonder why Mickey Mantle’s numbers are down. 45% of this at bats are no contact, 82 walks and 98 whiffs, including 9 strikeouts in this 3 game series. Jake Gibbs is Rick b a 7 game hit run. Horace Clarke regained the team stolen base lead with 7.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-3 HR 2RBI

BOSTON (67-36) @ MINNESOTA (59-46)

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14X (16-6 2.06) 13YZ (12-8 2.34)

The Sox batted around in the 3rd chasing Dean Chance from the game by posting a 5 spot highlighted by Carl Yastrzemski two run triple, cruising to an ultimate 8-3 victory. Jim Lonborg went seven serviceable innings in once again besting Dean Chance

BOS 005 000 102 8 11 0

MIN 000 001 200 3 7 0

2B BOS Scott 14

MIN Killebrew 14

3B BOS Yastrzemski 2

HR MIN Reese 3 (7th off Lonborg)

RBI BOS Yastrzemski 2(85) Scott 2(64) Siebern 1 Petrocelli 2(68) R. Smith 41

MIN Allison 48 Reese 2(12)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Lonborg 7 6 1 2 6 3 3 29 57

Chance 3 5 0 3 2 5 5 18 28

WP Lonborg 17-6 2.13 LP Chance 12-8 2.53 SV Wyatt 16

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 3 .. Andrews walked. D. Jones singled. Yastrzemski tripled scoring two runs. Conigliaro walked. Siebern singled scoring a run. Petrocelli singled scoring a run. R. Smith sac fly scoring a run. BOS 5 MIN 0

BOTTOM 6 .. Oliva singled. Killebrew singled. Allison singled scoring a run. BOS 5 MIN 1

TOP 7 .. Yastrzemski walked an advanced on two groundouts. Petrocelli singled scoring a run. BOS 6 MIN 1

BOTTOM 7 .. Uhlaender singled. Reese homered scoring two runs. BOS 6 MIN 3

TOP 9 .. Yastrzemski walked. Conigliaro singled. Scott pinch hit a double scoring two runs. BOS 8 MIN 3

NOTES: The Bosox got back to their winning ways against their Midwest rivals. Jim Lonborg notched his league leading 17th win while also upping his chart topping total in whiffs now with an even 200. With a 3-3 day, Yaz has crawled within .003 of Al Kaline for the league lead. Altho he did not knock in anyone, Tony C had an eye opening 12 RBIs for the week!

STAR OF THE GAME 3-3 Triple 2 RBI 2 walks

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DETROIT (59-46) @ CLEVELAND (55-50) game 2

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10YW (9-8 3.97) 4 (0-0-4.82)

Homers by Dick McAuliffe and Bill Freehan paced the Tigers to a win and split of the doubleheader. Cleveland could not solve Joe Sparma who limited the home club to 5 hits going the distance for his 10th win.

DET 103 000 001 5 9 0

CLE 000 000 000 0 5 0

3B CLE T. Horton 2

HR DET McAuliffe 15 (1st off Culver) Freehan 10 (3rd off Culver) Lumpe 4 (9th off Bo. Allen)

RBI DET Freehan 3(32) McAuliffe 41 Lumpe 11

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Sparma 9 5 0 4 9 0 0 35 84

Culver 3 5 2 3 1 4 4 17 31

WP Sparma 10-8 3.73 LP Culver 0-1 5.25

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. McAuliffe homered DET 1 CLE 0

TOP 3 .. Lumpe singled. Cash walked. Freehan homered scoring three runs. DET 4 CLE 0

TOP 9 .. Lumpe homered DET 5 CLE 0

NOTES: Tigers crushed three homers to support the shutout gem spun by Joe Sparma. It was Sparma’s third shutout of the season. Al Ks,one leads the league in batting with a .358 average.

STAR OF THE GAME HR 3 RBI

DETROIT (59-45) @ CLEVELAND (54-50)

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5YW (2-0 4.11) 14Y (11-6 1.92)

Lee Maye doubled in the bottom of the 7th to break a one all tie and the Tribe added another in the 8th to provide Steve Hargan, who scattered 6 hits across 8 one run innings, with his 12th win of the season.

DET 000 001 000 1 7 0

CLE 100 000 11x 3 8 0

2B CLE Maye 15

SB DET McAuliffe 5

CLE Fuller 1

RBI DET Wert 30

CLE Maye 23 L. Brown 25

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

P. Dobson 4 5 0 2 3 1 0 18 51

Hargan 8 6 0 2 8 1 1 32 72

WP Hargan 12-6 1.88 LP Wickersham 3-2 3.71 SV Pena 4

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Wagner singled, T. Horton singled. Alvis reached on an error scoring a run. DET 0 CLE 1

TOP 6 .. McAuliffe singled and stole second. Wert singled scoring a run. DET 1 CLE 1

BOTTOM 7 .. Fuller singled and stole second. Maye doubled scoring a run. DET 1 CLE 2

BOTTOM 8 .. Alvis singled. Sims walked. Passed ball advanced the runners. Fuller intentionally walked. L. Brown sac fly scoring a run. DET 1 CLE 3

STAR OF THE GAME: Double RBI

CHICAGO (72-40) @ BALTIMORE (49-55) game 2

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9YW (4-5 3.41) 5YW (1-3 5.24)

A scoreless game until the last of the 4th when Boog Powell drove one into the bleachers to the Orioles on top. Marcellino Lopez hurled seven shutout innings to earn the split to the twin bill.

CWS 000 000 000 0 5 1

BAL 000 310 00x 4 6 0

2B CWS K. Boyer 4

3B BAL F. Robinson 7

HR BAL Powell 13 (4th off B. Howard)

RBI BAL Powell 3(53) F. Robinson 51

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

B. Howard 4 3 1 2 6 3 3 17 48

Lopez 7 4 0 1 6 0 0 26 74

WP Lopez 2-3 3.99 LP B. Howard 4-6 3.56

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 4 .. Aparicio singled. B. Robinson walked. Powell homered scoring three runs. CWS 0 BAL 3

BOTTOM 5 .. Aparicio reached on error. F. Robinson tripled scoring a run. CWS 0 BAL 4

NOTES: Marcellino Lopez has really shone with the Birds, collecting his second win in as many starts. He has only allowed one run in 13 innings. As good as the Boyer-Colavito-Ward trio were in the opener, they were held hitless in the nightcap.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 HR 2RBI

CHICAGO (71-30) @ BALTIMORE (49-54) game 1

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10Z (4-3 3.17) 13XW (11-10 3.15)

A Pete Ward grand slam in the 1st set the tone for the game in which the Visitors pounded out 17 hits.. Wilbur Wood went 6 strong innings for the win as the Chisox took the opener of this Sunday doubleheader.

CWS 401 020 310 11 17 0

BAL 100 000 003 4 9 0

HR CWS Ward 23 (1st off Phoebus- Grand slam)

BAL Blefary 12 (9th off Buzhardt)

RBI CWS Ward 6(65) Martin 3(27) McCraw 25 Staehle 5

BAL F. Robinson 50 Blefary 3(36)

SB CWS McCraw 12 Staehle 2

BAL Aparicio 11 Bowens 4

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

W. Wood 6 4 0 2 1 1 1 23 59

Phoebus 4 7 1 4 2 7 7 20 18

WP W. Wood 5-3 3.41 LP Phoebus 11-11 3.48

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Agee walked. Buford walked. Colavito walked. Ward grand slam scoring four runs. CWS 4 BAL 0

BOTTOM 1 .. Aparicio singled then stole second. F. Robinson singled scoring a run. CWS 4 BAL 1

TOP 3 .. K. Boyer singled. Colavito walked. McCraw singled scoring a run. CWS 5 BAL 1

TOP 5 .. K. Boyer singled. Colavito singled. Ward singled scoring a run. McCraw singled loading the bases. Martin grounded out scoring a run. CWS 7 BAL 1

TOP 7 .. Ward singled. McCraw singled and stole second. Martin singled scoring two runs. Staehle singled scoring a run. CWS 10 BAL 1

TOP 8 .. Boyer singled. Colavito singled. Ward singled scoring a run. CWS 11 BAL 1

BOTTOM 9 .. May walked. Johnson singled. Blefary homered scoring three runs. CWS 11 BAL 4

NOTES: Huge game for Pete Ward who drive in a season high 6 in the game. Ward teamed up with newly acquired Ken Boyer and Rocky Colavito for 9 hits (9-13). Another strong start for Wilbur Wood who actually got rewarded with the victory. Seems like Tom Phoebus is either hot or cold as this was the 4th time he had given up 6 or more runs in a start. Eddie Fisher has list his knuckles, having been scored on in his last 4 games and 7 of the last 8. On the bright side, the Birds pitchers have been awesome with the bat, going 6-13 so far this week

STAR OF THE GAME 4-5 HR (grand slam) 6RBI

WASHINGTON (37-70) @ CALIFORNIA (44-63)

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8W (5-11 4.31) 15W (4-7 2.24)

A tight 2-1 game favoring the hone club turned into a route as the Angels schooled Darrell Knowles for five runs capped by a three run triple by Don Mincher who capped the scoring. Rickey Clark held the Nats to only two hits through 7 innings picking up the win.

WAS 000 010 000 1 3 1

CAL 100 100 23x 7 13 0

2B CAL Knoop 10 Rodgers 10

3B CAL Mincher 2

HR WAS Be. Allen 2(5th off Clark)

CAL Fregosi 12 (1st off Fregosi) Held 4 (7th off Knowles)

RBI WAS Be. Allen 17

CAL Fregosi 2(44) Held 17 Reichardt 28 Knoop 38 Mincher 2(52)

SB WAS Valentine 13

CAL Fregosi 3

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Moore 5 6 1 3 3 2 2 23 47

Ri. Clark 7 2 1 3 3 1 1 26 69

WP Ri. Clark 5-7 2.19 LP Moore 5-12 4.28 SV Rojas 14

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Fregosi homered WAS 0 CAL 1

BOTTOM 4 .. Rodgers walked. Knoop doubled scoring a run. WAS 0 CAL 2

TOP 5 .. Be. Allen homered WAS 1 CAL 2

BOTTOM 7 .. Held homered. Skowron reached on a two base error. Repoz pinch ran. Reichardt singled scoring a run. WAS 1 CAL 4

BOTTOM 8 .. Rodgers singled. Knoop singled. Mincher pinch hit a triple scoring two runs. Casey Cox relieved Knowles. Fregosi singled scoring a run. WAS 1 CAL 7

NOTES: Angels have found their bats, scoring 16 runs on 22 hits in the first two games of this series. Woody Held has homered in both games. In fact, every starter except Jose Cardenal contributed to the hit parade including Rickey Clark. Barry Moore was the hard luck loser as he trailed by just one run when he hit the showers

STAR OF THE GAME 2-5 HR 2RBI SB

NEW YORK (40-62) @ KANSAS CITY (39-69)

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14X (9-5 2.22) 7X (10-10 2.98)

The Athletics broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the 4th, the three run rally capped by a run scoring double by Joe Nossek. Al Downing started strong, punching out 5 of the first 7 he faced before being solved just one inning later. Jim Nash was the recipients this offensive generosity, going the distance, firing a five hit complete game.

NYY 010 000 000 1 5 1

KCA 001 300 01x 5 7 0

2B NYY Tresh 14

KXA Nossek 5

HR KCA Roof 7 (3rd off Downing)

RBI NYY Gibbs 24

KCA D. Green 2(28) Nossek 2(16) Roof 22

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Downing 7 6 1 1 10 4 4 29 58

Nash 9 5 0 3 6 1 1 33 76

WP Nash 11-10 2.87 LP Downing 9-6 2.38

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 2 .. Tresh walked. Bi. Robinson walked. Gibbs singled scoring a run. NYY 1 KCA 0

BOTTOM 3 .. Roof homered. NYY 1 KCA 1

BOTTOM 4 .. Cater singled. Hershberger singled. D. Green singled scoring a run. Nossek doubled scoring two runs. NYY 1 KCA 4

BOTTOM 8 .. Harrelson walked and advanced on a grounder. D. Green singled scoring a run. NYY 1 KCA 5

NOTES: Jim Nash continues to shine as he did in his rookie year, notching his 11th win to lead the team. He leads the A’s staff on complete games. Joe Nossek broke his 0-22 skid with his RBI double. Tom Tresh snapped an 0-15 with his two bagger in the 9th.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 2RBI

BOSTON (67-35) @ MINNESOTA (58-46)

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11Z (9-2 1.59) 13XW (7-10 3.61)

Two batters in, the Twins had a lead they would not relinquish as Cesar Tovar drove in two to finally grab a win from the Boston club. Dave Boswell went seven strong to give the home club the victory.

BOS 000 001 001 2 7 0

MIN 100 010 10x 3 5 0

2B BOS Foy 20 E. Howard 6

MIN Tovar 26

3B BOS Scott 5

HR MIN Nixon 1 (5th off Stange)

RBI BOS Conigliaro 71 Petrocelli 66

MIN Tovar 2(42) Nixon 3

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Stange 6.2 5 1 4 4 3 3 29 48

Boswell 7 6 0 1 6 1 1 26 66

WP Boswell 8-10 3.50 LP Stange 9-3 1.72 SV Worthington 20

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Versalles walked. Tovar doubled scoring a run. BOS 0 MIN 1

BOTTOM 5 .. Nixon homered BOS 0 MIN 2

TOP 6 .. Foy doubled. Conigliaro singled scoring a run. BOS 1 MIN 2

BOTTOM 7 .. Uhlaender walked. Nixon singled. Tovar singled scoring. BOS 1 MIN 3

TOP 9 .. Scott tripled. Petrocelli sac fly scoring a run. BOS 2 MIN 3

NOTES: The Twins win broke the run of six straight Boston won off of Minnesota. Cesar Tovar now leads the league in two baggers. Russ Nixon hit the first homer of any Twins backstopped. Bob Allison’s 10 game hit streak ended. Also ending was Boston 9 game win run.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Double 2RBI

DETROIT (58-45) @ CLEVELAND (54-49)

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13Y (13-7 3.36) 11XY (0-1 2.57)

Lee Maye broke a 1-1 tie with a two run homer in the 5th only to be trumped by Willie Horton who went deep with two on in the 8th to ultimately give the Duke to the visitors

DET 100 000 030 4 7 0

CLE 010 020 000 3 5 1

2B DET Wert 14

CLE Fuller 3

3B DET Tracewski 2

HR DET W. Horton 13 (8th off Siebert)

CLE Alvis 14 (2nd off E. Wilson) Maye 4 (5th off E. Wilson)

RBI DET W. Horton 4(44)

CLE Alvis 42 Maye 2(22)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

E. Wilson 6 5 2 1 4 3 3 24 53

S. Williams 7 5 0 2 8 3 3 29 61

WP Wickersham 3-1 3.21 LP Siebert 12-6 1.77 SV Gladding 13

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. McAuliffe walked. Wert doubled. W. Horton grounded out scoring a run. DET 1 CLE 0

BOTTOM 2 .. Alvis homered DET 1 CLE 1

BOTTOM 5 .. Fuller walked. Maye homered scoring two runs. DET 1 CLE 3

TOP 8 .. McAuliffe singled. Wert singled. Siebert relieved zs. Williams. W. Horton homered scoring three runs. DET 4 CLE 3

NOTES: Willie Horton batted in all 4 Detroit tallies. Ray Oyler, never known for his bat, is mired in a 1-31 skid. The Sonny Siebert Experiment hit a pothole as he gave up the blast to Horton in his new role as Indian fireman.

STAR OF THE GAME 1-4 HR 4 RBI