TUESDAY AUGUST 15,1967

MINNESOTA (64-50) @ CALIFORNIA (51-65)

STARTING PITCHERS

12Y (7-2 2.36) 4RZ (1-0 1.50)

Veteran lefty Curt Simmons was cruising through 5 shutout innings as the Halos built a 3-0 lead off Jim Perry. But it all came crashing down in the 6th as the Twins sent 11 to the plate, scoring 7. The Twinkies onslaught continued against JimWeaver and Jim Coates, winning by double digits.

MIN 000 007 330 13 16 0

CAL 101 100 000 3 10 1

2B CAL Fregosi 18 Knoop 12

3B MIN Oliva 2

HR MIN Killebrew 35 (6th off Simmons) Allison 20 (7th off Weaver)

CAL J. Hall 13 (3rd off J. Perry)

RBI MIN Killebrew 3(90) Allison 3(55) Oliva 2(54) Uhlaender 2(25) J. Perry 3 Tovar 44 Versalles 38

CAL Cardenal 33 J. Hall 44 Rodgers 42

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

J. Perry 6 8 1 3 7 3 3 29 48

Simmons 5.1 7 1 0 0 6 5 25 20

WP J. Perry 7-2 2.53 LP Simmons 1-1 4.78

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Fregosi doubled. J. Hall walked. Repoz walked. Rodgers walked forcing in a run. MIN 0 CAL 1

BOTTOM 3 .. J. Hall homered MIN 0 CAL 2

BOTTOM 4 .. Knoop doubled. Cardenal singled scoring a run. MIN 0 CAL 3

TOP 6 .. Tovar hit by pitch. Oliva tripled scoring a run. Killebrew homered scoring two runs. Allison singled. Rollins singled. Zimmerman reached on an error. Uhlaender singled scoring two runs. J. Perry singled scoring a run. Versalles singled scoring a run. MIN 7 CAL 3

TOP 7 .. Oliva walked. Killebrew singled. Allison homered scoring three runs. MIN 10 CAL 3

TOP 8 .. Nixon walked. Versalles singled. Tovar singled scoring a run. Oliva singled scoring a run. Killebrew singled scoring a run. MIN 13 CAL 3

NOTES: The Twins broke out of their month long slump with style. Everyone, including the pitcher, in the Twins lineup had hits except Jerry Zimmerman. In all, 7 different Twins had runs batted in, 8 RBIs coming from the 3-4-5 hitters.

STAR OF THE GAME 4-5 HR 3RBI

TUESDAY AUGUST 15,1967

KANSAS CITY (44-74) @ CHICAGO (75-35) game 2

STARTING PITCHERS

8 ( 3-13 4.60) 5XW (0-0 0.00)

The Athletics put up a deuce in the first two innings then coasted the rest of the way, content to let Chuck Dobson work his magic. Dobson tossed his best game of the year, not allowing a hit a after the 3rd inning, two total while providing the impetus to sweep the league leaders in this twinight twin bill

KCA 220 000 000 4 8 1

CWS 000 000 000 0 2 0

2B KCA Hershberger 22

CWS Causey 4

RBI KCA Hershberger 2(34) Monday 53

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

C. Dobson 9 2 0 3 6 0 0 33 86

S. Jones 3 6 0 2 6 4 4 16 35

WP C. Dobson 4-13 4.29 LP S. Jones 0-1 12.00

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Campaneris singled. Cater singled. Hershberger doubled scoring two runs. KCA 2 CWS 0

TOP 2 .. Suarez singled. C. Dobson singled. Campaneris walked. Monday singled scoring two runs. KCA 4 CWS 0

NOTES: Major league debut for Steve Jones after 6 years in the minors. Sox relievers combined for 6 shutout innings in this game after being hammered in the opener. Chuck Dobson is pitching much better than his record indicates, surrrenderjng only one earned run in his last 25 innings. Rick Monday has 5 game hit streak.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 2 doubles 2 RBIs

TUESDAY AUGUST 16,1967

KANSAS CITY (43-74) @ CHICAGO (75-34) game 1

STARTING PITCHERS

7X (11-11 2.96) 5R (1-2 6.92)

Fred Klages was cruising along, tossing 6 scoreless innings, departing with a 4 run lead. Mgr Eddie Stanley’s strategy backfired as Johnny Buzhardt and Bob Locker could not contain the Athletic onslaught as the visitors sent 9 men to the plate to overcome the deficit, stealing the first game of the double dip.

KCA 000 000 140 5 11 0

CWS 201 010 000 4 6 1

2B CWS Agee 17 Wa. Williams 9

3B D. Green 4

HR CWS McCraw 8 (1st off Nash)

RBI KCA D. Green Harrelson 26 Monday 51 Hershberger 32 Roof 30

CWS McCraw 2(29) Ward 69 Colavito 20

SB KCA Harrelson 7 Roof 5

CWS Buford 22

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Nash 5 4 1 4 8 4 4 23 47

Klages 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 21 64

WP Lindblad 7-3 2.41 LP Locker 7-2 1.95 SV Pierce 12

BOTTOM 1 .. Buford singled. McCraw homered scoring two runs. CWS 2 KCA 0

BOTTOM 3 .. McCraw walked. Agee walked. Ward walked. Colavito walked scoring a run. CWS 3 KCA 0

BOTTOM 5 .. Agee doubled. Ward singled scoring a run. CWS 4 KCA 0

TOP 7 .. Monday walked. Cater hit by pitch. Hershberger singled scoring a run. CWS 4 KCA 1

TOP 8 .. Donaldson singled. D. Green tripled scoring a run. Harrelson singled scoring a run. Harrelson then stole second. Monday singled scoring a run., tying the game. Cater singled.Roof singled scoring a run CWS 4 KCA 5

NOTES: Two of the slower Athletic players swiped bases today. Jim Nash cracked the 200 strikeout plateau, sitting now at 206. Don Buford is now second in the league in thievery. Rocky Colavito finally got his first SOX RBI, albeit via a free pass with the sacks full.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 RBI

TUESDAY AUGUST 15,1967

CLEVELAND (62-53) @ WASHINGTON (40-76)

STARTING PITCHERS

11XY (0-1 3.00) 8W (6-12 4.15)

The Indians used two long balls and the rejuvenated right arm of Steam Williams to continue their season dominance over the lowly Senators. Only a Paul Casanova prevented this one from being another whitewash by Tribe pitching over the Nats

CLE 010 020 200 4 8 1

WAS 000 000 010 1 3 1

HR CLE Fuller 9 (2nd off Moore) Alvis 15 (7th off Humphreys)

WAS Casanova 5 (8th off S. Williams)

RBI CLE Fuller 13 Alvis 2(45) T. Horton 31

WAS Casanova 40

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

S. Williams 9 3 1 1 10 1 1 30 86

Moore 5 5 1 3 2 2 2 24 48

WP S. Williams 1-1 2.40 LP Moore 6-13 4.13

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 2 .. Fuller homered CLE 1 WAS 0

TOP 5 .. Wagner walked and advanced on a groundout. T. Horton singled scoring a run. CLE 2 WAS 0

TOP 7 .. Wagner walked. Alvis homered scoring two runs. CLE 4 WAS 0

BOTTOM 8 .. Casanova homered. CLE 4 WAS 1

NOTES: Yet another Cleveland pitcher gathered 10 or more whiffs in a game. Vern Fuller smacked his 9th homer, yet he only has 13 RBI’s . That is because 8 of his long shots were of the solo variety. Max Alvis leads Cleveland in both homers and RBIs.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 HR 2 RBIs

TUESDAY AUGUST 15,1967

BALTIMORE (56-58) @ NEW YORK (41-71)

STARTING PITCHERS

4 (9-7 4.29) 13 (8-13 3.55)

Two batters in, the Orioles took a two run lead on a homer by Paul Blair who was a Yankee slayer on this day. Yet, the Pinstripers rallied to snag a 5-3 lead after 6 thanks to the slugging of the home club’s middle of the order. But the Birds were not to be denied as they responded with 8 unanswered runs, 5 driven on by the fleet centerfielder Blair, the rest off a blast by ace reliever Eddie Watt!

BAL 300 000 323 11 14 1

NYY 000 302 000 5 10 2

2B BAL Snyder 2(6) Blair 18 Haney 8

NYY Pepitone 8 Tresh 18

HR BAL Blair 5 (1st off Stottlemyre) Watt 1 ( 9th off Monbouquette)

NYY Pepitone 6 (4th off McNally)

RBI BAL Blair 5(40) Watt 3(3) Br. Robinson 58 Snyder 28

NYY Pepitone 2(43) Whitaker 2(56) Tillman 10

SB BAL D. Johnson 3

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

McNally 5.1 7 1 1 2 5 5 23 35

Stottlemyre 6.1 8 1 2 2 6 5 30 35

WP Watt 4-3 2.89 LP Stottlemyre 8-14 3.67

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Snyder doubled. Blair homered scoring two runs. F. Robinson walked. D. Johnson singled. Roznovsky reached on an error scoring a run. BAL 3 NYY 0

BOTTOM 4 .. Mantle singled. Pepitone homered scoring two runs. Tresh doubled. Bi. Robinson walked. Tillman singled scoring a run. BAL 3 NYY 3

BOTTOM 6 .. Mantle singled. Pepitone doubled. Bi. Robinson intentionally walked. Whitaker pinch hit a single scoring two runs. BAL 3 NYY 5

TOP 7 .. Haney doubled. Snyder doubled scoring a run. Blair singled scoring a run. F. Robinson singled. Br. Robinson singled scoring a run. BAL 6 NYY 5

TOP 8 .. Haney singled. Snyder walked. Blair doubled scoring two runs. BAL 8 NYY 5

TOP 9 .. Blefary singled. D. Johnson singled. Eddie Watt homered scoring three runs. BAL 11 NYY 5

NOTES: Big game for Paul Blair driving in 5! Same fir Eddie Watt who not only homered, but collected the win. Brooks Robinson’s RBI single in the 7th broke an 0-16 skid. Joe Pepitone has homers in consecutive games after only garnering 4 thru the previous 110 games. Mel Stottlemyre is going through a real rough patch, dropping his last 5 decisions.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 Double HR 5 RBIs

TUESDAY AUGUST 15,1967

DETROIT (64-50) @ BOSTON (71-39)

STARTING PITCHERS

10YW (11-8 3.62 ) 6XW (1-1 9.47)

Dave Morehead showed some of the potential the Red Sox brass had seen all along as he threw buckets, fanning 12 while limiting the powerful Tiger lineup to three hits in the whitewash win.

DET 000 000 000 0 3 1

BOS 001 112 02x 7 8 0

2B DET Wert 16

3B BOS R. Smith 6 Foy 7 Petrocelli 4

HR BOS Conigliaro 28 (4th off Sparma) Adair 2 (6th off Sparma)

RBI BOS R. Smith 43 Foy 48 Conigliaro 77 Petrocelli 70 Adair 2(34)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Sparma 6 6 2 3 3 5 5 27 40

Morehead 9 3 0 5 12 0 0 35 88

WP Morehead 2-1 4.34 LP Sparma 11-9 3.76

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 3 .. E. Howard walked. R. Smith tripled scoring a run. DET 0 BOS 1

BOTTOM 4 .. Conigliaro homered DET 0 BOS 2

BOTTOM 5 .. Morehead walked. Foy tripled scoring a run. DET 0 BOS 3

BOTTOM 6 .. Conigliaro walked. Adair homered scoring two runs. DET 0 BOS 5

BOTTOM 8 .. Scott singled. Petrocelli tripled scoring a run. Petrocelli scored on a wild pitch. DET 0 BOS 7

NOTES: Boston batters ripped three triples in the game. With all the firepower, Yaz was held hitless first time in 8 games. Jim Northrup is stuck in an 0-22 skid.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Triple RBI

MONDAY AUGUST 14,1967

MINNESOTA (64-49) @ CALIFORNIA (50-65)

STARTING PITCHERS

13XW (9-10 3.30) 8Y (6-15 3.56)

Dave Boswell cracked his second round tripper to give himself the lead in this game only to have former teammate Jimmie Hall go yard on him the next inning providing George Brunet the slimmest of margins, a lead he did not relinquish with the aid of Minnie Rojas as the Cherubs take the series opener at the Big A.

MON 010 010 000 2 4 0

CAL 010 002 00x 3 5 1

2B MIN Versalles 15

CAL J. Hall 5

HR MIN Boswell 2 (5th off Brunet)

CAL Repoz 2 (2nd off Boswell) J. Hall 12 (6th off Boswell)

RBI MIN Uhlaender 23 Boswell 5

CAL J. Hall 2(43) Repoz 9

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Boswell 7 5 2 4 9 3 3 29 60

Brunet 7 4 1 0 8 2 1 28 71

WP Brunet 7-15 3.52 LP Boswell 9-12 3,33 SV M. Rojas 15

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 2 .. Killebrew reached on an error. Rollins hit by pitch. Uhlaender singled scoring a run. MIN 1 CAL 0

BOTTOM 2 .. Repoz homered. MIN 1 CAL 1

TOP 5 .. Boswell homered. MIN 2 CAL 1

BOTTOM 6 .. Fregosi walked. J. Hall homered scoring two runs. MIN 2 CAL 3

NOTES: Interesting tidbit, three batters had no contact games, each just a bit different. Cesar Tovar whiffed twice and was hit by pitch twice. Jim Fregosi fanned three times and drew a walk. Don Mincher K’d twice and received two free passes. Three Twins batters were hit by pitch.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-3 Double HR 2 RBIs

MONDAY AUGUST 14,1967

BALTIMORE (55-58) @ NEW YORK (41-70)

STARTING PITCHERS

3Z (3-9 3.91) 7YW (7-12 3.91)

The Yankees took a slim 2-1 lead into the 7th when the homer club suffered the wrath of Frank Robinson. Robby took reliever Joe Verbanic deep to put the Birds ahead then crushed another two run shot off Thad Tillitson putting the icing on the cake in a 7-3 Oriole triumph.

BAL 000 010 303 7 11 0

NYY 010 100 100 3 6 1

2B BAL Blefary 2(15) D. Johnson 12

NYY Tresh 19

HR BAL F. Robinson 2((19) 7th off Verbanic 9th off Tillitson)

NYY Tresh 7 (2nd off Dillman) Pepitone 5 (4th off Dillman)

RBI BAL F. Robinson 4(64) Blefary 40 D. Johnson

NYY Tresh 36 Pepitone 41 B. Robinson 24

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Dillman 6 3 2 0 6 2 2 21 70

Barber 6.1 5 0 4 7 3 3 28 54

WP Dillman 4-9 3.86 LP Barber 7-13 3.93