BOSTON (78-44) @ CHICAGO (80-43) game 1

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14X (19-7 2.25) 16X (16-5 2.34)

Two of the premier pitchers in the Junior Circuit face off and did not disappoint as they went at it like two heavyweight prizefighters. Jim Landis, recently plucked from the waiver wire, endeared himself to the Hub faithful with a big fly off former teammate Gary Peters. Pete Ward responded in the last of the 4th putting the Windy City boys ahead. The BOSOX chased Peters from the contest in the 8th as they surged ahead only for Jim Lonborg to run out of gas and surrender the lead that converted into a Pale Hose victory.

BOS 000 100 020 3 6 0

CWS 000 200 02x 4 6 0

2B BOS Petrocelli 19

CWS Martin 16

HR BOS Landis 1 (4th off Peters)

CWS Ward 26 (4th off Lonborg)

RBI BOS J. Landis 4 Petrocelli 73 Lonborg 4

CWS Ward 2(79) Causey 24 Martin 30

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Lonborg 8 6 1 1 8 4 4 31 61

Peters 7 5 1 2 3 3 3 26 57

WP Locker 8-2 1.92 LP Lonborg 19-7 2.33

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 4 .. J. Landis homered BOS 1 CWS 0

BOTTOM 4 .. Causey doubled. Ward homered scoring two runs. BOS 1 CWS 2

TOP 8 .. E. Howard singled. Tartabull pinch ran. Petrocelli doubled scoring a run. Andrews infield single. Locker replaced Peters. Lonborg singled scoring a run. BOS 3 CWS 2

BOTTOM 8 .. Hansen. Alomar pinch ran. Martin doubled scoring a run. Causey doubled scoring a run. BOS 3 CWS 4

NOTES: The Chisox deprived Lonborg of gaining his 20th victory. The home club also stretched their lead over the chasing Six to 2.5 games. Pete Ward continues to exceed expectations smacking his 26th round trippers. Gary Peters held Yaz hitless and Bob Locker “unintentionally walked the Boston beast in his final at bat to extend his hitting streak with ended at 11. Red Sox almost had a third run in their 8th inning rally but Jerry Adair’s fly to right wasn’t deep enough and Mike Andrews was gunned down at the plate by the rocket arm of Ken Berry.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 2 Doubles RBI

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MINNESOTA (68-58) @ CLEVELAND (68-59) game 2

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4Z (7-4 3.13) 11XY (2-1 2.35)

The Twins put up a two spot in the 1st then added another in the third. Cleveland rallied to tie the game by the 5th on the bats of Mac Alvis and Leon Wagner. The teams traded runs in the 6th before the Twins nicked Orlando Pena for a pair and finally putting to rest their long losing streak.

MIN 201 001 020 6 11 0

CLE 000 121 000 4 9 1

2B MIN Carew 14 Uhlaender 10

CLE Hinton 13

HR CLE Alvis 18 (4th off Grant)

RBI MIN Uhlaender 3(30) Carew 46 Valdespino 3 Izquierdo 1

CLE Wagner 2(29) Alvis 50 L. Brown 30

SB CLE Fuller 3

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Grant 5 7 1 0 4 3 3 22 45

S. Williams 6 10 0 1 6 4 3 29 57

WP Worthington 4-9 2.54 LP Pena 1-7 3.80

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 1 .. Carew doubled. Uhlaender singled scoring a run. Tovar reached on an error. Valdespino singled scoring a run. MIN 2 CLE 0

TOP 3 .. Oliva singled. Valdespino walked. Izquierdo singled scoring a run. MIN 3 CLE 0

BOTTOM 4 .. Alvis homered. MIN 3 CLE 1

BOTTOM 5 .. S. Williams singled. Hinton doubled. Wagner singled scoring two runs. MIN 3 CLE 3

TOP 6 .. Hernandez singled. Allison singled. Carew singled scoring a run. MIN 4 CLE 3

BOTTOM 6 .. Alvis singled. Fuller singled putting runners on the corners. Fuller stole second. Infield back, L. Brown ground out scoring a run. MIN 4 CLE 4

TOP 8 .. Nixon pinch hit and walked. Versalles pinch ran. Allison walked. Uhlaender doubled scoring two runs. MIN 6 CLE 4

NOTES: Twins finally win a game and keep their precarious hold on 4th place.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-5 Double 3 RBIs

MINNESOTA (68-57) @ CLEVELAND (67-59) game 1

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13YZ (13-10 2.62) 15Y (12-8 1.71)

A nip and tuck contest going into the 7th when Rich Reese pinch hit a single to give the slumping Twins a slim lead. Bottom 7, Dean Chance left one over the plate and Max Alvis made no mistake putting the Indians up by one to which they held on the snag the opening fame of the doubleheader and series.

MIN 000 100 100 2 5 1

CLE 000 010 20x 3 6 1

2B MIN Oliva 17

HR MIN Killebrew 35 (4th off Siebert)

CLE Alvis 17 (7th off Chance)

RBI MIN Killebrew 90 Reese 16

CLE Alvis 2(49) Azcue 25

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Chance 8 6 1 0 7 3 2 30 67

Siebert 7 4 1 2 7 2 2 27 66

WP Siebert 13-8 1.75 LP Chance 13-11 2.61 SV Pena 5

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 4 .. Killebrew homered MIN 1 CLE 0

BOTTOM 5 .. T. Horton reached on a two base error. Azcue singled scoring a run. MIN 1 CLE 1

TOP 7 .. Oliva singled. Killebrew singled. Reese singled scoring a run. MIN 2 CLE 1

BOTTOM 7 .. Hinton singled. Alvis homered scoring two runs. MIN 2 CLE 3

NOTES: First start for Sonny Siebert since August 1 after a team sabotaged relief stint. With his strong start, Sonny moved into second in the ERA race, just trailing teammate Steve Hargan. Max Alvis leads the Tribe in homers and RBJs. Six straight losses for the Twins and three losses in a row for Dean Chance. Harmon Killebrew has homered on 3 straight games and is second in the league in dingers, trailing Carl Yastrzemski by 10. He is also 2nd in RBIs

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 HR 2 RBIs

NEW YORK (48-77) @ WASHINGTON (43-83) game 2

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9Z (0-8 5.66) 4 (2-3 4.60)

The Yankees put up single runs in the first two innings as they look to square the evening twi-light doubleheader. The Sens brought it back to a deadlock leading into the last of the 9th where Dick Nen hung a defeat on all star reliever Dooley Womack.

NYY 110 000 000 2 9 0

WAS 001 000 101 3 5 2

2B NYY Bi. Robinson 7 Hegan 2

HR WAS Camilli 4 (7th off Verbanic)

RBI NYY Whitaker 48 Amaro 15

WAS Saverine 6 Camilli 10 Nen 7

SB WAS Stroud 10 Valentine 15

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Verbanic 6.1 7 1 2 1 2 2 27 50

Humphreys 5 7 0 0 4 2 2 23 49

WP Cox 3-5 2.56 LP Womack 5-4 1.94

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Clarke singled and advanced on a groundout. Whitaker singled scoring a run. NYY 1 WAS 0

TOP 2 .. Hegan doubled. Amaro singled scoring a run. NYY 2 WAS 0

BOTTOM 3 .. Cullen singled and advanced on a groundout. Saverine singled scoring a run. NYY 2 WAS 1

BOTTOM 7 .. Camilli homered. NYY 2 WAS 2

BOTTOM 9 .. Cullen walked. Camilli singled. Valentine walked. Nen singled scoring a run. NYY 2 WAS 3

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-1 RBI

NEW YORK (48-76) @ WASHINGTON (42-83) game 1

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13 (8-15 3.67) 13YW (4-6 4.46)

The senators nicked Yankee starter Mel Stottlemyre for a pair of tallies the added the difference maker in the 6th. The Bronx Bombers justified their moniker with two solo blasts but it was not enough to prevent losing the opener of the series

NYY 000 001 100 2 6 0

WAS 000 201 00x 3 4 2

2B WAS Saverine 12

HR NYY Bi. Robinson 10 (6th off Bertaina) Clarke 4 (7th off Knowles)

RBI NYY Bi. Robinson 29 Clarke 34

WAS McMullen 51 Epstein 37 Stroud 17

SB WAS Stroud 9

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Stottlemyre 6 4 1 3 3 3 3 23 54

Bertaina 5.1 4 1 2 5 1 1 23 59

WP Bertaina 5-6 4.28 LP Stottlemyre 8-16 3.70 SV Baldwin 16

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 4 .. Saverine walked and advanced on a groundout. McMullen singled scoring a run. Peterson singled putting runners on the corners. Epstein sac fly scoring a run. NYY 0 WAS 2

TOP 6 .. Bi. Robinson homered NYY 1 WAS 2

BOTTOM 6 .. Saverine doubled. Stroud singled scoring a run. NYY 1 WAS 3

TOP 7 .. Clarke homered NYY 2 WAS 3

NOTES: The Nats made the most of their four hits Darrell Knowles gave up his first run in 15 innings in August. Horace Clarke has an 8 game hit streak. Mel Stottlemyre is on pace to lose 20 games for the second time in 3 seasons.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 Double

NEW YORK (47-76) @ CHICAGO (80-41)

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11ZZ (3-2 3.75) 12YZ (17-3 3.41) SV Womack 18

The first 5 batters reached against Tommy John plating three runs. As it turns out, it would be all the Yankees would score on this day but also was all Bill Monbouquette and the Yankees would need as the Yankees took the series versus the front running White Sox.

NYY 300 000 000 3 9 1

CWS 002 000 000 2 9 1

2B CWS Hansen 21

3B NYY Tresh 5

SB NYY Clarke

CWS Agee 16 Buford 2)

RBI NYY Tresh 44 Mantle 49 R. White 8

CWS Buford 36

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Monbouquette 8 8 0 0 1 2 1 31 57

Monbouquette 8 8 0 0 1 2 1

John 6 7 0 2 2 3 3 25 46

WP Monbouquette 4-2 2.58 LP John 17-5 2.56 SV Womack 18

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 1 .. Clarke singled. Tresh tripled scoring a run. Mantle singled scoring a run. C. Smith singled. Bi. Robinson reached on an error. R. White sac fly scoring a run. NYY 3 CWS 0

BOTTOM 3 .. John singled. Agee singled. Buford singled scoring a run. Causey reached on an error scoring a run. NYY 3 CWS 2

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Triple RBH

MINNESOTA (68-56) @ DETROIT (73-52)

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13XW (9-12 3.30) 7Y (13-10 3.22)

The series finale sees the Twins trying to stave of a unique five game sweep. To that end, the Twinkies put up 4 on Denny McLain in the early innings and were poised to finally find the win column. But then the 4th inning happened and Dave Boswell made one fateful pitch to Norm Cash who made no mistake tying the game. Three innings later Jom Northrup sounded the death knell giving the Bengals the win.

MIN 022 000 000 4 9 0

DET 000 400 10x 5 9 0

2B DET Kaline 28 Freehan 12

HR MIN Killebrew 35 (2nd off McLain)

DET Cash 27 (4th off Boswell) Northrup 9 (7th off Worthington)

RBI MIN Killebrew 2(91) Oliva 2(56)

DET Cash 4(80) Northrup 56

SB MIN Tovar 15

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Boswell 5.2 7 1 4 4 4 4 29 39

McLain 4 7 1 0 5 4 4 19 37

WP Gladding 5-4 3.21 LP Worthington 3-9 2.65 SV Marshall 7

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 2 .. Oliva singled. Killebrew homered scoring two runs. MIN 2 DET 0

TOP 3 .. Carew singled. Tovar singled putting runners on the corners. Tovar stole second. Oliva singled scoring two runs. MIN 4 DET 0

BOTTOM 4 .. Freehan hit by pitch. Oyler singled. L. Green walked. Cash homered scoring four runs. MIN 4 DET 4

BOTTOM 7 .. Northrup homered. MIN 4 DET 5

NOTES: It’s being called the massacre on Michigan. Or the Thumping on Trumbull. In any event the Tigers took all 5 games. Al Jaline lead the way going 9-21 (.357) with 3 doubles and there homers.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Grand Slam 4 RBIs

CALIFORNIA (55-70) @ CLEVELAND (67-58)

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15W (6-7 2.05) 8XYW (8-14 3.92)

Sudden Sam did not seem to have it on this day as the Angels scored hung a four spot on him and the Indians after just three innings. The hone clubs scratched back with single runs, curtesy of the long ball to pull within one going into the last of the 9th. A double play saved Minnie Rojas in the 8th but the 9th Don Demeter doubled on the tying run. Top 10, Sonny Siebert came on but the Indian defense betrayed him as the committed three errors gave the Halos the overtime victory.

CAL 202 000 002 6 10 0

CLE 000 110 110 4 10 3

2B CAL Knoop 13

CLE Sims 6 Fuller 7 Demeter 9

HR CAL H. Taylor 1 (3rd off McDowell)

CLE Alvis 16 (4th off R. Clark) Maye 5 (5th off R. Clark)

RBI CAL H. Taylor 3(3) Fregosi 47

CLE Alvis 47 Maye 35 Demeter 21

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

R. Clark 6 6 2 1 3 2 2 25 54

McDowell 7 9 1 1 13 4 4 30 55

WP Rojas 7-5 2.00 LP Siebert 12-8 1.61 SV Weaver 1

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 1 .. Fregosi singled. Morton singled. Reichardt singled loading the bases. H. Taylor singled scoring two runs. CAL 2 CLE 0

TOP 3 .. Morton singled. Reichardt singled putting runners on the corners. Skowron grounded into a double play scoring a run. H. Taylor homered. CAL 4 CLE 0

BOTTOM 4 .. Alvis homered CAL 4 CLE 1

BOTTOM 5 .. Maye homered CAL 4 CLE 2

BOTTTOM 8 .. Wagner walked. t. Horton singled putting runners on the corners. Alvis hit into a double play scoring a run. CAL 4 CLE 3

BOTTOM 9 .. Fuller singled. Salmon pinch ran. Demeter doubled scoring a run. CAL 4 CLE 4

TOP 10 .. Fregosi reached on an error. Jimmie Hall singled. Reichardt reached on an error scoring a run. Rodgers reached on an error scoring a run. CAL 6 CLE 4

NOTES: Big game for newly acquired Hawk Taylor who homered and drove in three. McDowell righted himself after a rough opening, collecting 13 whiffs over 7 innings. At one point, Sudden Sam punched out 8 straight. And he added yet another 10+ strikeout game. In August, in six starts, McDowell whiffed 66 in just 44 innings.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-3 HR 3 RBIs

WASHINGTON (42-82) @ BOSTON (77-44)

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3W (0-1 1.90) 6YW (3-1 3.75)

The Red Sox jumped to an early 5-0 lead off rookie Dick Nold making his second ever start. The Nats staged a comeback as Paul Casanova doubled in three to cut the lead. But that would be as close as the visitors would get as Dave Morehead and two relievers combined to give the home club a victory.

WAS 000 300 001 4 7 1

BOS 221 100 10x 7 10 2

2B WAS Casanova 21

BOS Petrocelli 18

RBI WAS Casanova 3(44) B. Allen 24

BOS Tartabull 2(8) Yastrzemski 2(113) R. Smith 54 E. Howard 25 Andrews 29

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Nold 3 9 0 5 2 6 6 23 2

Morehead 5 3 0 2 4 3 3 20 51

WP Morehead 4-1 4.06 LP Nold 0-2 7.88

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Tartabull walked and advanced on a groundout. Yastrzemski singled scoring a run. Scott singled putting runners on the corners. R. Smith grounded into a force scoring a run. WAS 0 BOS 2

BOTTOM 2 .. Andrews walked. Morehead sac bunt. Tartabull singled scoring a run. Adair walked. Yastrzemski singled scoring a run. WAS 0 BOS 4

BOTTOM 3 .. Andrews singled. Morehead singled. Tartabull singled scoring a run. WAS 0 BOS 5

TOP 4 .. F. Howard singled. McMullen walked. Epstein walked. Casanova doubled driving in three runs. WAS 3 BOS 5

BOTTOM 4 .. Yastrzemski walked. Scott singled. R. Smith infield single. Knowles relieved Nold. E. Howard walked scoring a run. WAS 3 BOS 6

BOTTOM 7 .. E. Howard reached on an error. G. Thomas pinch ran Petrocelli doubled. Andrews sac fly. WAS 3 BOS 7

TOP 9 .. H. Allen singled. Casanova singled. Peterson reached on an error. B. WAS 4 BOS 7

NOTES: Quite the series for Yaz, going 10-21 with 2 homers and 10 RBIs. Jose Tartabull certainly seized an opportunity since Tony Conigliaro went down, going 10-22 in the five games. Rice Petrocelli’s double in the 7th broke an 0-18 skid. The Sox pitchers like to contribute, after going 19 ABs hitless, they now have a three game hit streak. Dave Morehead won his third straight start.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 2 RBIs