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

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17Z (19-4 1.98) 14X (20-8 2.28)

A quintessential pitching duel only made better by the fact that both teams are deadlocked in first place. Yet, each team had their chances to breakthrough. The Pale Hose had Jim Lonborg on the ropes in 5 of his 8 innings yet he wriggled off the hook each time. George Scott put one on Landsdowne street to give a meager lead to the home club but the Six of another color roared back, loading the bases on a single, walk and error. Mgr Dick Williams gave Lonborg the hook, bringing in Sparky Lyle to try to get the last two outs. Lyle gave us an early sign to his future by getting two pop ups to put Boston over.

CWS 000 000 000 0 7 1

BOS 000 000 10x 1 4 2

2B CWS Agee 21 Horlen 21

BOS Yastrzemski 28

3B CWS Buford 6

HR BOS Scott 17 (7th off Horlen)

RBI BOS Scott 72

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Horlen 8 4 1 0 1 1 1 28 71

Lonborg 8.1 7 0 2 10 0 0 36 73

WP Lonborg 21-8 2.20 LP Horlen 19-5 1.95 SV Lyle 9

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 7 .. Scott homered CWS 0 BOS 1

NOTES: This one will get played over and over on MLB classics. And for Yaz, the hits keep coming, his 1st inning double extended his hit streak to 11. It also put him in second place on the doubles leaderboard. Jim Lonborg picked up his league leading 21st win. 7 times he has whiffed 10 or more in a game. In his short time in the show, Sparky Lyle has delivered 9 saves.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 HR RBI

CLEVELAND (73-60) @ CALIFORNIA (58-73)

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8XYW (9-14 4.01) 4RZ (1-2 4.20)

Tony Horton gave old southpaw Curt Simmons a rude welcome, blasting a three run Homer in the initial inning. But Sudden Sam McDowell could not stand posterity, getting nicked for single runs in the 1st and 2nd before giving it all away in the 4th as Aurilio Rodriguez doubled home the go ahead runs. Curt Simmons recovered to go 5 good innings before faltering, getting picked up by the exceptional rescue job by Pete Cimino giving the Cherubs the opening game of the series.

CLE 300 000 000 3 5 1

CAL 110 300 10x 6 8 0

2B CLE Hinton 14

CAL Fregosi 20 A. Rodriguez 1

HR CLE T. Horton 12 (1st off Simmons)

CAL Fregosi 15 (7th off Pena)

RBI CLE T. Horton 3(43)

CAL A. Rodriguez 2(2) Fregosi 51 Morton 17 H. Taylor 5 Knoop 41

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

McDowell 4 5 0 3 4 5 5 20 33

Simmons 5 5 1 0 0 3 3 21 45

WP Simmons 2-2 4.44 LP McDowell 9-15 4.16 SV Rojas 19

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Hinton doubled. Wagner hit by a pitch. T. Horton homered scoring three runs. CLE 3 CAL 0

BOTTOM 1 .. Fregosi doubled. Morton singled scoring a run. CLE 3 CAL 1

BOTTOM 2 .. Held walked. H. Taylor singled putting runners on the corners. Knoop sac fly scoring a run. CLE 3 CAL 2

BOTTOM 4 .. Skowron walked. Held walked. H. Taylor singled scoring a run. Simmons sac bunt. A. Rodriguez doubled scoring two runs. CLE 3 CAL 5

BOTTOM 7 .. Fregosi homered. CLE 3 CAL 6

NOTES: 19 year old rookie Aurelio Rodriguez made a big splash in his debut, ripping a double to put the Halos ahead for good. Newly acquired Hawk Taylor continues to sizzle, batting .455 as an Angel. Pete Cimino rescued Curt Simmons, coming on with 2 aboard and getting all 8 batters he faced in recording 9 outs.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Double HR RBI

BALTIMORE (62-68) @ KANSAS CITY (52-80)

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9Y (7-14 5.78) 13Y (13-12 2.62)

The Orioles laid the lumber on Catfish Hunter as both Paul Blair and Curt Blefary went deep giving the Birds a quick 3-0 lead. The Athletics nicked Pete Richert for a couple runs in the 4th but after that the scoring faucet turned off. Moe Drabowsky nailed down a nine out save preserving the Duke for the O’s.

BAL 201 000 000 3 9 0

KCA 000 200 000 2 5 0

2B BAL Br. Robinson 27 Powell 13

KCA Gosger 13

3B BAL Blair 12

HR BAL Blair 8 (1st off Hunter) Blefary 14 (3rd off Hunter)

RBI BAL Blair 43 Blefary 43 Powell 60

KCA cater 46 Roof 38

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Richert 6 4 0 2 6 2 2 24 60

Hunter 7 6 2 1 5 3 3 27 57

WP Richert 8-14 5.67 LP Hunter 13-13 2.66 SV Drabowsky 17

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Blair homered. F. Robinson singled. Br. Robinson walked. Powell doubled scoring a run. BAL 2 KCA 0

TOP 3 .. Blefary homered BAL 3 KCA 0

BOTTOM 4 .. Donaldson singled. Hershberger walked. Cater singled scoring a run. Roof singled scoring a run. BAL 3 KCA 2

NOTES: Third straight strong start by Pete Richert who up to this point was having a miserable season. He has only allowed 4 earned runs in last 23 innings. Paul Blair ripped his 12th triple allowing him to vault into the league lead. Moe Drabowsky fanned 7 in getting a 9 out save. Mgr. Hank Bauer might need a word with Third base coach Billy Hunter after seeing Brooks Robinson being cut down twice trying fir an extra base, once at the plate and once at 3rd.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Triple HR RBI

DETROIT (77-56) @ MINNESOTA (71-62)

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10YW (12-11 3.75) 11XZ (11-11 2.99)

A Versalles error lead to a first inning run for the Tigers and they added another in the third. Tony Oliva squared the contest wine a two run single only to see Eddie Matthews catch a hanger to give the Bengals the lead once again. Mike Marshall went the last three to preserve Joe Sparma’s 13th win.

DET 101 002 000 4 9 0

MIN 002 000 010 3 6 1

HR DET Matthews 2 (6th off Kaat)

MIN Carew 8 (8th off Marshall)

RBI DET Matthews 2(5) Freehan 2(42)

MIN Oliva 2(60) Carew 48

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Sparma 6 5 0 2 5 2 2 25 57

Kaat 7 8 1 2 5 4 3 32 50

WP Sparma 13-11 3.73 Kaat 11-12 3.02 SV Marshall 8

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. McAulliffe reached on an error. W. Horton singled. Freehan singled scoring a run. DET 1 MIN 0

TOP 3 .. Stanley walked. W. Horton singled. Freehan singled scoring a run DET 2 MIN 0

BOTTOM 3 .. Izquierdo singled. Kaat singled. Killebrew walked. Oliva singled scoring two runs. DET 2 MIN 2

TOP 6 .. Freehan doubled. Matthews homered scoring two runs. DET 4 MIN 2

BOTTOM 8 .. Carew homered DET 4 MIN 3

NOTES: Make it 6 straight for the Tigers over the Twins after sweeping the previous week series in Bloomington. Joe Sparma tied Denny McLain for second on the team in wins. After a scorching start to the season, Jim Kaat dipped below .500. Twins got only one hit from the middle of their order.

STAR OF THE GAME 3-4 Double 2RBI

WASHINGTON (45-88) @ NEW YORK (53-80)

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11Z (19-11 2.66) 8Z (19-7 2.65)

It looked like it would be the Senator’s day as Eddie Brinkman and Frank Howard went yard off Fritz Peterson. But an error by Epstein opened the flood gates that closed only after Charlie Smith blasted a three run shot to put the Pinstripers ahead. The home club added tallies in the 4th and 8th to run away with the victory.

WAS 021 000 000 3 10 1

NYY 004 100 02x 7 9 0

HR WAS Brinkman 1 (2nd off F. Peterson) F. Howard 33 (3rd off F. Peterson)

NYY C. Smith 8 (3rd off Ortega) Bi. Robinson 12 (8th off Knowles)

RBI WAS Brinkman 2(21) F. Howard 80)

NYY Clarke 2(37) C. Smith 3(29) Gibbs 31 Bi. Robinson 33

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Ortega 3 5 1 0 1 4 0 15 42

F. Peterson 6 10 2 0 6 3 3 28 46

WP F. Peterson 11-7 2.71 LP Ortega 10-12 2.62 SV Talbot 1

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 2 .. Casanova singled. Brinkman homered scoring two runs. WAS 2 NYY 0

TOP 3 .. F. Howard homered WAS 3 NYY 0

BOTTOM 3 .. F. Peterson reached on an error. Clarke singled putting runners on the corners. Gibbs sac fly scoring a run. Tresh singled. C. Smith homered scoring three runs. WAS 3 NYY 4

BOTTOM 4 .. Hegan singled. F. Peterson sac bunt. Clarke singled scoring a run. WAS 3 NYY 5

BOTTOM 8 .. Bi. Robinson homered. Hegan walked. Amaro singled putting runners on the corners. Clarke sac fly scoring a run. WAS 3 NYY 7

NOTES: Fred Talbot took his banishment to the bullpen in stride, getting nine straight outs recording his first save. Big game for Horace Clarke as he drove in two and swiped two bags. Phil Ortega fell upon hard luck giving up 4 unearned runs in taking the loss. Eddie Brinkman hit his first homer.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 2 RBI 2 SB

CHICAGO (83-49) @ BOSTON (84-48)

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16X (16-5 2.56) 8Y (4-6 3.32)

The battle for American League supremacy continued and again, the Red Sox jumped on Gary Peters in the 1st curtosy of a three base hit by, who else?, Carl Yastrzemski driving in a pair. The Peters lost the plate and would up walking in a run. The Pale Hose squared the contest in the 3rd when Pete Ward went deep. Once the Chisox got going, the Bosox could not stop the runaway train as the visitors put up 8 unanswered runs after the first to square the series and pull even in the standings.

CWS 022 003 101 8 18 0

BOS 300 000 000 3 4 1

2B CWS Buford 9 Boyer 5

BOS Scott 25

3B BOS Yastrzemski 3

HR CWS Ward 28 (3rd off Santiago) Agee 15 (6th off Santiago)

RBI CWS Agee 3(44) Ward 2(84) Hansen 2(68) Peters 11

BOS Yastrzemski 2(123) Harrelson 35

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Peters 6 4 0 5 3 3 3 27 50

Santiago 6 11 2 0 3 6 5 29 31

WP Peters 17-5 2.54 LP Santiago 4-7 3.52

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Andrews walked. Adair singled. Yastrzemski tripled scoring two runs. Scott walked. R. Smith walked. Harrelson walked scoring a run. CWS 0 BOS 3

TOP 2 .. Ward singled. Hansen singled. Josephson reached on an error. Agee singled scoring a run. CWS 1 BOS 3

TOP 3 .. K. Boyer doubled. Ward homered scoring two runs. CWS 3 BOS 3

TOP 6 .. Berry doubled. Peters singled scoring a run. Agee homered scoring two runs. CWS 6 BOS 3

TOP 7 .. Colavito singled. Berry singled. Hansen singled scoring a run. CWS 7 BOS 3

TOP 9 .. Colavito singled. McCraw pinch ran. Ward singled. Berry singled loading the bases. Hansen grounded into a force. CWS 8 BOS 3

NOTES: The White Sox broke out the old whooping stick as four Southsiders collected three hits each, Agee, Ward, Berry and Hansen. Two others had a pair of safety’s. In all everyone except Duane Josephson had hits among the 18 belted out. Yastrzemski has a 10 game hit streak going but Reggie Smith saw his streak end at 7.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 HR 3 RBI

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