WASHINGTON (37-79) @ CALIFORNIA (43-63)

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4 (4-13 5.14) 9Y (5-14 3.51)

Woody Held’s three run homer in the first set the stage and the Angels added six more while coasting to a 9-3 win.

WAS 010 000 101 3 10 1

CAL 305 000 01x 9 9 1

2B WAS Brinkman 11

CAL Fregosi 17

HR WAS Valentine 2((6) 7th off Brunet, 9th off Coates)

CAL Held 3 (1st off Coleman)

RBI WAS Valentine 2(23) Brinkman 17

CAL Held 4(10) Rodgers 2(37) Brunet 1 Cardenal 2(32)

SB CAL Cardenal 8

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Coleman 2.1 5 1 3 1 8 8 16 9

Brunet 7 9 1 2 5 2 2 30 54

WP Brunet 6-14 3.48 LP Coleman 4-14 5.74

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Fregosi singled. Mincher walked. Held homered scoring three runs. WAS 0 CAL 3

TOP 2 .. Nen singled. Brinkman doubled scoring a run. WAS 1 CAL 3

BOTTOM 3 .. Fregosi doubled. Mincher walked. Held singled scoring a run. Reichardt walked. Rodgers singled scoring two runs. Casey Cox relieved. Knoop walked. Brunet sac fly scoring a run. Cardenal singled scoring a run. WAS 1 CAL 8

TOP 7 .. Valentine homered WAS 2 CAL 8

BOTTOM 8 .. Rodgers singled. Knoop singled. Repoz walked. Cardenal sac fly scoring a run. WAS 2 CAL 9

TOP 9 ., Valentine homered WAS 3 CAL 9

NOTES: Woody Held sure has been a good pickup for the Halos, filling in now at third after subbing for Fregosi when first acquired. George Brunet win his second straight. Joe Coleman joined Brunet in the Biggest Loser category, both with 14. Freddy Valentine pinch hit a homer and stayed in the game, slugging another. What was unique is that he hit one from each side of the plate!

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 HR 4RBI

NEW YORK (39-62) @ KANSAS CITY (39-68)

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7YW (6-11 3.88) 4W (2-5 5.29

The Yankees assumed their alter-ego of Bronx Bombers, putting up 10 runs before the end of the third inning. Steve Barber proved his was more than a left handed pitcher, crushing one of the Pinstripers long balls. His only mistake boosted the stats of Ken ‘Hawk’ Harrelson who crushed a grand slam. But it was woefully too little as the Yanks cruised to victory

NYY 514 100 000 11 16 0

KCA 004 000 000 4 4 0

HR NYY Bi. Robinson 8 (1st off Odom) Barber 1 (3rd off Odom)

KCA Harrelson 6 (3rd off Barber – Grand Slam)

RBI NYY Barber 4(5) Bi. Robinson 3(21) Pepitone 2(34) Tresh 34

KCA Harrelson 4(22)

SB NYY Clarke 6

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Barber 7 3 1 3 7 4 4 27 59

Odom 2 6 1 5 2 9 9 17 5

WP Barber 7-11 3.95 LP Odom 2-6 6.34

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Clarke walked. R. White singled. Mantle walked. Pepitone singled scoring a run. Tresh sac fly scoring a run. Bi. Robinson homered scoring three runs. NYY 5 KCA 0

TOP 2 .. Clarke singled then stole second. Pepitone singled scoring a run. NYY 6 KCA 0

TOP 3 .. Bi. Robinson singled. Gibbs walked. Amaro walked. Sanford relieved Odom. Stanford wild pitch scoring a run. Barber homered scoring three runs. NYY 10 KCA 0

BOTTOM 3 .. Sanford walked. Donaldson. Cater walked. Harrelson homered scoring four runs. NYY 10 KCA 4

TOP 4 .. Gibbs singled. Amaro singled. Barber singled scoring a run. NYY 11 KCA 4

STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 HR 4RBI

BOSTON (66-35) @ MINNESOTA (58-45)

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4 (5-4 5.62) 13YZ (8-3 2.85)

This was was shaping up to be a slobbernocker as both teams scored early and often. But Bucky Brandon and Jim Merritt registered zeroes until the 7th when the Six scored a lair then added three more for insurance to nab the opening game if this series

BOS 120 000 000 8 14 1

MIN 300 000 000 3 8 2

2B BOS Conigliaro 10

HR BOS Adair 1 (7th off Merritt) Yastrzemski 35 (8th off Kline)

MIN Killebrew 32 (1st off Brandon)

RBI BOS Yastrzemski 3(83) Conigliaro 2(70) Foy 47 Adair 29 Brandon 2

MIN Killebrew 3 (80)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Brandon 6 7 1 1 1 3 3 25 46

Merritt 6.1 8 1 2 5 5 5 30 40

WP Brandon 6-4 5.56 LP Merritt 8-4 3.08 SV Santiago 5

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Andrews walked. Conigliaro doubled scoring a run. BOS 1 MIN 0

BOTTOM 1 .. Tovar walked. Oliva singled. Killebrew homered scoring three runs. BOS 1 MIN 3

TOP 2 .. G. Thomas singled. Ryan singled. Brandon singled scoring a run. Andrews hit by pitch. Foy singled scoring a run. BOS 3 MIN 3

TOP 7 .. Adair homered. Andrews singled. Yastrzemski walked. Conigliaro singled scoring a run. BOS 5 MIN 3

TOP 8 .. Andrews reached on an error. Foy singled. Yastrzemski homered scoring three runs. BOS 8 MIN 3

NOTES: Make it six straight for the Beantowners over the Twins. Each team’ s premier slugger went yard, first Killer then Yaz matched him. Carl holds a three homer and three RBI lead. But, Yaz gas slipped behind Al Kaline in the batting race.

STAR OF THE GAME 1-3 HR RBI

DETROIT (58-44) @ CLEVELAND (53-49)

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It looked like an Al Kaline home run would hold up for the full game but The Indians scratched out the tying run in the 8th. Then, with the score still even in the 10th Max Alvis sent the fans home happy depositing a Spaulding into the left fields seats

DET 001 000 000 0 1 5 0

CLE 000 000 010 1 2 9 0

2B DET Freehan 8

CLE L. Brown 16

HR DET Kaline 14 (3rd off McDowell)

CLE Alvis 13 (10th off Alvis)

RBI DET Kaline 55

CLE T. Horton 26 Alvis 41

SB DET Kaline 4

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Podres 7 6 0 2 2 1 1 29 63

McDowell 9 5 1 4 12 1 1 35 81

WP Pena 1-4 3.48 LP Marshall 3-4 3.86

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 3 .. Kaline homered. DET 1 CLE 0

BOTTOM 8 .. Hinton singled. Wagner singled. T. Horton sac fly scoring a run. DET 1 CLE 1

BOTTOM 10 .. Alvis homered DET 1 CLE 2

STAR OF THE GAME 2-5 HR RBI (walk off)

DETROIT (58-43) @ BALTIMORE (48-54)

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7Y (12-8 3.28) 3Z (2-8 4.64)

The run scored in the bottom if the 1st was all Baltimore and Bill Dillman needed as the Birds cruised to the win and sweep of the series. Dillman recorded his first shutout in going the distance, making Denny McLain a tough luck loser.

DET 000 000 000 0 6 3

BAL 100 000 30x 4 9 0

2B DET Kaline 21 Cash 13

BAL Powell 10

RBI BAL B. Robinson 2(54) Powell 2(50)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

McLain 6 7 0 3 6 1 0 26 69

Dillman 9 6 0 2 7 0 0 33 80

WP Dillman 3-8 4.14 LP McLain 12-9 3.19

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Blair singled and advanced to 2nd. Br. Robinson singled scoring a run. DET 0 BAL 1

BOTTOM 7 .. Dillman singled. Aparicio walked. Blair reached on an error. Br. Robinson sac fly scoring a run. Powell doubled scoring two runs. DET 0 BAL 4

NOTES: The Orioles swept the series, showing signs of being Lind their 1966 World Championship form. Brooks Robinson leads the O’s in RBI’s with 54. Al Kaline trails Carl Yastrzemski on the batting race by .004. Ray Oyler’s glove is keeping him playing since his is sweating through an 0-12 and 1-26 slump.

STAR OF THE GAME 1-3 2RBI

KANSAS CITY (39-67) @ BOSTON (65-35)

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13Y (10-9 2.56) 2X (0-0 3.95)

Kansas City jumped all over Bill Landis, chasing him after only recording 4 outs. The Sox fought back, playing long ball in the 4th and small ball in the 6th to take the lead. The A’s mounted a rally off Johnny Wyatt only to fall a run short.

KCA 120 000 001 4 13 1

BOS 000 202 10x 5 10 2

2B KCA Campaneris 21 Gosger 12

HR KCA Hunter 2(2nd off B. Landis)

BOS Conigliaro 26 (4th off Hunter) Petrocelli 23 (4th off Hunter)

RBI KCA Hunter 2 Harrelson 18 Monday 49 Kubiak 1

BOS Conigliaro 68 Scott 62 Petrocelli 65 G. Thomas 4 Ryan 20

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Hunter 7 10 2 3 4 5 4 32 42

Landis 1.1 5 1 1 0 3 3 11 33

WP Santiago 4-5 3.02 Hunter 10-10 2.66 SV Wyatt 15

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Campaneris singled. Kubiak reached on an error. Harrelson singled scoring a run. KCA 1 BOS 0

BOTTOM 2 .. Hunter homered. Campaneris doubled. Kubiak singled scoring a run. KCA 3 BOS 0

BOTTOM 4 .. Conigliaro homered. Petrocelli homered. KCA 3 BOS 2

BOTTOM 6 .. Yastrzemski walked. Conigliaro walked. G. Thomas singled scoring a run. Ryan singled scoring a run. KCA 3 BOS 4

BOTTOM 7 .. Tartabull singled. Conigliaro singled. Scott singled scoring a run. KCA 3 BOS 5

TOP 9 .. Campaneris doubled. Monday pinch hit a single scoring a run. KCA 4 BOS 5

NOTES: The Sox swept their second straight series, piling up the wins and moving within 5 of the front running Chisox. Jim ‘Catfish’ Hunter homered in his second straight start.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-3 HR RBI

CHICAGO (71-29) @ CLEVELAND (53-49)

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10Z (4-2 3.66) 14Y (10-6 1.98)

Duke Sims caught an un- fluttering knuckleball depositing it into the right field cheap seats to but the Cleveland Club ahead for good, riding workhorse Steve Hargan to victory taking two of three from the front running White Sox.

CWS 001 000 000 1 7 1

CLE 100 001 00x 2 7 1

2B CWS K. Boyer 3 Ward 9 Martin 14

CLE Demeter 6

HR CLE Sims 8 (6th off W. Wood)

RBI CWS Wa. Williams 14

CLE T. Horton 25 Sims 20

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

W. Wood 6 6 1 1 5 2 2 27 56

Hargan 9 7 0 2 4 1 1 36 71

WP Hargan 11-6 1.92 LP W. Wood 4-3 3.59

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Hinton singled. Moved to second on a groundout. T. Horton singled scoring a run. CWS 0 CLE 1

TOP 3 .. Martin doubled. Wa. Williams singled scoring a run. CWS 1 CLE 1

BOTTOM 6 .. Sims homered. CWS 1 CLE 2

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 HR RBI

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MINNESOTA (59-43) @ WASHINGTON (36-69)

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11XZ (10-8 3.01) 11Z (8-9 2.52)

The Twins spotted the home team four run cushion before clawing their way back, finally assuming the lead in the top of the 10th. But the Senators would not roll over, rallying for two in the bottom of the 10th to walk off with the victory.

MIN 000 020 200 1 5 6 0

WAS 000 400 000 2 6 12 0

2B WAS McMullen 10 Stroud 4

3B MIN Allison 9 Uhlaender 5

WAS H. Allen 4

HR MIN Allison 16 (5th off Ortega)

WAS F. Howard 28 (4th off Kaat)

RBI MIN Allison 3(47) Uhlaender 20 Kostro 3

WAS F. Howard 2(68) Stroud 2(15) H. Allen 15 Brinkman 16

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Kaat 7 8 1 0 6 4 4 29 51

Ortega 7 3 1 3 5 4 4 26 57

WP Lines 3-0 1.46 LP Worthington 3-8 2.97

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 4 .. McMullen singled. F. Howard homered scoring two runs. C. Peterson singled. H. Allen tripled scoring a run. Brinkman singled scoring a run. MIN 0 WAS 4

TOP 5 .. Killebrew walked. Allison homered scoring two runs. MIN 2 WAS 4

TOP 7 .. Killebrew walked. Allison tripled scoring a run. Uhlaender sac fly scoring a run. MIN 4 WAS 4

TOP 10 .. Uhlaender tripled. Kostro singled scoring a run. MIN 5 WAS 4

BOTTOM 10 .. Cullen singled. McMullen doubled. F. Howard intentionally walked. C. Peterson struck out. Stroud pinch hit a double scoring two runs. MIN 5 WAS 6

NOTES: Dick Lines gave up his first run since July 7, a stretch of 12 innings. Frank Howard is third in the league with 28 homers. Eddie Brinkman played his first game since June 5. Jim Kaat still can’t buy a win, the big inning his undoing the one big inning. Bob Allison gas found his bat riding a 9 fame hit streak. He also has driven in 8 runs in the last 4 games. Oh, by the way, he is bsck tied with Blair and Berry for league lead in tripled.

STAR OF THE GAME: PH Double 2RBI

DETROIT (58-42) @ BALTIMORE (47-54)

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8XZ (4-3 2.99) 14Z (1-2 2.30)

Paul Blair drove in two in the initial inning to get the Birds started then the home club padded the lead with four more off reliever turned emergency starter Fred Gladding coasting to the win and sweep of the doubleheader. Jim Hardin with an assist from Eddie Watt kept Detroit to a solitary run.

DET 000 000 100 1 7 0

BAL 200 040 00x 6 7 2

2B DET Price 1 McAuliffe 11

BAL Belanger 2 Haney 5

RBI DET McAuliffe 40

BAL May 2 Blair 3(34) Hardin 1

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Gladding 4 7 0 2 5 6 6 20 19

Hardin 6.2 7 0 0 5 1 1 28 57

WP Hardin 2-2 2.18 LP Gladding g 4-4 4.04

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 1 .. May singled. Br. Robinson singled. Powell walked. Blair scoring two runs. DET 0 BAL 2

BOTTOM 5 .. Haney doubled. Hardin singled scoring a run. Belanger doubled. May singled scoring two runs. Wickersham relieved Gladding. Powell walked. Blair singled scoring a run. DET 0 BAL 6

TOP 7 .. Price doubled. McAuliffe doubled scoring a run. DET 1 BAL 6

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-3 3RBI

DETROIT (58-41) @ BALTIMORE (46-54) game 1

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10YW (9-7 3.78) 9YZ (1-1 2.40)

The Orioles put up a 5 spot in the first off Joe Sparma then coasted to victory. Davy Johnson lead the hit parade with two bombs to support Gene Brabender in victory.

DET 000 011 001 3 7 0

DET 500 002 10x 8 11 0

2B DET Cash 12

BAL Blair 16

HR DET Freehan 9 (9th off E. Fisher)

BAL D. Johnson 2(11(1st off Sparma; 7th off P. Dobson)) F. Robinson 14 (6th off Hiller)

RBI DET Kaline 54 Freehan 2(29)

BAL D. Johnson 3(29) Blair 2(31) F. Robinson 2(51) B. Robinson 49

SB DET Northrup 5

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Sparma 4.2 6 1 5 3 5 5 25 30

Brabender 6.1 6 0 3 3 2 2 26 53

WP Brabender 2-1 2.54 LP Sparma 9-8 3.97

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Aparicio singled. May singled. F. Robinson walked. B. Robinson sac fly scoring a run. Blair doubled scoring two runs. D. Johnson homered scoring two runs. DET 0 BAL 5

TOP 5 .. Kaline walked. Cash doubled. Freehan sac fly scoring a run. DET 1 BAL 5

TOP 6 .. L. Green singled. Wert singled. Kaline singled scoring a run. DET 2 BAL 5

BOTTOM 6 .. May walked. F. Robinson homered scoring two runs. DET 2 BAL 7

BOTTOM 7 .. D. Johnson homered. DET 2 BAL 8

TOP 9 .. Freehan homered. DET 3 BAL 8

NOTES: Frank Robinson ripped his first long ball since June 21. Brooks Robinson had 4 hits. Duck McAuliffe had a really tough night, whiffing twice and grounding into two double plays.

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