Week 17 Results (07/31/1967 - 08/06/1967)
Monday, July 31, 1967
Transactions:
Cincinnati pitcher Gerry
Arrigo was injured (shoulder injury) on 07/30/1967. Cincinnati pitcher Jack
Baldschun made his Season Finale on 07/30/1967
Houston first
baseman Chuck
Harrison was sent out to Oklahoma City (PCL) after 07/30/1967
Philadelphia pitcher
Chris
Short was injured (back injury) on 07/30/1967
Chicago (NL) pitcher
Curt
Simmons returned to the mound on 08/01/1967
Cleveland infielder Gordy Lund
made his Major League Debut on 08/01/1967. Lund had previously been recalled
from Portland (PCL)
Boston pitcher Dave
Morehead made his Season Debut on 08/01/1967. Morehead had previously been
recalled from Toronto (IL)
Kansas City pitcher Bill
Stafford made his Season Debut on 08/01/1967. Stafford had previously been
recalled from Birmingham (SOUL)
Boston (H) 6
Minnesota 1
Tony
Conigliaro got the scoring started with a homerun (21) to start the second
inning, the Red Sox added another run before the inning was over, and then
they locked things up with a three-run fifth. Carl
Yastrzemski hit a late homerun (30) as an exclamation point, with Lee Stange
(10-3, 1.83) getting the win over Dave
Boswell (8-10, 3.38).
Chicago (AL) 11
Cleveland (H) 5
Both teams started
hot and the White Sox led 5-4 after the third, but Chicago scored six runs in
the top of the fourth to effectively lock this game up. The big hit in the
fateful fourth was a two-run single off the bat of John
Buzhardt (5-6, 3.41), who came in the game for long relief when starter Fred Klages
couldn’t get out of the second inning.
Kansas City 8 New
York (AL) (H) 4
The A's scored five
times in the top of the second, but that big lead didn’t last long as the Yankees
scored two runs in the third and then in the sixth, Elston
Howard hit a pinch-hit two-run homerun (3) to make the score close at 5-4.
Kansas City added a few late runs and Paul
Lindblad (3-8, 3.45) was able to take home the win.
St. Louis 7 Chicago
(NL) (H) 3 (10)
Billy
Williams gave the Cubs a 3-1 lead in the sixth with a two-run homerun (19),
but in the top of the eighth the Cardinals tied it back up at 3-3 when Ed Spiezio
hit a pinch-hit two-out two-run homerun (6) to knot the score at 3-3. In the
top of the tenth kicked it into gear with a four-run outburst, giving the win
to Joe
Hoerner (6-0, 1.23).
Atlanta 11
Cincinnati (H) 2
Hank Aaron
hit a two-run homerun (24) in the first and then two Reds errors opened the
door to three unearned runs coming home before the inning was over. Phil Niekro
(7-5, 2.05) mowed down Cincinnati batters, but then his teammates came alive
late, with Aaron hitting his second homerun (25) of the day to win in a romp.
Attendees at today's game in the Astrodome got quite a treat, despite the home team getting off to a rough start. The Mets scored four times in the top of the second, and then they took a 7-0 lead when they scored three more times in the fourth. The Astros came back by putting up a five-spot in the bottom of the fourth to keep it close, and then Houston finally took a 9-7 lead when they scored our times in the bottom of the eighth. The Mets, of course, tied it back up when they scored two runs in the top of the ninth, but in the bottom of the ninth, Ron Davis hit a one-out double and Joe Morgan immediately drove home Davis with a double of his own for the game-winner.
Los Angeles (H) 7
Philadelphia 3
The Dodgers led 5-2
after the second and knocked Dick
Ellsworth (5-6, 4.47) out of the box, and Don
Drysdale (11-10, 3.16), despite scuffling through the first two innings,
suddenly found his stuff and powered over the Phillies for the win. The
Phillies have gone 1-4 on this California road trip and they still have two
more games with the Dodgers, and they can’t wait to get out of here.
San Francisco (H) 7
Pittsburgh 4
The Giants kept up
their hot play as they slowly but surely built a 5-0 lead by the end of the
seventh and then held off a Pittsburgh rally to claim the win. Mike
McCormick (10-6, 2.56) got the win, Frank Linzy
the save (15), and Tommie Sisk
(5-9, 3.40) took the loss. There was a bit of a beanball war in this one as
pitchers from both teams were tossed for hitting opposing batters.
Tuesday, August 1, 1967
Transactions:
New York (NL)
pitcher Dennis
Bennett made his Season Finale on 07/31/1967. Bennett was later sent out to
Jacksonville (IL)
Kansas City
outfielder Allan Lewis
made his Season Finale on 07/31/1967. Lewis was later sent out to Birmingham
(SOUL)
Washington shortstop
Ed
Brinkman returned to play on 08/02/1967
Chicago (NL)
outfielder Byron
Browne was recalled from Dallas-Fort Worth (TL) before 08/02/1967
Baltimore (H) 4
Detroit 1
Paul
Blair's two-run single in the third was the big hit in this game as #2
Baltimore extended their lead over #3 Detroit to 2.5 games with a tough home
win. The Tigers drew ten walks in the game but could never come through with a
key hit of their own. Tom Phoebus
(12-5, 3.06) walked eight batters in his six-plus innings of work but got the
win over Earl
Wilson (12-9, 2.98).
Kansas City 5 Boston
(H) 3 (GM 1)
The Red Sox scored
twice in the bottom of the first but Dave
Morehead (0-1, 13.50), making his first appearance of the season, couldn't
hold the lead and the A's took the lead when they scored three runs in the top
of the fourth. Chuck
Dobson (6-8, 4.67) went seven innings and picked up the Game One win.
Kansas City 5 Boston
(H) 1 (GM 2)
Carl
Yastrzemski got the scoring started with a solo homerun (31) in the fifth,
but Ken
Harrelson answered with a two-run homerun (8) in the top of the sixth, and
then the A's padded their lead with three runs in the ninth. Veteran hurler Jack
Sanford (5-3, 4.50) made the most of his spot start and hamstrung the Red
Sox for the Game Two win and the doubleheader sweep for Kansas City. Two wins
today now see Kansas City with ten consecutive wins.
Cleveland (H) 6
Chicago (AL) 5
The White Sox led
3-2 after the second and 5-3 after the fifth, but they could never truly
dispose of the Indians. Cleveland scored once in the bottom of the eighth to
draw within one, and then in the ninth they quickly plated two runs to grab the
come-from-behind victory. The usually reliable Chicago bullpen did not have a
good day with Bob Locker
(0-4, 2.89) taking the loss, and George
Culver (3-3, 4.60) getting the win in relief.
Jim McGlothlin (5-11, 3.35) dominated the hometown Yankees, holding them to five hits and no walks on the day. Mickey Mantle hit a two-run homerun (18) in the sixth for McGlothlin's only blemish. Light-hitting second baseman Bobby Knoop, batting in the eighth spot, drove in four runs on the day to spark the offense.
Minnesota 7
Washington (H) 6
Quite an exciting
game in DC today. Bob Allison
gave the Twins a 3-0 lead with a three-run homerun (8) in the top of the third,
but Ken
McMullen's two-run homerun (8) in the bottom half of the inning cut into
that lead. Frank
Howard powered the Senators to the lead 6-4 with a two-run homerun (29) in
the bottom of the seventh, but Washington couldn't hold the lead. With two outs
in the top of the ninth, Harmon
Killebrew smacked a three-run homerun (21) to give the Twins the lead for
good.
Chicago (NL) (H) 4
St. Louis 2
Lou Brock
led off the top of the first with a homerun (12) and then St. Louis added a
second run in the sixth to take a 2-0 lead, but in the bottom of the seventh, the Cubs hit a series of bleeders and bloops, all leading to a four-run
outburst. Ferguson
Jenkins (15-6, 2.35) went all the way for the win.
Cincinnati (H) 2
Atlanta 1 (11)
Mack Jones
homered (10) in the top of the first, but the Braves were throttled after that.
The Reds tied the score at 1-1 in the bottom of the seventh, and then in the
bottom of the eleventh Tony Perez
singled home Pete Rose
with the game-winner in dramatic fashion. Ted
Abernathy (4-3, 1.39) picked up the win in relief.
Houston (H) 5 New
York (NL) 1
After having been in
last place in the NL all season, the New York Mets woke up this morning to find
themselves on 2.5 games behind ninth-place Houston. With the opportunity to
move up while facing the Astros, the Mets promptly gave up three runs in the first
and were losing 5-0 after the third. Dave Giusti
(8-9, 3.85) shacked the New York offense, while Don
Cardwell (2-11, 4.97) got off to a horrible start.
Los Angeles (H) 4
Philadelphia 1
Claude
Osteen (13-9, 3.18) struggled through his last few starts but he had the
good stuff today as he limited Philadelphia to four hits, one of those hits
being a solo homerun (4) by Gene Oliver
in the seventh for the Phillies only run. Los Angeles scored two runs in the
first, and then after the Phillies made the score 2-1, added two more runs in
the seventh, with Osteen tripling a run home and then scoring the other in the
fateful seventh.
San Francisco (H) 4
Pittsburgh 2
Willie
McCovey gave the Giants a 2-1 lead with a two-run homerun (24) in the third
and then Juan
Marichal (10-11, 3.65) fought off several Pirates rally attempts to get the
complete-game victory.
Wednesday, August 2, 1967
Transactions:
Boston catcher Russ Gibson
was sent out to Pittsfield (EL) after 08/01/1967
Cleveland infielder Gordy Lund
was sent out to Portland (PCL) after 08/01/1967
Atlanta pitcher Clay
Carroll returned to play on 08/03/1967
New York (NL)
pitcher Cal
Koonce (Team Debut 08/06/1967) was acquired from Chicago (NL) on 08/02/1967
for cash
Baltimore (H) 6
Detroit 2 (GM 1)
Gene
Brabender (2-1, 2.37) fell behind early by the score of 2-0, but then the
Orioles put up five runs in the bottom of the fifth and Brabender took over
from there. Joe Sparma
(9-11, 3.47) had the one bad inning, giving up some runs, leaving runners on
base, and then had his control desert him to make it worse.
Baltimore (H) 7
Detroit 3
Jim Hardin
(3-1, 2.17), another good-looking young Orioles starter, went all the way for
the Game Two, holding the Tigers to five hits. Fred
Gladding (1-1, 2.04) made a spot start for Detroit, his first (and only)
start of the season, and it didn't go well.
Kansas City 6 Boston
(H) 3
The A's won their
third consecutive game in Boston as they led 4-1 after the third as Gary Bell
(14-4, 1.64) faced repeated control issues, and Kansas City was able to take
advantage Jim
Nash (10-9, 3.10) shut down the Red Sox offense and picked up the win. The
A's are now working on an eleven-game winning streak.
Cleveland (H) 2
Chicago (AL) 1
Tony
Horton's two-run single in the bottom of the sixth got the scoring started
and Steve
Hargan (7-8, 2.46) made that slender lead standup as he went all the way to
get the win over Wilbur Wood
(1-5, 2.67).
New York (AL) (H) 2
California 0
Roy White
smacked a two-run double in the bottom of the second and that was all the runs
that Fritz
Peterson (10-7, 2.90) threw a four-hit shutout and got the win over Jack
Hamilton (4-8, 4.26).
Minnesota 7
Washington (H) 6
Harmon
Killebrew's two-run homerun (22) was the big hit in the Twins' three-run
first and then hit a two-run double was the big hit in Minnesota's three-run
fifth, and Jim
Kaat (10-6, 3.08) was cruising towards an easy win. Washington got back
into the game with a three-run fifth, and then the Senators scored single runs in
the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings to make it close, but Al
Worthington was able to come in and get the save (7) in an exciting finish.
St. Louis 5 Chicago
(NL) (H) 1 (GM 1)
Roger Maris
hit a pair of triples and drove in two runs to key the Cardinals offense and Dick Hughes
(7-6, 2.76) went all the way for the Game One win over Ray Culp
(6-7, 4.49).
Chicago (NL) (H) 6
St. Louis 4 (GM 2)
The Cardinals scored
two runs in the top of the first, just like they did in Game One, but this time
the Cubs came back to slowly grind out a come-from-behind victory. Steve
Carlton (7-6, 2.48) took the loss to Bob Shaw
(4-7, 4.71), who had his second impressive start since the Cubs acquired him.
Cincinnati went ahead early and then pounded out four runs in the bottom of the fifth to lock this one up for Milt Pappas (9-8, 4.04). Lee May led the offense by going 3-for-4 (.279) with two runs scored, three RBI's, a double, and a homerun (8).
Note: On this date
in 1967, Pete
Rose hit a pair of homeruns, one from each side of the plate, for the
second time in his career (https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN196708020.shtml).
Houston (H) 5 New
York (NL) 4
Joe Morgan
cranked a two-run homerun (6) in the bottom of the third to tie the score at 2-2,
and from there the Astros slowly added on to build a 5-3 lead. In the top of
the ninth, the Mets scored a run to make it close and they had the bases loaded,
but they couldn’t get the necessary hit to keep the game going. Mike
Cuellar (12-8, 2.66) got the win and Dan
Schneider got the final out to pick up the save (2).
Los Angeles (H) 3
Philadelphia 2 (10)
The Dodgers broke a
scoreless tie when they pushed across an unearned run in the bottom of the
sixth, but the Phillies finally got on the board in the eighth when a sacrifice
fly brought home the tying run. Philadelphia took the lead with a run in the top
of the eleventh, so in the bottom half of the inning Turk
Farrell (2-3, 2.50) was brought in to relieve Jim Bunning
but a two-out two-run pinch-hit homerun (12) by Al Ferrara
turned the game around in the Dodgers favor. Ron
Perranoski (1-2, 1.63) got the win in relief.
Pittsburgh 2 San
Francisco (H) 1
Pittsburgh only had
four hits, but they managed to bunch enough of them together to score two runs
in the top of the third and then the Pirates let Dennis
Ribant (6-12, 5.43) do the rest. Ribant held the Giants to only one hit through
the first eighth innings, and then Jim Ray Hart
hit a solo homerun (32) in the ninth that spoiled the shutout for Ribant. This
ended the Giants' nine-game winning streak, with Gaylord
Perry (10-11, 2.41) taking the loss.
Thursday, August 3, 1967
Transactions:
Kansas City
infielder Ossie
Chavarria made his Major League Finale on 08/02/1967. Chavarria was later
sent out to Vancouver (PCL). Kansas City pitcher Blue Moon
Odom returned to the mound on 08/04/1967
Boston catcher Elston Howard (Team Debut 08/05/1967) was acquired from New York (AL) on 08/03/1967 for pitcher Pete Magrini (DNP) and a PTBNL. Boston pitcher Ron Klimkowski (DNP) was sent to New York (AL) on 08/08/1967 to complete the trade. Boston outfielder Jose Tartabull was sent out to Pittsfield (EL) after 08/02/1967
Pittsburgh pitcher Pete
Mikkelsen (Team Finale 08/02/1967) was placed on Waivers after 08/02/1967
Baltimore (H) 15
Detroit 2 (Three homerun game, Grand Slam!)
The Orioles
completed their four-game home sweep in a most convincing fashion with a
twenty-hit explosion. Frank
Robinson (.367) went 4-for-4 for the day and his first-inning two-run
homerun (16) got Baltimore off to a fast start. Boog Powell
then added on with three homeruns (11, 12, 13), including a Grand Slam homerun
in the Orioles' six-run fifth. Bill
Dillman (7-2, 3.36) got the win and chipped in offensively by going 2-for-5
with two RBI's.
Kansas City 7 Boston
(H) 5
After starting the
week with a big lead, Boston turned around a lost four in a row to Kansas City
while second-place Baltimore was taking four in a row from Detroit, leaving the
Boston lead at only 3.5 games. Boston scored twice in the first to take the early
lead, but the A's came back with three in the second, and then they scored two
times in both the fifth and sixth innings to take a commanding lead. The Red
Sox tried to come back, but Rico
Petrocelli ended the game when he hit into a bases-loaded double play in
the bottom of the ninth. This win extended Kansas City's winning streak to
twelve games and they now find themselves only 0.5 games behind Minnesota,
Chicago, and Cleveland.
Note: After the
game, an altercation of some sort took place on the A's team flight. Stories
vary as to what exactly happened, but this incident was reported to the A's
owner, Charlie Finley. This will have implications for the team for the rest of
the month.
Chicago (NL) (H) 6
Atlanta 5 (10)
Atlanta took a 5-1 lead
with a four-run third, but they couldn’t hold the lead as Chicago finally came
back to tie the score at 5-5 with a run in the top of the ninth. In the bottom
of the tenth Don
Kessinger started the inning off with a double, advanced to third on a
passed ball, and then two batters later scored on a wild pitch. With this loss,
the Braves fell into second place in the NL, 0.5 games behind the Cardinals.
Friday, August 4, 1967
Transactions:
Houston catcher Ron Brand
returned to play on 08/05/1967
Chicago (NL)
pitcher Pete
Mikkelsen (Team Debut 08/06/1967) was claimed off waivers from
Pittsburgh on 08/04/1967
New York (NL)
pitcher Billy
Wynne made his Major League Debut on 08/06/1967. Cleveland had previously
returned Wynne (earlier draft pick) to New York (NL) on 04/10/1967
Washington 8
California (H) 7
At the end of the
sixth Washington led 5-3, but of the eight runs scored so far only two of them
were earned as multiple errors plagued both teams. The Angels added a
three-spot in the seventh and but couldn’t fight off a Senators rally to
capture the win. Bob
Humphreys (1-3, 3.17) got the win in relief and Dave
Baldwin got the save (8) with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Detroit 5 Cleveland
(H) 3
Cleveland catcher Duke Sims
hit a solo homerun (4) in the second and then knocked a two-out two-run single
in the fourth to give the home team a 3-1 lead. Sam
McDowell kept the Tigers bats quiet, but he was lifted for a pinch-hitter
in the seventh, and in the eighth the Cleveland bullpen collapsed, and Detroit
scored four times to take a come-from-behind 5-3 lead. Hank
Aguirre (4-0, 1.44) got the win in relief and Mike
Marshall picked up the save (5).
The Yankees ended the A's winning streak at twelve games as Steve Barber (6-12, 6.33) went all the way for the complete-game victory. It was a close game until Bill Robinson knocked a three-run homerun (2) in the Yankees' four-run seventh.
Minnesota (H) 6
Boston 2
The Twins extended the
Red Sox losing streak to five games as they blew open a 2-2 game with four runs
in the bottom of the eighth. Harmon
Killebrew (23) and Zoilo
Versalles (13) both homered in the fateful eighth and Ron Kline
(3-5, 4.91) gladly took the win in relief.
Chicago (NL) (H) 5
Atlanta 4
The Cubs took a 4-1
lead with a three-run fifth, but Rich Nye
couldn’t hold the lead and the Braves tied the score at 4-4 when they plated
three runs in the top of the eighth. An infield error helped Chicago load the
bases in the bottom of the ninth and then Ron Santo
lined a two-out single to score the game-winner for Chicago.
New York (NL) (H) 7
San Francisco 1
Jim Ray Hart
hit homerun #33 in the top of the second to give the Giants a quick lead, but
that didn't last long as the Mets tied it up in the bottom half of the second.
New York then scored a pair of runs in each of the fourth, fifth, and sixth
innings as they knocked out Ray Sadecki
(11-2, 1.70) and pounded on multiple relievers. Tom Seaver
(12-8, 2.75) went all the way for the win.
Philadelphia (H) 10
Houston 6
Philadelphia was
glad to be back on home turf after a rough road trip where they, Chicago, Los
Angeles, and Cincinnati are all tied at 6.0 games out of first. After Houston
scored twice in the top of the first the Phillies scored four times in the
bottom half of the inning. Don Wilson
(8-8, 3.01) walked home two runs and another scored on an error, but Wilson was
allowed to stay in the game, and he pitched well - for a few innings. His
control deserted him in the bottom of the sixth and it led to a five-run
outburst, more than enough to secure the Phillies win. Dick
Ellsworth (6-6, 4.51) tired towards the end but was able to go all the way
for the win.
Los Angeles 6
Pittsburgh (H) 4
Roberto
Clemente hit a two-run homerun (25) in the first but the rest of the day
belonged to the Dodgers and Don Sutton
(7-12, 3.61). Bob Veale
(10-10, 4.33) had a bad fifth inning when he developed control issues plus his
own fielding mishap all led to a four-run inning for the Dodgers.
St. Louis (H) 5
Cincinnati 3
The Reds went ahead
when Deron
Johnson (12) and Don
Pavletich (3) both hit solo homeruns in the second, then they added another
run in the third when Phil
Gagliano, filling in at second base for Julian
Javier, committed two fielding errors that led to another run. The
Cardinals came right back to tie the score at 3-3 when they scored three times
in the bottom of the third, the big hit being a two-run triple by Roger Maris.
St. Louis took the lead with a run in the fourth, and by then Larry
Jaster (7-6, 2.96) was over his early inning jitters and he shut down the
Cincinnati offense, at least until Ron Willis
entered the game and threw the final two innings for the save (4).
Saturday, August 5, 1967
Transactions:
Minnesota infielder Rod Carew
was injured (?) on 08/04/1967
Pittsburgh pitcher Steve Blass
returned to the mound on 08/06/1967
San Francisco
outfielder Ty Cline
returned to play on 08/06/1967
New York (AL)
outfielder Ross
Moschitto made his Season Debut on 08/06/1967. Moschitto had previously
been recalled from Syracuse (IL)
Cincinnati
outfielder Dick
Simpson returned to play on 08/06/1967
Washington 4
California (H) 3
Washington grabbed
an early 2-0 lead, the second run coming home when Frank
Howard hit a solo homerun (31) in the third. The Angels tied the score at
2-2 in the bottom of the sixth, and then took the lead when Bubba
Morton tripled home Rick
Reichardt in the bottom of the eighth. Dick Nen
surprised Minnie
Rojas (1-4, 3.62) when he uncorked a two-run homerun in the top of the
ninth, allowing Dave
Baldwin to collect his second save (9) in as many days.
Detroit 3 Cleveland
(H) 2
Earl Wilson
(13-9, 2.95) got tired of waiting for his offense, so he got things started
with a solo homerun (1) in the top of the third, but Cleveland came back with
two runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 2-1 lead. This was Detroit's day
though and RBI singles from Al Kaline
and Willie
Horton put the Tigers back ahead and Wilson and Dave
Wickersham were able to hold off Cleveland for the win.
New York (AL) 3
Kansas City (H) 0
Al Downing
(7-10, 2.46) threw a two-hit shutout, his fourth shutout of the season, in
Kansas City against the A's. The Yankees didn't do much against Jim Nash
(10-10, 3.15), but they did enough to get the win.
Minnesota (H) 6
Boston 2
Dave
Boswell (9-10, 3.29) nursed a 2-0 lead for most of the game but then the
Twins exploded for four runs in the bottom of the eighth, the big hit being
Boswell's two-out three-run homerun (2). Carl
Yastrzemski (33) and Tony
Conigliaro (23) hit back-to-back homeruns in the ninth to spoil Boswell's
shutout, but it was too little too late.
Atlanta 2 Chicago
(NL) (H) 0
Tito
Francona hit a solo homerun (4) in the second to put the Braves ahead 1-0,
and then Atlanta proceeded to load the bases in three of the first five innings
but was further unable to add to their lead. They finally pushed across an
insurance run in the seventh and Phil Niekro
(8-5, 1.89) went all the way for a two-hit shutout over the Cubs and Ferguson
Jenkins (15-7, 2.35).
Houston 2
Philadelphia (H) 1
A two-run single by Bob
Aspromonte put the visiting Astros up 2-1 and Houston held on for the tight
win, with Wade
Blasingame (4-5, 4.92) picking up the win. Both teams had several chances
to score but Houston hit into three double plays and Philadelphia hit into two.
The Pirates led 3-0 after the fifth inning but then they exploded for six runs in the bottom of the sixth, the big hit being a three-run homerun (12) by Donn Clendenon. Veteran hurler Vern Law (2-4, 3.50) pitched masterfully and got the win.
Cincinnati 5 St.
Louis (H) 0
Cincinnati scored an
unearned run in the fifth and the sixth, but Tommy Helms two-out two-run single
in the seventh was the big hit in this game. Mel Queen
(9-6, 2.37) pitched a complete-game three-hit shutout for the Reds and got the
win over Ray
Washburn (8-6, 2.49).
Sunday, August 6, 1967
Transactions:
California pitcher Clyde Wright was injured (?) on 08/05/1967
Minnesota infielder Jackie
Hernandez made his Season Debut on 08/07/1967, Hernandez had been
previously recalled from Denver (PCL)
Chicago (AL) 6 Baltimore
(H) 5 (GM 1)
Chicago scored three
times in the top of the first, the big hit being a two-run homerun (8) by
recently acquired Rocky
Colavito. Baltimore had tied the score at 3-3 by the end of the third
though, but this time the White Sox were able to respond, regain the lead, and
then hold off a belated Orioles comeback. Bruce
Howard (6-9, 3.83) got the win despite a poor outing, with Bob Locker
throwing a 1-2-3 ninth and picking up the save (9).
Chicago (AL) 9
Baltimore (H) 0 (GM 2)
Wilbur Wood
(2-5, 2.36) got a spot start and made the most of it by going all the way and
throwing a four-hit shutout against the hometown Orioles. Tom Phoebus
(12-6, 3.38) was pitching a strong game, losing only 1-0 through the sixth
inning, but then the White Sox offense came alive and scored seven runs in the
seventh, Pete
Ward's three-run homerun (15) putting a capper on the inning.
Camilo Pascual (8-9, 2.50) held the Angels to only four hits and went all the way for the tough win. Pascual lost his shutout in the eighth when Don Mincher hit a solo homerun (12). Jim McGlothlin (5-12, 3.35) gave up three runs in the top of the first, but the damage was done.
Cleveland (H) 4
Detroit 2 (GM 1) (Grand Slam!)
Joe Sparma
(9-12, 3.55) methodically took a shutout into the eighth inning when his
control problems suddenly reappeared, and then Duke Sims
slugged a grand slam homerun (5) and suddenly the Indians were ahead. Sonny
Siebert got a chance to stretch his arm and threw a 1-2-3 ninth to pick up
the save (1).
Cleveland (H) 8
Detroit 2 (GM 2)
A bad day for the
Tigers as Pat
Dobson (1-1, 7.04) was given a spot start and it didn't go well for the
visitors. Vic
Davalillo hit a two-run homerun (2) in the third, Duke Sims
hit his second homerun (6) of the day in the fourth, and then Leon
Wagner's three-run blast (10) in the fifth ended Dobson's day early. Steve
Hargan (8-8, 2.43) went all the way for the Game Two win.
New York (AL) 10
Kansas City (H) 3
The Yankees got on
the board first with a three-run first, but the A's were able to claw their way
back into it and by the end of the sixth the score was tied at 3-3. By this
time New York was knee-deep into the Kansas City bullpen and the Yankees exploded
for five runs in the top of the eighth, and then two more in the ninth, and
finished the day with a total of nineteen hits. Mel
Stottlemyre (7-13, 3.34) got the win.
Boston 3 Minnesota
(H) 0
Boston put an end to
their six-game losing streak as Jim Lonborg
(12-6, 2.74) threw a one-hit shutout and struck out a total of seventeen Twins
batters along the way. Tony
Conigliaro hit a solo homerun (24) in the second to get the scoring
started, and then Carl
Yastrzemski added a homerun (34) in the eighth to give a little more
padding to Lonborg's lead.
Note: On this day in
1967, Minnesota’s Dean Chance
threw a perfect no-hitter for five innings against the Red Sox before the game
was called (https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN196708060.shtml).
Chicago (NL) (H) 7
Atlanta 2
The Cubs jumped on
Braves ace Ken Johnson
(15-2, 1.83) for four runs in the top of the first, the big hit being a two-run
homerun (18) by Ernie Banks.
Chicago kept adding on from there and Ray Culp
(7-7, 4.39) kept Atlanta scoreless until the seventh and picked up the win.
San Francisco 7 New
York (NL) (H) 2 (GM 1)
A two-run single by Jim Ray Hart
in the fifth put San Francisco up 4-2 and then a two-run single by Tito
Fuentes in the eighth extended that lead to 6-2 and secured the Game One
win for Mike
McCormick (11-6, 2.57).
New York (NL) (H) 6
San Francisco 5 (GM 2)
The Mets scored
three times in the first, the Giants scored three times in the fourth, and then
New York took a 5-3 lead in the bottom of the seventh and looked to have the
game in hand. In the top of the ninth Willie Mays
tied the game back up with a pinch-hit two-run homerun (17), but in the bottom
half of the inning Jerry
Buchek slid a single into right field and scored Ron Swoboda
with the game-winner.
Houston 3
Philadelphia (H) 1
The Phillies scored
first with a run in the bottom of the first, but the Astros came back with two
in the second and they added on from there for the victory. Eddie
Mathews hit a two-run homerun (11) in the top of the ninth to add some
insurance runs, and Dave Giusti
(9-9, 2.67) went all the way for the rod win over Larry
Jackson (6-14, 3.52).
Los Angeles 3
Pittsburgh (H) 0 (12)
Tommie Sisk
(5-10, 3.32) and Claude
Osteen (14-9, 3.00) took a shutout into extra innings when Ron Fairly
clubbed a three-run homerun (6) in the top of the twelfth to give the Dodgers
the win.
Cincinnati 5 St.
Louis (H) 4
The Cardinals took a
4-3 lead into the ninth but the Reds managed to tie the score at 4-4 and then
with two outs and a runner on third, Nelson
Briles (5-34, 1.55) was called for a balk, bringing home the lead run for
Cincinnati. Billy
McCool was given the opportunity to save the victory for Jim Maloney
(6-9, 3.33) and while he was shaky, he got the third out and the win for
Cincinnati.
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