BALTIMORE (43-52) @ CLEVELAND (50-47)

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9YZ (1-0 0.00) 14Y (9-6 1.95)

The Indians built a 4-2 lead off Gene Brabender after three innings who was making his second start of the season. Big Gene settled down to retire the last 12 he faced but Steve Hargan kept the Birds at bay with 7 strong innings. 4 in the 8th put a bow on it for the visitors.

BAL 020 000 000 2 5 1

CLE 121 000 04x 8 12 0

2B BAL Etchabarren 12

CLE Maye 2(14) Davalillo 11 Sims 4

HR CLE Wagner 9(3rd off Brabender) Alvis 10 (8th off Fisher)

RBI BAL Etchabarren 2(22)

CLE Maye 2(22) Davalillo 21 Wagner 21 Alvis 37 L. Brown 2(24) Demeter 15

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Brabender 6 6 1 1 7 4 4 25 50

Hargan 7 4 0 5 6 2 2 29 54

WP Hargan 20-6 1.98 LP Brabender 1-1 2.40

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Maye doubled. Davalillo doubled scoring a run. BAL 0 CLE 1

TOP 2 .. B. Robinson singled. Blair singled. Etchabarren doubled scoring two runs. BAL 2 CLE 1

BOTTOM 2 .. Sims hit by pitch. Hargan walked. Maye doubled scoring two runs. BAL 2 CLE 3

BOTTOM 3 .. Wagner homered BAL 2 CLE 4

BOTTOM 8 .. Alvus homered. T. Horton singled. Sims doubled. Fuller intentionally walked. L. Brown singled scoring two runs. Demeter singled scoring a run. BAL 2 CLE 8

NOTES: The Indians had their hitting shoes on as every spot in the lineup got a knock. Steve Hargan went 4-0 in July. Gene Brabender who tossed a shut out in his initial start only got thru 2 batters before surrendering a run.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 2 doubles 2RBIs

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CALIFORNIA (40-60) @ WASHINGTON (34-66)

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13YW (3-5 3.47) 11Z (7-9 2.59)

The Nats jumped all over Jack Hamilton from the first pitch, putting up 7 in the first three innings, highlighted by a Mike Epstein grand slam. Overall, the Senators clubbed 4 homers while Phil Ortega went 8 strong innings, surrendering only 4 hits.

CAL 010 000 000 1 4 0

WAS 412 001 02x 10 13 1

HR WAS Epstein 11 (1st off Hamilton, grand slam) Stroud 2 (2nd off Hamilton) McMullen 16 (6th off Wright) F. Howard 26 (8th off Turner)

RBI WAS Epstein 4(36) Cullen 2(8) F. Howard 2(65) McMullen 47 Stroud 13

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

J. Hamilton 4 9 2 3 2 7 5 24 17

Ortega 8 4 0 0 6 1 1 28 72

WP Ortega 8-9 2.52 LP J. Hamilton 3-6 4.03

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 1 .. Stroud walked. F. Howard singled. Valentine walked. Epstein homered scoring four runs. CAL 0 WAS 4

TOP 2 .. Mincher singled. Satriano singled. Rodgers singled scoring a run. CAL 1 WAS 4

BOTTOM 2 .. Stroud homered. CAL 1 WAS 5

BOTTOM 3 .. Valentine singled. Epstein singled. Saverine reached on an error. Cullen singled scoring two runs. CAL 1 WAS 7

BOTTOM 6 .. McMullen homered CAL 1 WAS 8

BOTTOM 8 .. C. Peterson doubled. F. Howard homered scoring two runs. Cal 1 WAS 10

NOTES: Phil Ortega retired 20 of the last 21 batters he faced. Freddy Valentine has a 8 game hit streak where he has gone 11-28 batting 393 collected 3 doubled, a triple and three homers. Jack Hamilton, who won his first 3 as a Cherub, now has list six straight.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 GRAND SLAM 4RBI

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MINNESOTA (57-38) @ BOSTON (59-35)

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13YZ (11-6 2.46) 14X (14-6 2.23)

The start of a big 5 game set in Beantown, game one featuring the aces of each staff. An RBI single got the visitors going early but Yaz countered with a clutch homer into the bullpen to tie the score. The Sox took the lead in the 8th and Jom Lonborg fought fatigue in the 9th, inducing a DP ball, going the route and win the opener.

MIN 100 000 000 1 3 0

BOS 000 001 01x 2 7 0

2B MIN Oliva 14

3B BOS Foy 5

HR BOS Yastrzemski 32 (6th off Chance)

RBI MIN Allison 39

BOS Yastrzemski 77 Foy 42

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Chance 8 7 1 2 5 2 2 31 59

Lonborg 9 3 0 4 8 1 1 33 81

WP Lonborg 14-6 2.17 LP Chance 11-7 2.45

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 1 .. Oliva doubled. Allison singled scoring a run. MIN 1 BOS 0

BOTTOM 6 .. Yastrzemski homered MIN 1 BOS 1

BOTTOM 8 .. Andrews walked. Foy tripled scoring a run. MIN 1 BOS 1

NOTES: Jim Lonborg had a helluva month of July going 5-0 with a 1.70 ERA. He also leapfrogged Jim Katt and us the league strikeout king at 183. Yaz cracked his 32nd homer to skip past Killebrew for the league lead. In fact, he leads in all triple crown categories. Tony Conigliaro has an 8 game hit streak, but Reggie Smith saw his 9 gamer end. Bob Allison has RBIs in three straight games.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 TRIPLE RBI

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KANSAS CITY (37-61) @ WASHINGTON (34-65)

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6YZ (5-2 2.76) 9YZ (5-8 3.56)

A five run 4th gave the Athletics a 6-1 lead on that the held despite the ineptness of their bullpen who allowed four runs in the last two frames, barely hanging on leaving two in scoring position as the last out was recorded .

KCA 001 500 000 6 12 0

WAS 010 000 022 5 10 0

2B WAS Saverine 9

3B KCA Campaneris 4

WAS Valentine 2

HR KCA Monday 20 (4th off Pascual) Roof 6 (3rd off Pascual)

WAS Valentine 4 (2nd off Lindblad) Camilli 3 (9th off Pierce)

RBI KCA Monday wp2(48) Campaneris 2(15) Roof 24 Donaldson 7

WAS Valentine 3(21) Camilli 2(8)

SB KCA Roof 2

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Lindblad 7 4 1 1 6 1 1 24 70

Pascual 5 8 2 1 2 6 6 23 26

WP Lindblad 6-2 2.63 LP Pascual 5-9 3.87 SV Pierce 10

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Valentine homered KCA 0 WAS 1

TOP 3 .. Roof homered KCA 1 WAS 1

BOTTOM 4 .. Harrelson singled. Monday homered scoring two runs. Cater singled. Roof singled. Campaneris tripled scoring two runs. Donaldson singled scoring a run. KCA 6 WAS 1

BOTTOM 8 .. Cullen singled. F. Howard walked. Valentine tripled scoring two runs. KCA 6 WAS 3

BOTTOM 9 .. Saverine doubled. Camilli pinch hit and homered scoring two runs. KCA 6 WAS 5

NOTES: Phil Roof had quite a series going 6-16 5 extra base hits. Both Ken ‘Hawk’ Harrelson and Danny Cater had 8 hits in the series. Fred Valentine has a 7 game hitting streak and a great series verses KayCee going 7-15 6 hits going for extras and driving home 6. Doug Camilli will be sad to see Tony Pierce leave town as he cracked two, two run homers off him, one winning a game.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 HR RBI

DETROIT (56-37) @ BALTIMORE (43-51)

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7Y (11-7 3.09) 13XW (10-9 3.12)

After Detroit put up 3 in their first at bat, the Birds rallied to tie the game in the 4th only to succumb to a triple by Norm Cash. The Orioles had a shot to tie in the 8th when Paul Blair legged out a three bagger only to be stander when John Hiller came on the get Boog Powell on a fly to shallow fly to right.

DET 300 000 100 4 5 0

BAL 100 200 000 3 7 0

2B DET Wert 12 W. Horton 12 Northrup 11

BAL Blair 15 Powell 8 Blefary 13

3B DET Cash 5

BAL Blair 8

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

McLain 6 7 0 1 3 3 3 25 48

Phoebus 7 5 0 6 10 4 4 31 55

WP McLain 12-7 3.14 LP Phoebus 10-10 3.22 SV Hiller 2

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Wert doubled. Cash walked. W. Horton doubled scoring a run. Cash scored on a passed ball. Northrup doubled scoring a run. DET 3 BAL 0

BOTTOM 1 .. Blair doubled. B. Robinson singled scoring a run. DET 3 BAL 1

BOTTOM 4 .. Powell doubled. Blefary doubled scoring a run. Two groundouts scored a run. DET 3 BAL 3

TOP 7 .. McAuliffe singled. Cash tripled scoring a run. DET 4 BAL 3

NOTES: With the game winning RBI, Norm Cash us now third in the league with 67 RBIs. Willie Horton is hitting .361 since his return from a leg injury. Denny McLain won for the first time since July 3rd. Paul Blair tied Ken Berry Keith 8 tripled to lead the lead.

STAR OF THE GAME: Triple GWRBI

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MINNESOTA (57-37) @ NEW YORK

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13XW (7-7 3.48) 13 (7-11 3.34)

A critical error by Zolio Versalles in the 5th opened up the floodgates and allow the Yankees to build a 4-0 lead, which was far more than enough for Mel Stottlemyre who went the route scattering 6 hits while whitewashing the Twinkies. His battery mate, Jake Gibbs provided all the offense needed as the Yanks svoid being swept salvaging the getaway game.

MIN 000 000 000 0 6 1

NYY 100 030 10x 5 6 0

2B MIN Carew 10

NYY Clarke 11 R. White 1

RBI NYY Gibbs 4(20) Clarke 26

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Boswell 6 4 0 3 6 4 1 26 57

Stottlemyre 9 6 0 1 1 0 0 34 75

WP Stottlemyre 8-12 3.16 LP Boswell 7-8 3.39

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Clarke doubled and mixed to third on a grounder. Gibbs sac fly scoring a run. MIN 0 NYY 1

BOTTOM 5 .. Amaro reached on an error. Stottlemyre walked. Clarke singled scoring a run. R. White walked. Gibbs singled scoring two runs. MIN 0 NYY 4

BOTTOM 7 .. Stottlemyre singled. R. White doubled. Gibbs sac fly scoring a run. MIN 0 NYY 5

NOTES: Mel Stottlemyre finally won in July after losing three straight. It’s his third shutout and 5th complete game. Mel also got the first hit by a Yankee pitcher in 15 games. Roy White hit in 9 games in a row. Mike Hegan who hit .394 in June is at .091 for July.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-2 4RBI

CALIFORNIA (40-59) @ BOSTON (58-35)

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13Y (10-3 3.03) 11Z (7-2 1.66)

After two slugfests, the two opposite coast squads offered up a true life pitchers duel. Each team homered, unfortunately for the Angels, Yaz had a runner in base as the Beantowners completed the three game sweep.

CAL 000 000 100 1 6 0

BOS 000 002 00x 2 5 0

2B CAL Mincher 14

BOS Petrocelli 10

HR CAL Mincher 16 (7th off Stange)

BOS Yastrzemski 31 (6th off McGlothlin)

RBI Mincher 50

BOS Yastrzemski 2(76)

SB BOS Ryan 2

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

McGlothlin 6.1 5 1 2 3 2 2 26 51

Stange 7 5 1 0 8 1 1 25 71

WP Stange 8-2 1.64 LP McGlothlin 19-4 3.02 SV Lyle 3

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 6 .. Foy walked. Yastrzemski homered scoring two runs. CAL 0 BOS 2

TOP 7 .. Mincher homered scoring a run. CAL 1 BOS 2

NOTES: The Sox have won 5 straight. Yaz retired Killebrew again in home runs at 31. His two RBIs in this game vaulted him back ahead in that race.

STAR OF THE GAME: HR 2RBI

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12Y (6-1 2.08) 7YW (5-10 4.29)

The Twin killers did the damage and Jim Perry powered thru 7 innings to take the nightcap of the twilight twin bill. Steve Barber made two mistakes, and that lead to his third loss as a Yankees.

MIN 002 000 003 5 7 0

NYY 000 000 010 1 5 1

2B MIN Versalles 13

NYY Tresh 13

HR MIN Allison 13 (3rd off Barber) Killebrew 31(3rd off Barber)

RBI MIN Allison 38 Versalles 2(32) Killebrew 74

NYY R. White 5

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Perry 7.1 5 0 3 9 1 1 29 70

Barber 6 4 2 5 5 2 2 27 56

WP Perry 7-1 1.97 LP Barber 5-11 4.21 SV Worthington 19

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 3 .. Allison homered. Killebrew homered. MIN 2 NYY 0

BOTTOM 8 .. Tresh doubled. R. White singled scoring a run. MIN 2 NYY 1

TOP 9 .. Uhlaender walked. Allison singled. Versalles doubled scoring two runs. Oliva reached on an error scoring a run. MIN 5 NYY 2

NOTES: Bob Allison homered in both ends of a doubleheader. Harmon Killebrew took over the HR lead, one more than Yaz. Al Worthington now have put goose eggs up in 7 straight appearances. Roy White has an 8 game hitting streak, reaching safely in each game since his callup.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2B 2RBI

MINNESOTA (55-37) @ NEW YORK (34-58) game 1

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13YZ (7-3 2.95) 6 (1-9 4.36)

Home runs were the deciding factor in this game one of a double dip. After four scoreless innings, the Twins plated runs in the 5th and 6th, he big blow a two run shot by Bob Allison. Yanks made it a game on a Bill Robinson homer but in the end, Jim Merritt with an assist by Al Worthington put this in the left column for the visitors.

MIN 000 012 000 3 6 0

NYY 000 002 000 2 4 0

HR MIN Allison 12 (6th off Talbot)

NYY Bi. Robinson 6 (7th off Merritt)

RBI MIN Allison 2(37) Tovar 40

NYY Bi. Robinson 2(15)

SB NYY R. White 6

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Merritt 8 4 1 2 5 2 2 30 65

Talbot 5.1 5 1 4 4 3 3 24 46

WP Merritt 8-3 2.89 LP Talbot 1-10 4.40 SV Worthington 18

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 5 .. Nixon singled. Merritt singled. Versalles singled. Tovar sac fly scoring a run MIN 1 NYY 0

TOP 6 .. Killebrew singled. Allison homered scoring two runs. MIN 3 NYY 0

BOTTOM 7 .. E. Howard singled. Bi. Robinson homered scoring two runs. MIN 3 NYY 2

NOTES: Jim Merritt collected his first win since June 16. Bill Tobinson cracked his first homer since June 30. Roy White stole another base and kept his hit streak alive. Roy leads the Yanks in thefts. Fred Talbot joined the dubious club of double digit losing pitchers.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 HR 2RBI

KANSAS CITY (37-60) @ WASHINGTON (33-65)

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6W (2-11 4.07) 4 (3-12 5.42)

Two double digit losing pitchers dueled in the Nations Capital. The Home club jumped out early, as an Mike Epstein home run highlighted a three run first inning. Adding a run in the second allowed the Nats to survive an uprising in the 6th and ultimately cone out on top.

KCA 000 002 000 2 7 0

WAS 310 000 00x 4 9 0

2B KCA Roof 2(14)

WAS Valentine 9

HR WAS Epstein 9(1st off Krausse)

RBI KCA Gosger 10 Roof 23

WAS Epstein 2(28) Casanova 33 VS,ENTINE 18 Stroud 12

SB WAS Stroud 8

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Krausse 5 7 1 5 2 4 4 28 30

Coleman 5.2 6 0 2 5 2 2 26 52

WP Coleman 4-12 5.28 LP Krausse 2-12 4.21 SV Baldwin 14

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 1 .. Stroud walked. Valentine doubled scoring a run. Epstein homered scoring two runs. KCA 0 WAS 3

BOTTOM 2 .. Saverine singled. Coleman walked. Stroud singled scoring a run. KCA 0 WAS 4

TOP 6 .. Harrelson singled. Advanced on grounder. Gosger singled scoring a run. Roof doubled scoring a run. KCA 2 WAS 4

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 HR 2RBI