BOSTON (71-38) @ CALIFORNIA (49-65)

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14X (18-6 2.22) 15W (5-7 2.19)

A good old fashioned pitchers duel erupted at the BIG A, both starters posting goose eggs through regulation. The marathon lasted into the bottom of the 14th when Tom Satriano sent the patrons home happy and making a winner of Jim Weaver in his major league debut

BOS 000 000 000 000 00 0 5 0

CAL 000 000 000 000 01 1 6 1

2B BOS Yastrzemski 21 Petrocelli 15

CAL Satriano 7

RBI CAL Satriano 19

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Lonborg 9 5 0 3 3 0 0 35 80

R. Clark 7 2 0 1 3 0 0 25 75

WP Weaver 1-0 0.00 LP Santiago 4-6 2.90

SCORING PLAY:

BOTTOM 14 .. J. Hall walked. Repoz walked. Satriano ground rule double scoring a run. BOS 0 CAL 1

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 Double RBI

WASHINGTON (40-75) @ KANSAS CITY (42-74)

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13YW (4-4 3.67) 13Y (11-10 2.58)

Jim ‘Catfish’ Hunter lead the Athletics with his bat and arm, doubling in the first two runs of the game while his bonus baby right arm held the Nats to just two hits while notching his first shutout of the season.

WAS 000 000 000 0 2 3

KCA 030 100 00x 4 7 0

2B WAS Brinkman 12

KCA Hunter 2(5)

HR KCA Monday 21 (4th off Bertaina)

RBI KCA Hunter 2(6) Campaneris 21 Monday 50

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Bertaina 5 7 1 1 7 4 4 24 45

Hunter 9 2 0 1 8 0 0 29 90

WP Hunter 12-10 2.46 LP Bertaina 4-5 3.91

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 2 .. Hershberger singled. D. Green singled. Hunter doubled scoring two runs. Campaneris singled scoring a run. WAS 0 KCA 3

BOTTOM 4 .. Monday homered WAS 0 KCA 4

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-3 2 Doubles 2RBIs

CHICAGO (74-35) @ MINNESOTA (64-48)

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17Z (16-3 1.71) 13YZ (8-4 2.86)

A seesaw battle between these front runners featuring several lead changed before Rich Reese came off the bench to take grizzled vet Don McMahon deep to tie the fame. Top of 10, J.C. Martin put the Chisox ahead for good and the ancient one Hoyt Wilhelm made it count giving the visitors the series win.

CWS 000 003 200 1 6 9 2

MIN 200 011 100 0 5 7 2

2B MIN Tovar 28 Uhlaender 8

HR CWS Agee 12 (6th off Merritt)

MIN Oliva 14 (1st off Horlen) Allison 19 (6th off Horlen) Reese 4 (7th off McMahon)

RBI CWS Agee 3(37) Martin 28 Ward 2(68)

MIN Oliva 2(52) Allison 52 Reese 15

SB CWS Buford 21

PITCHING LINE IL H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Horlen 6 3 2 2 4 4 3 25 54

Merritt 7 6 1 3 8 5 4 32 52

WP Locker 2-1 1.69 LP Kline 4-3 3.05 SV Wilhelm 21

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Tovar walked. Oliva homered scoring two runs. CWS 0 MIN 2

BOTTOM 5 .. Uhlaender doubled. Merritt sac bunt. Versalles reached on an error scoring a run. CWS 3 MIN 3

TOP 6 .. Buford singled. Ward walked. Agee homered scoring three runs. CWS 3 MIN 2

BOTTOM 6 .. Allison homered. CWS 3 MIN 4

TOP 7 .. Wa. Williams walked. Buforec singled then stole second. Ward singled scoring two runs. CWS 5 MIN 4

BOTTOM 7 .. Reese homered CWS 5 MIN 5

TOP 10 .. Agee walked. Martin doubled scoring a run. CWS 6 MIN 5

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-2 double RBI

BALTIMORE (54-58) @ DETROIT (64-49)

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14Z (4-2 2.13) 13Y (14-7 3.27)

Curt Blefary slammed a three run homer in the 6th in support of the three hit complete game by Jim Hardin whose only blemish was a solo homer by Don Wert in the 9th.

BAL 001 003 002 6 7 0

DET 000 000 001 1 3 0

2B BAL Aparicio 22 D. Johnson 11

DET Oyler 18

HR BAL Blefary 13 (6th off Wilson)

DET Wert 4 (9th off Hardin)

RBI BAL Blefary 3(39) Snyder 27 D. Johnson 30 Roznovsky 5

DET Wert 31

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Hardin 9 3 1 3 5 1 1 31 79

Wilson 7 4 1 3 4 4 4 28 54

WP Hardin 4-2 1.61 LP Wilson 14-8 3.34

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 3 .. Hardin walked. Aparicio doubled. Snyder sac fly scoring a run. BAL 1 DET 0

TOP 6 .. Snyder walked. B. Robinson walked. Blefary homered scoring three runs. BAL 4 DET 0

TOP 9 .. Blefary singled. D. Johnson doubled scoring a run. Roznovsky singled scoring a run. BAL 6 DET 0

BOTTOM 9 Wert homered. BAL 6 DET 1

NOTES: Jim Hardin now has won four straight. He also has registered four complete games. Louis Aparicio had doubled in five straight games. Jim Borthrul has gone 0 for the week, an 0-28 skid.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 HR 3RBI

NEW YORK (41-69) @ CLEVELAND (61-53)

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6 (2-10 4.38) 8XYW (7-13 4.12)

Once again Vern Fuller tormented the Yanks, spanking another homer. It was all Sam McDowell needed as he smoked the Pinstripers, whiffing 13 while miserly allowing just 4 hits.

NYY 000 000 000 0 4 0

CLE 011 000 00x 2 8 0

2B CLE Alvis 26 L. Brown 17

HR CLE Fuller 8( 2nd off Talbot)

RBI CLE Fuller 12 T. Horton 30

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Talbot 6 8 1 1 2 2 2 25 49

McDowell 9 4 0 3 13 0 0 34 89

WP McDowell 8-13 3.89 LP Talbot 2-11 4.31

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 2 .. Fuller homered NYY 0 CLE 1

BOTTOM 3 .. Maye singled. Davalillo singled. T. Horton singled scoring a run. NYY 0 CLE 2

NOTES: Sudden Sam has had quite a month of August! He has tossed back to back whitewashing. He has fanned 10 plus in three straight games. Overall the Indians have thrown 18 shutouts. Only bright side for New York is that Joe Pepitone has a modest 5 game hit streak.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 HR RBI

BOSTON (71-37) @ CALIFORNIA (48-65)

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11Y (14-5 2.57) 13YW (3-6 3.52)

Yaz opened up the scoring with his 39th homer but that might have been the only Bosox highlight. After that the Angels ripped Gary Bell for six runs chasing him in the 4th. Jack Hamilton was in shut down mode thru six as the Halos squared the series at 1 apiece.

BOS 100 000 000 1 7 0

CAL 012 300 20x 8 14 0

2B CAL Repoz 10 Rodgers 11

HR BOS Yastrzemski 39 (1st off J. Hamilton)

CAL Mincher 18 (3rd off Bell)

RBI BOS Yastrzemski 93

CAL J. Hall 2(41) Mincher 3(55) Rodgers 41 J. Hamilton 4 Reichardt 30

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Bell 3.2 7 1 2 6 6 6 21 18

J. Hamilton 6 5 1 0 4 1 1 23 62

WP J. Hamilton 4-6 3.36 LP Bell 14-6 2.85 SV Cimino 2

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 1 .. Yastrzemski homered BOS 1 CAL 0

BOTTOM 2 .. Repoz doubled. Rodgers doubled scoring a run. BOS 1 CAL 1

BOTTOM 3 .. J. Hall singled. Mincher homered scoring two runs. BOS 1 CAL 3

BOTTOM 4 .. Rodgers walked. Knoop singled. Werhas walked. J. Hamilton sac fly scoring a run. Cardenal singled. J. Hall singled scoring two runs. BOS 1 CAL 6

BOTTOM 7 .. Mincher homered. Repoz singled. Werhas singled. Reichardt singled scoring a run. BOS 1 CAL 8

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

WASHINGTON (39-75) @ KANSAS CITY (42-73)

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11Z (8-9 2.62) 4W (2-7 6.62)

The Senators batted around in the third inning scoring 5 runs chasing Blue Moon Odom from the game. Bernie Allen crush the death knell with a booming bases clearing double. Phil Ortega went six allowing just a pair of runs evening his record at 9-9.

WAS 015 010 000 7 8 0

KCA 000 200 100 3 5 1

2B WAS Be. Allen 6

KCA Hershberger 2

HR WAS Nen 1(5th off Segui)

RBI WAS Be. Allen 2(23) Casanova 2(39) Nen 2(6) Valentine 25

KCA Harrelson 25 Hershberger 31

SB KCA Harrelson 5

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Ortega 6 4 0 3 4 2 2 25 57

Odom 3 5 0 2 1 6 5 18 21

WP Ortega 9-9 2.63 LP Odom 2-8 6.96

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 2 .. Nen reached on a two base error. Casanova singled scoring a run. WAS 1 KCA 0

TOP 3 .. Ortega singled. Cullen walked. F. Howard walked. Valentine singled scoring a run. Nen sac fly scoring a run. Casanova singled scoring a run. Be. Allen doubled scoring two runs. WAS 6 KCA 0

BOTTOM 4 .. Donaldson doubled and advanced to third on a grounder. Harrelson grounded out scoring a run. Webster walked. Hershberger doubled scoring a run. WAS 6 KCA 2

TOP 5 .. Nen homered. WAS 7 KCA 2

BOTTOM 7 .. Roof walked. Monday singled both advanced on a groundout. Roof scored on a passed ball. WAS 7 KCA 3

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 HR 2RBI

CHICAGO (73-35) @ MINNESOTA (64-47)

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16X (14-4 2.18) 11XZ (10-8 3.12)

The 4th inning was Jim Kaat’s undoing as the first four batters singled force pair of runs then added a third later in the inning. Gary Peters spun a gem, surrendering just one hit, Don Demeter spoiling the fun.

CWS 000 300 000 3 9 2

MIN 000 000 000 0 1 0

2B CWS Agee 16

RBI CWS Josephson 9 Hansen 56 McCraw 27

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Peters 9 1 0 5 12 0 0 34 92

Kaat 7 8 0 0 5 3 3 28 52

WP Peters 15-4 2.07 LP Kaat 10-9 3,15

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 4 .. Agee singled. Colavito singled. Josephson singled scoring a run. Hansen singled scoring a run. McCraw singled scoring a run. CWS 3 MIN 0

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 Double

BALTIMORE (53-58) @ DETROIT (64-48)

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9YZ (2-1 2.54) 7Y (12-9 3.00)

The Orioles batted around in the 4th playing 4 off Denny McLain, regaining the lead at 5-2, the big blow off the bat of backup catcher Larry Haney as he doubled on a pair, then added another two bagger the following run. Gene Brabender was the recipient of the support, picking up his 3rd win with seven strong innings of work.

BAL 001 420 000 6 11 0

DET 002 000 000 2 6 0

2B BAL Aparicio 21 Haney 2(7)

3B BAL Snyder 3

HR DET Kaline 15 (3rd off Brabender)

RBI BAL Haney 3(7) Aparicio 24 Snyder 29 F. Robinson 60

DET Kaline 2(59)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Brabender 7 6 1 4 6 2 2 32 59

McLain 4 8 0 1 4 5 5 18 29

WP Brabender 3-1 2.41 LP McLain 12-10 3.17

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 3 .. Snyder tripled. F. Robinson singled scoring a run. BAL 1 DET 0

BOTTOM 3 .. L. Green singled. Kaline homered scoring two runs. BAL 1 DET 2

TOP 4 .. Blefary singled. Da. Johnson walked. Haney doubled scoring two runs. Aparicio doubled scoring a run. Snyder singled scoring a run. BAL 5 DET 2

TOP 5 .. Blefary singled. Blair hit by pitch. Haney doubled scoring a run. BAL 6 DET 2

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 2Doubles 3RBI