After Monday’s battle Royale, the teams aces squared off and did not disappoint. Reggie Smith poked an RBI double to break the scoreless contest. Yanks scratched out the tying run in the sixth bringing the battle to the 9th where pinch hitter Dalton Jones provided the winner to get the Sox square in the 4 game set.
BOS 000 100 001 2 4 2
NYY 000 001 000 1 1 0
2B BOS Scott 24 R. Smith 16
NYY Clarke 15
RBI BOS R. Smith 58 D. Jones 13
NYY Gibbs 29
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Lonborg 9 1 0 2 9 1 1 31 88
Stottlemyre 8 2 0 3 6 1 1 29 67
WP Lonborg 20-8 2.28 LP Womack 6-5 2.13
SCORING PLAYS:
BOTTOM 4 .. Yastrzemski singled. Scott doubled scoring a run. BOS 1 NYY 0
BOTTOM 6 .. Clarke doubled and advanced on a wild pitch. Gibbs sac fly scoring a run. BOS 1 NYY 1
TOP 9 .. Scott doubled. R. Smith walked. D. Jones singled scoring a run. BOS 2 NYY 1
NOTES: Jim Lonborg reaches the twenty win mark first in the Junior Circuit as he spun a one hitter for his 20th win, it was his 8th complete game of the year and ranks second in strikeouts.
The long layoff due to military service finally caught with with Mickey Lolich as the Angels pounded out 5 runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings. That was enough for the Cherubs as Jack Hamilton went six strong innings, his only blemish was a solo shot by Dick McAuliffe although things got interesting in the 8th as Pete Cimino left a mess for Bill Kelso who handled it aplomb fanning all four batters he faced to give game 1 to the Halos
DET 000 001 010 2 4 0
CAL 023 000 00x 5 9 0
2B CAL H. Taylor 1
HR DET McAuliffe 18 (6th off J. Hamilton)
CAL Knoop 6 (2nd off Lolich)
RBI DET McAuliffe 47 Lumpe 16
CAL Skowron 2(9) H. Taylor 4 Held 21 Knoop 2(42)
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Lolich 4 8 1 1 3 5 5 22 28
J. Hamilton 6 2 1 4 4 1 1 24 60
WP J. Hamilton 5-6 3.39 LP Lolich 13-5 2.24 SV Kelso 5
SCORING PLAYS
BOTTOM 2 .. H. Taylor doubled. Knoop homered scoring two runs. DET 0 CAL 2
BOTTOM 3 .. Fregosi singled. Reichardt hit by pitch. Runners advanced on a groundout. Skowron singled scoring a run. H. Taylor singled scoring a run. Held singled scoring a run. DET 0 CAL 5
TOP 6 .. McAuliffe homered DET 1 CAL 5
TOP 8 .. McAuliffe walked. Northrup walked. Freehan walked. Lumpe pinch hit and walked forcing in a run. DET 2 CAL 5
The Indians erased a one run deficit by batting around n the third as six crossed the dish capped by a blast by Duke Sims. The Athletics crawled closer in the 5th but three Tribe relievers shut down the A’s preserving a win for a shaky Sudden Sam McDowell.
CLE 006 000 101 8 12 0
KCA 010 020 001 4 14 1
2B CLE Wagner 8
KCA Hershberger 26 Nossek 8 Kubiak 3
HR CLE Sims 10 (3rd off Odom) Fuller 10 (8th off Aker)
NOTES: The Indians have had quite the month of august, moving into the upper echelon on the league. Sudden Sam did not gave his good location but still managed to punch out 8 in only 5 innings. Sam leads the league with 257 whiffs, on average 12.57 per 9 innings.
The ultimate pitchers duel unfolded at the Met as to veterans came out throwing darts. Neither team made much of a threat, the Birds giving the better of the meager opportunities. Jim Perry entered the 11th but was tiring as both Boog Powell and Paul Blair singled then Frank Robinson proved his pedigree crushing a massive homer into the second tier of the bleachers taking the lead. Stu Miller locked down the victory for the visitors
BAL 000 000 000 03 3 7 0
MIN 000 000 000 00 0 4 0
HR BAL F. Robinson 25 (11th off J. Perry)
RBI BAL F. Robinson 83
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Richert 9 3 0 1 6 0 0 30 86
J. Perry 10 7 1 5 7 3 3 40 67
WP S. Miller 2-3 2.05 LP J. Perry 9-4 2.39
SCORING PLAY
TOP 11 .. Powell singled. Blair singled. F. Robinson homered scoring three runs. BAL 3 MIN 0
NOTES: 9th loss in the last 10 for the Twins as they spiral all out of contention. The offense has been, frankly, offensive as they managed only three singles off Pete Richert who has been miserable this year, but had the game of the season in this one but just his luck, no run support. It has to make you wonder where the Orioles would be if Frank Robby did not miss a month.
The White Sox batted around in the 3rd off Bob Priddy putting up a three spot that erased an early Senator lead. The Pale hose upped the lead to 5-1 which came in handy when Frank Howard pinch hit a two run blast, chasing Joe Horlen from the game. Bob Locker came on to shut the door.
BOTTOM 2 .. Valentine singled and stole second. Casanova singled scoring a run. CWS 0 WAS 1
TOP 3 .. Ward walked. Boyer singled. Josephson singled scoring a run. Hansen doubled scoring two runs. CWS 3 WAS 1
TOP 6 .. Causey homered. Ward walked. Boyer reached on an error. Berry singled scoring a run CWS 5 WAS 1
BOTTOM 8 .. Cullen singled. F. Howard homered scoring two runs. CWS 5 WAS 3
NOTES: The White Sox increased their lead to 2 1/2 over Boston. Bob Locker registered his league leading 24th save, one more that the Twins Al Worthjnton.
A Donnybrook broke out in the Bronx as the oldest rivalry in the Junior Circuit resumed there pier six brawls. Tied at 2 after the 3rd, the Bronx Bombers chased Morehead in the 4th by plating three runs. The lead lasted only until the next half inning curtesy of a grand slam by Reggie Smith. Yanks regained the lead as 6 consecutive batters reached against Jose’ Santiago taking a 8-6 lead that again lasted just to the next Boston at bat when usually surehanded Ruben Amaro booted a grounder allowing the tying run to score. But the brouhaha took its last turn when after guilty Amaro doubled, Johnny Wyatt uncorked not one, but two wild pitches to give the Pinstripers the win.
BOS 002 040 020 8 8 1
NYY 002 300 31x 9 16 1
2B NYY Tresh 2(22) Amaro 6
3B BOS Petrocelli 5
NYY Tresh 6
HR BOS Yastrzemski 50 (3rd off Talbot) R. Smith 12 (5th off Talbot – grand slam)
RBI BOS R. Smith 4(57) Yastrzemski 2(119) Petrocelli 75
NOTES: Big game for two stalwart Yankees, Mantle and Tresh. In fact, every Yank hit safely, except Jake Gibbs. Dooley Womack could not hold in and save the victory, but did collect the win. The Mick regained the team lead in RBIs. Carl Yastrzemski crushed his league leading 50th circuit blast.
Bert Campaneris got the A’s rolling in the 1st by legging out a three base hit and waltzed home on a double by John Donaldson. The slim lead held fast until the 6th when the home club added a pair to their advantage, capitalizing on Joe Sparma’s wildness. Roberto Rodriguez held the Tigers in check for 6 innings, hopeful the bullpen could hold the lead. Eddie Matthews found the hill in right to get the Bengals close in the 9th but Krw Krausse slammed the door allowing the Athletics to steal the series.
BOTTOM 1 .. Campaneris tripled. Donaldson doubled scoring a run. DET 0 KCA 1
BOTTOM 6 .. Webster singled. Gosger singled. Roof walked. Tim Talton pinch hit and walked . Campaneris sac fly scoring a run. DET 0 KCA 3
TOP 9 .. McAuliffe reached on an error. Matthews homered scoring two runs. DET 2 KCA 3
NOTES: Tigers missed a great opportunity after sweeping the Twins the series prior. Lew Krausse has taken to his new bullpen role, pitching to a 2.49 ERA over 13 relief appearances. Eddie Matthews smacked his first American League homer but is struggling overall going 2-30 since the trade to the Tigers.
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