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MONDAY JULY 31,1967

CHICAGO (70-28) @ CLEVELAND (52-58)

STARTING PITCHERS

5R (1-0 3.25) 14XY (11-5 2.90)

Spotting the league leading Chicagoans a lead, the Indians came roaring back off Fred Klages chasing him in the 4th inning in route to a convincing 9-1 victory built off of 18 hits.. Luis Tiant went 7 strong to put this one in the left column for the home club.

CWS 010 000 000 1 8 0

CLE 021 200 31x 9 18 1

2B CWS Ward 8 Wa. Williams 8

CLE Maye 14 Alvis 22 Tiant 2

HR CLE Azcue 4 (8th off B. Howard)

RBI CWS Hansen 55

CLE Maye 2(20) Davalillo 24 Wagner 25 Alvis 2(40) Azcue 24

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Klages 3.1 10 0 2 2 5 5 22 15

Tiant 7 6 0 3 10 1 1 32 68

WP Tiant 12-5 2.82 LP Klages 1-1 6.21

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 2 .. Ward doubled. Hansen singled scoring a run. CWS 1 CLE 0

BOTTOM 2 .. Fuller singled. Tiant singled. Maye doubled scoring two runs. CWS 1 CLE 2

BOTTOM 3 .. Wagner singled, Alvus walked. T. Horton singled loading the bases. Wild pitch scoring a run. CWS 1 CLE 3

BOTTOM 4 .. Maye . Davalillo singled. Alvis doubled scoring two runs. CWS 1 CLE 5

BOTTOM 7 .. Tiant singled. Maye walked. Davalillo singled scoring a run. Wagner singled scoring a run. Error by Wa. Williams allowed another run to score. CWS 1 CLE 8

BOTTOM 8 .. Azcue homered. CWS 1 CLE 9

NOTES: Luis Tiant shone in this game both with his bat and with his golden right arm. Tiant is staking claim as the best hitting pitcher collecting three hits in this one. And, oh by the way, he is tied for the team lead in wins, not to mention once again fanning 10, the 8th time he whiffed 10+ in a game. Max Alvis now leads the Tribe in RBIs.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 Double 2RBIs

MONDAY JULY 31,1967

KANSAS CITY (39-63) @ NEW YORK (37-61)

STARTING PITCHERS

6YZ (6-2 2.63) 6 (1-10 4.40)

The Athletics built a nice 4-1 lead on the hone team off Fred Talbot with Ramon Webster and Jim Gosger supplying the lumber. Paul Limblad cruised into the 7th, but a Campaneris error filled the bases setting up Mickey Mantle for heroics as he lined a double into the gap off reliever Tony Pierce to tie the game, sending it into overtime. Top 12, the A’s roughed up Dooley Womack fir a pair of runs but the Pinstripers rallied back as Jake Gibbs plated the tying and winning runs?

KCA 121 000 000 002 6 11 2

NYY 010 000 300 003 7 11 0

2B KCA Webster 11 Harrelson 7 D. Green 6

NYY Clarke 12 Mantle 18

HR KCA Gosger 1

RBI KCA Webster 4(31) Harrelson 17 Gosger 11

NYY Mantle 3(35) Gibbs 2(23) Amaro 12 Whitaker 44

SB KCA Campaneris 29

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Lindblad 6 7 0 0 3 3 1 26 51

Talbot 5 6 1 2 3 4 4 24 40

WP Womack 4-3 2.02 LP Segui 2-5 3.21

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Campaneris singled. Donaldson walked. Harrelson singled scoring a run. KCA 1 NYY 0

TOP 2 .. D. Green doubled. Campaneris walked. Donaldson singled loading the bases. Webster singled scoring two runs. KCA 3 NYY 0

BOTTOM 2 .. C. Smith singled. Smith moved to second on a groundout. Amaro singled scoring a run. KCA 3 NYY 1

TOP 3 .. Gosger homered. KCA 4 NYY 1

BOTTOM 7 .. Gibbs singled. Amaro reached on an error. White singled loading the bases. Mantle doubled scoring three runs. KCA 4 NYY 4

TOP 12 .. Campaneris singled and stole second. Donaldson hit by pitch. Webster doubled scoring two runs. KCA 6 NYY 4

BOTTOM 12 .. R. White singled. Mantle walked. Whitaker singled scoring a run. C. Smith walked. Gibbs singled scoring two runs. KCA 6 NYY 7

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-6 2RBIs

MONDAY JULY 31,1967

MINNESOTA (57-42) @ BOSTON (63-35)

STARTING PITCHERS

13XW (7-8 3.39) 11Z (8-2 1.64)

It was the re-incarnations of the Boston Massacre. Twins grabbed an early lead but Tony Conigliaro fixed that by clearing the green monster with three aboard. Lee Stange cruised to his 9th win spinning 5 hitter in the process.

MIN 100 000 000 1 5 0

BOS 000 040 02x 6 9 0

2B BOS Foy 18 Petrocelli 12

3B MIN Allison 8

HR BOS Conigliaro 23 (5th off Boswell, grand slam) Scott 13 (8th off Worthington)

RBI MIN Allison 42

BOS Conigliaro 4(63) Scott 60 Ryan 18

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Boswell 6 4 1 5 5 4 4 27 48

Stange 9 5 0 3 4 1 1 33 74

WP Stange 9-2 1.59 LP Boswell 7-9 3.50

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Killebrew walked. Allison tripled scoring a run. MIN 1 BOS 0

BOTTOM 5 .. Ryan walked. Foy singled. Yastrzemski walked. Conigliaro homered scoring four runs. MIN 1 BOS 4

BOTTOM 8 .. Scott homered. Petrocelli doubled. R. Smith si glued, Petrocelli out at plate, Smith too second. Ryan singled scoring a run. MIN 1 BOS 6

NOTES: The Sox have now won 8 in a row. Tony Conigliaro continued his impressive slugging, hitting 10 bombs in July collecting 29 RBIs in the process. And, oh by the way, is riding an 11 game hitting streak. Lee Stange added to his resume, vying for pitcher of the month with his 9th victory. On the flip side, the Twins now have lost 6 in a row, free falling from the pennant chase. Cesar Tovar is in Ted throes of an 0-17 skid. Al Worthington might be succumbing to age as he has been nicked for nuns in three straight games, or maybe the Beantowners just have his number. Bob Allison is one triple behind the league lead and is on a 7 game hit streak. On the bright side, Rid Carew has returned from his 2 week military hitch.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 GRAND SLAM