TUESDAY JULY 4, 1967

WASHINGTON (27-50) @ KANSAS CITY (28-50)

STARTING PITCHERS

6Z (1-3 4.31) 7X (7-8 3.42)

WAS 000 010 001 2 6 3

KCA 000 011 01x 3 9 2

2B KCA Campaneris 13 Hershberger 11

3B KCA Campaneris 3 Monday 5

HR WAS Epstein 6 (5th off Nash)

RBI WAS Epstein 25 Nen

KCA Hershberger 21 Donaldson 6

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Priddy 5 6 0 5 1 1 0 26 51

Nash 8 6 1 0 7 2 2 32 69

WP Nash 8-8 3.35 LP Cox 2-3 2.48 SV Aker 8

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 5 .. Epstein homered. WAS 1 KCA 0

BOTTOM 5 .. Monday tripled. Gosger walked. Roof reached on error scoring a run. WAS 1 KCA 1

BOTTOM 6 .. Campaneris walked. Hershberger singled. Donaldson sac fly scoring a run. WAS 1 KCA 2

BOTTOM 8 .. Campaneris doubled. Hershberger doubled scoring a run. WAS 1 KCA 3

TOP 9 .. C. Peterson singled. Epstein hit by pitch. Aker relieved Nash. Casanova walked. Nen grounded into a force scoring a run. WAS 2 KCA 3

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 DOUBLE TRIPLE

TUESDAY JULY 4,1967

WASHINGTON (26-50) @ KANSAS CITY (28-49)

STARTING PITCHERS

11Z (5-6 2.48) 6W (1-9 3.76)

WAS 500 023 000 10 14 1

KCA 000 000 001 1 3 1

2B WAS C. Peterson 9 Epstein 4

KCA Hershberger 10

RBI WAS F. Howard 51 C. Peterson 24 Epstein 24 Casanova 2(21) Be. Allen 2(7) Brinkman 15 Ortega 1

KCA Donaldson 5

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Ortega 8 3 0 2 5 1 1 30 75

Krausse .2 5 0 2 1 5 5 9 21

WP Ortega 6-6 2.40 LP Krausse 1-10 4.23

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 1 .. F. Howard walked. C. Peterson doubled scoring a run. Epstein doubled scoring a run. Casanova walked. Be. Allen singled scoring a run. Brinkman singled scoring a run. Ortega singled scoring a run. WAS 5 KCA 0

TOP 5 .. C. Peterson singled. Epstein singled. Passed ball moved runners to second and third. Casanova struck out, ball escaped catcher allowing a run to score. Be. Allen grounded out scoring a run. WAS 7 KCA 0

TOP 6 .. Stroud singled. McMullen singled. F. Howard singled scoring a run. Epstein hit by pitch loading the bases. Casanova singled scoring two runs. WAS 10 KCA 0

BOTTOM 9 .. Hershberger doubled. Donaldson singled scoring a run. WAS 10 KCA 1

STAR OF THE GAME 3-4 Double RBI

TUESDAY JULY 4,1967

NEW YORK (26-48) @ MINNESOTA (48-27)

STARTING PITCHERS

9Z (0-5 6.43) 4Z (7-2 2.09)

NYY 000 400 001 5 8 1

MIN 021 211 00x 7 11 3

2B NYY Mantle 13

MIN Uhlaender 3

3B NYY Tresh 4

MIN Nixon 2 Uhlaender 3

HR NYY Whitaker 7 (4th off Grant)

MIN Oliva 2(10) 3rd off Verbanic 5th off Monbouquette)

RBI NYY Gibbs 14 Tresh 2(26) Whitaker 2(35)

MIN Oliva 2(39) Nixon 3 Uhlaender 2(12) Valdespino 2 Kostro 2

SB MIN Tovar 13

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BG GSC

Verbanic 3.1 7 1 2 1 5 5 19 25

Grant 4 5 1 1 2 4 4 19 37

WP Roland 1-1 3.00 LP Verbanic 0-6 7.22 SV Worthington 14

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 2 .. Allison walked. Versalles singled. Uhlaender doubled scoring g two runs. NYY 0 MIN 2

BOTTOM 3 .. Oliva homered. NYY 0 MIN 3

TOP 4 .. Mantle walked. Pepitone singled. Tresh tripled scoring two runs. Whitaker homered scoring two runs. NYY 4 MIN 3

BOTTOM 4 .. Versalles singled. Nixon tripled scoring a run. Valdespino singled scoring a run. NYY 4 MIN 5

BOTTOM 5 .. Oliva homered . NYY 4 MIN 6

BOTTOM 6 .. Uhlaender tripled. Kostro singled scoring a run. NYY 4 MIN 7

TOP 9 .. Hegan reached on a two base error. Howser singled. Gibbs sac fly scoring a run. NYY 5 MIN 7

NOTES: Uhlaender is in a 9 game hitting streak, batter .467 over the stretch. Tovar has reached on an error four times, all not Howser who is filling in for Horace Clarke. Top 9 Yanks had the tying run coming to the place in the figure of Mickey Mantle. Somehow, Dick Howser got caught napping, getting picked off to end the game.

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

TUESDAY JULY 4,1967

NEW YORK (26-47) @ MINNESOTA (47-27) game 1

STARTING PITCHERS

13 (7-8 2.88) 10Y (6-1 1.74)

NYY 000 000 004 000 4 7 2

MIN 000 004 000 002 6 11 0

2B NYY C. Smith 6

MIN Tovar 21 Oliva 10

HR MIN Killebrew 27 (6th off Stottlemyre) Allison 10 (6th off Stottlemyre) Rollins 6 (12th off Tillitson)

RBI NYY C. Smith 2(19) Amaro 8

MIN Killebrew 2(66) Allison 2(31) Rollins 2(23)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Stottlemyre 7 6 2 1 2 4 4 28 50

J. Perry 8.2 5 0 5 5 4 4 35 60

WP Kline 3-0 2.05 LP Tillitson 0-9 (7.30)

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 6 .. Tovar doubled. Killebrew homered scoring two runs. Oliva doubled. Allison homered scoring two runs. NYY 0 MIN 4

TOP 9 .. Mantle walked. Tresh singled. Amaro singled scoring a run. Kennedy walked. Worthington relieved Perry. C. Smith doubled scoring three runs. NYY 4 MIN 4

BOTTOM 12 .. Uhlaender singled. Rollins pinch hit a homer scoring two runs. NYY 4 MIN 6

NOTES: Killebrew drew even with Yaz once again in homers and RBI’s. Worthington blew his 4th save.

STAR OF THE GAME: Walk Off Homer 2RBI

TUESDAY JULY 4,1967

BALTIMORE (34-41) @ CHICAGO (53-20)

STARTING PITCHERS

9Y (4-11 7.20) 12YZ (14-1 2.11)

BAL 002 000 001 3 9 0

CWS 000 000 001 1 4 2

2B CWS Kenworthy 5

HR BAL B. Robinson 11 (3rd off John)

RBI BAL B. Robinson 2(35) Snyder 16

CWS Hansen 40

SB BAL Bowens 3

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Richert 8.2 4 0 3 10 1 1 32 82

John 6 5 1 2 3 2 2 25 55

WP Richert 5-11 6.66 LP John 14-2 2.16 SV Drabowsky 9

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 3 .. Snyder singled. B. Robinson homered scoring two runs. BAL 2 CWS 0

TOP 9 .. Etchabarren singled. Aparicio singled. Snyder singled scoring a run. BAL 3 CWS 0

BOTTOM 9 .. Buford singled. Kenworthy walked. Berry hit by pitch. Hansen walked forcing in a run. Drabowsky relieved Richert. Agee struck out, BAL 3 CWS 1

NOTES: Two streaks broken with this loss for the White Sox. The team ended a 9 game run and personally for Tommy John a 13 game win streak ended, last time he list was April 18 against the Yankees.

STAR OF THE GAME: HR 2RBI

TUESDSY JULY 4,1967

DETROIT (44-39) @ CLEVELAND (39-37)

STARTING PITCHERS

13Y (9-5 3.77) 14Y (6-6 1.75)

DET 000 000 001 1 4 1

CLE 001 000 001 2 6 0

2B DET Northrup 8

CLE Maye 8 Davallilo 6

HR DET McAuliffe 9 (9th off Hargan)

RBI DET McAuliffe 26

CLE Maye 15 Davalillo 13

SB DET McAuliffe 3

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Wilson 8.2 6 0 1 9 2 2 35 74

Hargan 9 4 1 3 7 1 1 34 80

WP Hargan 7-6 1.69 Wilson 9-6 3.65

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 3 .. Sims hit by pitch. Hargan sac bunt. Maye doubled scoring g a run. DET 0 CLE 1

TOP 9 .. McAuliffe homered. DET 1 CLE 1

BOTTOM 9 .. Salmon singled. Davallilo doubled scoring a run. DET 1 CLE 2

NOTES: Third game winning hit for Davallilo who seems to be embracing his role off the bench.

STAR OF THE GAME: DOUBLE RBI

MONDAY JULY 3, 1967

BOSTON (43-30) @ CALIFORNIA (34-44)

STARTING PITCHERS

11Z (4-2 2.11) 13YW (3-1 1.42)

BOS 002 000 000 2 5 1

CAL 000 000 000 0 5 0

2B BOS Andrews 19 Stange 1

HR BOS Yastrzemski 27 (3rd off Hamilton)

RBI BOS Yastrzemski 2(66)

SB BOS R. Smith 5

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Stange 9 5 0 3 3 0 0 36 77

J. Hamilton 7 4 1 3 4 2 2 29 52

WP Stange 5-2 1.85 LP J. Hamilton 3-2 1.67

SCORING PLAY:

BOTTOM 3 .. Andrews walked. Yastrzemski homered scoring two runs. BOS 2 CAL 0

NOTES: It took a couple hours but Yaz regained the lead in homers and RBI’s in his bid for the triple crown. Minnie Rojas added time his league lead in relief appearances, making his 34th, almost once every two Angel games.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 HR 2RBI