CALIFORNIA (36-49) @ MINNESOTA (51-33)

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6XW (1-5 2.43) 13XW (5-7 3.89)

Twins sent ten to the plate scoring 5 times the coasting to an easy 8-3 win in the first game of a twin bill. Rod Carew had three hits and Dave Boswell homered to lead the offensive onslaught.

CAL 010 000 002 3 8 0

MIN 050 102 00x 8 10 0

2B MIN Mincher 13

MIN Carew 9 Rollins 7

HR CAL Mincher 15 (2nd off Boswell)

HR MIN Carew 6 (6th off Coates) Boswell 1 (6th off Coates)

RBI CAL Mincher 47 Rodgers 31 Cardenal 27

MIN Carew 3(40) Tovar 38 Killebrew 69 Battey 8 Boswell 2

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Kelso 4 7 0 3 2 6 5 22 25

Boswell 8 4 1 4 6 1 1 30 72

WP Boswell 6-7 3.71 LP Kelso 1-6 2.90

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 2 .. Mincher homered CAL 1 MIN 0

BOTTOM 2 .. Rollins doubled. Advanced on a grounder. Battey sac fly scoring a run. Uhlaender singled. Boswell singled. Tovar singled scoring a run. Carew doubled scoring two runs. Killebrew singled scoring a run. CAL 1 MIN 5

BOTTOM 4 .. Tovar walked. Carew singled. Killebrew reached on an error scoring a run. CAL 1 MIN 6

BOTTOM 6 .. Boswell homered. Carew homered. CAL 1 MIN 8

TOP 9 .. Mincher doubled. Reichardt singled. Rodgers singled scoring a run. Cardenal singled scoring a run. CAL 3 MIN 8

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 Double HR 3 RBI

KANSAS CITY (33-55) @ CHICAGO (62-24) game 2

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6YZ (4-1 2.56) 1RW (0-0 0.00)

Game two saw the visitors rally from behind curtosy of the bat of Bert Campaneris thus sweeping both end of the twin bill. Lots of opportunities in the early innings by both teams wasted as the Athletics took the lead in the 4th and held on for dear life.

KCA 100 200 000 3 10 0

CWS 200 000 000 2 8 0

2B KCA Campaneris 16 Monday 8 D. Green 4

CWS Agee 2(13)

RBI KCA Campaneris 12 Monday 45 D. Green 21

CWS Agee 29 Ward 50

SB KCA Campaneris 26

CWS Buford 15

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Lindblad 6.2 7 0 1 4 2 2 27 55

Monteagudo 4 7 0 2 0 3 3 21 34

WP Lindblad 5-1 2.57 LP Monteagudo 0-1 6.75 SV Segui 2

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 1 .. Campaneris doubled. Harrelson singled scoring a run. KCA 1 CWS 0

BOTTOM 1 ., W. Williams walked. Causey singled. Agee singled scoring a run. Ward sac fly scoring a run. KCA 1 CWS 2

TOP 4 .. Hershberger singled. D. Green doubled scoring a run. Campaneris singled scoring a run. KCA 3 CWS 2

NOTES: Monteagudo just recalled for this game as Tommy John hit the shelf. No timetable for his return. The Sox will miss their team leader in wins. Big doubleheader for Campy, homering in game one and driving in the winning run among his three hits. Monday added two more hits as he emerges from his July slump. Agee and Causey had three hit games to the home club.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 Double RBI SB

KANSAS CITY (32-55) @ CHICAGO (62-23) game 1

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13Y (7-8 2.44) 10Z (2-1 1.91)

This one scoreless thru 7, the Athletics finally get to Wilbur Wood, who made the emergency start, in the 8th as Bert Campaneris went deep with one in. The Sox don’t play .730 ball for nothing, sotmg bsck to knot the game in the bottom if the inning. Rookie sensation Rick Monday put the A.’s ahead for good as the visitors took the opener.

KCA 000 000 022 4 5 1

CWS 000 000 020 2 5 1

2B KCA Hunter 2

CWS King 4

3B KCA Monday 6

HR KCA Campaneris 2 (8th off W. Wood)

CWS Causey 1 (8th off Hunter

RBI KCA Campaneris 2(11) Monday 44 Roof 17

CWS Causey 11 King 10

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB R ER BF GSC

Hunter 8 5 1 3 8 2 2 33 69

W. Wood 7 4 1 3 2 2 2 28 60

WP Hunter 8-8 2.43 LP McMahon 4-4 2.17 SV Pierce 8

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 8 .. Hunter singled. Campaneris homered scoring two runs. KCA 2 CWS 0

BOTTOM 8 .. Causey homered. W. Williams walked. King doubled scoring a run. KCA 2 CWS 2

TOP 9 .. Harrelson walked. Monday tripled scoring a run. Roof sac fly scoring a run. KCA 4 CWS 2

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 Triple RBI

NOTES: Athletics only managed 5 hits , but two were by Catfish Hunter. Tony Pierce punched out the side while preserving with win.

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BALTIMORE (38-48) @ NEW YORK (29-55)

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3Z (2-7 4.65) 6 (1-9 4.21)

Baltimore ragged Fred Talbot with a three spot but could not hold on as Tommy Tresh tied the game up in the bottom of the 9th. But the Yanks luck ran out as Dooley Womack served golpher in the 12th, stealing away with the win.

BAL 300 000 000 002 5 8 1

NYY 000 001 002 000 3 8 2

2B NYY Tresh 12

HR BAL Snyder 4 (12th off Womack) B. Robinson 12 (12th off Womack)

RBI BAL Snyder 18 B. Robinson 2(43) Blefary 30 D. Johnson 25

NYY Whitaker 40 Tresh 2(40)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Dillman 5.2 7 0 3 1 1 1 24 47

Talbot 5 3 0 6 3 3 2 25 48

WP Drabowsky 3-1 1.39 LP Womack 2-3 1.69

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Aparicio singled. Snyder walked. Blair reached on error. B. Robinson sac fly scoring a run. Powell walked. Blefary walked scoring a run. D. Johnson infield single scoring a run. BAL 3 NYY 0

BOTTOM 6 .. Pepitone singled. Mantle singled. Whitaker singled scoring a run. BAL 3 NYY 1

BOTTOM 9 .. Gibbs walked. Kennedy walked. Tresh doubled scoring two runs. BAL 3 NYY 3

TOP 12 .. Snyder homered. B. Robinson homered. BAL 5 NYY 3

NOTES: After two clean innings, Eddie Watt got nicked in the bottom of the ninth, blowing his 5th save. Dick Howser is hitting .328 (29-58) filling in for Horace Clarke.

STAR OF THE GAME: HR RBI

CLEVELAND (47-40) @ WASHINGTON (30-57)

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8XYW (5-12 4.73) 4 (1-3 5.95)

A good old fashioned pitching duel broke out at DC Stadium as Bob Humphreys, making a spot start, matched Sam McDowell thru six before and error and a botched double play pushed across what turned out to be the winning run.

CLE 000 010 000 1 5 2

WAS 000 010 10x 2 4 0

2B CLE Gonzalez 4

HR CLE Sims 8 (5th off Humphreys)

WAS McMullen 13 (5th off McDowell)

RBI CLE Sims 19

WAS McMullen 2(42)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

McDowell 6 3 1 4 7 1 1 25 65

Humphreys 5 3 1 1 3 1 1 22 59

WP Knowles 1-2 3.43 LP Bob Allen 4-3 2.96

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 5 .. Sims homered. CLE 1 WAS 1

BOTTOM 5 .. McMullen homered CLE 1 WAS 1

BOTTOM 7 .. Be. Allen reached on an error. Cullen singled putting runners on the corners. McMullen grounded into a force scoring a run. CLE 1 WAS 2

NOTES: Not known for his speed, Ken McMullen beat out the relay of what was a sure double play as Gonzalez wad slow in the transfer and throw. Cleveland gad a ho,den opportunity in their part of 7th, loading the bases on Casey Cox. Darrell Knowles relieved and struck out the side leaving the sacks full.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 HR 2RBI

DETROIT (51-33) @ BOSTON (51-32)

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10TW (8-6 3.68) 4 (5-3 5.31)

Norm Cash went 5 for 5 , driving in 4 as the Tigers soundly defeated the hometown Sox, leapfrogging them is the standings. Joe Sparma navigated through five messy innings and the Bengals bullpen closed out the game with four shutout innings.

DET 101 020 012 7 14 2

BOS 010 000 000 1 7 1

2B DET Cash 8 w. Horton 9

BOS Brandon 1

HR DET Northrup 7 (8th off Santiago)

RBI DET Cash 4(58) W. Horton 2(36) Northrup 39

BOS Brandon 1

SB DET Stanley 1

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Sparma 5 5 0 4 7 1 1 24 56

Brandon 6 9 0 2 2 4 4 27 48

WP Sparma 9-6 3.61 LP Brandon 5-4 5.35

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 1 .. L. Green singled. Lumpe singled. Cash singled scoring a run. DET 1 BOS 0

BOTTOM 2 .. Adair walked. Ryan walked. Brandon doubled scoring a run. DET 1 BOS 1

TOP 3 .. Lumpe singled. Cash doubled scoring a run. DET 2 BOS 1

TOP 5 .. Lumpe singled. Cash singled. W. Horton doubled scoring two runs. DET 4 BOS 1

TOP 8 .. Northrup homered. DET 5 BOS 1

TOP 9 .. J. Landis singled. Stanley singled and stole second. Cash singled scoring two runs. DET 7 BOS 1

NOTES: Jerry Lumpe us enjoying his new found playing time, ripping three hits. Joe Sparma won his third straight altho this one was tough. Yaz has been in a power outage, falling behind Killebrew in both HRs and RBIs. He still comfortably leads the league in batting average.

STAR OF TGD GAME: 5-5 Double 4RBIs

KANSAS CITY (32-54) @ MINNESOTA (50-33)

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6W (2-10 3.98) 13YZ (9-6 2.36)

A nail biter thru 7 and the A’s and Twin deadlocked at 2 until the bottom of the 8th when the Twins erupted for 5 runs, the big hits being a two run Homer by Tony Oliva and a bases clearing triple by pinch hitting Bob Allison.

KCA 100 100 000 2 7 1

MIN 020 000 05x 7 11 0

2B MIN Killebrew 8 Versalles 12

3B MIN Allison 7

HR MIN Rollins (8th off Segui)

RBI KCA Webster 26 Gosger 9

SB KCA Cater 3

MIN Rollins 2(25) Allison 2(33) Tovar 37 Uhlaender 15

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Krausse 6 6 0 4 6 2 2 27 54

Chance 8 7 0 1 4 2 2 31 65

WP Chance 20-6 2.35 LP Segui 2-4 8.48

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Hershberger singled. Donaldson singled. Webster singled scoring a run. KCA 1 MIN 0

BOTTOM 2 .. Versalles walked. Battey walked. Uhlaender singled scoring a run. Chance hit into a double play scoring a run. KCA 1 MIN 2

TOP 4 .. Cater singled then stole second, moved to third on a grounder. Gosger sac fly scoring a run. KCA 2 MIN 2

BOTTOM 8 .. Oliva singled. Rollins homered scoring two runs. Versalles doubled. Battey reached on an error Allyson tripled scoring two runs. Tovar singled scoring a run. KCA 2 MIN 7

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 HR 2RBI

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CALIFORNIA (37-51) @ CHICAGO (61-23)

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13YW (3-3 1.93) 9YW (3-4 3.37)

The White Sox offense struck early and often and Bruce Howard continued his excellent pitching give the game and series win to the hone club. The onslaught was lead by Howard himself, seems like his hitting thrives when pitching well, collecting two more hires and three RBI’s

CAL 000 100 000 1 6 0

CWS 021 200 10x 7 10 0

2B CAL Mincher 12

CWS W. Williams 5 Martin 11

3B CWS Causey 1

HR CWS Ward 18 (7th off Kelso)

RBI CAL Reichardt 20

CWS B. Howard 3(5) Ward 2(49) Martin 23 Causey 10

SB CWS Staehle 1

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Hamilton 3.1 6 0 3 2 5 5 18 27

B. Howard 6 6 0 1 6 1 1 25 61

WP B. Howard 4-4 3.22 J. Hamilton 3-4 2.88

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 2 .. Hansen walked. Causey tripled scoring a run. B. Howard singled scoring a run. CAL 0 CWS 2

BOTTOM 3 .. W. Williams doubled and moved to third on a groundout. Ward sac fly scoring a run. CAL 0 CWS 3

TOP 4 .. Mincher doubled. Repoz singled , Mincher to third. Reichardt singled scoring a run. CAL 1 CWS 3

BOTTOM 4 .. Hansen walked. Martin doubled. Berry intentionally walked loading the bases. B. Howard singled scoring two runs. CAL 1 CWS 5

BOTTOM 7 .. Ward homered. CAL 1 CWS 6

NOTES: B. Howard shutout streak ended at 21 innings. He spirts a record of 3-0 and an ERA OF 0.38 in July. Ron Hansen coaxed three walks in the contest. When Pete Ward hit his team leading 18th homer, it snapped a run of 18 scoreless innings fir Billy Kelso.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-2 3RBI

DETROIT (50-33) @ WASHINGTON (30-56)

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12X (9-4 2.27) 8W (5-9 3.64)

Light hitting centerfielder Mickey Stanley homered in the 2nd and the Tigers never looked back pinching another from the Nats. Kudos to the Bengal bullpen who toiled 8 innings holding down the fort.

DET 020 100 100 4 6 2

WAS 010 000 110 3 7 0

2B DET J. Landis 1

WAS Valentine 6 Saverine 8

3B DET Freehan 1

HR DET STANLEY 3 (2nd off Moore)

WAS Epstein 8 (8th off Wickersham)

RBI DET Stanley 2(11) W. Horton 34 J. Landis 1

WAS Valentine 13 Epstein 28 H. Allen

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SP R ER BF GSC

Lolich 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 5 —-

Moore 5 3 1 1 3 3 3 19 51

WP P. Dobson 2-0 3.32 LP Moore 5-10 3.72 SV Wickersham 1

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 2 .. Freehan walked. Stanley homered scoring two runs. DET 2 WAS 0

BOTTOM 2 .. Valentine doubled. Casanova reached on an infield single. H. Allen sac fly scoring a run. DET 2 WAS 1

TOP 4 .. Freehan tripled. W. Horton sac fly scoring a run. DET 3 WAS 1

TOP 7 .. Tracewski walked. J. Landis doubled scoring a run. DET 4 WAS 1

BOTTOM 7 .. Saverine doubled. Cullen reached on an error. F. Howard reached on an error loading the bases. Valentine walked forcing in a run. DET 4 WAS 2

BOTTOM 8 .. Epstein homered. DET 4 WAS 3

NOTES: in his first game back from military reserve duty, Mickey Lolich sprained hon ankle covering guest base in the 2nd inning. Tiger pen scrambled to put together 8 innings. Even though his is hitting below the Mendoza line, this is the second time thus series Freddy Valentine gas drawn a walk with the bases loaded, capturing an easy RBI.

STAR OF THE GAME 1-4 HR 2RBI

CLEVELAND (46-40) @ NEW YORK (29-54)

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1YW (0-1 5.50) 7YW (5-9 4.02)

The Indians played long ball in the third, taking Steve Barber deep three times in the third inning as they won another from the New Yorkers. Ed Connolly, the forgotten man on the Tribe’s staff pitched well to father his first victory.

CLE 004 000 000 4 7 1

NYY 000 011 000 2 6 1

2B CLE Alvis 20 Connolly 1

NYY Kennedy 9

HR CLE T. Horton 8 (3rd off Barber) Wagner 9 (3rd off Barber) Sims 7 (3rd off Barber)

NYY Whitaker 9 (5th off Connolly)

RBI CLE T. Horton 23 Wagner 23 Sims 2(18)

NYY Whitaker 39 E. Howard 19

SB CLE Gonzalez 5

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Connolly 5.2 5 1 4 3 2 1 24 52

Barber 5 5 3 2 6 4 4 23 45

WP Connolly 1-1 4.56 LP Barber 5-10 4.18 SV Bo. Allen 5

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 3 .. T. Horton homered. Wagner homered. Colavito singled. Sims homered scoring two runs. CLE 4 NYY 0

BOTTOM 5 .. Whitaker homered CLE 4 NYY 1

BOTTOM 6 .. Pepitone reached on an error. Mantle singled. E. Howard singled scoring a run. CLE 4 NYY 2

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 HR 2RBI