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Week 12 Summary (06/26/1967 - 07/02/1967)

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Week Twelve of the 1967 BBW Replay is in the books, and it was another slam-bang week with a little bit of everything. All teams have passed the 70-games-played mark, and looking ahead it looks like most teams will reach the 80-games-played mark this coming week. 81 games played would technically be the halfway point of the season, so overall, all teams are actually quite close to their midpoint as well. This coming Tuesday is the July Fourth holiday, unlike earlier seasons where every team played a doubleheader on the holiday, there are only four doubleheaders on the docket for 1967. In the AL, Boston continues to be on a roll. In the month of June, their record was 22-7 and they had managed to hold off Detroit and Baltimore for the top spot in the AL. And now that Detroit has lost Al Kaline for a month and Baltimore has lost Frank Robinson for a month as well, the Red Sox are hoping to make hay while the sun shines. They will start this next week with a 5.5-game lead over second-pl
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Week 12 Results (06/26/1967 - 07/02/1967)

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Monday, June 26, 1967   Transactions:   New York (NL) pitcher Bill Denehy was sent out to Jacksonville (IL) after 06/25/1967   Detroit pitcher Mickey Lolich left for Military duty after 06/25/1967   Chicago (AL) catcher Duane Josephson was recalled from the Florida Instructional League (FLIL) before 06/27/1967   Baltimore (H) 2 Chicago (AL) 1 Both teams scored a single run in the second and that was all the scoring until Luis Aparicio slapped a two-out single to right to score Boog Powell with the eventual game-winner in the sixth. Bruce Howard (3-6, 4.00) pitched well but took the loss because Pete Richert (7-5, 3.32) was better.   California (H) 2 Washington 1   The Angels utilized a pair of sacrifice flies to slip past the visiting Senators today. Bill Kelso (4-1, 3.03) picked up the win in relief, and Minnie Rojas got the save (12). Barry Moore (2-8, 4.98) took the hard-luck loss.   New York (AL) 6 Kansas City (H) 0   Fred Talbot (4-5,
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