NEW YORK (46-76) @ CHICAGO (80-40)

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6 (2-12 4.21) 5R (1-2 5.00)

After dropping two out of three to the bottom dwelling Yankees, the Sox jumped all over former Pale Hoser Fred Talbot who scored three runs after just the first four batters, lead by a lead off homer by Tommy Agee. The Southsiders added another to take a commanding 4-0 lead. The Bronx Bombers erased that deficit in the 4th and 5th by plating 10 runs lead by Mickey Mantle renowned slugging. With his depleted bullpen, Mgr. Ralph Houk turned to Al Downing who tossed six innings in relief to secure the win.

NYY 000 550 000 10 14 0

CWS 301 000 002 6 9 1

2B NYY Bi. Robinson 6

CWS Ward 10

HR NYY Mantle 2(13 ( 4th off Klages) (5th off B. Howard))

CWS Agee 2 (14 (1st off Talbot) (9th off Downing)) Colavito 5 (8th off Downing)

RBI NYY Mantle 6(48) Tresh 2(43) Bi. Robinson 28 Downing 2

CWS Agee 2(41) Colavito 2(25) Ward 77 Causey 23

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Talbot 3 7 1 1 2 4 4 16 30

Klages 3.2 9 1 3 1 5 5 23 22

WP Downing 12-7 2.19 LP Klages 1-3 6.05

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 1 .. Agee homered. Buford singled. Ward doubled scoring a run. Colavito singled scoring a run. NYY 0 CWS 3

BOTTOM 3 .. Ward walked. Colavito singled. Causey singled. NYY 0 CWS 4

TOP 4 .. Bi. Robinson doubled. Kennedy infield single. R. White walked. Tresh singled scoring two runs. Mantle homered scoring three runs. NYY 5 CWS 4

TOP 5 .. C. Smith singled. Kennedy singled. Downing singled scoring a run. Mantle homered scoring three runs. Whitaker reached on an error. Gibbs hit by pitch. Bi. Robinson singled scoring a run. NYY 10 CWS 4

BOTTOM 9 .. Agee homered. Colavito homered. NYY 10 CWS 6

NOTES: Yankees now have taken three out of four in this series. what a game for The Mick, blasting two round trippers and driving home 6. It’s the third time he cracked two homers in a game, doing it on May 13 and June 24. Bill Robinson broke an 0-23 with a 2nd inning single, but uniquely, has driven is runs in three straight games. Only Yankee without a hit was Jake Gibbs. Tommy Agee had an interesting game, Ripping two homers but also being plunked by Downing twice. Wayne Causey hit streak has reached 11games. Don Buford broke an 0-11 with a 1st inning single.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-5 2 HR 6 RBI

MINNESOTA (68-55) @ DETROIT (72-52) game 2

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12Y (9-2 2.37) 9 (4-2 2.90)

Once again, the Bengals jumped out to an early lead and again it’s culprit was Zolio Versalles who committed another error that led to a run. And, Twins killer Al Kaline did his thing as they rallied to a 6-1 Kwai. Johnny Podres tried to give it back in the 9th but in the end, the Twins came up short dropping not only the doubleheader but have lost 4 straight.

MIN 000 001 003 4 8 2

DET 101 000 13x 6 11 2

2B MIN Carew 12

DET L. Green 8 Kaline 27 Northrup 13

HR MIN Killebrew 34 (9th off Podres)

DET Kaline 21 (8th off Roland)

RBI MIN Carew 2(45) Uhlaender 27 Killebrew 89

DET Kaline 2(68) Lumpe 2(15) W. Horton 55

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

J. Perry 6 5 0 1 5 2 1 25 60

Wickersham 5.1 4 0 0 3 1 1 20 59

WP Wickersham 5-2 2.82 LP J. Perry 9-3 2.31

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. L. Green singled. McAuliffe walked. Kaline reached on an error scoring a run. MIN 0 DET 1

BOTTOM 3 .. L. Green doubled. Kaline doubled scoring a run. MIN 0 DET 2

TOP 6 .. Hernandez singled. Carew singled. Uhlaender singled scoring a run. MIN 1 DET 2

BOTTOM 7 .. Oyler walked. P. Dobson sac bunt. W. Horton singled scoring a run. MIN 1 DET 3

BOTTOM 8 .. Kaline homered. Cash singled. Freehan singled . Runners moved up on a groundout. Lumpe singled scoring two runs. MIN 1 DET 6

TOP 9 .. Killebrew homered. Allison singled. Versalles singled. Kostro reached on an error. Carew singled scoring two runs. MIN 4 DET 6

NOTES: Al Kaline has homered in three straight games. Dave Wickersham had a fine spot start picking up the win. Harmon Killebrew broke his home run drought and still is second in the league in that category.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Double HR 2RBIS

MINNESOTA (68-54) @ DETROIT (71-52) game 1

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13YZ (10-4 2.90) 10YW (11-10 3.73)

Willie Horton homered in the bottom of the first and Al Kaline provided the difference with his 20th big fly as the Tigers now have taken the first three of this five game set on Motown.

MIN 001 001 000 2 6 3

DET 201 000 00x 3 6 0

2B MIN Allison 8 Uhlaender 9

DET Kaline 26

HR DET W. Horton 16 (1st off Merritt) Kaline 20 (3rd off Merritt)

RBI DET Carew 43 Uhlaender 26

DET W. Horton 2(54) Kaline 66

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Merritt 6 4 2 1 2 3 1 24 57

Sparma 6 5 0 3 2 2 2 25 53

WP Sparma 12-10 3.71 LP Merritt 10-5 2.85 SB Lasher 3

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. McAuliffe reached on error. W. Horton homered scoring two runs. MIN 0 DET 2

TOP 3 .. Zimmerman walked. Merritt sac bunt. Carew singled scoring a run. MIN 1 DET 2

BOTTOM 3 .. Kaline homered MIN 1 DET 3

TOP 6 .. Allison doubled. Uhlaender doubled scoring a run. MIN 2 DET 3

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 Double HR RBI

CALIFORNIA (55-69) @ CLEVELAND (66-58)

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13YW (4-6 3.55) 9YZ (5-5 2.94)

Like a heavyweight title prize fight, the Angels and Indians jabbed at each other. Jose Cardinal inflicted the first blow with a 3rd inning homer but Jack Hamilton gave it back the very next inning. The Tribe held in to the razor thin lead until Orlanda Pena blew it, Rick Reichardt driving in the tying run. From there, the two teams played deep into the night before Lee Maye doubled in the winning run in the bottom of the 17th.

CAL 001 000 010 000 000 00 2 12 0

CLE 000 200 000 000 000 01 3 12 0

2B CAL Held 8

CLE Davalillo 15 Sims 5 L. Brown 12

HR CAL Cardenal 8 (3rd off O’Donoghue)

RBI CAL Cardenal 37 Reichardt 35

CLE T. Horton 35 Sims 22 Maye 24

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSA

J. Hamilton 6 4 0 1 3 2 2 23 58

O’Donoghue 7 4 1 0 6 1 1 26 71

WP S. Williams 2-1 2.35 LP Coates 1-2 5.97

SCORING PLAYS:

TOP 3 .. Cardenal homered CAL 1 CLE 0

BOTTOM 4 .. Davallilo singled. Wagner walked T. Horton singled scoring a run. Sims singled scoring a run. CAL 1 CLE 2

TOP 8 .. Cardenal singled. Morton singled. Reichardt singled scoring a run. CAL 2 CLE 2

BOTTOM 17 .. L. Brown singled. Maye doubled scoring a run. CAL 2 CLE 3

NOTES: It was the longest game in the American League this year so far.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Double GWRBI

KANSAS CITY (49-76) @ BALTIMORE (59-65)

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7X (12-11 2.93) 9Y (7-13 5.98)

Frank Robinson broke a 2-2 tie with a two run shot into the left field bleachers in the bottom of the 5th. But the Athletics stormed back loading the bases. Eddie Watt came on to face pinch hitter Rick Monday. The result was a grand slam and a Kaycee lead that 4 relievers managed to hold into, snagging me game so far in this series.

KCA 101 005 000 7 9 3

BAL 011 021 000 5 10 0

2B KCA Hershberger 25 Cater 15 F. Green 7

BAL D. Johnson 14 Powell 14

HR KCA Monday 22 (6th off Watt – grand slam)

BAL F. Robinson 24 (5th off Nash)

RBI KCA Monday 4(59) Gosger 18 Hershberger 2(38)

BAL F. Robinson 2(80) Aparicio 29 Br. Robinson 62 Powell 32

SB KCA Campaneris 38

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Nash 5 4 1 2 4 4 1 24 51

Richert 5 8 0 1 5 6 6 25 17

WP Nash 13-11 2.91 LP Richert 7-14 6.15 SV Krausse 2

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Campaneris singled and stole second. Hershberger doubled scoring a run. KCA 1 BAL 0

BOTTOM 2 .. D. Johnson doubled. Powell singled scoring a run. KCA 1 BAL 1

TOP 3 .. Donaldson tripled. Hershberger singled scoring a run. KCA 2 BAL 1

BOTTOM 3 .. Aparicio reached on an error. Snyder walked. Blefary infield single. Br. Robinson grounded into a force scoring a run. KCA 2 BAL 2

BOTTOM 5 .. Aparicio reached on an error. F. Robinson homered scoring two runs. KCA 2 BAL 4

TOP 6 .. Cater doubled. Webster hit by pitch. Green infield single. Gosger walked forcing in a run. Monday homered scoring four runs. KCA 7 BAL 4

BOTTOM 6 .. Powell doubled. Aparicio singled scoring a run. KCA 7 BAL 5

NOTES: After mounting their big comeback, Bill Stafford did his best to give back the lead. A single and two walks loaded the bases and Tony Pierce relieved to face Boog Powell. One pitch and powell sharply lined into a triple play! Mike Hershberger had a great series, going 7-11 with three two-baggers and 4 RBIs. Bert Campaneris stole 4 bags in the series boosting his league leading number to 3’. Phil Roof could only hit air in this one, wearing the golden sombrero and whiffing four times. It’s either feast or famine as Kansas City has a pair with 10+ wins and four with 10+ losses.

STAR OF THE GAME: GRAND SLAM!

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WASHINGTON (41-72) @ BOSTON (77-43)

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6Z (2-3 3.21) 8Y (4-6 2.76)

The Besntowners came out of the gate fast and furious putting up four runs in the opening innings. The Sox were still up 6-2 after a George Scott blast. But the team from our Nations capital managed to tie the game in the 7th. The home club pulled back ahead only for Johnny Wyatt to blow inning the 9th. The relief corps failed again in extras as the Nats snatched a victory away from Boston.

WAS 000 112 202 01 9 17 6

BOS 220 020 110 00 8 10 1

2B WAS Valentine 10 Casanova 20 Cullen 7

BOS Scott 23

3B WAS Stroud 7

HR BOS Santiago 1 Scott 15

RBI WAS Valentine 2(25) Cullen 3(16) Saverine 5 McMullen 50 Casanova 41 H. Allen 18

BOS Scott 4(69) Santiago 2(2) Yastrzemski 111 Foy

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Priddy 5 5 2 0 3 6 3 23 42

Santiago 6 8 0 1 9 4 4 29 48

WP Lines 3-1 2.10 Lyle 1-3 2.11

SCORING PLAYS:

BOTTOM 1 .. Tartabull singled. Yastrzemski singled. Scott doubled scoring two runs. WAS 0 BOS 2

BOTTOM 2 .. Andrew)s reached on an error. Santiago homered scoring two runs. WAS 0 BOS 4

TOP 4 .. Epstein singled. C. Peterson hit by pitch. Valentine single scoring a run. WAS 1 BOS 4

TOP 5 .. Stroud tripled. McMullen singled scoring a run. WAS 2 BOS 4

BOTTOM 5 .. Yastrzemski singled. Scott homered scoring two runs. WAS 2 BOS 6

TOP 6 .. Casanova singled. Cullen doubled scoring a run. Saverine singled scoring a run. WAS 4 BOS 6

TOP 7 .. Epstein hit by pitch. Valentine doubled scoring a run. Casanova singled scoring a run. WAS 6 BOS 6

BOTTOM 7 .. Tartabull singled. Adair singled putting runners on the corners. Yastrzemski grounded into a force scoring a run. WAS 6 BOS 7

BOTTOM 8 .. E. Howard reached on an error. Jones singled putting runners on the corners. Foy sac fly scoring a run. WAS 6 BOS 8

TOP 9 .. Valentine singled. Casanova singled. Runners advanced on a passed ball. Cullen singled scoring two runs. WAS 8 BOS 8

TOP 11 .. Valentine singled. Casanova singled. H. Allen singled scoring a run. WAS 9 BOS 8

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-6 Double 3RBI

NEW YORK (45-76) @ CHICAGO (80-39) game2

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8Z (8-7 2.79) 17Z (17-3 1.73)

Scoreless game through 4 innings, the fifth started with light hitting Mike Hegan singling off Joe Horlen, a walk, stolen base and passed ball set up Tom TRESH to knock in two and Jake Gibbs surprised the Sox hurler with a two run blast. The Southsiders cut the lead in half but it would be as close as they would get as Fritz Peterson and two relievers locked up the nightcap.

NYY 000 040 021 7 11 0

CWS 000 020 020 4 6 0

2B NYY Gibbs 7

CWS Agee 19

HR NYY Gibbs 4 (5th off Horlen) C. Smith 7 (8th off Buzhardt)

CWS Boyer 1 (8th off Verbanic)

RBI NYY Tresh 2(41) Gibbs 2(28) C. Smith 26 Kennedy 7

CWS Boyer 2(3) Causey 22 Wa. Williams 18

SB NYY Hegan 2(6)

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

F. Peterson 6 4 0 2 0 2 2 23 54

Horlen 5 5 1 2 6 4 4 22 44

WP F. Peterson 9-7 2.80 LP Horlen 17-4 1.88

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 5 .. Hegan singled and stole second. F. Peterson walked. McNertney passed ball . Tresh singled scoring two runs. Gibbs homered scoring two runs. NYY 4 CWS 0

BOTTOM 5 .. Agee doubled. Causey singled scoring a run. Hansen singled. Wa. Williams singled scoring a run. NYY 4 CWS 2

TOP 8 .. C. Smith homered. Hegan singled and stole second. Kennedy singled scoring a run. NYY 6 CWS 2

BOTTOM 8 .. Ward walked. Boyer homered scoring two runs. NYY 6 CWS 4

TOP 9 .. Gibbs doubled. Whitaker reached on an error. Bi. Robinson sac fly scoring a run. NYY 7 CWS 4

NOTES: Tom Tresh is resembling himself more so in August doubling his season RBI total. Mine Hegan filled in admirably for the resting Mantle picking up two hits. Wayne Causey upped his hitting streak to 10. Ken Boyer cracked his first American League homer. Joe Horlen had his worst start in two months.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 Double HR 2 RBIs

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NEW YORK (45-75) @ CHICAGO (79-39) game1

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7YW (7-14 3.89) 10Z (5-4 3.33)

After dropping the opener of the series, the Pale Hose took out their aggression on Steve Barber and jim Bouton, registering 7 runs before the Yanks could come up for air. Unlikely heroes Rocky Colavito and Jerry McNertney led the hit parade and Wilbur Wood held the Pinstripers at bay evening the series at a game apiece.

NYY 000 100 000 1 6 1

CWS 232 010 00x 8 10 0

2B CWS McNertney 5

HR CWS Colavito 4 (1st off Barber) McNertney 2 (2nd off Barber)

RBI NYY Bi. Robinson 26

CWS McNertney 5(13) Colavito 2(23) Causey 21

SB CWS Agee 14

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Barber 2 3 2 2 2 5 4 11 32

W. Wood 6 6 0 0 2 1 1 23 64

WP W. Wood 6-4 3.11 LP Barber 7-15 4.09 SV Wilhelm (17)

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Ward walked. Colavito homered scoring two runs. NYY 0 CWS 2

BOTTOM 2 .. Hansen reached on an error. Causey singled. McNertney homered scoring three runs. NYY 0 CWS 5

BOTTOM 3 .. Colavito singled. Agee singled. McNertney doubled scoring two runs. NYY 0 CWS 7

TOP 4 .. Tresh singled. Mantle singled putting runners on the corners. Bi. Robinson sac fly scoring a run. NYY 1 CWS 7

BOTTOM 5 .. Colavito singled. Hansen walked. Causey singled scoring a run. NYY 1 CWS 8

NOTES: career game for spare catcher Jerry McNertney. Rocky Colavito hit his first White Sox homer. Wayne Causey has a 9 game hitting streak. Steve Barber’s Yankee record dropped to 2-7.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 Double HR 5 RBIs

MINNESOTA (68-53) @ DETROIT (70-52) game 2

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11XZ (11-9 3.02) 12X (12-4 2.01’

The Bengals jumped on Jim Kaat in the very first inning, plating a pair. Al Kaline and Willie Horton then went yard giving Mickey Lolich all he needed to ensure a sweep of the doubleheader. Jim Allison got the Twins within reach with a blast of his own but again the visitors fell short.

MIN 000 002 000 2 4 0

DET 200 010 02x 5 7 1

2B DET Freehan 11 Oyler 19

3B DET Oyler 2

HR MIN Allison 21 (6th off Lolich)

DET Kaline 25 (5th off Kaat) Horton 15 (8th off Boswell)

RBI MIN Allison 2(60)

DET W. Horton 2(52) Kaline 65 Freehan 38 Oyler 32

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Kaat 6.1 5 1 3 7 3 3 29 53

Lolich 7 3 1 1 8 2 2 27 70

WP Lolich 13-4 2.04 LP Kaat 11-10 3.05 SV Lasher 2

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. Stanley singled. Kaline singled. W. Horton sac fly scoring a run. Freehan doubled scoring a run. MIN 0 DET 2

BOTTOM 5 .. Kaline homered MIN 0 DET 3

TOP 6 .. Tovar hit by pitch. Allison homered scoring two runs. MIN 2 DET 3

BOTTOM 8 .. W. Horton homered. Freehan walked. Oyler tripled scoring a run. MIN 2 DET 5

NOTES: Mickey Lolich came back from his military stint with guns ablazing. He has won all three of his starts giving up only 3 earned runs over that span. Fred Lasher, recently recalled, picked up another save. Jim Allison continues his scorching August, trying his best to carry the Twins on his back. Rod Carew played her first game since August 4.

STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 Double Triple RBI

MINNESOTA (68-52) @ DETROIT (69-52)

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13YZ (13-9 2.58) 13Y (15-8 3.25)

Norm Cash opened the scoring in this battle between two teams in chase of the Sox. The pitching duel continued thru the 8th when Russ Nixon reached the overhang in right off Earl Wilson to tie the score. But Dean Chance could not keep the contest knotted allowing the Tigers to draw first blood in this 5 game set.

MIN 000 000 011 2 3 0

DET 000 100 02x 3 6 0

2B MIN Killebrew 18

DET Matthews 1 Northrup 12

HR MIN Nixon 2 (8th off Wilson)

DET Cash 26 (4th off Chance)

RBI MIN Killebrew 88 Nixon 5

DET Matthews 1 Cash 76 Northrup 45

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Chance 7.1 5 1 3 12 3 3 30 65

Wilson 8 2 1 3 5 1 1 28 72

WP Wilson 16-8 3.15 LP Chance 13-10 2.62 SV Marshall 6

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 4 .. Cash homered MIN 0 DET 1

TOP 8 .. Nixon homered MIN 1 DET 1

BOTTOM 8 .. L. Green walked. Matthews doubled scoring a run. Northrup doubled scoring a run. MIN 1 DET 3

TOP 9 .. Oliva walked. Killebrew doubled scoring a run. MIN 2 DET 3

NOTES: Eddie Matthews collected his first Tiger hit and first American League RBI. Minnesota hitting woes continue as they could only manage three knocks against Earl Wilson and Mike Marshall.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 Double RBI