RUNNER-UP

KANSAS CITY (39-53) @ CALIFORNIA (36-45)

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6W (1-10 4.14) 9Y (4-11 3.69)

A tie game through 6 innings in a unexpected pitching duel between two double digit losing pitchers. Top 7 Rick Monday took Brunet deep to give Krausse a rare win,

KCA 000 001 200 3 10 0

CAL 010 000 000 1 7 1

2B KCA Monday 7 Cater 13

CAL Rodgers 9

HR KCA Monday 17 (7th off Brunet)

RBI KCA Monday 2(41) Cater 34

CAL Rodgers 30

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Krausse 6 6 0 2 3 1 1 25 57

Brunet 7 7 1 2 12 3 3 30 61

WP Krausse 2-10 4.14 Brunet 4-13 3.70 SV Pierce 3

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 2 .. Reichardt walked. Rodgers doubled scoring a run. KCA 0 CAL 1

TOP 6 .. Hershberger singled. Cater doubled scoring a run. KCA 1 CAL 1

TOP 7 .. Suarez singled. Monday homered scoring two runs. KCA 3 CAL 1

NOTES: Krausse won for only the second time this year, the other back in May. Rick Monday had snapped out of his prolonged slump showing his power potential. Jack Sanford has looked very good in a relief role since being acquired at the deadline, inducing a rally killing double play from Rick Reichardt in the 8tj.

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

MINNESOTA (49-31) @ CHICAGO (52-22)

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13XW (5-6 3.65) 8yw 2-4 3.90

A rough first inning from Dave Boswell handed the win and doubleheader sweep to the Sox on a silver platter. Ron Hansen accounted for almost half of the home team’s runs cracking two round trippers among his half dozen RBIs. Bruce Howard allowed only 4 hits in collecting his second consecutive complete game shutouts.

MIN 000 000 000 0 4 1

CWS 202 020 43x 13 14 1

2B CWS Ward 7

3B CWS McCraw 2(5)

HR Hansen 2( 9) 5th off Boswell, 8th off Ollom) Buford 7 (7th off Grant)

RBI CWS Hansen 6(50) B. Howard 2(2) Ward 2(47) Buford 26 McCraw 23 King 9

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Boswell 5 6 1 4 4 6 5 25 33

B. Howard 9 4 0 1 5 0 0 32 83

WP B. Howard 3-4 3.37 LP Boswell 5-7 4.10

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 1 .. Agee walked. Buford singled. McCraw sac fly for a run. Ward walked. King walked. Hansen walked forcing in a run. MIN 0 CWS 2

BOTTOM 3 .. McCraw reached on an error. Ward doubled svkrinb a run. King singled s orang a run. MIN 0 CWS 4

BOTTOM 5 .. McCraw tripled. Hansen homered scoring two runs. MIN 0 CWS 6

BOTTOM 7 .. Buford homered, McCraw tripled. Ward singled scoring a run. Bradford pinch ran for Ward. Bradford picked off first. Hansen singled. Causey singled. Martin walked loading the bases. B. Howard singled scoring two runs. MIN 0 CWS 10

BOTTOM 8 .. McCraw singled. King hit by pitch. Hansen homered scoring three runs. MIN 0 CWS 13

NOTES: Every batter for huge Sox collected a hit save Agee. Six different players drove in runs. Bruce Howard has been spectacular since being chased from a start without retiring a batter. That was a month ago. The sweep gave the Sox a huge lead over second place Twins who failed to gain any ground in their chase.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 2HRs 6RBIs

MINNESOTA (49-30) @ CHICAGO (56-22)

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11XY (9-5 2.91) 1(Z (11-2 1.78)

Tommy Agee crushed a three run homer off Jim Kaat in the bottom of the 3rd and the Chisix cruised to their third victory during this four game set. The Twins offense manage just two hits off Joe Horlen, none after the second inning.

MIN 010 000 000 1 2 4

CWS 003 000 10x 4 9 1

3B MIN Rollins 1

HR MIN Oliva 11 (2nd off Horlen)

CWS Agee 10 (3rd off Kaat) McCraw 5 (7th off Kline)

RBI MIN Oliva 41

CWS Agee 3(29) McCraw 22

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Kaat 6 7 1 1 8 3 3 28 51

Horlen 8 2 1 2 11 1 1 29 83

WP Horlen 12-2 1.74 LP Kaat 9-6 2.97 SV Wilhelm 13

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 2 .. Oliva homered MIN 1 CWS 0

BOTTOM 3 .. Berry walked. McCraw singed. Agee homered scoring three runs. MIN 1 CWS 3

BOTTOM 7 .. McCraw homered MIN 1 CWS 4

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-3 HR 3RBI

BOSTON (47-32) @ DETROIT (47-32) game 2

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14X (12-6 2.16) 9 (2-1 3.13)

A nip and tuck contest that saw the Sox pull even in the top of the 9th as Jerry Adair came through in the clutch delivering the tying run. But, Jose Santiago failed to retire any of the 4 batters in the bottom of the 9th as the Bengals sweep the double dip.

BOS 000 010 001 2 6 0

DET 100 000 101 3 9 0

2B BOS Scott 9 Adair 13

DET L. Green 2(3)

HR BOS Conigliaro 16 (5th off Wickersham)

RBI BOS Conigliaro 42 Adair 22

DET L. Green 1 Lumpe 7 McAuliffe 31

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Lonborg 7 7 0 5 10 2 2 31 60

Wickersham 5 3 1 0 3 1 1 18 60

WP Gladding 4-3 3.23 LP Santiago 1-5 4.00

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 1 .. L. Green doubled. Lumpe singled scoring a run. BOS 0 DET 1

TOP 5 .. Conigliaro homered BOS 1 DET 1

BOTTOM 7 .. J. Landis walked. L. Green doubled scoring a run. BOS 1 DET 2

TOP 9 .. Scott walked. Adair doubled scoring a run. BOS 2 DET 2

BOTTOM 9 .. Tracewski walked. L. Green reached on an single. Lumpe walked. McAuliffe singled scoring a run. BOS 2 DET 3

NOTES: Tigers leapfrogged Boston into 3rd place by sweeping the twin bill and taking 3 of 4 overall. Lenny Green had filled in admirably for Willie Horton, collecting three more hits in this contest. Yaz saw hit hit streak send at 9. Rookie sensation Reggie Smith has hit the freshman firewall, stuck in an 0-23 rut and 1-40 in July.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 2 doubles RBI

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BOSTON (47-31) @ DETROIT (46-32) game 1

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11Y (10-3 2.07) 13Y (9-6 3.65)

Scoring in the first would be all the Tigers would need as Earl Wilson twirled a 2 hit gem giving them the opener of the twin bill.

BOS 000 000 000 0 2 0

DET 101 000 00x 2 4 0

3B DET L. Green 1

RBI DET Lumpe 6 McAuliffe 30

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Bell 8 4 0 3 3 2 2 30 72

Wilson 9 2 0 3 6 0 0 31 86

WP Wilson 10-6 3.40 Bell 10-4 2.08

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. L. Green tripled. Lumpe grounded out scoring a run. BOS 0 DET 1

BOTTOM 3 .. L. Green walked. Lumpe walked. A passed ball advanced the runners. McAuliffe sac fly scoring a run. BOS 0 DET 2

NOTES: Both teams now have identical 47-32 records. Carl Yastrzemski now has a 9 game hit streak. Gary Bell suffered his first loss as a Red Sox.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-2 Triple

WASHINGTON (29-53) @ CLEVELAND (42-39) game 2

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8W (5-9 3.64) 15Y (9-5 1.88)

Back to back homers by Jose’ Azcue and Larry Brown off Bob Humphreys put the Indians ahead for good as they sweep the Senators in the Sunday doubleheader leading into the All-Star Game.

WAS 000 002 000 2 7 1

CLE 000 203 10x 6 10 0

2B WAS Casanova 14

CLE Hinton 8 Demeter 5

3B CLE Azcue 3

HR CLE Salmon 3 (4th off Moore) Azcue 3 (6th off Humphreys) L. Brown 3 (6th off Humphreys)

RBI WAS Casanova 2(28)

CLE Demeter 15 Salmon 2(6) Azcue 2(18) L. Brown 19

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Moore 5 7 1 0 2 2 2 21 47

Siebert 7 4 0 5 7 2 2 30 63

WP Siebert 10-5 1.86 LP Humphreys 1-3 6.15

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 4 .. T. Horton singled. Salmon homered scoring two runs. WAS 0 CLE 2

TOP 6 .. F. Howard singled. Valentine walked. Casanova doubled scoring two runs. WAS 2 CLE 2

BOTTOM 6 .. T. Horton singled. Azcue homered scoring two runs. L. Brown homered. WAS 2 CLE 5

BOTTOM 7 .. Alvis reached on an error. Demeter doubled scoring a run. WAS 2 CLE 6

NOTES: The Tribe are now 10-2 versus Washington. Sonny Siebert won his team leading 10th. Ken McMullen went 10 for 19 in the series. So far in July he is hitting a robust .465. Paul Casanova gad a great week also driving in 9 runs.

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

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WASHINGTON (29-52) @ CLEVELAND (41-39) game 1

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11Z (5-6 2.48) 14Y (7-6 1.69)

The Tribe sent 10 to the plate while scoring 6, wresting the lead from the visiting Senators and cruising to victory in game one of the twin bill.

WAS 000 102 020 5 11 0

CLE 000 001 51x 8 12 1

2B WAS Valentine 5 Casanova 13

CLE Davalillo 8 L. Brown 14

HR WAS F. Howard 21(4th off Hargan)

CLE Sims 6 (8th off Cox)

RBI WAS Stroud 9 McMullen 39 F. Howard 57 Casanova 26 Cullen 5

CLE Demeter 14 Colavito 2(16) Wagner 2(22) Whitfield 21 Sims 16 L. Brown 18

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Ortega 6 6 0 2 6 5 5 23 44

Hargan 7 7 1 3 8 3 3 32 56

WP Hargan 8-6 1.81 LP Ortega 6-7 2.61

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 4 .. F. Howard homered WAS 1 CLE 0

TOP 6 .. Valentine walked. Epstein singled. Casanova singled scoring a run. Cullen sac fly scoring a run WAS 3 CLE 0

BOTTOM 6 .. Davalillo doubled. Wagner singled scoring a run. WAS 2 CLE 1

BOTTOM 7 .. Salmon walked. Sims singled. L. Brown doubled scoring a run. T. Horton walked. Demeter si glued. Colavito singled scoring two runs. Wagner singled scoring a run. Whitfield sac fly scoring a run. WAS 2 CLE 7

TOP 8 .. Be. Allen walked. Cullen singled. Stroud singled scoring a run. McMullen singled scoring a run. WAS 5 CLE 7

BOTTOM 8 .. Sims homered WAS 5 CLE 8

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-3 HR RBI