CALIFORNIA (36-49) @ CHICAGO (59-22)

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9Y (4-12 3.70) 16X (12-3 2.31)

An old fashioned pitchers duel took place at Comisky Park as both men hung zeroes on the scoreboard until the bottom the 8th when Gary Peters decided the game with his bat notching fir himself the only run needed to win for the Southsiders.

CAL 000 000 000 0 3 0

CWS 000 000 01x 1 3 1

2B CAL Fregosi 11

HR CWS Peters 2 (8th off Brunet)

RBI CWS Peters 10

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Brunet 8 3 1 2 2 1 1 29 72

Peters 9 3 0 5 6 0 0 34 82

WP Peters 13-3 2.16 LP Brunet 4-13 3.55

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 8 .. Peters homers CAL 0 CWS 1

NOTES: The difference came down to a hanging breaking ball to the opposing pitcher giving George Brunet his league leading 13th defeat.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 HR RBI

DETROIT (49-32) @ WASHINGTON (29-55) game 2

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7Y (11-6 2.95) 4 (2-10 5.15)

Perfect through five innings, Denny McLain unraveled in the sixth when the first 7 batters reached safely as the Senators rode a five run sixth to earn a split of the doubleheader.

DET 000 200 000 2 5 0

WAS 000 005 00x 5 5 1

2B DET L. Green 4 Wert 9

RBI DET Wert 2(26)

WAS Stroud 10 McMullen 40 Valentine 12 H. Allen 13

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

McLain 5 5 0 2 7 5 5 22 42

Coleman 6 5 0 3 5 2 2 25 57

WP Coleman 3-10 4.98 LP McLain 11-7 3.16 SV Knowles 6

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 4 ., Northrup singled. Heath walked. Wert doubled scoring two runs. DET 2 WAS 0

BOTTOM 6 .. Be. Allen singled. Cullen singled. H. Allen singled scoring a run. Stroud singled scoring a run. McMullen singled s orang a run. F. Howard walked. Valentine walked forcing in a run. DET 2 WAS 5

NOTES: Second straight stinker delivered by Denny McLain losing once again. Joe Coleman himself broke his personal losing streak.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 RBI

DETROIT (48-32) @ WASHINGTON (29-54)

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10YW (7-6 3.87) 9YZ (5-6 3.54)

An old fashioned pitchers duel punctuated by the long ball, the Tigers squeezed by the Nats to keep pace in the chase for second place. Joe Sparma tossed 8 shutout innings before Frank Howard spoiled his bid at a whitewash while his own error provided the winning margin casting the defeat on Camilio Pascual.

DET 000 100 010 2 6 0

WAS 000 000 001 1 4 2

2B WAS Be. Allen 4

3B WAS Stroyd 3

HR DET McAuliffe 11 (4th off Pascual)

WAS F. Howard 22 (9th off Sparma)

RBI DET McAuliffe 2(33)

WAS F. Howard 57

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Sparma 8.1 4 1 3 7 1 1 30 75

Pascual 7.1 5 1 1 8 2 1 30 69

WP Sparma 8-6 3.68 LP Pascual 5-7 3.38 SV Gladding 12

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 4 .. McAuliffe homered DET 1 WAS 0

TOP 8 .. Sparma reached on an error. L. Green singled. McAuliffe singled s owing a run. DET 2 WAS 0

BOTTOM 9 .. F. Howard homered DET 2 WAS 1

NOTES: second impressive start in a row for Sparma who tossed a shutout his last outing. Mgr Mayo Smith decided to platoon Ray Oyler with lefty swinging Jerry Lumpe with McAuliffe a,ternstimg between second and short. Oyler does relieve Lumpe of defensive responsibilities late in the game. Fran Howard moved into third in the hone run race with his 22 circuit blast.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 HR 2RBI

DETROIT (48-32) @ WASHINGTON (29-54) game1

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CLEVELAND (43-40) @ NEW YORK (29-41)

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14 XY (9-4 2.56) 13 (7-9 3.04)

Davalillo’s two run homer as the second batter of the game backed up 8 strong innings from Luis Tiant as the Indians returned to their winning ways.

CLE 300 100 000 4 11 1

NYY 000 100 000 1 5 0

2B CLE Davalillo 9 Alvus 2(18) Azcue 8 Salmon 7

NYY Mantle 15

HR CLE Davalillo 2 (1st off Stottlemyre)

RBI CLE Davalillo 2(16) Maye 17 Azcue 20

NYY Pepitone 34

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Tiant 8 4 0 2 9 1 1 30 77

Stottlemyre 5 8 1 1 2 4 4 24 36

WP Tiant 10-4 2.46 LP Stottlemyre 7-10 3.19

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 1 .. Maye singled. Davalillo homered scoring two runs. Wagner hit by pitch. Azcue doubled scoring a run CLE 3 NYY 0

TOP 4 .. Salmon doubled. Maye singled scoring a run. CLE 4 NYY 0

BOTTOM 4 .. Mantle doubled. Pepitone singled scoring a run. CLE 4 NYY 1

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 Double HR 2RBI

BALTIMORE (38-45) @ BOSTON (48-32) game 2

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4 (8-5 3.39) 11Y (10-4 2.08)

After spotting the Orioles a pair in the first, the Sox pounded Dave McNally who could not find the plate although at times it seemed like home plate umpire cal Drummond was squeezing the zone. Rico Petrocelli lead the charge with 5 runs batted in and George Scott added 4 more.

BAL 200 100 000 3 7 0

BOS 004 501 00x 10 9 3

2B BAL Blair 10

BOS R. Smith 4

3B BOS Scott 4

HR BAL Powell 8 (4th off Bell)

BOS Petrocelli 21 (Grand Slam in the 4Th off McNally)

RBI BAL Blair 22 Powell 39

BOS Petrocelli 5(62) Scott 4(43) Yastrzemski 69

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

McNally 4 7 1 7 4 9 9 26 18

Bell 6 4 1 3 3 3 2 27 54

WP Bell 11-4 2.12 LP McNally 8-6 4.01

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 1 .. Aparicio walked. Blair doubled scoring a run. Blefary reached on an error scoring a run. BAL 2 BOS 0

BOTTOM 3 .. Bell singled. Andrews walked. Foy infield singled loaded the bases. Yaz walked forcing in a run. Scott tripled scoring three runs. BAL 2 BOS 4

TOP 4 .. Powell homered. BAL 3 BOS 4

BOTTOM 4 .. Andrews singled. Yaz walked. Conigliaro walked. Scott walked forcing in a run. Petrocelli homered scoring four runs. BAL 3 BOS 9

BOTTOM 6 .. Yaz singled. Conigliaro walked. Petrocelli singled scoring a run. BAL 3 BOS 10

NOTES: Sox were granted 9 free passes and it seemed like they wanted nothing to do with Carl Yastrzemski who received three himself. He had a perfect day adding two singles further solidifying his batting lead. Gary Bell has been virtually unbeatable since joining the Beantowners.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-3 HR 5RBI

BALTIMORE (38-44) @ BOSTON (47-32)

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13XW (9-7 3.28) 11Z (6-2 1.65)

A pitchers duel through six innings, the Sox broke thru via the extra base hit and the gilder right arm of Lee Stange to secure win over the visiting Birds.

BAL 000 000 000 0 6 1

BOS 000 000 11x 2 8 1

2B BOSAndrews 20

3B BOS Ryan 1

HR BOS Scott 11 (8th off Watt)

RBI BOS Andrews 20 Scott 39

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Phoebus 7 7 0 2 3 1 1 29 65

Stange 7 5 0 2 7 0 0 27 72

WP Stange 7-2 1.52 Phoebus 9-8 3.16 SV Wyatt 11

BOTTOM 7 .. Ryan tripled. Andrews doubled scoring a run. BAL 0 BOS 1

BOTTOM 8 .. Scott homered BAL 0 BOS 2

NOTES: Lee Stange ran his scoreless innings streak to 25.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 Triple

CHICAGO (58-22) @ CLEVELAND (43-39)

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12YZ (14-2 2.35) 8XYW (5-11 4.53)

The Sox plated five in the first off a wild Sam McDowell then held on for dear life, barely escaping the ‘Mistake by the Lake’ with the win. Ron Hansen three run bomb proved to be the difference.

CWS 500 000 000 5 7 1

CLE 000 010 120 4 8 0

HR CWS Hansen 10 (1st off McDowell)

CLE L. Brown 4 (7th off Wood)

RBI CWS Hansen 3(53) Kenworthy 2(17)

CLE Alvis 29 Salmon 8 Azcue 19 L. Brown 20

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

John 6 5 0 1 1 1 1 24 58

McDowell 5 5 1 3 8 5 5 23 42

WP John 15-2 2.29 LP McDowell 5-12 4.73

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 1 .. Buford walked. McCraw walked. Agee walked. Kenworthy singled scoring two runs. Hansen homered scoring three runs CWS 5 CLE 0

BOTTOM 5 .. Azcue singled. Whitfield singled. Alvis singled scoring a run. CWS 5 CLE 1

BOTTOM 7 .. L. Brown homered CWS 5 CLE 2

BOTTOM 8 .. T. Horton reached in an error. Demeter hit by a pitch. Salmon singled scoring a run. Azcue grounded out scoring a run. CWS 5 CLE 4

STAR OF THE GAME 1-4 HR 3RBI

This is the roster for the 1967 ALL-STAR GAME. THREE CATCHERS, TWO at each infield positions and six outfielders. Not every team needs to represented.

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