Roger's 1967 APBA Replay

Week Six of the 1967 BBW Replay is in the books, and it was another exciting and busy week. On the one hand, there were four grand slams hit this past week. On the other hand though, there were twelve games on Sunday and six of them resulted in shutouts. All teams have reached the thirty-games-played mark, and it is likely that a few teams will reach forty games by the end of Week Seven. Week Eight will feature a Memorial Doubleheader extravaganza, but we will cross that bridge when we get to it. In the AL, the Tigers have a 1.5 games lead over Boston, as the Red Sox ran into a buzzsaw at the end of the week when they lost 3-of-4 to Cleveland. Cleveland has been in the top two in the AL in both pitching and hitting, but thanks to this past weekend in Boston only just managed to get their record over 500. Baltimore's pitching woes continued and they now know Jim Palmer will be out for an indeterminate time, but they finished the week tied for fourth with Cleveland. Chicago sits a...

Monday, May 15, 1967   Transactions: N/A   California 7 Kansas City (H) 5 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 ...