In determining the player of the month (and player of the year) a points system is assigned, highest to lowest, in each of the necessary batting categories. We had 7 very worthy player of the month candidates and below is the breakout.

And the PLAYER OF THE MONTH is….

BOSTON (40-30) @ KANSAS CITY (28-46)

STARTING PITCHERS

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11Y (8-3 2.21) 7X (7-7 3.10)

BOS 000 105 100 7 13 1

KCA 000 000 000 0 4 3

2B BOS Andrews 2(15) Yastrzemski 16 Adair 10

RBI BOS Yastrzemski 3(63) Bell 2(4) Conigliaro 36 Andrews 17

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Bell 9 4 0 3 7 0 0 35 83

Nash 5.1 8 0 6 7 6 6 30 28

WP Bell 9-3 2.03 LP Nash 7-8 3.42

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 4 .. Adair doubled. Bell singled scoring a run. BOS 1 KCA 0

TOP 6 .. R. Smith walked. Ryan walked. Bell singled scoring a run. Andrews doubled scoring a run. Foy walked. Yaz doubled scoring a run. Jack Sanford replaced Jim Nash. Conigliaro singled scoring a run. BOS 6 KCA 0

TOP 7 .. Ryan singled. Bell sac bunt. Yastrzemski singled scoring a run. BOS 7 KCA 0

STAR OF THE GAME: 4-5 Double 3RBI

CHICAGO (49-20) @ DETROIT (43-27)

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12YZ (13-1 2.08) 4Z (0-2 5.68)

CWS 010 001 000 2 6 1

DET 000 010 000 1 2 0

2B CWS McCraw 11

HR DET Stanley 2(5th off John)

RBI CWS McCraw 20 John 2

DET Stanley 9

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

John 7 2 1 5 8 1 1 28 68

Podres 6 6 0 3 7 2 2 26 56

WP John 14-1 2.11 LP Podres 0-3 5.16 SV Wilhelm (12)

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 2 .. Hansen singled. Josephson singled. John singled scoring a run. CWS 1 DET 0

BOTTOM 5 .. Stanley homered CWS 1 DET 1

TOP 6 .. Berry walked and advanced on a groundout. Moved to third on a wild pitch. McCraw singled scoring a run. CWS 2 DET 1

NOTES: Tommy John racked up his league leading 14th win, the front runner for the Cy Young. Detroit is quite short handed as, Kaline is out of action with a broken arm. Willie Horton is also MIA with a leg injury. Add Mickey Lolich into the mix serving his 2weeks reservist duty.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Double RBI

CLEVELAND (37-35) @ BALTIMORE (33-38)

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4XZ (0-2 3.65) 4 (7-4 3.79)

CLE 000 000 004 4 9 1

BAL 000 200 000 2 5 0

3B Blair 7

RBI CLE Davalillo 2(12) T. Horton 18 Colavito 13

BAL Roznovsky 4

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Pena 4 3 0 3 3 2 2 16 49

McNally 8 8 0 3 5 3 3 36 51

WP BobAllen 4-2 2.61 LP NcNally 7-5 3.75 DV O’Donoghue 1

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 4 .. Blair tripled. Blefary walked. Powell walked. Blair scored on a wild pitch. Roznovsky singled scoring a run. CLE 0 BAL 2

TOP 9 .. Salmon walked. L. Brown singled. Colavito singled scoring a run. Eddie Watt replaced McNally. Wagner hit by pitch loading the bases. Davalillo pinch hit a single scoring two runs. Sims hit by pitch. T. Horton walked forcing home a run. CLE 4 BAL 2

NOTES: Switching roles, game 2 saw Bob Allen got the win while O’Donoghue picked up the save, a reverse of game 1. Bad blood to come as 4 Indians were hit by pitch, the last extending the 9th long enough for Cleveland to rally for the win.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-1 2RBI

CLEVELAND (36-35) @ BALTIMORE (33-37) game 1

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14Y (6-6 1.76) 9Y (4-10 6.86)

CLE 000 503 000 8 9 0

BAL 000 202 000 4 9 1

2B BAL Aparicio 14 Etchabarren 11

3B BAL Snyder 1

HR CLE Alvis 2((9) 4th off Richert, 6th off Richert)

RBI CLE Alvis 6(25) Whitfield 2(18)

BAL Aparicio 2(18) Snyder 15 Richert 1

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Hargan 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 52

Richert 6 8 2 3 2 8 8 28 23

WP O’Donoghue 2-2 3.94 LP Richert 4-12 7.20 SV BobAllen 5

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 4 .. Colavito singled. Salmon singled. Sims walked. Whitfield pinch hit a single scoring two runs. Alvis homered scoring three runs. CLE 5 BAL 0

BOTTOM 4 .. Powell singled. D. Johnson singled. Etchabarren walked. Richert singled scoring a run. Aparicio grounded into a force scoring a run, CLE 5 BAL 2

TOP 6 .. Sims singled. Gonzalez singled. Alvis homered scoring three runs. CLE 8 BAL 2

BOTTOM 6 .. Etchabarren doubled. Aparicio doubled scoring a run. Snyder singled scoring a run. CLE BAL 4

NOTES: Steve Hargan took exception to home plate umpire Cal Drummond small strike zone after walking two in the bottom of the 1st and it carried over to when he batted in the 2nd causing his ejection forcing the Cleveland bullpen to cover 8 innings, a taxing task with a second game on tap. Pete Richert continues to struggle after his trade, now 2-5 with a 6.91 ERA. Pete has the dubious record of having the most losses of any pitcher.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 2HR 6RBI

CLEVELAND (35-35) @ DETROIT (43-26)

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14XY (7-3 2.58) 7Y (10-4 2.94)

CLE 200 010 120 6 8 2

DET 300 000 000 3 5 0

2B CLE Demeter 3 Maye 7

DET Cash 6

HR CLE Demeter 5 (1st off McLain) Maye 3 (5th off McLain) T. Horton 7 (7th off McLain)

DET Lumpe 2 (1st off Tiant)

RBI CLE Demeter 4(13) Maye 14 T. Horton 18

DET Lumpe 2(5) Cash 48

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Tiant 7 3 1 4 5 3 3 30 60

McLain 6 5 3 2 2 4 4 24 46

WP Tiant 8-3 2.67 LP McLain 10-5 3.09 SV Pena 3

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 1 .. Maye doubled. Demeter homered scoring two runs. CLE 2 DET 0

BOTTOM 1 .. McAuliffe walked. Lumpe homered scoring two runs. G. Brown walked. Cash doubled scoring a run. CLE 2 DET 3

TOP 5 .. Maye homered. CLE 3 DET 3

TOP 7 .. T. Horton homered. CLE 3 DET 3

TOP 8 .. Alvis singled. T. Horton singled. Wickersham replaced. Aguirre. Demeter doubled scoring two runs. CLE 6 DET 3

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

CHICAGO (48-20) @ BALTIMORE (33-36)

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9Y (2-2 2.48) 13XW (8-6 3.31)

CWS 010 100 003 5 8 1

BAL 000 000 201 3 6 0

2B BAL Snyder Etchebarren 10

HR CWS Ward 2 ((15)2nd off Phoebus, 4th off Phoebus) MARTIN 3 (9th off Drabowsky)

BAL Aparicio 3

RBI CWS Ward 2(41) Martin 3(16)

BAL Blair 2(18) Aparicio 16

PITCHING LINE I H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

O’Toole 6 3 0 3 6 0 0 24 69

Phoebus 7 5 2 3 5 2 2 28 61

WP McMahon 3-3 2.13 LP Drabowsky 2-1 1.54 SV Locker 16

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 2 .. Ward homered CWS 1 BAL 0

TOP 4 .. Ward homered CWS 2 BAL 0

BOTTOM 7 .. Etchabarren singled. Aparicio walked Snyder reached on an error. Blair singled scoring two runs. CWS 2 BAL 2

TOP 9 .. Ward singled. Berry singled. Martin homered scoring three runs. CWS 5 BAL 2

BOTTOM 9 .. Aparicio homered CWS 5 BAL 3

NOTES: SOX swept the four game series. Eddie Stanley almost paid for giving O’Toole the hook after 6 but JC Martin saved the date. Frank Robinson missed the series with double vision. Consequently the Birds have dropped 9 of their last 10

STARS OF THE GAME:

3-3 2HR 2RBI HR 3RBI

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WASHINGTON (24-48) @ CALIFORNIA (32-42)

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11Z (5-6 2.61) 15W (2-4 1.76)

WAS 000 010 000 000 000 1 2 8 0

CAL 000 000 001 000 000 0 1 7 0

HR CAL J. Hall 9 (9th off Ortega)

RBI WAS Stroud 7 C. Peterson 21

CAL J. Hall 29

SB WAS Stroud 5

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Ortega 9 6 1 0 7 1 1 33 78

Ri. Clark 8 4 0 2 8 1 1 30 76

WP Lines 1-0 1.54 LP Hamilton 3-1 1.42

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 5 .. B. Allen singled. Ortega sac bunt. Stroud singled scoring g a run. WAS 1 CAL 0

BOTTOM 9 .. J. Hall homered WAS 1 CAL 1

TOP 16 .. Stroud walked. McMullen singled. F. Howard walked. C. Peterson sac fly scoring a run. WAS 2 CAL 1

NOTES: This is the longest game of the season, going 16 innings. Down to their last out, Jimmy Hall not only extended the game with a homer but ruined Phil Ortega’s shut out bid. Ken McMullen now has an 11 game hitting streak.

STAR OF THE GAME. GWRBI

NEW YORK (24-44) @ KANSAS CITY (28-45)

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8Z (3-4 3.45) 5W (1-8 3.55)

NYY 130 001 000 5 7 0

KCA 010 010 000 2 5 1

2B KCA R. Jackson 1 Donaldson 1

HR KCA Monday 15 (2nd off Peterson)

RBI NYY Clarke 2(22) Gibbs 11 Pepitone 29

KCA Monday 36 Harrelson 11

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

F. Peterson 8 5 1 0 7 2 2 29 71

Krausse 5 6 0 2 3 4 4 24 40

WP F. Peterson 4-4 3.34 LP KRAUSSE 1-9 3.76 SV Womack 13

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 1 .. Gibbs singled. Mantle singled putting runners on the corners. Pepitone sac fly for a run. NYY 1 KCA 0

TOP 2 .. Bi. Robinson singled. Amaro singled. Kennedy walked. Clarke singled scoring two runs. Gibbs sac fly scoring a run. NYY 4 KCA 0

BOTTOM 2 .. Monday homered. NYY 4 KCA 1

BOTTOM 5 .. Donaldson doubled. Harrelson pinch hit a single scoring the run. NYY 4 KCA 2

TOP 6 .. Amaro singled and Advanced on a groundout. Wild pitch to third. Scored on another wild pitch. NYY 5 KCA 2

STAR OF THE GAME: 2RBI

BOSTON (39-30) @ MINNESOTA (44-25)

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11Z (4-2 2.25) 13XW (4-6 4.50)

BOS 000 100 000 01 2 6 2

MIN 000 001 000 00 1 6 1

2B BOS Foy 12

MIN Tovar 21

HR BOS Conigliaro 13 (11th off Worthington)

RBI BOS Adair 20 Conigliaro 34

MIN Oliva 33

SB MIN Oliva

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Stange 8 4 0 1 2 1 1 31 71

Boswell 7 3 0 4 2 1 0 29 67

WP Wyatt 6-4 3.18 LP Worthington 2-6 3.06

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 4 .. Scott reached on a two base error. Adair singled scoring a run. BOS 1 MIN 0

BOTTOM 6 .. Boswell hit by a pitch. Carew singled. Oliva singled scoring a run. BOS 1 MIN 1

TOP 11 .. Conigliaro homered. BOS 2 MIN 1

NOTES: Despite taking the collar (0-5) YAZ is a triple crown candidate as he is tied for the lead with Killebrew in both homers (25) and RBIs (60) and leads in batting average over Kaline by one point (.358). Speaking of Kaline, Cesar Tovar too, over the lead from him in doubled with his 21st. Second time this season TonyC has hit an extra inning homer to win a game.

STAR OF THE GAME: GWHR GWRBI