MINNESOTA (73-66) @ BALTIMORE (68-71) game 2

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10Y (9-4 2.48) 13XW (14-13 3.48)

The Twins seem to be getting their mojo back as they assaulted Tom Phoebus in the very first inning plating 4 as once again Bob Allison was right smack dab in the middle homering yet again. Tony Oliva added a two run shot later as Jim Perry took a shutout into the 8 where Frank Robinson broke it up. But in the end, the Twins took both ends of the twin bill.

MIN 400 000 200 6 10 0

BAL 000 000 020 2 7 0

2B MIN Tovar 34 Oliva 20 Carew 18

3B BAL F. Robinson 10

HR MIN Allison 26 (1st off Phoebus) Oliva 17 (7th off Bunker)

RBI MIN Allison 2(69) Oliva 3(70) Izquierdo 3

BAL F. Robinson 2(94)

SB MIN Tovar 17

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Perry 9 7 0 2 6 2 2 36 69

Phoebus 5 7 1 1 6 4 4 23 42

WP Perry 10-4 2.48 LP Phoebus 14-14 3.57

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Tovar doubled. Oliva doubled scoring a run. Allison homered scoring two runs. Carew doubled. Izquierdo singled scoring a run. MIN 4 BAL 0

TOP 7 .. Killebrew walked. Oliva homered scoring two runs. MIN 6 BAL 0

BOTTOM 8 .. Snyder singled. Blair walked. F. Robinson tripled scoring two runs. MIN 6 BAL 2

NOTES: Bobby Allison now has homered in 4 straight games. Cesar Tovar leads league in doubles, two more than Brooks Robinson. Harmon Killebrew joined Mickey Mantle in going over the century mark in free passes. Both Twins pitchers had tel hit games.

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

MINNESOTA (72-66) @ BALTIMORE (68-70) game 1

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13YZ (11-7 3.20) 9YZ (4-4 3.84)

Bob Allison provided all the Jim Merritt would need when he went yard in the 2nd. The Twinkies would add three more off of knuckleballer Eddie Fisher to make the victory easier. Gene Brabender was solid as only the mistake to Bobby Allison but it was enough to spiral him to defeat.

MIN 010 000 030 4 9 1

BAL 000 000 000 0 4 0

2B BAL B. Robinson 32 D. Johnson 17

HR Allison 25 (2nd off Brabender)

RBI MIN Allison 2(67) Versalles 44 Merritt 1

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Merritt 9 4 0 2 9 0 0 34 86

Brabender 7 5 1 3 5 1 1 29 65

WP Merritt 12-7 3.03 LP Brabender 4-5 3.57

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 2 .. Allison homered MIN 1 BAL 0

TOP 8 .. Killebrew walked. Valdespino pinch ran. Oliva singled putting runners on the corners. Allison sac fly scoring a run. Battey walked. Hernandez pinch ran. Versalles singled scoring a run. Merritt singled scoring a run. MIN 4 BAL 0

NOTES: Twins needed a win in the worst way. Bobby Allison has now homered in three straight games. Earl Battey collected his first hit since August 8. With a single on the 7th, Zolio Versalles broke an 0-31 skid. Rod Carew saw his hit streak end at 11 games. Jim Merritt has 4 Shutouts and 4 Complete Games. Brooks Robinson is 2nd in the league in two base hits. Pail Blair has reached base 14 straight games.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 HR 2 RBI

NEW YORK (56-83) @ BOSTON (89-49)

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13 (8-16 3.52) 14X (21-8 2.20)

What a game! Each teams aces firing blanks for 10 innings without breaking even though each team had runners in scoring position in two different innings. Finally, likely exhausted, Jim Lonborg cracked as Steve Whitaker went yard giving the Yanks an unlikely victory.

NYY 000 000 000 02 2 7 0

BOS 000 000 000 00 0 5 1

2B NYY Amaro 9

BOS Yastrzemski 30 D. Jones 5

3B NYY Whitaker 4

HR NYY Whitaker 12 (11th off Lonborg)

RBI NYY Whitaker 2(56)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Stottlemyre 9 4 0 1 8 0 0 32 86

Lonborg 11 7 1 3 10 2 2 43 82

WP Womack 7-7 2.54 LP Lonborg 21-9 2.18

SCORING PLAY:

TOP 11 .. Pepitone singled. Whitaker homered scoring two runs. NYY 2 BOS 0

NOTES: After being beaten up for 8 runs in his last 9 innings of work, Dooley Womack tacked up two shutout innings. Poor Mel Stottlemyre has been pitching in extremely hard luck, allowing only 1 or less runs in each of his last 4 starts. Steve Whitaker has regained the team lead in RBIs. Carl Yastrzemski has hit in 15 of his last 16 games and 34 of his last 38. He also us 3rd in the league in two baggers. Dalton Jones is 5-10 in his last two starts at 3rd base. Rico Petrocelli has 6 game hit streak. Even though he lost, Jim Lonborg collected his 9th complete game.

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

MINNESOTA (72-65) @ BALTIMORE (67-70)

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13YZ (13-13 2.88) 14Z (6-3 1.69)

Paul Blair and Frank Robinson got the ball rolling for the Orioles as they jumped ahead 3-0 early but Harmon Killebrew got them within 1. The Birds still lead by 1 going into the 9th but Stu Miller could not hold on as Twins mainstay Bobby Allison tied the game forcing extras. The home club finally emerged victorious thanks to Davy Johnson.

MIN 000 002 101 00 4 7 2

BAL 200 101 000 02 6 8 0

2B MIN Killebrew 23 Carew 17

3B MIN Carew 5

BAL Blair 13

HR MIN Killebrew 42(6th off Hardin) Allison 24 (9th off Miller)

BAL Blair 11 (1st off Chance) Br. Robinson 19 (4th off Chance) D. Johnson 12(11th off Kaat)

RBI MIN Killebrew 2(107) Allison 65 Zimmerman 4

BAL Blair 2(56) F. Robinson 92 Br. Robinson 75 D. Johnson 2(34)

SB MIN Uhlaender 2

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Chance 7 6 2 0 6 4 4 28 55

Hardin 7 5 1 0 2 3 3 26 57

WP Buzhardt 3-3 4.79 LP Kaat 11-14 3.23

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Aparicio singled Blair homered scoring two runs. MIN 0 BAL 2

BOTTOM 4 .. Br. Robinson homered MIN 0 BAL 3

TOP 6 .. Uhlaender singled. Killebrew homered scoring two runs. MIN 2 BAL 3

BOTTOM 6 .. Blair tripled. F. Robinson sac fly scoring a run. MIN 2 Bal 4

TOP 7 .. Carew tripled. Zimmerman sac fly scoring a run. MIN 3 BAL 4

TOP 9 .. Allison homered MIN 4 BAL 4

BOTTOM 11 .. Blefary singled. D. Johnson homered scoring two runs. MIN 4 BAL 6

NOTES: Walk off homer for Davy Johnson . Paul Blair had another big game, extending his hit streak to 12. During the run he is 25-57, a .439 clip with 6 bombs and 16 RBIs. Oh by the way, Blair now leads the league with 13 three baggers. Brooks Robby and Larry Haney each hit in 6 in a row. Johnny Buzhardt won his second game in three days after winning only one all season. Harmon Killebrew is entrenched in 2nd l,ace in the Junior Circuit on Homers and RBIs. Bobby Allison has homered in back to back games. Rod Carew had a 10 game hit streak, Cesar Tovar reached five. On the flip side, Zolio Versalles is mired in a 1-40 drought.

STAR OF THE GAME: WALK OFF TWO RUN HOMER

NEW YORK (57-83) @ BOSTON (89-50)

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11ZZ (6-2 2.30) 11Z (13-4 1.74)

Who else? Yup, Carl Yastrzemski got the Sox out in front in the 1st going deep off former Bill Monbouquette. The Beantowners added another in the 6th. Charley Smith broke Lee Stange’s shutout but the Boys from the Bronx could muster nothing else and the Sox even this weekend series at a game apiece.

NYY 000 000 100 1 5 0

BOS 100 001 00x 2 7 0

2B NYY Tresh 25

BOS Andrews 25 Adair 22 Harrelson 10

HR NYY C. Smith 9 (7th off Stange)

BOS Yastrzemski 54 (1st off Monbouquette)

RBI NYY C. Smith 31

BOS Yastrzemski 128 Scott 74

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Monbouquette 7 6 1 1 3 2 2 27 59

Stange 7 3 1 2 3 1 1 26 68

WP Stange 14-4 1.72 LP Monbouquette 6-3 2.32 SV Lyle 10

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Yastrzemski homered NYY 0 BOS 1

BOTTOM 6 .. Andrews doubled. Yastrzemski walked. Scott singled scoring a run. NYY 0 BOS 2

TOP 7 .. C. Smith homered NYY 1 BOS 2

NOTES: Carl Yastrzemski us 7 homers behind Roger Maris record with 20 games to play. Both Yaz and Rico Petrocelli extended their hitting streak, 5 and 7 games respectively. Lee Stange lowered his ERA to 1.72 temporarily putting him in 2nd in the league depending on how Sonny Siebert fairs later today. Horace Clarke ran his hit streak to 11.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 HR RBI