BALTIMORE (38-47) @ BOSTON (50-32)

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9Y (6-11 6.45) 8W (2-2 3.00)

A real slobberknocker at the venerable Beantown Ballpark. The runs came early and often as both starters got knocked out early, neither lasting thru the 4th. With all the offense who would have thought the last run would be in the bottom of the fifth.

BAL 304 200 000 8 12 0

BOS 015 120 00x 9 12 1

2B BAL Roznovsky 5

BOS Andrews 21 Foy 13 Yastrzemski 18 Conigliaro 9

3B BAL Blefary 1

HR BOS R. Smith 7 (3rd off Richert)

RBI BAL B. Robinson 41 Powell 40 Blefary 2(29) D. Johnson 2(24) Richert 2

BOS R. Smith 3(27) D. Jones 10 Adair 23 Scott 2(45) Conigliaro 43

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Richert 3.1 8 1 5 3 7 7 22 14

Waslewski 2 6 0 3 0 6 3 16 23

WP Santiago 2-5 3.55 LP S. Miller 1-2 2.26 SV Lyle 2

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Blair singled. B. Robinson reached on error. Powell singled scoring a run. Blefary singled scoring a run. D. Johnson singled scoring a run. BAL 3 BOS 0

BOTTOM 2 .. Conigliaro doubled. Adair singled scoring a run. BAL 3 BOS 1

TOP 3 .. B. Robinson walked. Powell walked. Blefary walked. D. Johnson singled scoring two runs. Etchabarren singled. Richert sac fly scoring a run. BAL 6 BOS 1

BOTTOM 3 .. Foy doubled. Yaz walked. Conigliaro walked. Scott singled scoring two runs. R. Smith homered scoring three runs. BAL 6 BOS 6

TOP 4 .. Snyder walked. Blair singled. B. Robinson singled scoring a run. Blefary singled scoring a run. BAL 8 BOS 6

BOTTOM 4 .. Andrews doubled. Foy walked. Yaz walked. Conigliaro walked scoring a run. BAL 8 BOS 7

BOTTOM 5 .. R. Smith singled. Ryan walked. D. Jones singled scoring a run. Andrews hit into a double play scoring a run, BAL 8 BOS 9

NOTES: Winning run scored when mgr Hank Bauer elected to the infield back in the 5th allowing Ryan to plate a run via a double play ball.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 HR 3RBI

KANSAS CITY (32-53) @ MINNESOTA (49-33)

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8 (2-10 4.58) 11XZ (9-6 2.97)

Minnesota broke this one open in the middle innings chasing Chuck Dobson from the mound. Jim Kaat was the beneficiary of the Twins 13 hit assault, donating a pair himself. Ron Kline made things interesting in the 8th but Al Worthington slammed the door to hitch the Duke for the home team.

KCA 002 000 020 4 9 0

MIN 011 230 00x 7 13 0

2B KCA Campaneris 15

MIN Oliva 11

3B MIN Uhlaender 4

HR KCA Harrelson 5 (2nd off Kaat) Monday 18 (8th off Kline()

MIN Killebrew 29 (3rd off Dobson)

RBI KCA Harrelson 2(13) Monday 2(43)

MIN Uhlaender 3(15) Kaat 2(9) Tovar 36 Killebrew 68

SB KCA Campaneris 24

MIN Versalles 3

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Dobson 4 9 1 4 0 6 6 24 24

Kaat 7 7 1 2 6 2 2 29 59

WP Kaat 10-6 2.95 LP Dobson 2-12 4.96 SV Worthington 15

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 2 .. Versalles singled. Nixon walked. Kaat singled s orang two runs. KCA 0 MIN 1

TOP 3 .. Cater singled. Harrelson homered scoring two runs. KCA 2 MIN 1

BOTTOM 3 .. Killebrew homered KCA 2 MIN 2

BOTTOM 4 .. Nixon singled. Uhlaender singled. Kaat singled scoring a run. Tovar singled scoring a run. KCA 2 MIN 4

BOTTOM 5 .. Allyson walked. Versalles singled. Battey ( pinch hitting for Nixon) reached on a error leading the bases. Uhlaender tripled scoring three runs. KCA 2 MIN 7

TOP 8 .. Hershberger walked. Monday homered scoring two runs. KCA 4 MIN 7

NOTES: Twins finally back on track after dropping the previous 5. Killebrew added to his AL HR lead with number 29. Jim Kaat staked his claim as best hitting pitcher with two safeties and a pair of ribbys.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-5 Triple 3RBI

CALIFORNIA (37-50) @ CHICAGO (60-23)

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9 (5-1 2.36) 16Z (12-2 1.74)

It all came down to one swing of the bat and just like the first game of this series. Don Buford came off the bench to deliver the fatal blow. Joe Horlen went the route with a 4 hit shutout.

CAL 000 000 000 0 4 1

CWS 000 000 01x 1 6 2

2B CAL Fregosi 12

HR CWS Buford 8 (8th off Wright)

RBI CWS Buford 27

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Wright 7.1 6 1 1 2 1 1 28 63

Horlen 9 4 0 1 6 0 0 33 84

WP Horlen 13-2 1.63 LP Wright 5-2 2.16

SCORING PLAY

BOTTOM 8 .. Buford homered CAL 0 CWS 1

NOTES: Lightning struck twice for the Southsiders as another late homer propelled them to victory. Angels had a shot in the 9th when Fregosi leaf off with a double but could do nothing more.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-1 HR RBI

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CALIFORNIA (36-50) @ CHICAGO (60-22) game 1

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15W (2-5 1.85) 12YZ (15-2 2.29)

Tommy John offered his worst outing of the year as the Angels jumped on him for 5 runs the the bullpen held on to pin a rare loss on the Pale Hose.

CAL 102 020 000 5 10 0

CWS 001 000 101 3 6 2

2B CWS W. Williams 6 McCraw 12

3B CWS Berry 7

HR CAL Cardenal 5 (3rd off John)

RBI CAL Cardenal 26 Skowron 1 Morton 13 Knoop 28

CWS Berry 36 McCraw 24 Agee 28

SB CWS McCraw 12

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Clark 6 5 0 2 3 2 2 24 55

John 5 9 1 1 5 5 3 26 37

WP Clark 3-5 1.91 LP John 15-3 2.40 SV Rojas 11

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 1 .. Schaal singled. Fregosi singled. Skowron singled scoring a run. CAL 1 CWS 0

TOP 3 .. Cardenal homered. Schaal walked. Fregosi singled. Morton sac fly scoring a run. CAL 3 CWS 0

BOTTOM 3 .. W. Williams doubled. Berry singled scoring a run. CAL 3 CWS 1

TOP 5 .. Schaal reached on an error. Skowron singled. Morton singled scoring a run. CAL 5 CWS 1

BOTTOM 7 .. McCraw doubled. Agee singled scoring a run. CAL 5 CWS 2

BOTTOM 9 .. Berry tripled. McCraw grounded out scoring a run. CAL 5 CWS 3

NOTES: Worst outing of the year for TJ. With his triple in the 9th Ken Berry joined the logjam atop the leaderboard in triples with his 7th. Minnie Rojas surrendered his first earned time in 31 innings spanning all the way back to June 1. Hard luck pitcher Rickey Clark finally picked up a win, yet still has a losing record with a sub zero ERA.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-5 RBI

DETROIT (49-33) @ WASHINGTON (30-55)

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13Y (10-6 3.40) 11Z (6-7 2.63)

Jerry Lumpe’s rbi single in the first was the only run Earl Wilson needed as he spun a three hit shutout winning his 11th game.

DET 100 010 010 3 7 0

WAS 000 000 000 0 3 1

2B DET L. Green 5

WAS McMullen 9 Saverine 7

HR Cash 19 (8th off Priddy)

RBI DET Lumpe 2(9) Cash 53

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Wilson 9 3 0 2 5 0 0 32 84

Ortega 5 5 0 2 1 2 2 22 48

WP Wilson 11-6 3.18 LP Ortega 6-8 2.67

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. L. Green doubled. Lumpe singled scoring a run. DET 1 WAS 0

TOP 5 .. Wilson walked. L. Green singled. Lumpe sac fly scoring g a run. DET 2 WAS 0

TOP 8 .. Cash homered DET 5 WAS 0

NOTES: Earl Wilson has tossed back to back shutouts. In fact, he had only allowed 5 runs in his last 43 innings pitched, an ERA just above 1 (1.05).

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 2RBI

CLEVELAND (29-53) @ NEW YORK (45-40) game 2

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15Y (10-5 1.86) 7Z 4-5 3.28

Cleveland scored early and kept adding on pounding out 15 hits and twelve runs. Only a very ineffective George Culver allowed this to seem even remotely closers the Indians swept the doubleheader.

CLE 140 013 301 12 15 2

NYY 000 010 050 6 9 3

2B CLE Alvis 19 Azcue 9 Davalillo 10

NYY Tresh 11

3B CLE Siebert 3

HR NYY Whitaker 8 (8th off Culver)

RBI CLE Alvis 3(32) Siebert 3(10) L. Brown 2(23) Colavito 17 Azcue 21 Davalillo 17

NYY Whitaker 3(38) Mantle 31 Pepitone 35 Howser 7

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB K R ER BF GSC

Siebert 7 3 0 2 3 1 1 27 68

F. Peterson 5 6 0 1 3 5 2 24 43

WP Siebert 11-5 1.83 LP F. Peterson 4-6 3.30

TOP 1 .. Alvis singled. Horton singled. Both advanced on a ground out. Passed ball by Gibbs scored a run. CLE 1 NYY 0

TOP 2 .. Salmon reached on an error. L. Brown reached on an error. Siebert tripled scoring two runs. Alvis doubled scoring a run. CLE 4 NYY 0

TOP 5 .. T. Horton walked and advanced on a groundout. Colavito singled s orang a run. CLE 5 NYY 0

BOTTOM 5 .. Tresh pinch hit a double. Howser singled s Irving a run. CLE 5 NYY 1

TOP 6 .. Salmon walked. L. Brown singled. Siebert sac bunt. Alvis singled scoring two runs. Wagner singled. Azcue doubled scoring a run. CLE 8 NYY 1

TOP 7 .. Colavito singled. Demeter walked. Salmon singled loading the bases. L. Brown singled scoring two runs. Siebert sac fly scoring a run. CLE 11 NYY 1

BOTTOM 8 … Howser walked. Kennedy singled. Pepitone singled scoring a run. Mantle singled scoring a run. Whitaker homered scoring three runs CLE 11 NYY 6

TOP 9 .. Salmon reached on an error. Davallilo doubled scoring a run. CLE 12 NYY 6

NOTES: Every Indian except Demeter had a hit in the game. Siebert leads the team in wins, collecting his 11th.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-2 Triple 3RBIs

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STAR OF THE GAME 3-5 2RBI

CLEVELAND (44-40) @ NEW YORK (29-52) game 1

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9YZ (2-3 4.51) 14X (8-4 2.49)

A pitchers duel between two veteran southpaws, the Indians drew even in the 7th only to explode in 8th off Bill Monbouquette turning this one into a laughter punctuated by a grand slam off the bat of Chuck Hinton.

CLE 000 000 180 9 12 1

NYY 001 000 000 1 4 1

2B CLE Salmon 8

HR CLE Hinton 8 (grand slam 8th off Monbouquette)

RBI CLE Hinton 4(35) T. Horton 3(22) L. Brown 21

NYY Kennedy 5

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

O’Donoghue 6 4 0 3 5 1 1 24 62

Downing 7 6 0 1 7 1 1 28 67

WP Bailey 1-1 2.69 LP Monbouquette 2-2 2.75

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 3 .. Hegan walked. Downing sac bunt. Howser infield single. Kennedy single scoring a run. CLE 0 NYY 1

TOP 7 .. Salmon doubled. T. Horton singled scoring the run. CLE 1 NYY 1

TOP 8 .. Demeter singled. Azcue singled. Wagner hit by pitch. T. Horton singled scoring two runs. L. Brown singled scoring a run. Maye reached on an error scoring a run. Alvis walked . Hinton homered scoring four runs. CLE 9 NYY 1

STAR OF THE GAME 3-5 2RBI

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BALTIMORE (38-46) @ BOSTON (49-32)

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1YW (0-0 5.40) 14X (12-6 2.18)

A 15 inning marathon ended on the first major league hit by 19 year old Ken Poulson off Wally Bunker. The Orioles jumped ahead early but the Sox clawed their way back forcing overtime.

BAL 120 000 000 000 000 3 9 0

BOS 010 101 000 000 001 4 17 1

2B BOS Poulson 1

3B BAL Adamson 1

HR BAL Blair 2 (1st off Lonborg)

BOS Petrocelli 22 (4th off Adamson) R. Smith 6 (6th off Miller)

RBI BAL Blair 7 Adamson 2(2)

BOS Poulson 1 Petrocelli 1 R. Smith 2(24)

SB BOS Tartabull 4

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Adamson 4 7 1 1 4 2 2 18 43

Lonborg 7 4 1 2 5 3 3 28 60

WP Wyatt 8-4 3.14 LP Bunker 2-4 3.88

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 1 .. Blair homers BAL 1 BOS 0

TOP 2 .. Motton walks. Haney walks. Adamson tripled scoring two runs BAL 3 BOS 0

BOTTOM 2 .. Scott singled. Petrocelli singled, Scott to third. R. Smith sac fly scoring a run. BAL 3 BOS 1

BOTTOM 4 .. Petrocelli homered. BAL 3 BOS 2

BOTTOM 6 .. R. Smith homered. BAL 3 BOS 3

BOTTOM 15 .. R. Smith walks. Adair singled. Poulson doubled scoring the winning run. BAL 3 BOS 4

STAR OF THE GAME 1-1 Double RBI

KANSAS CITY (31-53) @ MINNESOTA (49-32)

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7X (8-8 3.29) 13YZ (7-1 2.13)

Deadlocked through 5, Phil Roof took Jim Merritt deep to put the Athletics ahead fir good as Jim Nash kept the Twins at bay to give this one to the visitors.

KCA 000 103 100 5 6 0

MIN 100 000 000 1 7 1

2B KCA Hershberger 14

MIN Uhlaender $

3B KCA D. Green 2

HR KCA Roof 5 (6th off Merritt)

RBI KCA Roof 3(16) F. Green 20 Hershberger 23

MIN Oliva 42

SB MIN Carew 3

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Nash 7 6 0 1 3 1 1 28 63

Merritt 6.1 6 0 6 5 5 5 30 36

WP Nash 9-8 3.19 LP Merritt 7-2 2.59 SV Pierce 7

SCORING PLAYS :

BOTTOM 1 .. Carew singled then stole second. Oliva singled scoring a run. KCA 0 MIN 1

TOP 4 .. Harrelson walked. D. Green tripled scoring a run. KCA 1 MIN 1

TOP 6 .. Cater singled. Harrelson walked. Roof homered scoring three runs. KCA 4 MIN 1

TOP 7 .. Campaneris walked. Hershberger doubled scoring a run. KCA 5 MIN 1

NOTES: Nash recorded his season low strikeouts but efficiently navigated seven innings to collect his team leaving 9th win. Merritt, on the other hand, was uncharacteristically wild, perhaps with an assist from home plate ump Bill Valentine. The Twins dropped their 5th straight, falling out of second place and slipping 11 games behind the White Sox.