The 1961 New York Yankees and the 1962 San Francisco Giants are the last two unbeatens after the second day of the season. The Yankees had to go to extra innings to beat the 1969 Minnesota Twins in a high-scoring contest. The other three games were decided by scores of 4-3, 4-2 and 4-2.
Los Angeles 4, New York Mets 3
The Dodgers (1-1) had a 4-0 lead before the Mets (0-2) got their first hit off of Sandy Koufax in the bottom of the sixth. Willie Davis hit a solo homer in the first, Jim Gilliam had an RBI single in the third and Frank Howard slammed a two-run homer in the sixth. The Mets’ Al Weis ended the no-hit bid with a single with two outs in the bottom of the sixth. In the seventh, Jerry Grote knocked a three-run home run to get the Mets within a run. But Koufax and Ron Perranoski combined to retire the final eight New York batters after that.
1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1969 NY METS AB R H BI
Maury Wills 4 0 0 0 Tommie Agee 3 0 0 0
Jim Gilliam 4 0 1 1 Al Weis 4 0 1 0
Willie Davis 4 1 1 1 Cleon Jones 4 0 0 0
Tommy Davis 4 0 1 0 Donn Clendenon 3 0 0 0
Ron Fairly 4 1 2 0 Ron Swoboda 4 1 1 0
Frank Howard 4 1 2 2 Wayne Garrett 3 1 0 0
Johnny Roseboro 4 0 1 0 Jerry Grote 3 1 1 3
Daryl Spencer 4 0 0 0 Bud Harrelson 3 0 0 0
Sandy Koufax K 2 1 0 0 Don Cardwell Z 1 0 0 0
Duke Snider 1 0 0 0 Rod Gaspar 1 0 0 0
Bobby Pfeil 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 4 8 4 TOTALS 30 3 3 3
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 101 002 000 -- 4
1969 NY METS 000 000 300 -- 3
LOB--1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 5, 1969 NY METS 3. ERR--Johnny
Roseboro, Maury Wills. 2B--Ron Swoboda. HR--Frank Howard,
Willie Davis, Jerry Grote.
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Sandy Koufax K [W] 8.00 3 3 3 3 8 1
Ron Perranoski YZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1969 NY METS
Don Cardwell Z [L] 6.00 6 4 4 1 4 2
Nolan Ryan XYW 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Jim McAndrew Y 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ron Taylor Z 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
New York Yankees 9, Minnesota 6 (12 inn.)
The Yankees (2-0) built a 5-0 lead after five innings, which included a two-run home run from Bill Skowron. The Twins got their first run in the bottom of the sixth on Rich Reese’s RBI double. In the bottom of the ninth, Minnesota roughed up New York’s bullpen, tying the game thanks to a three-run pinch-hit home run by George Mitterwald and an RBI double from Rod Carew. In the top of the 12th, the Yankees had three straight singles, the last one scoring the go-ahead run by Elston Howard, and pinch-hitter Bob Cerv then provided a three-run home run to make it 9-5. Minnesota (1-1) scored once in the bottom of the 12th on Harmon Killebrew’s RBI single, then loaded the bases with one out, but hit into a game-ending double play. Yogi Berra and Rod Carew had four-hit games.
1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI
Bobby Richardson 6 0 2 1 Ted Uhlaender 5 1 0 0
Tony Kubek 4 0 0 0 Rod Carew 5 1 4 1
Roger Maris 5 1 1 1 Tony Oliva 5 1 2 0
Mickey Mantle 3 0 0 0 Harmon Killebrew 6 0 1 1
Yogi Berra 6 2 4 1 Rich Reese 6 1 3 1
Bill Skowron 6 2 3 2 Leo Cardenas 6 0 1 0
Elston Howard 6 1 2 1 Cesar Tovar 5 1 0 0
Clete Boyer 6 1 1 0 Johnny Roseboro 5 0 1 0
Bill Stafford YZ 2 1 1 0 Tom Hall Y 1 0 0 0
Johnny Blanchard 1 0 0 0 Graig Nettles 1 0 1 0
Billy Gardner 1 0 0 0 Charlie Manuel 0 0 0 0
Bob Cerv 1 1 1 3 George Mitterwald 1 1 1 3
Rick Renick 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 47 9 15 9 TOTALS 47 6 14 6
1961 NY YANKEES 001 310 000 004 -- 9
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 000 001 004 001 -- 6
LOB--1961 NY YANKEES 10, 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 10. ERR--Leo
Cardenas. 2B--Johnny Roseboro, Rich Reese, Graig Nettles,
Rod Carew (2). 3B--Bill Stafford YZ. HR--Bob Cerv, Bill
Skowron, George Mitterwald. SACB--Bill Stafford YZ.
SB--Johnny Roseboro, Rod Carew (2), Tony Oliva.
1961 NY YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill Stafford YZ 8.00 6 1 1 3 5 0
Jim Coates Y 0.67 2 4 4 2 0 1
Luis Arroyo X 1.33 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Reniff W [W] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tex Clevenger W 1.00 4 1 1 0 1 0
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS
Tom Hall Y 4.00 8 5 5 4 2 1
Joe Grzenda Z 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Miller Z 2.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
Dick Woodson Y 2.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ron Perranoski 2.00 2 0 0 1 0 0
Al Worthington XZ [L] 1.00 4 4 4 0 1 1
St. Louis 4, Boston 2
Twice, the Cardinals (1-1) took a one-run lead, and twice, the Red Sox (1-1) immediately tied it. Curt Flood had an RBI single for St. Louis in the top of the first, and George Scott did the same in the bottom half of the frame. In the top of the seventh, the Cardinals’ Mike Shannon led off with a single and eventually scored on a groundout. But in the bottom of the seventh, the first Red Sox batters reached base, including an RBI single from Mike Ryan. St. Louis went ahead for good with two runs in the top of the ninth on a two-run single by Flood.
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Lou Brock 5 2 2 0 Mike Andrews 4 0 0 0
Curt Flood 5 0 3 3 Joe Foy 4 1 1 0
Roger Maris 5 0 0 0 Carl Yastrzemski 3 0 0 0
Orlando Cepeda 4 0 2 0 George Scott 4 0 2 1
Tim McCarver 4 0 2 0 Tony Conigliaro 4 0 0 0
Mike Shannon 4 1 1 0 Reggie Smith 3 1 2 0
Julian Javier 4 0 2 0 Rico Petrocelli 4 0 2 0
Dal Maxvill 4 1 1 0 Mike Ryan 4 0 2 1
Steve Carlton X 2 0 0 1 Darrell Brandon 1 0 0 0
Alex Johnson 1 0 0 0 Ken Harrelson 1 0 0 0
Jerry Adair 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 38 4 13 4 TOTALS 33 2 9 2
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 100 000 102 -- 4
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 100 000 100 -- 2
LOB--1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 8, 1967 BOSTON RED SOX 7.
2B--Lou Brock, Reggie Smith. SACB--Steve Carlton X, Darrell
Brandon. SB--Lou Brock, Orlando Cepeda.
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Carlton X [W] 8.00 8 2 2 2 9 0
Joe Hoerner X [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
1967 BOSTON RED SOX
Darrell Brandon 7.00 8 2 2 0 3 0
Sparky Lyle XY [L] 2.00 5 2 2 0 3 0
San Francisco 4, Detroit 2
The Tigers scored first on a solo homer by Jake Wood in the fourth inning. The Giants (2-0) finally strung some hits together in the bottom of the sixth, which included a two-run triple from Orlando Cepeda and an RBI single by Felipe Alou. The Giants got one more in the seventh when Jose Pagan led off with a double and later scored on Harvey Kuenn’s sacrifice fly. Detroit (0-2) made it 4-2 in the eighth on Al Kaline’s RBI double. They put runners on the corners with no one out in the ninth but Juan Marichal got the next three outs to finish off his complete-game win.
1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Jake Wood 2 2 1 1 Harvey Kuenn 3 0 1 1
Bill Bruton 4 0 0 0 Chuck Hiller 2 1 1 0
Al Kaline 4 0 1 1 Willie Mays 4 1 1 0
Rocky Colavito 3 0 0 0 Orlando Cepeda 3 1 1 2
Norm Cash 4 0 2 0 Felipe Alou 4 0 1 1
Steve Boros 4 0 2 0 Jim Davenport 4 0 0 0
Dick Brown 4 0 0 0 Tom Haller 4 0 1 0
Chico Fernandez 4 0 1 0 Jose Pagan 3 1 1 0
Frank Lary YZ 2 0 0 0 Juan Marichal YZ 2 0 1 0
Vic Wertz 1 0 0 0
Dick McAuliffe 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 2 7 2 TOTALS 29 4 8 4
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 000 100 010 -- 2
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 003 10x -- 4
LOB--1961 DETROIT TIGERS 7, 1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 6.
2B--Chico Fernandez, Steve Boros, Al Kaline, Tom Haller,
Jose Pagan. 3B--Orlando Cepeda. HR--Jake Wood. SACF--Harvey
Kuenn. SACB--Juan Marichal YZ. SB--Willie Mays.
1961 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Frank Lary YZ [L] 7.00 8 4 4 3 2 0
Hank Aguirre YW 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Juan Marichal YZ [W] 9.00 7 2 2 3 6 1
ROGER SPORTS & GAMES 