BOSTON (80-46) @ CHICAGO (82-45) game 2

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8Y (4-6 2.94) 16X (16-5 2.39)

The Red Sox grabbed an early 2-0 lead only to see it erased by a three run blast by Ron Hansen. Tne Beantowners tied it up when Scott drive in Yaz the grabbed the lead again. But, once again Hansen put the Windy City boys ahead with his third homer on the day. Top 9 Bob Locker tried to nail down the win but Mike Andrews went deep to send this one into overtime. Both teams had their chances in every extra inning only to fail. Until the top of the 18th and go figure, of all things, the eventual winning run scored when Don McMahon uncorked a wild pitch sending Rico Petrocelli scampering across the plate.

BOS 020 001 101 000 000 001 6 11 1

CWS 000 030 200 000 000 000 5 10 0

2B BOS Yastrzemski 2(27)

HR BOS Andrews 3 (9th off Locker)

CWS Hansen 2 (14( 4th off Santiago, 7th off Santiago)

RBI BOS Andrews 31 Adair 37 Scott 71 Petrocelli 74 Ryan 21

CWS Hansen 5(64)

SB CWS Agee 17 McCraw 14

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Santiago 7 5 2 1 5 5 5 29 51

Peters 7 8 0 4 4 4 4 30 47

WP Brandon 7-4 5.22 LP McMahon 5-5 1.72

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 2 .. Scott walked. R. Smith singled. Petrocelli singled scoring a run. G. Thomas grounded out advancing the runners. Ryan sac fly scoring a run. BOS 2 CWS 0

BOTTOM 5 .. McCraw walked. Josephson walked. Hansen homered scoring three runs. BOS 2 CWS 3

TOP 6 .. Yastrzemski doubled. Scott singled scoring a run. BOS 3 CWS 3

TOP 7 .. Ryan sInglewood. Tartabull pinch ran. Santiago sac bunt. Adair singled scoring a run. BOS 4 CWS 3

BOTTOM 7 .. Josephson singled. Hansen homered scoring two runs. BOS 4 CWS 5

TOP 9 .. Andrews homered BOS 5 CWS 5

TOP 18 .. Petrocelli reached on an error. Foy walked. E. Howard sac bunt. J. Landis intentionally walked. McMahon wild pitch scoring a run. BOS 6 CWS 5

NOTES: Four games weren’t enough for these beasts so the went overtime for the length of another 9 innings. Darrell Brandon went 5 innings to get the win. Mike Andrews homered in both games of the twin bill, the one in this game tied it up in the 9th. He then struck out his next 4 at bats. Speaking of K’s, Rico Petrocelli now has whiffed in 12 straight games. Ron Hansen had all the Chisox RBIs. Ron also homered three times in the double dip. Rocky Colavito went 0-20 in the last two series versus the Red Sox. Don Buford had a rough week, going 4-39 for a meager .103 batting average

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-8 HR RBI

BOSTON (79-46) @ CHICAGO (82-44) game 1

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11Y (15-6 2.73) 5R (1-3 6.05)

A quiet game for three innings until Reggie Smith found the right field porch chasing home two before himself to give the Red Sox a lead they would not relinquish. Gary Bell pitched into the 7th registering his 16th win overall, number 11 with Boston.

BOS 000 301 011 6 8 2

CWS 000 100 101 3 6 0

2B BOS Andrews 24

CWS Wa. Williams 10

3B BOS Scott 6

HR BOS Smith 12 (4th off Klages) Yastrzemski 49 (8th off Locker) Andrews 2 (9th off Locker)

CWS Hansen 12 (9th off Wyatt)

RBI BOS R. Smith 4(58) Yastrzemski 117 Andrews 30

CWS Ward 80 Hansen 59 Wa. Williams 19

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Bell 6.2 4 1 1 6 2 2 27 63

Klages 5 3 1 2 0 3 3 20 50

WP Bell 16-6 2.73 LP Klages 1-4 5.94 SV Wyatt 20

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 4 .. Yastrzemski walked. Scott singled. R. Smith homered scoring three runs. BOS 3 CWS 0

BOTTOM 4 .. Ward homered. BOS 3 CWS 1

TOP 6 .. Scott tripled. R. Smith sac fly scoring a run. BOS 4 CWS 1

BOTTOM 7 .. Hansen singled. Walt Williams doubled scoring a run. BOS 4 CWS 2

TOP 8 .. Yastrzemski homered. BOS 5 CWS 2

TOP 9 .. Andrews homered BOS 6 CWS 2

BOTTOM 9 .. Hansen homered. BOS 6 CWS 3

NOTES: Lead back down to a game and a half, this great prize fight moving into the later rounds. Big game for rookie Reggie Smith who has picked up the slack for fallen comrade Tony C. Yaz continues on his triple crown pace. Mike Andrews leads the team in doubles with 24. Rico Petrocelli in slumping badly in August, batting a paltry .150. Ron Hansen hit his first homer in a month.

MINNESOTA (69-59) @ CLEVELAND (69-60)

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13YZ (10-5 2.84) 14XY (13-7 2.75)

The home club scratched out a run in the 1st then the flood gates opened against Jim Merritt in the 4th highlighted by a homer by Tony Horton. The Indians continued to bludgeon the Minnesota relief corps, adding another 5 runs to cap a convincing 10-1 win.

MIN 000 001 000 1 5 0

CLE 100 403 02x 10 14 2

2B MIN Oliva 18

CLE Salmon 9

3B CLE L. Brown 3

HR CLE T. Horton 11 (4th off Merritt)

RBI MIN Killebrew 91

CLE T. Horton 3(38) Wagner 2(32) L. Brown 2(32) Hinton 40 Alvis 51 Tiant 9

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Merritt 4 7 1 0 4 5 5 19 32

Tiant 8 5 0 0 11 1 0 31 81

WP Tiant 14-7 2.62 Merritt 10-6 3.06

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Hintom singled. Alvis singled putting runners on the corners. T. Horton sac fly scoring a run. MIN 0 CLE 1

BOTTOM 4 .. Alvis singled. T. Horton homered. Salmon doubled. L. Brown tripled scoring a run. Tiant singled scoring a run. MIN 0 CLE 5

TOP 6 .. Tovar reached on an error and advanced on a groundout. Killebrew singled scoring a run. MIN 1 CLE 5

BOTTOM 6 .. Azcue singled. Salmon singled. L. Brown singled scoring a run. Tiant singled loading the bases. Wagner singled scoring two runs. MIN 1 CLE 8

BOTTOM 8 .. Salmon walked. Tiant singled. Hinton singled scoring a run. Wagner walked loading the bases. Alvis sac fly scoring a run. MIN 1 CLE 10

NOTE: The Indians sent the Twins to their 9th loss in the last 10 games, capping a truly awful month of August in which the Minnesota club fell out of the pennant race. In the prochess, the Indians leapfrogged them into 4th place. With Luis Tiant going 3-4, the Indians pitchers had quite a hitting week, going 8-19 (.421) forbthe week, spearheaded by Looie Tiant going 4-6 and Steve Hargan 3-6. Speaking of Tiant, he registered his 12th game of 10 or more whiffs. On the Twins side, Cesar Tovar is mired in a 1-30 slump.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Triple 2 RBIs

NEW YORK (49-78) @ WASHINGTON (44-84)

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8Z (9-7 2.80) 11Z (10-10 2.61)

The Bronx Bombers flexed their muscles as Mickey Mantle and Roy White went deep off Phil Ortega and then left the rest to crafty left hander Fritz Peterson who spun a dandy, allowing 4 base runners in tossing a complete game shutout.

NYY 120 000 000 3 5 2

WAS 000 000 000 0 3 1

2B NYY C. Smith 9

HR NYY Mantle 14 (1st off Ortega) R. White 2 (2nd off Ortega)

RBI NYY Mantle 50 R. White 12

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

F. Peterson 9 3 0 1 8 0 0 32 88

Ortega 7 4 2 2 4 3 3 27 59

WP F. Peterson 10-7 2.65 LP Ortega 10-11 2.69

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Mantle homered NYY 1 WAS 0

TOP 2 .. Gibbs walked. R. White homered scoring two runs. NYY 3 WAS 0

NOTES: Fritz Peterson tossed his team leading third shutouts and also snagged his 10th win, also tops on the Yanks. Bill Robinson filled in admirably for Joe Pepitone, riding a six game hit streak, going 10-32 .313 with a homer and 5 RBIs. Tom Tresh saw his 6 gamer end.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 HR 2 RBIs

DETROIT (74-53) @ KANSAS CITY (51-76)

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13Y (16-8 3.17) 13Y (13-11 2.41)

The Athletics jumped on Earl Wilson early, scoring three runs in the first two innings. Earl Himself capped off the tying rally, slapping a two run single. Jim Northrup chased Catfish Hunter the very next inning with a bases clearing double as the Tigers snag a game in the series.

DET 000 331 000 7 9 0

KCA 210 000 000 3 7 0

2B DET Northrup 14

KCA Nossek 6 Hunter 6

3B KCA D. Green 5

RBI DET Northrup 3(49) Wilson 2(8) Freehan 39 Kaline 69

KCA Donaldson 14 D. Green 33 Roof 37

SB DET Kaline 6

KCA Campaneris 39

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Wilson 6 6 0 4 3 3 3 28 46

Hunter 4.1 6 0 6 2 6 6 24 11

WP Wilson 27-8 3.21 Hunter 13-12 2.62 SV Gladding 17

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Campaneris singled and stole second. Donaldson singled scoring a run. D. Green tripled scoring a run. DET 0 KCA 2

BOTTOM 2 .. Nossek doubled. Roof singled scoring a run. DET 0 KCA 3

TOP 4 .. Kaline walked. Northrup walked. Freehan singled scoring a run. Oyler walked. Wilson singled scoring two runs. DET 3 KCA 3

TOP 5 .. Cash singled. Kaline singled moving Cash to third. Matthews walked. Northrup doubled scoring three runs. DET 6 KCA 3

TOP 6 .. L. Green singled. Cash singled. McAuliffe walked. Kaline walked scoring a run. DET 7 KCA 3

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 Double 3 RBIs

BOSTON (79-45) @ CHICAGO (81-44)

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4Y (1-0 0.00) 17Z (17-4 1.88)

Carl Yastrzemski erased a 1-0 Chisox lead with his 48th homer putting the Bosox ahead by a run. But the Red Sox defense betrayed Dan Osinski as two errors lead to three unearned runs and ultimately provided the winning runs.

BOS 000 002 000 2 5 2

CWS 001 003 00x 4 9 0

2B CWS Josephson 4

HR BOS Yastrzemski 48 ( 6th off Horlen)

RBI BOS Yastrzemski 115

CWS Berry 40 Alomar 1

SB CWS Alomar 2(2) Buford 28

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Stephenson 5 6 0 1 5 1 1 22 55

Horlen 6 5 1 0 4 2 2 22 58

WP Horlen 18-4 1.92 LP Osinski 2-2 2.17 SV Wilhelm 17

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 3 .. Alomar singled and stole second. Berry singled scoring a run. BOS 0 CWS 1

TOP 6 .. Tartabull singled. Yastrzemski homered scoring two runs. BOS 2 CWS 1

BOTTOM 6 .. Boyer reached on an error. Josephson singled. Alomar singled scoring a run with Josephson advancing to third. Alomar stole second. Smokey Burgess pinch hit and reached on an error scoring two runs. BOS 2 CWS 4

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 RBI 2 SB

MINNESOTA (69-58) @ CLEVELAND (68-60)

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11XZ (11-10 3.05) 14Y (15-6 1.68)

The second batter in the bottom of the 1st and the game was over. Daddy Wags, Leon Wagner punished Jim Kaat for a mistake curveball and that long ball proved to be the only run of the game. The Indians never threatened again. The Twins had several chances to tie or take the lead, the best being the 8th when they left the sacks full. But Steve Hargan proved to be too much this day, ensuring only one run would be needed.

MIN 000 000 000 0 2 1

CLE 100 000 000 1 4 2

2B MIN Uhlaender 11

HR CLE Wagner 12 (1st off Kaat)

RBI CLE Wagner 30

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SP R ER BF GSC

Kaat 7 3 1 0 7 1 1 25 78

Hargan 9 2 0 4 4 0 0 34 83

WP Hargan 16-6 1.60 LP Kaat 11-11 2.99

SCORING PLAY:

TOP 1 .. Wagner homered MIN 0 CLE 1

NOTES: Cleveland moved within a 1/2 game of the 4th place Twins. Steve Hargan reduced his league leading ERA TO 1.60. Tough luck loser, Jim Kaat, now has dropped 5 of his last 6 decisions

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 HR RBI

CALIFORNIA (56-70) @ BALTIMORE (59-66)

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13Y (11-6 3.07) 13XW (12-12 3.57)

Don Mincher blasted a two run homer in the 7th to erase an early 1-0 lead of the Orioles. But Pete Cimino could not hold on, Brooks Robby tying it up. Russ Snyder plated the eventual winning run giving the Duke to the home team.

CAL 000 000 200 2 5 1

BAL 000 100 11x 3 9 0

2B BAL F. Robinson 2(22) Haney 9

HR CAL Mincher 20 (7th off Phoebus)

RBI CAL Mincher 2(62)

BAL Aparicio 30 Snyder 29 B. Robinson 63

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

McGlothlin 5 4 0 6 2 1 0 25 53

Phoebus 8 5 1 0 7 2 2 29 61

WP Phoebus 13-12 3.51 LP Weaver 1-1 7.89 SV S. Miller 4

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 4 .. Roznovsky reached on an error. Phoebus sac bunt. Aparicio singled scoring a run. CAL 0 BAL 1

TOP 7 .. J. Hall singled. Mincher homered scoring two runs. CAL 2 BAL 1

BOTTOM 7 .. F. Robinson doubled. Br. Robinson singled scoring a run. CAL 2 BAL 2

BOTTOM 8 .. Haney doubled. Snyder singled scoring a run. CAL 2 BAL 3

NOTES: First run Pete Cimino allowed since July 8. Don Mincher topped the 20 home run mark for the third time in his career.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-5 2 Doubles

NEW YORK (48-78) @ WASHINGTON (44-83)

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7YW (7-15 4.09) 9YZ (5-12 4.20)

Yanks jumped all over Camilio Pascual, plating three while batting around. The Senators didn’t quit, scratching back to even on the back of Cap Peterson and Kenny McMullen. But Mgr. Gil Hodges trusted his veteran righthander too much, ultimately leaving him in one batter too long as pinch hitter Steve Whitaker took him deep proving the winning cushion for the Bronx Bombers.

NYY 300 003 000 6 9 0

WAS 002 100 000 3 8 1

2B NYY R. White 4

WAS F. Howard 17

3B WAS Epstein 2

HR NYY Whitaker 11 (6th off Pascual)

WAS C. Peterson 8 (3rd off Barber)

RBI NYY Whitaker 3(51) R. White 2(10) Bi. Robinson 30

WAS C. Peterson 27 McMullen 52

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Barber 5 7 1 2 7 3 3 24 44

Pascual 6 9 1 1 4 6 6 28 33

WP Barber 8-15 4.13 LP Pascual 5-13 4.20 SV Monbouquette 2

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 3 .. Tresh singled. Mantle singled. Bi. Robinson singled scoring a run. R. White doubled scoring two runs. NYY 3 WAS 0

BOTTOM 3 .. F. Howard doubled. C. Peterson homered scoring two runs. NYY 3 WAS 2

BOTTOM 4 .. Pascual singled and moved to second on a groundout. McMullen singled scoring a run. NYY 3 WAS 3

TOP 6 .. R. White singled. Gibbs singled. Whitaker homered scoring three runs. NYY 3 WAS 6

NOTES: Steve Whitaker regained the team lead in RBIs over the Mick. Tom Tresh has a modest 6 game hit streak and Bill Robinson has a 5 gamer. Bill Monbouquette came to Steve Barber’s rescue, hurling 4 shutout innings in preserving the win. The only hit belonged to Mike Epstein who tripled but foolishly tried to score on a medium fly to right, gunned down by Roy White.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-1 HR 3 RBIs

BOSTON (78-45) @ CHICAGO (81-43) game 2

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11Z (11-3 1.77) 17YZ (0-0 0.00)

Game two if the double dip turned out fantastic also. Both hurlers tossed goose eggs through 6 innings. Stange allowed just a single and Cisco Carlos, making his major league debut 20 of 21 flirting with a no hitter as the only runner reached on an error. Top 7, the presumed league MVP sent one into the upper deck in right for the first Red Sox hit and not much after getting a new ball from home plate umpire Nestor Chylak, the Boomer matched Yaz’s feat. And that was all there was!

BOS 000 000 200 2 2 0

CWS 000 000 000 0 2 0

HR BOS Yastrzemski 47 (7th off Carlos) Scott 16 (7th off Carlos)

RBI BOS Yastrzemski 113 Scott 70

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Stange 9 2 0 2 3 0 0 31 84

Carlos 7 2 2 0 4 2 2 24 68

WP Stange 12-3 1.67 Carlos 0-1 2.57

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 7 .. Yastrzemski homered. Scott homered BOS 2 CWS 0

NOTES: Both pitchers surrendered only 2 hits, unfortunately Cisco Carlos’s left the yard. With his 3rd shutout, Lee Stange returns to 2nd p,ace in the ERA race. The Chicago lead is back to 11/2 games

STAR(s) OF THE GAME HR RBI

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