NEW YORK (32-57) @ DETROIT (55-35)

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Yanks took an early three run lead on a Pepitone homer but that was short-lived as Detroit countered with 4 in the fifth, batting around to plate 4. Hoss Clarke put the Bombers back on top only to see the Bengals respond with a pair of two run innings to seal the win. Jerry Lumpe pinch hit a homer and five doubled overcame a bad start by Earl Wilson.

NYY 003 002 000 5 9 1

DET 000 042 20x 8 13 0

2B DET Wert 11 Cash 10 W. Horton 11 Northrup 10 Oyler 15

HR NYY Pepitone 4 (3rd off Wilson)

DET Lumpe 3 (6th off Verbanic)

RBI NYY Clarke 2(25) Pepitone 3(39)

DET Lumpe 2(11) Northrup 2(40) Freehan 26 Cash 66 Wert 28 McAuliffe 39

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Talbot 4.2 10 0 0 5 4 4 23 33

Wilson 6 8 1 4 6 5 5 30 38

WP Wilson 13-6 3.44 LP Verbanic 0-7 6.12 SV Hiller 1

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 3 .. Clarke singled. Mantle walked. Pepitone homered scoring three runs. NYY 3 DET 0

BOTTOM 5 .. Oyler doubled. McAuliffe singled scoring a run. Wert doubled scoring a run. Cash doubled scoring a run. W. Horton singled. Freehan singled scoring a run. NYY 3 DET 4

TOP 6 .. Tresh walked. Gibbs singled. Amaro walked. Clarke singled scoring two runs. NYY 5 DET 4

BOTTOM 6 .. Oyler singled. Lumpe homered scoring two runs. NYY 5 DET 6

BOTTOM 7 .. Cash reached on an error. W. Horton singled. Northrup doubled scoring two runs. NYY 5 DET 8

NOTES: Norm Cash has 5 RBIs in the last three games, putting him within reach of the league leaders, just 5 behind. Earl Wilson has hit a rough spot, after three consecutive shut outs, he has allowed 9 earned runs in his last 13 innings. Joe Pepitone hit his first homer since June 14.

STAR OF THE GAME. PH HR 2RBI

BOSTON 54-34 @ CLEVELAND (48-44)

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11Z (7-2 1.59) 14Y (8-6 1.81)

Cleveland seemed to have things in hand, leading 3-1 through 8 innings as Steve Hargan was dealing . Top 9, the Bosox came to life scoring three to take the lead on a Reggie Smith homer. Rookie Sparky Lyle came in to nail it shut only to have fellow rookie Vern Fuller take him deep to tie the score. The Indians put two more on but It looked like the game would go bonus frames when Pedro Gonzalez grounded to third, a sure double play ball that eluded Joe Foy allowing the winning run to score.

BOS 000 100 003 4 6 2

CLE 000 012 002 5 9 0

2B BOS Conigliaro 10

CLE Maye 12 Fuller 1

HR BOS R. Smith 8 (9th off Hargan)

CLE Fuller 2 (9th off Lyle)

RBI BOS Adair 2(27) R. Smith 2(29)

CLE Davalillo 20 Maye 18 Alvis 36 Fuller 4

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Stange 7 7 0 1 5 3 2 29 57

Hargan 9 6 1 3 11 4 4 35 67

WP Hargan 9-6 1.95 LP Lyle 1-1 1.29

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 4 .. Yastrzemski walked. Scott singled. Adair grounded into a force scoring a run. BOS 1 CLE 0

BOTTOM 5 .. Whitfield reached on an error. Fuller singled. Davalillo singled scoring a run. BOS 1 CLE 1

BOTTOM 6 .. L. Brown walked. Maye doubled scoring a run. Alvis singled scoring a run. BOS 2 CLE 3

TOP 9 .. Conigliaro doubled Adair singled scoring a run. R. Smith homered scoring two runs. BOS 4 CLE 3

BOTTOM 9 .. Fuller homered. Azcue pinch hit and walked. Hinton pinch hit and singled. Gonzalez pinch hit and reached on an error scoring a run. BOS 4 CLE 5

NOTES: Vern Fuller is starting to hit like he did in AAA ball, missing the cycle the usual way, no triple in his 4 hits. Hargan was throwing darts as he twice whiffed the side among his 11 punch outs.

STAR OF THE GAME: 4-4 Double HR RBI

WASHINGTON (32-59) @ BALTIMORE (41-49)

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9YZ (5-7 3.44) 9YZ (0-0 0.00)

The Orioles recalled the imposing right-handed for the game and his certainly did not disappoint, scattering 7 hits in a complete game shutout. He apparently solved his control issues which had him toiling in the farm to correct as he did not issue any free passes.

WAS 000 000 000 0 7 2

BAL 001 200 03x 6 9 0

2B WAS Blair 13

HR BAL Snyder 6 (8th off Knowles)

RBI BAL Snyder 4(24) Blair 24

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Pascual 4 6 0 2 2 3 3 20 38

Brabender 9 7 0 0 6 0 0 32 79

WP Brabender 1-0 0.00 Pascual 5-8 3.56

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 3 .. Brabender singled. Blair doubled scoring a run. WAS 0 BAL 1

BOTTOM 4 .. Powell singled. Blefary singled. D. Johnson walked. Etchabarren popped to short, infield fly rule involved, ball dropped scoring a run. Brabender hit by pitch. Snyder sac fly scoring a run. WAS 0 BAL 3

BOTTOM 8 .. Blefary walked. Brabender hit by a pitch. Snyder homered scoring three runs. WAS 0 BAL 6

NOTES: Gene Brabender provided a nice shot in the arm for the Birds giving the bullpen a much needed respite. Mark Belanger filled in for Luis Aparicio, making his first start since June 27 as he was fulfilling his military duty. Boog Powell has a six game hit streak. Darrel Knowles got knocked around again now has allowed 7 runs in his last two appearances spanning 2 innings.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 HR 4RBI

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MINNESOTA (54-35) @ CALIFORNIA (38-56)

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13XW (6-7 3.71) 9Y (4-13 3.68)

In a true pitchers duel, the game stayed scoreless until the 5th when Dave Boswell broke the deadlock rocketing a triple over Jose Cardenal’s head in left scoring the only runs of the game. The Cherubs had a chance to make it real interesting in the bottom of the 8th, when an error, single and a walk loaded the bases but Jim Kaat relieved stunting the rally. George Brunet allied just three hits in a very hard luck loss

MIN 000 020 000 2 3 0

CAL 000 000 000 0 8 0

2B CAL J. Hall 3 Knoop 8

3B MIN Boswell 1

RBI MIN Boswell 2(4)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Boswell 7.2 7 0 2 10 0 0 33 73

Brunet 7 3 0 1 6 2 2 25 62

WP Boswell 7-7 3.48 LP Brunet 4-14 SV Worthington 17

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 5 .. Rollins singled. Allison walked. Boswell tripled scoring two runs. MIN 2 CAL 0

NOTES: Dave Boswell in giving Jim Kaat a run for his money in the batting department, tripling in today’s game after crushing a round tripper in his last. Boswell’s pitching has taken an upturn, going 3-1 with a 1.70 ERA. George Brunet list his 14th, most in the league.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-2 Triple 2RBI

CHICAGO (64-25) @ KANSAS CITY (35-56)

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10Z (2-1 2.91) 13Y (8-8 2.43)

After spotting the Athletics a two run lead, the Chisox stormed back, putting up a 5 spot in the 6th off Catfish Hunter in a game shortened to 8 innings due to rain. Wilbur Wood went six strong innings in a spot start to pick up the Duke.

CWS 001 005 00 6 11 1

KCA 200 000 10 3 7 1

2B CWS Wa.. Williams 6

KCA Campaneris 18 Hershberger 15

HR KCA D. Green 6 (7th off Buzhardt)

RBI CWS Agee 2(32) Berry 37 Causey 12 Wa. Williams 11

KCA Hershberger 2(23) D. Green 20

SB Buford 16 Agee 9

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

W. Wood 6 6 0 0 2 2 24 58

Hunter 6 8 0 3 6 6 5 29 37

WP W. Wood 3-1 2.92 LP Hunter 8-9 2.63 SV Locker 16

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 1 .. Campaneris singled. Harrelson singled. Hershberger doubled scoring two runs. CWS 0 KCA 2

TOP 3 .. W. Wood reached on an error. Wa. Williams doubled. Causey grounded out scoring a run. CWS 1 KCA 2

TOP 6 .. Ward singled. Martin walked. Hansen walked. Berry singled scoring a run. Agree singled scoring two runs. Agee stole second base. Berry scored in a passed ball. Wa. Williams singled scoring a run. CWS 6 KCA 2

BOTTOM 7 .. D. Green homered. CWS 6 KCA 3

STAR OF THE GAME : 2-4 2RBI SB

NEW YORK (21-57) @ DETROIT (55-34)

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7YW (5-10 4.18) 7Y 11-7 3.10)

Detroit jumped out to a 3-0 then 5-2 lead but the Yankees still has some fight in them and rallied to tie in the 8th when Steve Whitaker smacked a three run homer off Pat Dobson. Yanks then struck for three more in the 9th, the catalyst bring Whitaker again. The Bengals did not go quietly as Bill Freehan cracked a homer yuk get them within one but alas it was not to be.

NYY 000 020 033 8 13 0

DET 021 002 002 7 12 0

2B NYY Mantle 16

HR NYY R. White 1 (8th off Dobson) Whitaker 10 (off Dobson)

DET McAuliffe 13 (6th off Monbouquette) Freehan 7 (9th off Womack)

RBI NYY Whitaker 4(44) C. Smith 20 Pepitone 36 R. White 4 Clarke 23

DET McAuliffe 2(38) Freehan 2(25) J. Landis 3 Stanley 12 McLain 6

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB DO R ER BF GSC

Barber 4 6 0 4 4 3 3 22 38

McLain 6 7 0 1 4 2 2 25 53

WP Tillitson 2-9 6.65 LP Aguirre 1-2 5.64 SV Womack 14

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 2 .. Freehan walked. Stanley singled. McLain singled scoring a run. J. Landis singled scoring a run. NYY 0 DET 2

BOTTOM 3 .. Freehan singled. Cash walked. Stanley singled scoring a run. NYY 0 DET 3

TOP 5 .. Gibbs singled. Amaro singled. C. Smith singled scoring a run. Clarke singled scoring a run. NY 2 DET 3

BOTTOM 6 .. Northrup singled. McAuliffe homered scoring two runs. NY 2 DET 5

TOP 8 .. R. White homered. Pepitone singled. Whitaker homered scoring two runs. NYY 5 DET 5

TOP 9 .. Clarke singled. R. White singled. White stole second. Mantle intentionally walked. Pepitone walked forcing in a run. Whitaker singled scoring two runs. NYY 8 DET 5

BOTTOM 9 .. L. Green doubled. Freehan homered scoring two runs. NYY 8 DET 7

NOTES: Second consecutive three hit game by Steve Whitaker. He leads the Yanks in all triple crown categories. Steve Barber continues his woes after joining the Yanks. He us 0-2 6.92 in three starts not lasting past the 5th inning.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 HR 4RBI

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BOSTON (53-44) @ CLEVELAND (48-43)

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4 (5-4 5.35) 14XY (11-4 2.54)

Carl Yastrzemski got the ball rolling with a two run shot in the top of the first got the ball rolling in this slugfest. All in all 27 hits were shared by both teams and neither started made it past the4th inning. Top 7, Tony Conigliaro broke a 5 all tie and the SOX added two more to trot off with the win.

BOS 203 000 202 9 13 0

CLE 100 310 000 5 14 1

2B BOS Scott 12

CLE Maye 11 Alvis 21

HR BOS Yastrzemski 29 (1st off Tiant)

CLE Fuller 1 (4th off Brandon)

RBI BOS Yastrzemski 2(71) Conigliaro 2(50) Scott 3(53) Adair 2(25)

CLE Alvis 2(35) Fuller 2(3) Sims 20

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Brandon 4 8 1 1 2 5 5 20 27

Tiant 3 6 1 1 3 5 5 16 29

WP Santiago 3-5 3.24 LP Bailey 1-2 3.52 SV Wyatt 12

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 1 .. Andrews singled. Yastrzemski homered scoring two runs. BOS 2 CLE 0

BOTTOM 1 .. Maye doubled. Alvis singled scoring a run. BOS 2 CLE 1

TOP 3 .. Andrews walked. Conigliaro singled. Scott doubled scoring two runs. Adair singled scoring a run. BOS 5 CLE 1

BOTTOM 4 .. Colavito walked. Whitfield singled. Sims singled scoring a run, Whitfield out at third. Fuller homered scoring two runs. BOS 5 CLE 4

BOTTOM 5 .. Maye singled. Alvis doubled scoring a run. BOS 5 CLE 5

TOP 7 .. Andrews walked. Foy singled. Yastrzemski walked. Conigliaro singled scoring two runs. BOS 7 CLE 5

TOP 9 .. Yastrzemski singled. Conigliaro hit by pitch. Scott singled scoring a run. Adair sac fly scoring a run. BOS 9 CLE 5

NOTES: First homer for Yaz since 7/4, his longest drought of the season. The RBIs tied him with the Killer at 71 for the league lead.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 Double 3RBI

WASHINGTON (32-58) @ BALTIMORE (40-49) game 2

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4 (3-11 5.72) 4 (8-7 4.48)

Baltimore were gifted fame two of the twin bill as the go ahead and eventual winning run scored on an error by Bob Severine in the 2nd inning. Dave McNally tossed six one run innings to gain the win while Joe Coleman was the hard luck loser.

WAS 000 100 000 1 8 1

BAL 020 000 00x 2 8 0

2B BAL D. Johnson 10

HR WAS C. Peterson 7 (4th off McNally)

RBI WAS C. Peterson 25

BAL D. Johnson 26

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Coleman 6 7 0 3 4 2 1 27 53

McNally 6 7 1 0 2 1 1 23 56

WP McNally 9-7 4.32 LP COLEMAN 3-12 5.42 SV Drabowsky 11

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 2 .. Powell singled. D. Johnson doubled scoring a run. Haney reached on an error scoring a run. BAL 2 WAS 0

TOP 4 .. C. Peterson homered BAL 2 WAS 1

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-3 Double RBI

WASHINGTON (31-58) @ BALTIMORE (40-48) game 1

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13YW (3-2 4.03) 13XW (10-8 3.01)

The Senators batted around in the 4Th inning while scoring three runs then rode the left wing of ex-Oriole Frank Bertaina who tossed 8 shutout innings for his 4th win.

WAS 000 300 100 4 10 0

BAL 000 000 001 1 6 0

2B WAS McMullen 10

BAL Blefary 12 D. Johnson 9

HR WAS F. Howard 23 (7th off Phoebus)

BAL B. Robinson 14 (9th off Bertaina)

RBI WAS B. Allen 2(14) Casanova 31 G. Howard 59

BAL B. Robinson 47

SB WAS Stroud 6

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Bertaina 8.2 6 1 1 8 1 1 33 75

Phoebus 7 9 1 5 4 4 4 34 42

WP Bertaina 4-2 3.54 LP Phoebus 10-9 3.12 SV Baldwin 12

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 4 .. Valentine walked. Epstein singled. Casanova singled scoring a run. Runners advance on passed ball. Be. Allen singled scoring two runs. WAS 3 BAL 0

TOP 7 .. F. Howard homered WAS 4 BAL 0

BOTTOM 9 .. B. Robinson homered WAS 4 BAL 1

NOTES: Bertaina won for the 4th time in 5 decisions for the Nats going 4-1 1.81, allowing 1 run or less in those 4 wins. It was his first start for the Capital boys since June 20, having served 2 weeks of army reserve then nursing an elbow strain. Wally Bunker has excelled coming out of the open, allowing just one tally in his last 9 innings.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 2RBI

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WASHINGTON (31-60) @ DETROIT (54-34)

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8W (5-10 3.72) 10YW (9-6 3.61)

Joe Sparma was cruising toward his 10th victory when Mgr. Mayo Smith brought in Dave Wickersham. A Mime Epstein homer and Bernie Allen single tied the game in the 7th forcing bonus time, where Dick McAuliffe provided the walk off fireworks with his 12th homer of the season.

WAS 001 000 300 0 4 11 2

DET 111 010 000 2 6 14 0

2B WAS Casanova 18

DET Northrup 9

HR WAS Epstein 9 (7th off Wickersham)

HR DET McAuliffe 12 (10th off Baldwin)

RBI WAS Epstein 2(28) Valentine 14 Be. Allen 12

DET McAuliffe 2(37) J. Landis 2 W. Horton 30 Cash 65 Oyler 28

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Moore 3 6 0 1 1 3 2 17 37

Sparma 6 8 0 3 4 1 1 28 53

WP Marshall 3-1 3.57 LP Baldwin 0-4

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 1 .. McAuliffe singled. Wert singled. W. Horton sac fly scoring a run. WAS 0 DET 1

BOTTOM 2 .. Cash reached on a two base error. Oyler walked. J. Landis singled scoring a run. WAS 0 DET 2

TOP 3 .. Stroud singled. F. Howard walked. Valentine singled scoring a run. WAS 1 DET 3

BOTTOM 3 .. Wert singled. W. Horton singled. Cash grounded into a force scoring a run. WAS 1 DET 4

TOP 7 .. F. Howard walked. Epstein homered scoring two runs. Casanova doubled. Be. Allen singled scoring a run. WAS 4 DET 4

BOTTOM 10 .. L. Green singled. McAuliffe homered scoring two runs. WAS 4 DET 6

NOTES: Second walk off homer for Dick McAuliffe. Norm Cash now has had RBIs in 5 straight games, this time without the benefit of a hit. Cash is now 3rd in the league in RBI’s, 5 behind leader Harmon Killebrew. Mickey Stanley has a modest 6 game hitting streak. Paul Casanova doubled in each game if this series. Bob Priddy has been quite effective, riding a streak of 11 shutout relief innings.

STAR OF THE GAME: Walk off Homer