Week 6 Results (05/15/1967 - 05/21/1967)
Monday, May 15, 1967
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The A's led 3-1 after the fourth but then the Angels came alive when Jim Fregosi (2) and Don Mincher (6) both hit two-run homeruns off Blue Moon Odom (1-3, 6.10). Rickey Clark (3-0, 2.65) took the win with solid help from his bullpen.
Cincinnati (H) 7
Pittsburgh 6 (11)
The Reds led 5-0
after the third and had already knocked Bob Veale
out of the box, but then the Pirates reciprocated by taking a 6-5 lead after
the sixth, courtesy of a four-run sixth that knocked Milt Pappas
out of the box. Cincinnati tied the game up in the bottom of the eighth, and it
was soon off to extra innings. Vada Pinson
drove home Leo
Cardenas with a two-out double in the bottom of the eleventh, giving Ted
Abernathy (1-1, 0.70) the win in relief.
Houston 8 Los
Angeles (H) 6
Los Angeles took a
quick 3-0 lead through the third inning, but a five-run outburst from Houston
in the fourth turned the game around. Both teams kept scoring, but the Astros
never relinquished their lead, with Dan
Schneider (2-0, 3.21) getting the win in relief and Claude
Raymond getting the save (6).
Chicago (NL) 4 San
Francisco (H) 1
Glenn
Beckert doubled and scored in the first and then in the seventh he doubled
home the Cubs final run, paving the way for Ray Culp
(2-2, 5.23) to go all the way for the win. Ernie Banks
hit a two-run homerun (4) in the fourth, giving Culp and the Cubs all the runs
they would need today.
Tuesday, May 16, 1967
Transactions:
Houston pitcher Bo Belinsky
was injured (?) on 05/15/1967
Boston (H) 4
Baltimore 3
A close one that
went back and forth, with a Davey
Johnson homerun (5) in the top of the ninth tying the score at 3-3. Don McMahon
(1-2, 6.00), who got the blown save, also got the win when Jose
Tartabull lined a two-out single to score Mike
Andrews with the game-winner in the bottom of the inning.
Minnesota 1 Chicago
(AL) (H) 0
Minnesota third
baseman Cesar
Tovar smacked the first pitch he saw for a homerun (1) and Dean Chance
(3-3, 2.25) did the rest by holding Chicago to three hits. John
Buzhardt (1-3, 1.73) only allowed five hits, but made one mistake to
Tovar and Buzhardt took the hard-luck loss.
California 2 Kansas
City (H) 1
The Angels scored in
the third when Catfish
Hunter (2-4, 2.35) inadvertently walked home a run, and then in the sixth
the Angels first two batters reached on errors and that was immediately
followed by a passed ball to put runners on second and third. Don Mincher
followed that with a fly ball to left that was muffed, the play being scored a
sacrifice fly and an E-7. The A's scored a run in the bottom of the seventh to
make it close, but Jim
McGlothlin (1-3, 4.32) held on from there to pick up the win.
New York (AL) (H) 8
Cleveland 4
Sam
McDowell (1-1, 2.53) was cruising with a 3-1 lead in the top of the fifth,
with the light-hitting McDowell having two RBI's to help his own cause. But in the
bottom of the fifth, the Yankees started bunching small singles that quickly led
to a three-run inning. That continued in a four-run sixth. Fritz
Peterson (3-0, 2.30) and the Yankees bullpen held off the Indians the rest
of the way for the home win.
Detroit 3 Washington
(H) 2
The Tigers took a 3-1
lead with two runs in the seventh, the first run scoring on a Jim
Northrup homerun (2). Earl Wilson
(4-2, 3.33) got the win, and Larry
Sherry the save (1).
The Mets put up a four-spot in the top of the fourth to take a 4-2 lead, and that is where it looked like the game might end. The Braves came alive in the bottom of the eighth with six runs though, as they pounded multiple Mets pitchers. Ty Cline delivered the big hit - a pinch-hit two-run single. Jay Ritchie (1-0, 0.00) picked up the win in relief and Don Cardwell (0-6, 5.24) continued his rough start to the season.
Pittsburgh 2
Cincinnati (H) 1
Third baseman Maury Wills
scored a run in both the first and third innings to help give the Pirates an
early 2-1 lead and Woodie
Fryman (3-2, 3.24) and Steve Blass
kept the score right where it was for the tight win. Mel Queen
(1-2, 3.31) pitched a good game also but took the loss.
Los Angeles (H) 10
Houston 5
The Astros led 5-2 after
the top of the fifth, but then the Houston pitchers couldn't get anybody out
and the Dodgers came back with a six-run fifth and then added two more in the
sixth. Al
Ferrara's pinch-hit three-run triple was the big hit in the Los Angeles
fifth, and they were able to rely on their bullpen to shut down the Astros for
the remainder of the game.
St. Louis (H) 5
Philadelphia 3
The two leaders in
the NL met for the first time this season and the game started off with a bang
when Dick
Allen hit a two-run homerun (4) in the top of the first but Orlando
Cepeda answered back with a two-run homerun (3) in the Cardinals four-run
first. The game quickly settled down to a pitcher's duel and Larry
Jaster (2-1, 2.70) picked up the win with two innings of no-hit relief followed
by Joe
Hoerner who threw three innings of no-hit relief to pick up the save (1).
Chicago (NL) 10 San
Francisco (H) 1
Ernie Banks
homered yesterday and then he started off today's game with two blasts (5, 6)
that sparked the Cubs to a substantial early lead. Ferguson
Jenkins (2-4, 2.51) scattered four hits and got the complete-game win over Juan
Marichal (3-3, 2.78).
Wednesday, May 17, 1967
Cleveland pitcher Bob Allen
was injured (?) on 05/16/1967
Boston outfielder Tony
Conigliaro was injured (?) on 05/16/1967
Pittsburgh pitcher Woodie
Fryman was injured (?) on 05/16/1967
A bang-bang game that wasn't really decided until the Orioles scored four runs in the top of the seventh off three Boston pitchers. Jim Palmer (4-1, 4.41) went five innings and got the victory, but after the game, it was announced that Palmer would be shut down for a while to give his ailing arm and shoulder time to rest.
Note: On this date,
the Orioles become the eighth club in AL history with four or more homeruns in
one inning (box
score) when Andy
Etchebarren, Sam Bowens,
Boog
Powell, and Davey
Johnson connect in a nine-run seventh. Also homering for Baltimore
were Frank
Robinson, Brooks
Robinson, and Paul Blair,
the only time seven teammates have each homered. Those homeruns make the
difference in a 12–8 Baltimore win over the Red Sox. Boston’s Carl
Yastrzemski hit two homeruns, one coming in the bottom of the seventh; the
total of five homeruns in one inning equaling the ML record. Rounding out the
round-trippers was Don Demeter
for Boston. The nine homeruns by different players tied the AL mark.
Minnesota 3 Chicago
(AL) (H) 2
Jim Kaat
(2-1, 3.20) only gave up two unearned runs but Minnesota center fielder Ted
Uhlaender followed that up with a two-run double in the next inning to give
Kaat the lead and Kaat did the rest. Joe Horlen
(2-3, 1.85) only gave up four hits in the game but took the loss.
California 9 Kansas
City (H) 8 (Grand Slam!)
Jack
Sanford promptly loaded the bases in the bottom of the first and Jim Gosger
gave the A's the quick 4-0 lead with a grand slam homerun (2), but then Jim Nash
promptly loaded the bases in the top of the second and the Angels responded
with a six-run outburst. Both teams kept at it from there, with California
finally taking the lead for good with two runs in the top of the seventh. Pete Cimino
(1-1, 1.10) got the win in relief, with Minnie Rojas
going three innings, allowing only one hit, and getting the save (6).
Cleveland 5 New York
(AL) (H) 0
Steve
Hargan (1-2, 2.80) overpowered the Yankees, limiting them to five hits, as
he went all the way for the shutout win. Lee Maye
and Chuck
Hinton both had a pair of RBI's to power the Indians' offense.
Washington (H) 2
Detroit 1
Both teams scored a
run in the first, then Frank
Howard gave the Senators a 2-1 lead in the third with his twelfth homerun
of the season. Barry Moore
(2-3, 2.58) and Joe Sparma
(2-1, 3.89) fought it out from there, with Moore walking away with the win.
The Mets jumped out to an early 4-2 lead, but then Tom Seaver (4-2, 2.95) lost his control and as a result the Braves scored six times in the bottom of the sixth. There were two big hits in the fateful sixth for Atlanta - Rico Carty swatted a three-run homerun (8) and then Mack Jones added a pinch-hit two-out three-run triple before the inning was over.
Note: On this date,
in a start in Atlanta, Tom Seaver
dug a hole by the rubber with his toe as per usual, but in the sixth inning Bob Bruce
dipped his toe in the hole, got it caught under the rubber, and as a result
broke a rib which separated from the cartilage. Bruce was in pain for several
weeks and later came back for a few ineffective innings, the injury effectively
ending his ML career.
Pittsburgh led 2-0
after the third inning, but it was a bad portent for them in that they
accumulated nine hits in the first three innings, but could only score those
two runs. Tony
Perez hit solo homeruns (8, 9) in the fifth and seventh innings to tie the
score at 2-2, and the game soon moved to extra innings. The Pirates had a
chance for a run but squandered it when left fielder Pete Rose
threw Willie
Stargell out at home. In the eleventh, the Reds loaded the bases off Juan
Pizarro (1-2, 4.85) but with two outs he was forced to face Perez and Perez
came through in a big way with a grand slam homerun (10) (all runs unearned),
his third homerun of the game, accounting for all six of the Reds runs.
Houston 5 Los
Angeles (H) 3
The Dodgers opted to
face catcher John
Bateman (.188) with two outs and two on in the top of the eighth and
Bateman made them pay, driving in two runs and giving Mike
Cuellar (5-2, 1.87) his first lead of the day. The ninth inning was a bit
shaky, but Cuellar got Jim
Lefebvre to fly out to end the game with the bases loaded.
St. Louis (H) 6
Philadelphia 3
Chris Short
(5-2, 1.80) had gotten off to a great start to the season for the Phillies, but
the Cardinals had his number today and got the win. Steve
Carlton started for St. Louis but complained of shoulder tightness in the
top of the first, so Dick Hughes
(2-2, 3.38) pitched seven-plus innings of long relief and got the win.
San Francisco (H) 2
Chicago (NL) 1 (14)
The Cubs could only
scratch out four hits on the day, one of those hits being a solo homerun (2) in
the top of the sixth from Glenn
Beckert, but that tied the game at 1-1 because the Giants had scored a run
in the first. The long scoreless drought finally came to an end when Jesus Alou
singled Tito
Fuentes home from second with the game-winner in the bottom of the
fourteenth.
Thursday, May 18, 1967
Transactions:
Houston catcher Dave Adlesh
was injured (?) on 05/17/1967
Atlanta pitcher Bob Bruce
was injured (broken rib) on 05/17/1967
Chicago (NL)
outfielder Clarence
Jones was sent out to Tacoma (PCL) after 05/17/1967
Baltimore pitcher Jim Palmer
was injured (sore shoulder) on 05/17/1967
Baltimore 8
Washington (H) 2
Frank
Bertaina (1-0, 1.64) was given the opportunity to start a game and he
responded well, allowing only five hits and two runs to the Senators. Pete
Richert (3-3, 2.98) got hit early when Brooks
Robinson hit a two-run homerun (4) in the second, helping Baltimore build a
4-0 lead after the third inning.
The Pirates and Billy O'Dell (0-3, 6.08) had a sloppy first inning and opted to put Willie Stargell on first base to load the bases and face Gene Oliver, and Oliver proceeded to knock a grand slam homerun (1) to put the Braves up 4-1. O'Dell settled down from there, but the damage was done and Pat Jarvis (4-0, 1.80) sent all the way for the win.
Houston (H) 5 San
Francisco 4 (12)
This game started
fast as the Giants held a 3-2 lead after the first inning, but the Astros
eventually worked the game back into a 4-4 tie after the fifth, setting up the
extra-inning excitement. Joe Morgan
led off the bottom of the twelfth with a single, promptly stole second, and
then two outs later scored the game-winner on an Eddie
Mathews single. Claude
Raymond (1-0, 2.65) got the win in relief.
Philadelphia (H) 4
Cincinnati 1
The Phillies scored
a run in the bottom of the seventh to take a 2-1 lead and then added two more
runs in the eighth for insurance, but Jim Bunning
(7-2, 1.40) was really all the insurance they needed today. Bunning struck
fourteen Reds on his way to the home-field victory.
Friday, May 19, 1967
Transactions:
Chicago (NL)
outfielder George
Altman made his Season Debut on 05/20/1967. Chicago (NL) infielder Joey
Amalfitano was released as a coach and signed as a free agent
on 05/20/1967 (Team Debut 05/26/1967)
Cleveland 5 Boston
(H) 1
The Indians scored
twice in the top of the first and then Max Alvis
popped a two-run homerun (5) in the second to give the visitors an early 4-0
lead, and Gary
Bell (5-0, 1.38) kept the Red Sox off the board until the bottom of the
eighth and picked up the win.
California (H) 4
Minnesota 0
George
Brunet (5-4, 2.67) welcomed the Twins to Anaheim with a three-hit shutout
victory. The Angels managed to load the bases in the fourth inning, but with
two outs already recorded Harmon
Killebrew fumbled a grounder to first to let a run in, and then Bob Allison
mishandled a line drive to left to let two more runs in, giving California an
unexpected 3-0 lead.
Detroit (H) 3 New
York (AL) 1
The Yankees scored an
unearned run in the third to take an early lead, but Mickey
Lolich (4-2, 3.63) kept them scoreless the rest of the way and the Tigers
came back for the win. Don Wert
doubled home two runs in the bottom of the sixth and Lolich and the Tigers had
what they needed.
The A's got all four of their runs in the bottom of the fifth as Bert Campaneris had a two-run single and that was followed by a two-run double from Mike Hershberger. Gary Peters (6-1, 0.92) only had one bad inning but that was enough and Lew Krausse (2-2, 3.35) for the win.
Baltimore 3
Washington (H) 2
The Orioles scored
three times in the top of the first when Phil Ortega
(1-5, 2.42) couldn't get the third out, although Ortega settled down and held
the visitors scoreless for the rest of the game. Steve
Barber (2-4, 6.43) had another strong outing and didn’t give up runs until Ken
Harrelson hit a two-run homerun (1) in the bottom of the seventh.
Pittsburgh 5 Atlanta
(H) 3
The Braves led early
but couldn't pull further ahead as the Pirates stayed close and then in the top
of the ninth the visitors tied the score at 3-3 and then Roberto
Clemente hit a two-run homerun (7) to take their first lead of the game. Pete
Mikkelsen (1-0, 2.45) threw three innings of scoreless relief and got the
win, with Roy
Face closing things out to pick up the save (5).
Chicago (NL) (H) 4
Los Angeles 3
Ron Santo
got the scoring started with a two-run homerun (9) in the fourth, and that lead
held even though the Dodgers were able to come back and make it close. Rich Nye
(2-1, 3.34) got the win over Don
Drysdale (4-3, 2.40), and Dick Radatz
got the save (1) despite having walked the bases loaded in the bottom of the
ninth.
Houston (H) 1 San
Francisco 0 (12)
The Astros finally
broke open a 0-0 tie in the bottom of the twelfth when Jim Landis
doubled home Eddie
Mathews with the game's only run. Ray Sadecki
and Don
Wilson both pitched into extra-innings and neither got a decision as Jim Owens
(1-0, 4.82) got the win over Bill Henry
(0-1, 1.23).
St. Louis 3 New York
(NL) (H) 2
Mike
Shannon hit a two-run homerun (1) in the fourth and the Cardinals moved off
to an early 3-0 lead, and Bob Gibson
(4-3, 3.45) and Joe Hoerner
held off a late Mets charge to pick up the win.
Philadelphia (H) 4
Cincinnati 2
The Phillies stayed
hot as Johnny
Callison hit a two-run homerun (2) in the bottom of the first to grab an
early lead and Larry
Jackson (3-4, 2.55) went all the way for the tough home win.
Saturday, May 20, 1967
Transactions:
Cincinnati infielder
Tommy
Helms returned to play on 05/21/67. Cincinnati infielder Deron
Johnson returned to play on 05/21/1967
Atlanta pitcher Ken Johnson
returned to the mound on 05/21/1967
Minnesota infielder Frank
Quilici was recalled from Denver (PCL) before 05/21/1967
Cleveland 9 Boston
(H) 3
Rocky
Colavito got Cleveland an early lead when he hit a three-run homerun (4) in
the first, and when Jose
Santiago (1-1, 1.82) kept giving up hits he was soon sent to the showers. Rico
Petrocelli responded with a three-run homerun (6) in the fourth to make the
score close again, but that didn’t last long as Leon Wagner
hit his own three-run homerun (1) in the sixth and Luis Tiant
(1-4, 2.11) was able to cruise home with the win from there.
Minnesota 4
California (H) 1
With the score tied
at 1-1 Cesar
Tovar led off the top of the seventh with a homerun (2), and then before
the inning ended Harmon
Killebrew added a two-run homerun (8) and Dean Chance
(4-3, 2.09) was able to ease home with the victory. Nick
Willhite (1-3, 5.88) struck out nine and took the loss.
Detroit (H) 3 New
York (AL) 2
The Yankees led 2-1
after the first and there the score stayed until Al Downing
(0-4, 3.60) got in trouble in the bottom of the eighth, and reliever Dooley
Womack came in and gave up a two-run single to Bill
Freehan. Now with the lead, Dave
Wickersham entered the game in relief and downed the visitors 1-2-3 in the
ninth for the save (1).
Kansas City (H) 2
Chicago (AL) 1
Tommy John
(4-3, 3.44) held the hometown A's to only two hits, but one of those hits was a
two-run homerun (4) in the bottom of the second inning by Rick Monday
and Catfish
Hunter (3-4, 2.17) made that slender lead stand up as he allowed the White
Sox a total of only five hits.
Washington (H) 4
Baltimore 1
Dave
McNally (1-7, 8.65) is another pitcher that is off to a rough start and
today McNally gave up a three-run homerun (13) to Frank
Howard in the first, but then he settled down and kept Washington off the
scoreboard thereafter. Joe Coleman
(1-3, 5.79) went all the way in a tough win over their neighbor to the north.
Atlanta (H) 8
Pittsburgh 0
Catcher Gene Oliver
hit a two-out three-run double in the bottom of the third and Dick Kelley
(3-3, 4.10) threw his first shutout of the season and got the win. Felipe Alou
added a two-run double when the Braves scored four times in the eighth to lock
the game up for Kelley.
Ernie Banks hit two homeruns (7, 8), his fourth and fifth homeruns of the week, and Ken Holtzman (3-1, 3.29) went all the way for the win. Claude Osteen (4-4, 4.86) pitched well except for Banks and took the loss.
Note: Chicago (NL)
pitcher Ken
Holtzman left on a six-month military deployment after 05/20/1967. Holtzman
occasionally received weekend passes and would make four spot starts for
Chicago throughout the remainder of the season.
Houston (H) 8 San
Francisco 2
The Giants took an
early lead when Jim Ray Hart
hit a two-run homerun (10) in the top of the third, but when Jim Wynn
hit a three-run homerun (8) in the bottom of the fourth the Astros were on top
5-2 and then they rolled on from there. Dave Giusti
(2-2, 4.17) got the complete-game victory over Juan
Marichal (3-4, 3.33).
St. Louis 10 New
York (NL) (H) 5 (Grand Slam!)
St. Louis took the
lead when Jack
Hamilton (1-2, 6.75) opted to intentionally walk Orlando
Cepeda with two outs in the third inning so that he could face Tim McCarver
instead, but McCarver took him deep for the grand slam homerun (3). Now armed
with a lead, the Cardinals poured it on with five runs in the fourth,
essentially putting the game out of reach. Al Jackson
(5-2, 4.40) didn’t have his best outing, but he did enough to get the win. Jerry
Buchek, who had a three-homerun game in St. Louis last week, hit a two-run
shot (5) in the fifth.
Cincinnati 6
Philadelphia (NL) 1
Cincinnati scored
four times in the top of the second and then turned over the keys to Gary Nolan
(4-0, 3.14) who threw his first complete game of the season. Vada Pinson
had a 3-for-5 (.291) day and drove in three runs to spark the Reds.
Sunday, May 21, 1967
Transactions:
Los Angeles pitcher Joe Moeller
made his Season Finale on 05/20/1967. Moeller was later sent out to Spokane
(PCL)
Kansas City catcher Tim Talton
injured (?) on 05/20/1967
Minnesota third
baseman Rich
Rollins returned to play on 05/22/1967
Cleveland 7 Boston
(H) 0 (GM 1)
Sonny
Sibert (6-0, 0.73) continued his red-hot start to the season by throwing a
five-hit shutout in Game One of the doubleheader. Billy Rohr
(1-2, 5.79) pitched well in his first few outings of the season but had been hit
hard in his recent starts.
The Red Sox avoided a possible sweep by scoring three runs in the bottom of the sixth and then three more in the bottom of the eighth, with Darrell Brandon (3-2, 3.67) escaping with the win. Catcher Russ Gibson was the batting hero as his double and homerun (1) accounted for three RBI's in the two fateful innings
Minnesota 8
California (H) 0
The Angels kept
putting men on base but then they hit into three double plays and Dave
Boswell (3-1, 1.32) was able to go all the way for the shutout victory.
Third baseman Ron Clark
went 3-for-5 day that included a double, a triple, and a homerun (2), but alas,
no single for the cycle.
Detroit (H) 5 New
York (AL) 0 (GM 1)
Earl Wilson
(5-2, 2.86) scattered six hits as he shut out the visiting Yankees for the Game
One win. A three-run homerun (3) off the bat of Jim
Northrup in the bottom of the eighth sealed the win for Wilson. Whitey Ford
(1-4, 2.83) pitched another good game but took the loss, although Ford had to
remove himself from the game because of his ailing arm, making this Ford's
final ML appearance.
New York (AL) 3
Detroit (H) 2 (GM 2)
The Yankees scored a
run in the top of the seventh to take a 3-2 lead and Fritz
Peterson (4-0, 2.29) and Dooley
Womack shut down the Tigers' offense to secure the Game Two win.
Chicago (AL) 5
Kansas City (H) 0
Jim O'Toole
(3-0, 2.35) threw a five-hit shutout and Pete Ward
supplied the offense with a two-run homerun (5) in the first and a three-run
homerun (6) in the ninth. Jim Nash
(4-3, 3.17) struck out fifteen White Sox batters in eight innings of work but
took the loss.
Atlanta (H) 5
Pittsburgh 3
Three times one team
took a one-run lead and three times the other tied it back up but then a Gene Oliver
homerun (2) in the seventh put the Braves ahead and then in the eighth a Hank Aaron
homerun (11) gave Atlanta a two-run lead it would hold on to. In his first game
back from injury, Ken Johnson
(5-0, 1.88) got the win even though he gave up thirteen hits on the day.
The Cubs led 4-1 after the fourth and Ray Culp (3-2, 4.76) held on for the win as the Dodgers hit into three double plays and committed three errors. The Dodgers had nine walks on the day, but those double plays were killers.
Chicago (NL) (H) 3
Los Angeles 0 (GM 2)
The Dodgers hit into
two double plays in the first three innings to blow scoring opportunities and
then Ferguson
Jenkins (3-4, 2.20) finally got warmed up as he shut down the Dodgers the
rest of the way for the Game Two win.
San Francisco 1
Houston (H) 0
The Giants only had
two hits on the day, but one was a Willie Mays
homerun (6) in the fourth and Mike
McCormick (1-2, 1.62) shut out the hometown Astros for the tough road win. Mike
Cuellar (5-3, 1.72) was the hard-luck loser.
St. Louis 1 New York
(NL) (H) 0
The Cardinals scored
an unearned run in the top of the fourth when Mets catcher John
Sullivan fumbled a throw on what should have been forced out at home, and Ray
Washburn (4-1, 2.30) outdueled Don Cardwell
(0-7, 4.39) from there.
Philadelphia (H) 5
Cincinnati 1
Philadelphia
continued to play tough as they scored three times in the bottom of the first
and then Chris
Short (6-2, 1.74) dropped the hammer on the Reds offense. Dick Allen
(5) and Johnny
Callison (3) both hit homeruns for the Phillies.
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