CLEVELAND (76-62) @ MINNESOTA (72-65)

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14XY (15-7 2.49) 13XW (10-12 3.27)

The Cuban Assassin himself, Luis Tiant got things rolling by crushing a two run blast that was later duplicated by Max Alvis. By the time they were done with Dave Boswell, the Tribe lead 6-1. They added three more while cruising to a distinctive 9-3 victory.

CLE 002 002 212 9 15 0

MIN 000 100 101 3 7 0

2B CLE Hinton 20 Fuller 8

MIN Oliva 20 Carew 16

HR CLE Tiant 2 (3rd off Boswell) Alvis 19 (6th off Boswell)

MIN Allison 23 (7th off Tiant)

RBI CLE Tiant 2(10) Alvis 2(54) L. Brown 2(38) Wagner 42 T. Horton 51 Fuller 19

MIN Carew 2(50) Allison 64

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Tiant 7 3 1 2 6 2 2 26 67

Boswell 6 9 2 2 6 6 6 30 22

WP Tiant 16-7 2.50 LP Boswell 19-13 3.43

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 3 .. L. Brown walked. Tiant homered scoring two runs. CLE 2 MIN 0

BOTTOM 4 .. Allison singled. Carew doubled scoring a run. CLE 2 MIN 1

TOP 6 .. Wagner singled. Alvis homered scoring two runs. CLE 4 MIN 1

TOP 7 .. Davalillo singled. Hinton singled. Wagner singled scoring a run. Jim Perry relieved Boswell. T. Horton singled scoring a run. CLE 6 MIN 1

BOTTOM 7 .. Allison homered CLE 6 MIN 2

TOP 8 .. Fuller doubled. L. Brown singled scoring a run. CLE 7 MIN 2

TOP 9 .. Azcue singled and advanced on a wild pitch. Fuller singled scoring a run. Fuller advanced on a balk. L. Brown singled scoring a run. CLE 9 MIN 2

BOTTOM 9 .. Oliva doubled. Allison singled. Carew singled scoring a run. CLE 9 MIN 3

NOTES: Third straight win for Luis Tiant moving him into second on the team with a decent shot at 20. Chuck Hinton gas been on fire going 19-41 in his last 10 games, a .463 clip. Tony Horton gas hit in 9 of 10 driving in 13 runs in the process. Max Alvis was mired on a 3-37 slump before going yard.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 HR 2RBI

CALIFORNIA (61-76) @ CHICAGO (86-51)

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9Y (8-17 3.58) 17Z (19-5 1.95)

An old fashioned pitching duel erupted on the south side as George Brunet battled Joe Horlen who was gunning for his 20th win. The Sox broke thru first as Pete Ward scored on a JC Martin but Roger Repoz evened the contest by going deep. In the end, Minnie Rojas faced only two batters before walking off the mound as the losing pitcher.

CAL 000 100 000 0 1 4 0

CWS 010 000 000 1 2 11 0

2B CWS Ward 14

HR CAL Repoz 4 (4th off Horlen)

RBI CAL Repoz 13

CWS McCraw 32 Hansen 71

SB CWS Buford 30

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Brunet 7 9 0 0 6 1 1 30 61

Horlen 8 3 1 4 2 1 1 30 66

WP Locker 9-2 1.97 LP Rojas 7-6 2.02

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 2 .. Ward singled. Berry singled. Hansen singled scoring a run. CAL 0 CWS 1

TOP 4 .. Repoz homered CAL 1 CWS 1

BOTTOM 10 .. Buford singled and stole second. McCraw singled scoring a run. CAL 1 CWS 2

NOTES: The speedy Don Buford is second in the AL in stolen bases, just trailing Kaycee’s Bert Campaneris. Joe Horlen with his outstanding outing reduced his ERA TO 1.92, good for 4th in the league. He, however, failed once again to reach the twenty victory club, thus his third attempt. Ron Hansen is second on the team in RBIs. Ken Boyer saw his hitting streak end at 8 games. Roger Repoz has homered in back to back games. Aurilio Rodriguez gas hit in 7 of 8 games since his recall, the 19 year old hitting a healthy .272

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 GWRBI

KANSAS CITY (54-84) @ DETROIT (80-58) game 2

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5Y (1-2 2.45) 13Y (19-8 3.05)

This game was essentially over in the bottom of the second when Dick McAuliffe touched home plate after crushing a grand slam off Ricardo Rodriguez. The Athletics got within 3 but the Bengals then put up their second 5 run inning of the game off Jack Aker, giving the nightcap to the home club.

KCA 010 020 000 3 5 2

DET 150 005 10x 12 15 1

2B KCA Nossek 9

DET McAuliffe 13 Northrup 15

3B KCA Donaldson 4

HR DET McAuliffe 2((22) 2nd off Rodriguez, 7th off Segui) Freehan 13 (2nd off Rodriguez) W. Horton 18 (6th off Aker)

RBI KCA Donaldson 2(19) Nossek 19

DET McAuliffe 5(55) W. Horton 4(60) Wert 2(33) Freehan 45

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Rodriguez 4 7 2 4 5 6 2 24 29

Wilson 6.1 5 0 3 9 3 3 28 59

WP Wilson 20-8 3.04 Rodriguez 1-3 2.77

SCORING PLAYS

BOTTOM 1 .. McAuliffe doubled. W. Horton singled scoring a run. KCA 0 DET 1

TOP 1 .. Webster reached on an error. Nossek doubled scoring a run. KCA 1 DET 1

BOTTOM 2 .. Freehan homered. Wert reached on an error. Wilson singled. L. Green walked. McAuliffe homered scoring four runs. KCA 1 DET 6

TOP 5 .. Nossek singled. Kubiak walked. Donaldson tripled scoring two runs. KCA 3 DET 6

BOTTOM 6 .. Lumpe singled. McAuliffe singled. W. Horton homered scoring three runs. Matthews reached on an error. Northrup doubled. Wert singled scoring two runs. KCA 3 DET 11

BOTTOM 7 .. McAuliffe homered KCA 3 DET 12

NOTES: Dick McAuliffe went 9-10 in the doubleheader. Willie Horton homered in both games. Bill Freehan is riding 7 game hit streak. His homer was the first in 19 games. Earl Wilson joined Jim Lonborg in the twenty win club.

STAR OF THE GAME 5-5 Double 2 HR 5 RBI

KANSAS CITY (53-84) @ DETROIT (80-57) game 1

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13Y (13-13 2.66) 7Y (13-12 3.63)

Tigers held 4-2 lead in this, the opener if a twin bill going into the 8th on the bats Al Kaline and Willie Horton. But Mike Marshall, on in relief of Denny McLain, surrendered a red run jack to Jim Gosger that tied the game. The visitors finally put this one to bed with a tally in the 11th.

KCA 110 000 020 1 5 14 1

DET 102 010 000 0 4 11 0

2B DET W. Horton 14

3B KCA Cater 3

HR KCA Gosger 4 (8th off Marshall)

DET W. Horton 17 (5th off Hunter)

RBI KCA Gosger 4(25) D. Green 34

DET Kaline 3(73) W. Horton 56

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Hunter 8 9 1 2 7 4 4 35 49

McLain 7 8 0 1 6 2 2 27 56

WP Krausse 3-13 4.04 LP P. Dobson 2-1 3.46 SV Lindblad 1

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Donaldson singled. Hershberger walked.Gosger singled scoring a run. KCA 1 DET 0

BOTTOM 1 .. McAuliffe singled. Cash singled putting runners on the corners. Kaline sac fly scoring a run. KCA 1 DET 1

TOP 2 .. Cater tripled. D. Green singled scoring a run. KCA 2 DET 1

BOTTOM 3 .. McLain singled. McAuliffe singled. Cash walked. Kaline singled scoring two runs. KCA 2 DET 3

BOTTOM 5 .. W. Horton homered KCA 2 DET 4

TOP 8 .. Hershberger walked. Gosger homered scoring two runs. KCA 4 DET 4

TOP 10 .. Campaneris walked. Donaldson singled.. Gosger singled scoring a run. KCA 5 DET 4

STAR OF THE GAME 3-5 HR 4 RBI

BALTIMORE (66-70) @ CALIFORNIA (61-75) game 2

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4R ( 1-3 5.04) 4RZ (0-0 0.00)

Wrapping up a hectic midweek in sunny Southern California. The Orioles raced out to a 3-1 lead as Frank Robinson came alive knocking in all three. The visitors stretched the lead to 5 but the Angels crawled back to within 2. But the overworked Cherub bullpen faltered give the back end of the twin bill to Baltimore.

BAL 102 012 030 9 17 1

CAL 010 002 100 4 14 0

2B BAL Br. Robinson 31

3B CAL Morton 4

HR BAL F. Robinson 26 (3rd off Locke) Etchabarren 7 (8th off Simmons)

CAL Repoz 3 (6th off Dillman)

RBI BAL F. Robinson 4(91) Etchabarren 3(28) Br. Robinson 74 Blair 54

CAL Mincher 67 Repoz 22 Morton 19 Rodgers 44

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Buzhardt 5 8 0 1 1 1 1 21 49

Locke 4 7 1 3 0 3 3 20 34

WP Buzhardt 2-3 4.85 LP Locke 0-1 6.75 SV Dillman 1

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. D. May singled. Blair walked. F. Robinson singled scoring a run. BAL 1 CAL 0

BOTTOM 2 .. Repoz singled. Morton tripled scoring a run. BAL 1 CAL 1

TOP 3 .. D. May singled. F. Robinson homered scoring two runs. BAL 3 CAL 1

TOP 5 .. F. Robinson walked. Br. Robinson doubled scoring a run. BAL 4 CAL 1

TOP 6 .. Powell singled. D. May singled. Blair singled scoring a run. F. Robinson singled scoring a run. BAL 6 CAL 1

BOTTOM 6 .. Repoz homered. Morton singled. Rodgers singled. Knoop singled scoring a run. BAL 6 CAL 3

BOTTOM 7 .. Fregosi walked and advanced on a groundout. Mincher singled scoring a run. BAL 6 CAL 4

TOP 8 .. F. Robinson singled. Blefary singled. Etchabarren homered scoring three runs. BAL 9 CAL 4

NOTES: Paul Blair stretched his hit streak to eleven. Brooks Robinson now has driven in a run in 5 straight games. Andy Etchabarren has homered in consecutive starts. Bobby Locke singled in the 3rd, breaking an 0-49 by the Cherub pitchers. Buck Rodgers got his first RBI in 19 games.

STAR OF THE GAME: 4-4 HR 4 RBI

BALTIMORE (66-69) @ CALIFORNIA (60-75)

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9Y (8-24 5.67) 9 (7-2 2.83)

The Orioles raced out to a 3-0 lead against Clyde Wright and the Angels going into the bottom of the 5th. Then the bottom fell out on Pete Richert as the Cherubs sent 11 men to the plate, tallying 7 runs capped off by a three run blast by Rick Reichardt off Eddie Watt. Three Angel relievers held off the visitors to snare the opening game of the second doubleheader in two days.

BAL 100 020 010 4 12 0

CAL 000 070 00x 7 8 0

2B BAL Blair 23 Br. Robinson 30

CAL H. Taylor 2

HR BAL Blefary 16 (1st off Wright)

CAL Reichardt 10 (5th off Watt, grand slam)

RBI BAL Blair 2(53) Blefary 45 Br. Robinson 73

CAL Reichardt 4(45) A. Rodriguez 4 Fregosi 53 Schaal 35

SB BAL Aparicio 15

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

Richert 4.1 7 0 1 4 6 6 20 20

Wright 5 8 1 1 3 3 3 23 41

WP Wright 8-2 3.03 LP Richert 8-15 5.86 SV Rojas (20)

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 1 .. Blefary homered BAL 1 CAL 0

TOP 5 .. Blefary walked. Aparicio ssingled. Blair doubled scoring two runs. BAL 3 CAL 0

BOTTOM 5 .. Skowron singled. H. Taylor doubled. Knoop walked. Schaal singled scoring a run. A. Rodriguez singled scoring a run. Fregosi singled scoring a run. Reichardt homered scoring four runs. BAL 3 CAL 7

TOP 7 .. Blefary singled. Blair hit by pitch. Br. Robinson singled scoring a run. BAL 4 CAL 7

NOTES: Clyde Wright returned from Spokane in the PCL to win his 8th game of the season. Minnie Rojas notched his 20th save. Three Orioles had hitting streaks, Paul Blair at 10 games and Davy Johnson and Larry Haney at 5 games. Brooks Robinson has RBI’s in 4 straight games.

STAR OF THE GAME: 1-4 HR (grand slam) 4 RBI

CLEVELAND (75-62) @ MINNESOTA (72-64)

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8XYW (9-15 4.16) 11XZ (11-12 3.02)

Five straight hits in the top of the 2nd by the Indians scoring four runs off Jim Kaat. Two solo homers stretched the lead to 6-1 n the way to an eventual 9-3 victory by the visitors. Sam McDowell went strong innings winning his 10th.

CLE 041 010 102 9 15 0

MIN 000 100 110 3 7 0

2B CLE Hinton 18 Wagner 9 Azcue 13

MIN Tovar 33 Killebrew 2(22)

HR CLE Azcue 5 (3rd off Kaat) T. Horton 14 (5th off Kaat)

RBI CLE Hinton 2(48) Wagner 40 T. Horton 50 Azcue 2(30) Salmon 10 L. Brown 2(36)

MIN Killebrew 2(105) Zimmerman 3

PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC

McDowell 7 4 0 2 5 2 2 27 64

Kaat 5 9 2 1 2 6 6 24 24

WP McDowell 10-15 4.11 LP Kaat 11-13 3.19

SCORING PLAYS

TOP 2 .. Azcue singled. Salmon singled. Fuller singled. L. Brown singled scoring two runs. Hinton doubled scoring two runs. CLE 4 MIN 0

TOP 3 .. Azcue homered CLE 5 MIN 0

BOTTOM 4 .. Tovar doubled. Killebrew doubled scoring a run. CLE 5 MIN 1

TOP 5 .. T. Horton homered CLE 6 MIN 1

TOP 7 .. Hinton singled. Wagner doubled scoring a run. CLE 7 MIN 1

BOTTOM 7 .. Carew singled and advanced on a wild pitch. Zimmerman singled scoring a run. CLE 7 MIN 2

BOTTOM 8 .. Uhlaender singled.. Killebrew doubled scoring a run. CLE 7 MIN 3

TOP 9 .. Wagner singled. Azcue doubled scoring a run. Salmon singled scoring a run. CLE 9 MIN 3

NOTES: Sudden Sam became the 4th Cleveland started to have double digit victories. But just as Sudden, Sam only had 4 and 5 whiffs in his last two starts. Max Alvis is mired in a 1-21 slump. Cesar Tovar lead the Junior Circuit on two baggers. Tony O.ima is riding a 6 game hit streak. Jerry Zimmerman drove in his first run since July 1, giving him a whopping total of three.

STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 Double Homer 2 RBI