CHICAGO (8-2) @ WASHINGTON (1-7)

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9YW 8W

CWS 000 120 000 3 7 0

WAS 000 000 000 0 3 0

2B WAS Brinkman 3 H. Allen 1

HR CWS Wa. Williams 1

RBI CWS Ward 8 Wa. Williams 2(2)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER GSc

Howard 1.2 1 0 2 3 0 0 54

Moore 5 6 1 0 3 3 3 56

WP Lamabe 1-0 1.74

LP Moore 0-1 5.40

SV W. Wood 1

Last game of a 4 game set and boy do the Senators want the team from the Windy City to leave quickly, preferable on the losing end of today’s game. The Pale Hose have won every game so far played between these two teams. Sox go in order in the 1st and the Sens scratch out a single. Bottom 2, Bruce Howard struck out Jim King then seemed to be getting squeezed by plate umpire Bill Kinnamon, walking Cap Peterson on four close ones. Howard was getting frustrated as he didn’t offer any that Kinnamon nor Ken McMullen likes putting 2 on. Free swinging a Paul Casanova swung at the first pitch skying to center. Howard continued barking at the ump, ramping up his beefing after the second ball to pitcher Moore. Finally Kinnamon heard enough and sent Howard to the showers, ejecting him. Jack Lamabe came on to get the last out of the second then fire 4 more one hit innings before yielding to Wilbur Wood. The Sox batters nicked away at Moore. A pair of singles put runners on the corners and Pete Ward continued his excellent April with a sac fly and the first run. Top 5, Hansen singled and with two outs, Walt “No Neck” lined one down the line that tucked inside the foul pole making the lead 3-0. And that would be the game as both teams bullpens sparkled, with a Wood going three clean innings for the save giving the visitors a sweep of the four game series.

STAR OF THE GAME 1-4 Homer 2RBIs

KANSAS CITY (4-6) @ BALTIMORE (5-5)

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8 4

KCA 000 000 000 0 8 0

BAL 100 001 00x 2 8 0

2B BAL Snyder 1 Powell 1

RBI BAL Snyder 1 Powell 1

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER GSc

Dobson 6 8 0 2 6 2 2 52

McNally 9 8 0 1 4 0 0 74

WP McNally 2-1 1.89

LP Dobson 0-1 2.77

The back end of the twin bill about to start, with the home team looking to get back to winning ways after dropping 2 to the Athletics.

Bottom 1, Luis Aparicio singled and scooted home on a double by Russ Snyder, who was subbing for Paul Blair. The A’s kept jabbing at McNally, putting multiple runners on base in the first three innings only for Dave to snuff out the threat. Chuck Dobson kept the Birds off the boards until the 5th, Frank Robinson singled and Brooks Robinson walked. Boog Powell ripped a double down the right field line, Frank scoring but Brooks got cut down at the plate by a great throw by Mike Hershberger. A single and walk loaded the stations again. Lanny Haney lifted a fly to medium right, and Boog headed home only to fall prey to the golden hose of Hershberger. I bet the old marine Hank Bauer will be having a talk with third base coach Billy Hunter over this. Meanwhile, McNally cruised along scattering eight hits going the route for his second win. Poor Chuck Dobson tossed his third straight quality start only to come up empty.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 double RBI

KANSAS CITY (3-6) @ BALTIMORE (5-4)

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7X 7XW

KCA 110 100 001 4 9 1

BAL 100 000 001 2 6 1

2B KCA Campaneris 4 D. Green 2

3B KCA Cater 1

HR KCA Monday 1 D. Green 1

RBI KCA D. Green 3 Monday 1 Campaneris 1 Nash 1

BAL Blair 2

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER FSc

Nash 8.2 5 0 4 11 2 2 75

Barber 5 7 2 1 3 3 3 43

WP Nash 3-0 1.40

LP Barber 0-2 7.00

SV Pierce 1

Wrapping up the weekend set in Charm City, the A’s and O’s battle in the first game of a double dip after splitting the first two. Jim Nash takes the Spaulding for the Midwest team looking to build on his already impressive start to the season. Steve Barber hasn’t faired as well, hoping today’s game reverses that trend

One out into the first inning, rookie Rick Monday cracked his first career homer, timing a Barber Hester perfectly putting the guests ahead. Bottom 1, the Orioles got it back as Aparicio and Russ Snyder singled and Frank Robinson drew a walk. B. Robby bounced into a double play scoring the tying run. Top 2, A’s went up again. Two out double by Dick Green set the table for Jim Nash to help himself with an RBI single. Top 4, Kaycee grabbed another tally on a solo shot by Green. Bottom 5, the home club alternated outs and base runners leaving two stranded. Jim Nash got in a roll, hanging zeroes on the O’s thru 8. Top 9, Bert Campaneris doubled in an insurance run making it 4-1. Bottom 9 a walk and single ended Nash’s outing, letting Tony Pierce eventually nail down the win.

STAR OF THEVGAME 2-4 Double Homer RBI

NY YANKEES (3-5) @ BOSTON (5-3)

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2Y 4

NYY 100 000 000 1 9 0

BOS 401 010 11x 7 12 0

NYY C. Smith 1

HR BOS T. Horton 2(3) Petrocelli 4 Foy 2 G. Thomas 1

RBI NYY Whitaker 3

BOS T. Horton 4(7) Petrocelli 7 Foy 2 G. Thomas 1

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER GSc

Bouton 2 6 3 1 1 5 5 24

Brandon 9 9 0 3 4 1 1 66

WP Brandon 1-0 2.33

LP Bouton 0-1 15.00

A very pleasant Sunday in the bustling New England city of Boston. The Yankees will try to avoid the sweep by sending one time workhorse Jim Bouton who is trying once more to come back from arm issues. Bucky Brandon makes his third start for the Beantowners, still looking for his first win.

Yanks jump out in front right away in this one staging a two out rally as Mickey walked rounded to third in a Pepitone single and scored easily on a Steve Whitaker single. The Sawx jumped all over Bouton in their part of the 1st, Reggie Smith, who has ramen over Center Field duties, singled as did Yaz. Tony Horton the simply crushed what might have been a Bouton knuckleball into the netting above the green monster and a quick 3-0 lead. Rico Petrocelli followed with one in the right center bleachers upping the lead to 4. Bottom 2 the home club threatened again, leaving 2 on when Tom Tresh made a nice running catch in left center off Yaz. Bottom 3. Horton put another into the netting that ended Bouton’s day. The Yanks gad chances in the 3rd and 4th outing two on in each inning only to get rebuked. It seemed like the wind only was blowing out the the Red Sox as they cracked two more round trippers off Steve Hamilton, Joe Foy and George Thomas doing the honors. Brandon retired the last nine Yanks going the route for his first win.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 2HRs 4 RBIs

MINNESOTA (4-3) @ DETROIT (6-1)

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11XZ 12X

MIN 100 000 000 000 0 1 6 1

DET 000 000 001 000 1 2 5 0

2B DET Freehan 1

HR DET McAuliffe 1

RBI MIN Oliva 9

DET Freehan 5 McAuliffe 1

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER GSc

Kaat 10 4 0 4 11 1 1 87

Lolich 10 5 0 0 11 1 1 89

WP Gladding 1-1 5.74

LP Worthington 1-1 2.25

Game 2 of the weekend sporting a classic pitching matchup of twos of the preeminent left handlers of the American League. After the slugfest of last night, can these two silence the offense? Lolich enters the game after a pair of 13 strikeout shutout wins. Kaat for his part, had two very effective starts himself.

Well Lolich’s shutout streak lasted three batters as the first three Twins singled giving them the lead. Bottom 4, the Bengals put 2 on but yesterday’s star Norm Cask whiffed. Top 5, Twins put two singles together but usually good hitting Kaat grounded out. Lolich, in fact, retired the last 17 he faced and still was looking at a defeat. Bottom 9 Kaline worked a walk and with 2 outs was off with the crack of the bat scoring from first on a double by Bill Freehan tying the game. Twins managed just one single in extra frames while the Tigers had better opportunities, stranding a Don Wert double in the 19th and two on, Gus free oases, in the 11th. Bottom 13, Rick McAuliffe ended the marathon with a blast into the upper deck overhang in right off Al Worthington, securing the series win for the hone club.

STAR OF THE GAME walk off homer

CHICAGO (7-2) @ Washington (1-6)

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17Z 11Z

CWS 010 11 3 7 0

WAS 000 00 0 1 1

2B CWS Ward 2 Adair 4 Berry 1

RBI CWS Ward 7 Adair 7 Berry 4 Hansen 7

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER GSc

Horlen 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 68

Ortega 5 7 0 2 1 3 3 40

WP Horlen 2-0 0.00

LP Ortega 0-2 3.52

Game 2 in the Nations Capital, the Sox and Nats at it again. The downtrodden home club get no breaks after facing Gary Peters as his right counterpart Joe Horlen toes the rubber against ex-Dodger Phil Ortega hoping to get the Sens back on the winning tract.

Under ominous skies both teams go in order in the first. Top 2, Tommy Agee singles and made it to second when Frank Howard bobbled the bouncer. Pete Ward then laced a double to right center playing the game’s first run. Top four, the first droplets if the predicted rain began to fall. Agee walked and forced at second by Ward. Jerry Adair then lined one down the line in left and by the time Hondo retrieved it, Ward crossed the plate doubling the lead. The rain was steadier in the 5th, crew Chief Larry Napp said okay on. Ron Hansen walked and Horlen bunted him up a base. Buford lined out but Ken Berry joined the doubles club driving in the third run. Horlen raced the minimum of three in the last of the fifth making this an official game. To the surprise of many, they played on into the 6th. Ward singled with one out moved to third on a JC Martin single, savoring on Hansen base knock. With Horlen at the plate, the skies opened up joined by loud claps of thunder. The grounds crew struggled to get the tarp on, finally succeeding. The umps waited about an hour and a half, and seeing no relief in sight, called the game with the Sox winning the second of this weekend set.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-3 DOUBLE RBI

KANSAS CITY (2-6) @ BALTIMORE (5-3)

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4W 3

KCA 110 000 103 6 12 2

BAL 000 002 010 3 8 0

2B KCA Campaneris 2(3) Suarez 1

BAL B. ROBINSON 2

3B KCA Monday 1

HR BAL Blefary 1

RBI KCA Cater 3(3) Charles 4 Webster 1 Odom 1

BAL Blefary 2 Held 1 Etchabarren 5

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER GSc

Odom 7 7 0 1 2 2 0 60

Bunker 4 6 0 2 2 2 2 42

WP Lindblad 1-0 2.25

LP Watt 0-1 13.50

BS Lindblad 1

The A’s look to rebound after taking drubbing last night.

A’s jumped out in front early as Cater singled in Campaneris who lead off the game with a double. A’s doubled their lead in the 2nd as Blue Moon Odom drove in a run with a single. Speaking of Odom, he kept the Birds off the board thru five although he did flirt with danger, leaving two on in the 1st, 2nd and 4th. Bottom 6 the Orioles tied the game with much help from the A’s defense. Brooks doubled leading off. Powell whiffed but B,fear you reached in an error putting runners on the corners. Woody Held hit a sure double play ball that went through the wickets scoring the first run. Etchabarren singled to tie the game at 2. Too 7, the A’s regained the lead when Rick Monday tripled and trotted home on Danny Cater’s third single of the game. Bottom 8 Paul Lindblad on in relief hung a slider to Curt Blefary who knew what to do tying the game. Top 9, Campy doubles again leading off. One out later Monday walked and yet again, Cater delivered the run. Two more walks forced in another tally with the last delivered when the Orioles couldn’t turn a double play. Lindblad pitched a clean 9th squaring the set at one.

STAR OF THE GAME 4-5 3RBIs

NEW YORK (3-4) @ BOSTON (4-3)

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6 14X

NYY 200 000 000 2 5 0

BOS 111 000 01x 4 9 0

2B NYY Mantle 2 Pepitone 1 Kennedy 1

BOS D. Jones 1 T. Horton 1

3B BOS Lonborg 1

HR BOS Yastrzemski 2(2)

RBI NYY Pepitone 3 Gibbs 1

BOS Yastrzemski 3(7) Lonborg 1

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER GSc

Talbot 5 6 1 0 3 3 45

Lonborg 7 5 0 5 12 2 2 66

WP Lonborg 3-0 1.88

LP Talbot 0-2 7.88

SV Wyatt 1

Yankees and Sox duel in the middle game of the weekend set, looking to square the series at one.

Yanks break from the blocks quickly as Howser singles to open the game. Lonborg then walked the next 2 filling the sacks for Pepitone who just got under one, lofting a fly to center deep enough to score Howser. Whitaker walked to refill the bases. Charlie Smith flyer to shallow left but Lonborg who had trouble finding the plate walked Jake Gibbs forcing in the second run. Yaz got one back for the Beantowners, sending one into his team’s bullpen. Bottom 2, Russ Gibson singled and with 2 outs, came home as Lonborg helped himself, tripling into the triangle in center tying the game. Bottom three, Dalton Jones doubled and came around to score on a Yastrzemski single. Lonborg made the lead count, finding a moniker of steadiness through seven, pitching out of jams in each inning. Bottom 8, Yaz went downtown again, capping a nice 4-2 win and setting up the possibility of a sweep tomorrow.

STAR OF THE GAME 3-4 2HRs 3RBIs

Minnesota (4-2) @ Detroit (5-1)

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13XW 7Y

MIN 000 003 021 6 13 0

DET 003 024 20x 11 14 0

2B MIN Tovar 1

DET Northrup 1

3B DET Cash 2

HR MIN Killebrew 2 Allison 1

DET Kaline 1 Cash 2 (grand slam)

RBI MIN Tovar 1 Killebrew 3(7) Allison 2(6)

DET Cash 5(10) Kaline 4(11) G. Brown 7 McLain 1

SB MIN Carew 1

DET Northrup 1

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER GSc

Boswell 6 11 2 5 7 9 9 16

McLain 7 9 1 2 4 3 3 49

WP McLain 3-0 2.95

LP Boswell 0-2 12.00

Two of the Junior Circuit best square off in Motown. Great pitching matchups adorn the weekend series in an early chance to establish dominance

The Tigers got in the board first in the third, one out singles by McAulliffe and Wert put runners on the corners. Gates Brown fouled out but Al Kaline put a souvenir in the left field upper deck for an early 3-0 lead. McLain was in full Denny mode, many base runners in the first 5 innings but always finding a way to wriggle out of trouble. Bottom 5, Northrup singled and dashed home on a three bagger by speedster Norm Cash. Two outs later, Denny helped himself by singling in the run. Twins fought back in the 6th, Tovar lead off with a double and still on base allowing Killebrew to single him home. Allison followed with his first long fly of the season cutting the deficit to 2. But not for long. For some reason, mgr Sam Mele tried to squeeze another frame out of Boswell. It almost worked. McAuliffe singled and 2 outs later, Kaline walked. Gassed, Boswell then walked Northrup. With Roland warm in the pen, Mele stuck with his starter and wasn’t even back to the dugout when Norm Cash cleared the bases with a grand slam, putting the game securely in Detroit’s favor. They racked on 2 more off Ollum in the 7th, two walks and two singles being the damage, RBIs credited to Brown and Kaline. Under the category of too little too late, Killebrew cracked a two run job off Momboquette in the 8 and Tovar chased Carew one in the 9th making the game much closer that it really was.

STARS OF THE GAME 4-4 grand slam 5 RBIs / 2-4 HR 4RBIs

CALIFORNIA (3-5) @ CLEVELAND (2-4)

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3Z 8XYW

CAL 000 002 103 03 9 15 0

CLE 000 000 150 00 6 18 1

2B CAL Satriano 2

CLE Sims 2

3B CAL Johnstone 2 Cardenal 3

HR CAL Reichardt 2(2)

CLE Sims 2

RBI CAL Reichardt 4(5) Fregosi 5 Satriano 2 Cardenal 3(6)

CLE Sims 3(6) Whitfield 2 Wagner 2 L. Brown 1

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER GSc

Sanford 6.2 8 0 0 2 1 1 58

McDowell 7 7 1 1 8 3 3 57

WP Cimino 1-0 4.22

LP Radatz 0-1 4.50

SV Brunet 1The Angels fly into Ohio to challenge the Indians in a four game set. Neither team tearing it up yet, still looking for traction in this new year. The game stayed scoreless despite itself through 5. Both teams had chances but the dreaded hits with runners in scoring position evaded each club. Top 6, the Halos broke out. Jay Johnstone sliced one into the left center gap that hugged the wall long enough for Jay to cruise into 3rd. Bonus baby Rick Reichardt caught up to a Sudden Sam fast one, sending it out toward Lake Erie and a 2-0 lead. They added another in the 7th, a walk and single out 2 on. McDowell got the next two but Jim Fregosi lined a single to center making it 3-0. Meanwhile Jack Sanford sailed thru 6, scattering six hits, Bottom 7, the Tribe broke through, a Duke Sims double and a two out single by Larry Brown cut the deficit to 2. Bill Kelso came back out in the 8th after cleaning up the previous inning mess. He did not quite make out so well. Davillillo singled then Kelso had no idea when the ball was going, walking three straight forcing in a run, making it a one run game. Minnie Rojas came in to see if he could put out the fire but alas, he just poured gasoline on the flame. Leon Wagner tied their game on a sac fly and Sims cleared the bases with a blast into the bleachers in right, seeing Cleveland go from three down to three up. Two singles later chased Rojas but no additional damage. Top 9 with their last chance facing George Culver, Jimmie Hall singles and Fregosi singled one out later bringing the tying run to the plate. A walk loaded them up bringing Reichardt who looked at a third strike. Down to their last out, Jose Cardenal ripped one to the deepest part of the park and didn’t stop running until the bases cleared and the game was tied. Bottom 9, the home club put together two singles with 2 out bringing up Sims who was having a big game. His long fly died on the warning track putting this one into overtime. Top 11, the meat of the Angel order came up. Fregosi singled and raced hone on a Tom Satriano double. Tim didn’t have to run hard when he scored on the front end of Reichardt’s second blast of the game. George Brunet came in and made things interesting surrendering a pair of singles before closing out the game.

STAR OF THE GAME 3-6 2 homers 4RBIs