CALIFORNIA (37-50) @ MINNESOTA (52-34)

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9Y (4-13 3.55) 13YZ (7-2 2.49)

Bob Allison snacked a two run Homer in the first only to be matched by a Jim Fregosi blast sending a tie game to the bottom of the 8th. But fate was in the home team’s side as two go,d glovers failed to turn a double play, allowing the eventual winning run to score.

CAL 200 020 000 4 9 0

MIN 400 000 01x 5 11 0

2B CAL Cardenal 10 Skowron 2 Werhas 1

2B MIN Oliva 12 Allison 4

HR CAL Fregosi 11 (5th off Merritt)

MIN Allison 11 (1st off Brunet)

CAL Fregosi 2(39) Skowron 2 Werhas 1

MIN Oliva 2(44) Allison 2(35) Killebrew 70

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Brunet 5 9 1 1 4 4 4 25 36

Merritt 6 9 1 2 7 4 4 28 43

WP Worthington 3-6 2.54 LP Rojas 5-3 1.68

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Cardenal doubled. Werhas doubled scoring a run. Skowron doubled scoring a run. CAL 2 MIN 0

BOTTOM 1 .. Tovar singled. Carew singled. Oliva doubled scoring two runs. Allison homered scoring two runs. CAL 2 MIN 4

TOP 5 .. Werhas singled. Fregosi homered scoring two runs. CAL 4 MIN 4

BOTTOM 8 .. Uhlaender walked. Tovar singled. Carew walked. Kliiebrew grounded into a force scoring a run. CAL 4 MIN 5

NOTES: Harmon Killebrew collected his league leading 70th RBI with his legs, and plenty of help from the keystone combo of Knoop and Fregosi. Bob Allison was perfect at the plate going 4-4. Johnny Werhas shook off a season long slump going 3-3 and a walk getting both his first extra base hit and first RBI. Minnie Rojas took a hard luck loss as a sure fire double play ball did not get him out of the inning.

STAR OF THE GAME: 4-4 Double HR 2RBI

CALIFORNIA (37-50) @ MINNESOTA (52-34)

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9Y (4-13 3.55) 13YZ (7-2 2.49)

Bob Allison snacked a two run Homer in the first only to be matched by a Jim Fregosi blast sending a tie game to the bottom of the 8th. But fate was in the home team’s side as two go,d glovers failed to turn a double play, allowing the eventual winning run to score.

CAL 200 020 000 4 9 0

MIN 400 000 01x 5 11 0

2B CAL Cardenal 10 Skowron 2 Werhas 1

2B MIN Oliva 12 Allison 4

HR CAL Fregosi 11 (5th off Merritt)

MIN Allison 11 (1st off Brunet)

CAL Fregosi 2(39) Skowron 2 Werhas 1

MIN Oliva 2(44) Allison 2(35) Killebrew 70

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Brunet 5 9 1 1 4 4 4 25 36

Merritt 6 9 1 2 7 4 4 28 43

WP Worthington 3-6 2.54 LP Rojas 5-3 1.68

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Cardenal doubled. Werhas doubled scoring a run. Skowron doubled scoring a run. CAL 2 MIN 0

BOTTOM 1 .. Tovar singled. Carew singled. Oliva doubled scoring two runs. Allison homered scoring two runs. CAL 2 MIN 4

TOP 5 .. Werhas singled. Fregosi homered scoring two runs. CAL 4 MIN 4

BOTTOM 8 .. Uhlaender walked. Tovar singled. Carew walked. Kliiebrew grounded into a force scoring a run. CAL 4 MIN 5

NOTES: Harmon Killebrew collected his league leading 70th RBI with his legs, and plenty of help from the keystone combo of Knoop and Fregosi. Bob Allison was perfect at the plate going 4-4. Johnny Werhas shook off a season long slump going 3-3 and a walk getting both his first extra base hit and first RBI. Minnie Rojas took a hard luck loss as a sure fire double play ball did not get him out of the inning.

STAR OF THE GAME: 4-4 Double HR 2RBI

BALTIMORE (39-48) @ NEW YORK (29-56)

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13XW (9-8 3.16) 13 (7-10 3.19)

Longballs were flying out of the Big Ball Orchard in the South Bronx, well at least those off the Baltimore bats. Boog Powell’s grand slam was all Tom Phoebus needed as he reached double digits in wins, spinning a three hit complete game.

BAL 420 001 200 9 12 0

NYY 000 001 000 1 3 1

2B BAL Blair 2(12)

HR BAL Powell 9 (1st off Stottlemyre) Snyder 5 (2nd off Stottlemyre) B. Robinson 13 (7th off S. Hamilton)

RBI BAL Powell 4(44) B. Robinson 2(45) Blair 3(20) Etchabarren 18

NYY Kennedy 6

SB NYY Hegan 3

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Phoebus 9 3 0 0 10 1 1 30 87

Stottlemyre 3 6 2 1 1 6 6 16 23

WP Phoebus 10-8 3.01 LP Stottlemyre 7-12 3.49

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Snyder singled. Blair singled. B. Robinson walked. Powell homered scoring four runs. BAL 4 NYY 0

TOP 2 .. Aparicio singled. Snyder homered. BAL 6 NYY 0

TOP 6 .. Powell singled. D. Johnson hit by pitch. Etchabarren singled scoring a run. BAL 7 NYY 0

BOTTOM 6 ,, Hegan singled and stole second. Kennedy singled scoring a run. BAL 7 NYY 1

TOP 7 .. Blair doubled. B. Robinson homered. BAL 9 NYY 1

NOTES: Yanks have lost their 7th in a row, being winless since the All-Star break. Mel Stottlemyre is oh for July losing his third straight getting rocked again. Horace Clark made his first starte since July 2.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-5 HR 4RBI

CLEVELAND (47-41) @ WASHINGTON (31-57)

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14XY (10-4 2.46) 4 (3-10 4.98)

Rookie Joe Coleman could not get thru the second and the Trube pounded for 7 runs on 8 hits and a walk. Jose Azcue lead the assault with 4 hits and Vic Davalillo and Larry Brown added three each supporting Looey Tiant who fanned 12 en route his team leading (tied with Sonny Siebert) 11th win. His only nemesis was hot hitting Ken McMullen who blasted his 14th homer.

CLE 250 000 001 8 16 0

WAS 000 030 000 3 5 2

2B CLE Maye 10 Hinton 10 Azcue 10

3B WAS Stroud 4

HR WAS McMullen 14 (5th off Tiant)

RBI CLE Davalillo 3(10) Hinton 2(37) Alvis 33 Azcue 2(23)

WAS Stroud 11 McMullen 2(44)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Tiant 7 5 1 3 12 3 3 29 64

Coleman 1 8 0 1 1 7 7 12 17

WP Tiant 11-4 2.54 LP Coleman 3-11 5.72

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Maye doubled. Davalillo singled scoring a run. Alvis singled. Azcue singled scoring a run. CLE 2 WAS 0

TOP 2 .. L. Brown singled. Tiant singled. Maye walked. Davalillo singled scoring two runs. Hinton doubled scoring two runs. Alvis singled scoring a run. CLE 7 WAS 0

BOTTOM 5 .. H. Allen singled. Stroud tripled scoring a run. McMullen homered scoring two runs. CLE 7 WAS 3

TOP 9 .. Whitfield reached on a two base error. Azcue singled scoring a run. CLE 8 WAS 3

STAR OF THE GAME: 4-5 Double 2RBI

DETROIT (52-33) @ BOSTON (51-33)

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7Y (11-7 3.16) 11Z (7-2 1.52)

Detroit brought a 3-1 lead into the last of the 8th but Dave Wickersham could not hold the lead as the Sox tied it then and snatched the victory on overtime as the Sox leapfrogged Detroit into 2nd place as they pursue the Chicago Southsiders.

DET 200 000 010 0 3 9 2

BOS 000 001 020 2 5 11 1

2B W. Horton 10

BOS Scott 11

3B BOS Ryan 2

HR DET Cash 20 (1st off Stange)

HR BOS Conigliaro 17 (10th off Marshall)

RBI DET Cash 2(60) Freehan 23

BOS Conigliaro 2(45) Scott 3(48)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

McLain 6 5 0 2 3 1 1 24 59

Stange 7 5 1 3 3 2 2 29 59

WP Lyle 1-0 0.00 Marshall 2-1 4.18

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Wert singled. Cash homered. DET 2 BOS 0

BOTTOM 6 .. Yastrzemski singled. Conigliaro walked. Scott singled scoring a run. DET 2 BOS 1

TOP 8 .. W. Horton doubled. J. Landis pinch ran. Freehan singled scoring a run. DET 3 BOS 1

BOTTOM 8 .. Yastrzemski singled. Conigliaro singled. Scott doubled scoring two runs. DET 3 BOS 3

BOTTOM 10 .. Yastrzemski singled. Conigliaro homered scoring two run. DET 3 BOS 5

NOTES: Third time Tony C. launched a walkoff game winning home run. The middle of the Sox order went 9-13. Boston threatened in the 9th when Mike Ryan tripled but Marshall fanned Dalton Jones and Joe Foy to wriggle out of trouble.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 Double 3RBI

CALIFORNIA (36-50) @ MINNESOTA (52-33) game 2

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9 (5-2 2.16) 4Z (7-2 2.80)

Jose Cardenal lead off the game with a round tripper and the Angels never looked back. Clyde Wright continued his stellar pitching allowing no earned runs during his stint earning the split for the visitors.

CAL 102 010 020 6 10 2

MIN 000 000 200 2 6 2

2B CAL Repoz 9

MIN Zimmerman 3

HR CAL Cardenal 6 (1st off Grant) Satriano 4 (8th off Kline)

RBI CAL Cardenal 28 Repoz 7 Fregosi 38 Hall 31 Satriano 2(16)

PITCHING LINE IP HH HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Wright 6.2 5 0 1 2 2 0 29 61

Grant 5 8 1 1 6 4 4 24 40

WP Wright 6-2 1.86 LP Grant 7-3 3.05

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Cardenal homered. CAL 1 MIN 0

TOP 3 .. Cardenal singled. Repoz doubled scoring a run. Fregosi singled scoring a run. CAL 3 MIN 0

TOP 5 .. Cardenal singled. Fregosi singled. Mincher singled loading the bases. Hall sac fly scoring a run. CAL 4 MIN 0

BOTTOM 7 .. Versalles singled. Nixon singled, Tovar hit by pitch. Carew reached on an error scoring two runs. CAL 4 MIN 2

TOP 8 .. Hall singled. Satriano homered scoring two runs. CAL 6 MIN 2

NOTES: Jose Cardenal had 5 straight hits in the doubleheader, two after coming on as a pinch hitter in game 1 then three to start game 2. Fregosi also had a three hit game. Tom Satriano attained for his run s orang miscue in the 7th by taking Ron Kline deep with a man on, cancelling the two runs the Twins scored. Harmon Killebrew added to his league lead in RBI’s in game 1. Mudcat Grant had another rough outing, the early season magic having disappeared.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 HR RBI