BALTIMORE (64-68) @ KANSAS CITY (52-82)

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14Z (5-3 1.64) 4W (2-10 6.90)

Jim Hardin and the Orioles spotted the home club a one run lead then took them to the woodshed, racking up 5 runs in both the 2nd and 4th innings cruising to a 12-2 victory and a sweep of the weekend. Paul Blair and Frank Robinson provided the fire power to support the 8 strong innings hurled by Hardin.

BAL 050 510 001 12 15 0

KCA 100 000 010 2 8 3

2B BAL Blair 2(21) D. Johnson 16

KCA Campaneris 20 Suarez 2

3B KCA Campaneris 8

HR BAL Blefary 15 (4th off Aker) Br. Robinson 18 (4th off Aker)

RBI BAL Blefary 2(44) Blair 3(48) Br. Robinson 3(68) F. Robinson 87 Haney 2(9) Hardin 9

KCA Campaneris 23 Donaldson 16

SB BAL Blair 2

KCA Campaneris 41

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Hardin 8 7 0 2 6 2 2 30 60

Odom 3 4 0 3 3 5 3 17 35

WP Hardin 6-3 1.69 LP Odom 2-11 6.97

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Campaneris tripled. Donaldson singled scoring a run. BAL 0 KCA 1

TOP 2 .. F. Robinson singled. Br. Robinson walked. D. Johnson walked. Haney doubled scoring two runs. Hardin singled scoring a run. Blefary reached on an error. Blair singled scoring two runs. BAL 5 KCA 1

TOP 4 .. Aparicio walked. Blefary homered scoring two runs. Blair singled. F. Robinson singled. Br. Robinson homered scoring three runs. BAL 10 KCA 1

TOP 5 .. Blair doubled. F. Robinson singled scoring a run. BAL 11 KCA 1

BOTTOM 8 .. Suarez doubled. Campaneris doubled scoring a run . BAL 11 KCA 2

TOP 9 .. Bowens singled. Blair doubled scoring a run. BAL 12 KCA 2

NOTES: Orioles swept the three game set and are closing in of the break even mark. Paul Blair had quite a weekend, going 9-15 with 2 homers and 6 RBIs. Curt Blefary had RBIs in three straight games. Bert Campaneris missed the cycle by not homering. Johnny ‘Blue Moon’ Odom lost his 7th straight his last will on June 11.

STAR OF THE GAME: 4-6 2 Doubles 3 RBIs SB

DETROIT (78-57) @ MINNESOTA (72-63)

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13Y (18-8 3.04) 13YZ (13-12 2.80

The Tigers raced out to a 4-0 lead in this, the rubber game between two teams steamrolling in opposite directions, Jerry Lumpe and Jim Northrup providing the offense. Bottom 7 Earl Wilson must have been tiring as Tony Oliva got the home club within one. Just to add insult to injury, Earl Wilson gave the Motown boys breathing room by going deep himself off Ron Kline clinching the series for the Bengals.

DET 020 200 002 6 8 0

MIN 000 000 300 3 4 0

2B DET Lumpe 4

3B DET Northrup 2

HR DET Wilson 4 (9th off Kline)

MIN Oliva 16 (7th off Wilson)

RBI DET Lumpe 2(18) Wilson 2(10) Northrup 52 Freehan 43

MIN Oliva 3(67)

SB MIN Oliva 14

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Wilson 8 3 1 1 9 3 3 28 68

Chance 6 6 0 2 3 4 4 26 45

WP Wilson 29-8 3.05 LP Chance 13-13 2.88

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 2 .. Matthews singled. Northrup singled. Lumpe doubled scoring two runs. DET 2 MIN 0

TOP 4 .. Matthews singled. Northrup tripled scoring a run. Freehan singled scoring a run. DET 4 MIN 0

BOTTOM 7 .. Carew doubled. Killebrew walked. O.Iva homered scoring three runs. DET 4 MIN 3

TOP 9 .. Freehan singled. Wilson homered scoring two runs. DET 6 MIN 3

NOTES: Earl Wilson tied Joel Horlen for second in the league with 19 wins. Lasher remains not scored up since his recall. Earl Wilson leads all pitchers in hitting (not allowing) homers. Al Kaline is still mired in his slump, going hitless in this series and 1-22 for the week. Tony Oliva, basically the only Twins offense lately, ho Reed in back to back games collecting 7 RBIs. Harmon Killebrew never really got a chance to do any damage having been walked 6 times. Dean Chance lost his 5th straight and 6 of his last 7 decisions.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 Double 2RBIs

WASHINGTON (46-89) @ NEW YORK (54-81)

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14Z (1-0 9.00) 11ZZ (5-2 2.35)

In a change of pace, the Bronx Bombers were more like the Bronx Bambi’s using small ball to erase a slim 1-0 Nats lead but pinch and Judying to three single runs in the late innings to snag the getaway game.

2B WAS Saverine 2(14)

NYY Pepitone 10 C. Smith 10

RBI WAS Saverine 7

NYY Clarke 38 Pepitone 58 C. Smith 30

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Bosman 7 7 0 1 1 2 2 29 55

Monbouquette 7 7 0 1 4 1 1 28 62

WP Monbouquette 6-2 2.30 LP Bosman 1-1 5.54 SV Womack

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 2 .. Casanova singled. Saverine doubled scoring a run. WAS 1 NYY 0

BOTTOM 6 .. Mantle walked and advanced on a groundout. Pepitone singled scoring a run. WAS 1 NYY 1

BOTTOM 7 .. Tillman singled. Moschitto pinch ran and advanced on a groundout. Clarke singled scoring a run. WAS 1 NYY 2

BOTTOM 8 .. Pepitone doubled. C. Smith doubled scoring a run. WAS 1 NYY 3

NOTES: Joe Pepitone played his first game since August 22 and made his presence felt. Mickey Mantle drew his 100th walk of the season, tops in the Bigs. Dooley Womack temporarily righted his ship tossing 2 shutoff innings getting six in a row. He previously had given up runs in six straight appearances.

STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 Double RBI

CHICAGO (84-50) @ BOSTON (85-49)

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12YZ (17-4 2.67) 11Z (12-4 1.78)

The White Sox, looking to square the series and thus gain a tie for best record broke out in front in the 3rd as their team MVP once again drove in a run. That slim lead lasted until the Red Sox ambushed Tommy John in the 6th, plating 5 with the duo of rookie Reggie Smith and George Scott doing the damage. Lee Stange went the distance retiring the last 12 he faced putting this in the win column

CWS 001 000 000 1 4 0

BOS 000 005 01x 6 7 0

2B CWS Wa. Williams 11 Colavito 8

BOS R. Smith 17

3B BOS Scott 7

HR BOS R. Smith 13 (8th off Wilhelm)

RBI CWS Ward 85

BOS R. Smith 3(61) Scott 73 Petrocelli 76 Harrelson 36

SB CWS Buford 29

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

John 6 5 0 5 4 5 5 27 41

Stange 9 4 0 4 7 1 1 35 78

WP Stange 13-4 1.74 LP John 17-5 2.84

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 3 .. Buford walked. Agee hit by a pitch. Ward singled scoring a run. CWS 1 BOS 0

BOTTOM 6 .. Andrews walked. Adair singled. Yastrzemski walked. Harrelson grounded into a force scoring a run. R. Smith doubled scoring two runs. Scott tripled scoring a run. Petrocelli singled scoring a run. CWS 1 BOS 5

BOTTOM 8 .. R. Smith homered CWS 1 BOS 6

NOTES: The Sox from Beantown now are two games in front of the pack. Lee Stange collected his 6th complete game lowering his ERA to the 3rd in the Junior Circuit. Jerry Adair, playing full time has a six game hit streak. On the down side, Yaz saw his streak walk away at 11 games. Speaking of streaks ending, Hoyt Wilhelm scoreless inning streak ended at 30, last run allowed almost two months ago on July 5. Don Buford is second in the league in stolen bases.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Double HR 3 RBIs

CLEVELAND (73-61) @ CALIFORNIA (59-73)

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14XY (14-7 2.62) 9Y (8-16 3.51)

Scoreless thru three, the most unlikely batter took George Brunet deep, lefty on lefty, but Vic Davalillo went deep. The Indians added three more in both the 6th and the 7th before closing out with a pair in the 9th. Luis Tiant was brilliant, spinning a 4 hit shutout squaring the series at one.

CLE 000 103 302 9 14 0

CAL 000 000 000 0 4 1

2B CLE Hinton 14

CAL Mincher 19 Morton 5

HR CLE Davalillo 3 (4th off Brunet) Wagner 13 (6th off Wagner) T. Horton 13 (7th off Newman)

RBI CLE T. Horton 4(48) Wagner 2(38) Davalillo 30 Azcue 25

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Tiant 9 4 0 4 9 0 0 33 84

Brunet 6 8 2 0 5 4 4 26 49

WP Tiant 15-7 2.49 Brunet 8-17 3.58

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 4 .. Davalillo homered CLE 1 CAL 0

TOP 6 .. Hinton doubled. Wagner homered. T. Horton doubled. Azcue singled scoring a run. CLE 4 CAL 0

TOP 7 .. Hinton singled. Wagner singled. T. Horton homered scoring three run. CLE 7 CAL 0

TOP 9 .. Davalillo singled. Hinton singled. Wagner walked. T. Horton sac fly scoring a run. Hinton scored on a wild pitch. CLE 9 CAL 0

NOTES: Luis Tiant picked up his 4th shutout and 8th complete game. Also, Looey, is second in average strikeout per 9 innings at 11.20 per 9. George Brunet suffered his league leading defeat, saddled with his 17th of the season.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 HR 4 RBIs

BALTIMORE (63-68) @ KANSAS CITY (52-81)

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3 (2-5 4.32) 5Y (1-1 2.12)

Baltimore raced out to a 3-0 lead then needed to hang on by their fingertips as Eddie Watt did yeoman work, stretching himself to four scoreless innings to save the win for Wally Bunker who started and registered five serviceable innings giving this one to the Birds

BAL 000 120 001 4 13 0

KCA 000 011 000 2 8 3

2B BAL F. Robinson 23 Haney 10

HR BAL Blair 9 (9th off Aker)

RBI BAL Blair 2(45) F. Robinson 86 Blefary 42

KCA Cater 47 Talton 3

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Bunker 5 5 0 2 3 2 2 21 50

Rodriguez 5 6 0 1 5 3 2 21 49

WP Bunker 3-5 4.28 LP Rodriguez 1-2 2.45 SV Watt 12

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 4 .. Blair singled and advanced on a error. F. Robinson singled scoring a run. BAL 1 KCA 0

TOP 5 .. Haney doubled. Aparicio walked. Blefary singled scoring a run. Blair singled scoring a run. BAL 3 KCA 0

BOTTOM 5 .. Cater singled. Roof singled. Talton singled scoring a run. BAL 3 KCA 1

BOTTOM 6 .. Donaldson singled. Hershberger walked. Cater singled scoring a run. BAL 3 KCA 2

TOP 9 .. Blair homered BAL 4 KCA 2

NOTES: Once again Paul Blair 3-5 and Frank Robinson with 4 hits to lead the Orioles to the second win of the series. Looks like Kaycee will relegate Jack Aker to mop up duty after surrendering another relief run. In fact he has allowed runs in 7 of his last 8 games.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 HR 2RBI

DETROIT (78-52) @ MINNESOTA (71-63)

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7Y (13-11 3.46) 13XW (9-12 3.37)

Dick McAuliffe got the Bengals off to a flying start with his 20th homer. From there it was all Twins, slamming Denny McLain for 7 runs culminating with a Tony Oliva grand slam. Dave Boswell went the distance giving up only three safeties after the leadoff homer evening the series at a game apiece.

DET 100 000 000 1 4 1

MIN 001 151 00x 8 9 0

2B MIN Rollins 13

3B MIN Allison 12

HR DET McAuliffe 20 (1st off Boswell)

MIN Oliva 15 (5th off McLain – grand slam)

RBI DET McAuliffe 50

MIN Oliva 4(64) Allison 61 Killebrew 99 Rollins 36

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

McLain 5 7 1 4 2 7 6 25 23

Boswell 9 4 1 3 9 1 1 35 81

WP Boswell 10-12 3.27 LP McLain 13-12 3.63

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. McAuliffe homered DET 1 MIN 0

BOTTOM 3 .. Zimmerman singled. Boswell singled putting runners on the corners. Uhlaender grounded into a double play scoring a run. DET 1 MIN 1

BOTTOM 4 ., Killebrew walked. Allison tripled scoring a run. DET 1 MIN 2

BOTTOM 5 .. Zimmerman singled. Uhlaender walked. Carew reached on an error. Killebrew walked scoring a run. Oliva homered scoring four runs. DET 1 MIN 7

BOTTOM 6 .. Boswell singled. Rollins doubled scoring a run. DET 1 MIN 8

NOTES: Boswell picked up his first win in a month. Bob Allison matched Paul Blair with his twelfth triple tops in the league.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 Grand Slam 4RBIs

WASHINGTON (45-89) @ NEW YORK (54-80)

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6Z (2-5 3.81) 13 (8-16 3.60)

The Nats and Bombers were locked in a one all tie going into the 8th. Dooley Womack came on in the 8th after Stottlemyre was pinch hit for in the 7th. But Dooley was no match for the very light hitting Dick Nen (.120 on season) . Nen took Womack deep to but the Sens ahead to stay.

WAS 001 000 020 3 6 1

NYY 100 000 010 2 9 0

2B NYY Clarke 16 Bi. Robinson 8

HR WAS Nen 2 (8th off Womack)

RBI Nen 3(10)

NYY Tresh 50 Whitaker 54

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Priddy 6 6 0 1 1 1 1 23 56

Stottlemyre 7 5 0 2 2 1 1 28 63

WP Lines 4-1 2.00 LP Womack 6-7 2.66 SV Baldwin 17

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Clarke singled. Gibbs singled. Whitaker singled scoring a run. WAS 0 NYY 1

TOP 3 .. Stroud walked and advanced on a groundout. Nen singled scoring a run. WAS 1 NYY 1

TOP 8 .. McMullen walked. Nen homered scoring two runs. WAS 3 NYY 1

BOTTOM 8 .. Clarke doubled. Gibbs singled. Tresh sac fly scoring a run. WAS 3 NYY 1

NOTES: Big game for Dick Nen subbing for Mike Epstein as he drove in all three Nats runs . Dooley Womack lost his third straight, giving up 8 earned runs in seven innings over five games. Steve Whitaker now is tied with the Mick for team lead in RBIs.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 HR 3 RBIs