The three-peat effort rolls on, as the 1961 New York Yankees are the final unbeaten team three games into the new season. They’ve got eight home runs already after hitting four against the 1961 Detroit Tigers, two by Yogi Berra. The 1962 San Francisco Giants suffered their first loss and they’re now one of four teams at 2-1.
Boston 3, New York Mets 1
The Red Sox (2-1) got all of their scoring out of the way early, as George Scott had an RBI double in the first inning, and Rico Petrocelli had an RBI double followed by an RBI triple by Mike Ryan in the third inning, making it 3-0. The Mets (0-3) got their only run in the third inning on Cleon Jones’ RBI single. That was it as Lee Stange pitched seven good innings and John Wyatt earned a two-inning save.
1969 NY METS AB R H BI 1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Tommie Agee 3 1 0 0 Mike Andrews 3 0 1 0
Ken Boswell 4 0 2 0 Joe Foy 3 0 0 0
Cleon Jones 4 0 2 1 Carl Yastrzemski 4 1 1 0
Ed Kranepool 4 0 0 0 George Scott 4 0 3 1
Art Shamsky 4 0 1 0 Tony Conigliaro 4 0 0 0
Wayne Garrett 4 0 0 0 Reggie Smith 4 1 1 0
Jerry Grote 3 0 1 0 Rico Petrocelli 3 1 2 1
Bud Harrelson 4 0 0 0 Mike Ryan 2 0 1 1
Gary Gentry Y 3 0 0 0 Lee Stange Z 2 0 0 0
Jose Tartabull 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 1 6 1 TOTALS 29 3 9 3
1969 NY METS 001 000 000 -- 1
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 120 000 00x -- 3
LOB--1969 NY METS 7, 1967 BOSTON RED SOX 6. ERR--Cleon
Jones, Tony Conigliaro, Mike Andrews. 2B--George Scott, Rico
Petrocelli. 3B--Mike Ryan. SACB--Joe Foy, Jose Tartabull.
1969 NY METS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gary Gentry Y [L] 7.00 8 3 3 2 4 0
Tug McGraw X 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1967 BOSTON RED SOX
Lee Stange Z [W] 7.00 5 1 1 2 6 0
John Wyatt Y [S] 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
New York Yankees 7, Detroit 2
Yogi Berra hit two of the Yankees’ four home runs, which accounted for all seven of their runs for New York (3-0). Bobby Richardson got things started with a two-run homer in the third inning. Berra had a two-run blast in the fourth and a solo shot in the sixth. Mickey Mantle capped it off with a two-run homer in the ninth. The Tigers (0-3) could only muster one, a solo homer from Rocky Colavito in the sixth. Jake Wood tripled and scored on Al Kaline’s sacrifice fly for the other Tiger run.
1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI 1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Bobby Richardson 3 1 1 2 Jake Wood 4 1 1 0
Tony Kubek 5 0 3 0 Bill Bruton 3 0 1 0
Roger Maris 4 1 0 0 Al Kaline 3 0 0 1
Mickey Mantle 3 2 1 2 Rocky Colavito 2 1 2 1
Yogi Berra 5 2 2 3 Norm Cash 4 0 1 0
Bill Skowron 4 0 0 0 Steve Boros 4 0 0 0
Elston Howard 4 0 0 0 Dick Brown 4 0 1 0
Clete Boyer 4 0 0 0 Chico Fernandez 4 0 1 0
Ralph Terry Z 4 1 1 0 Jim Bunning XZ 1 0 0 0
Vic Wertz 1 0 0 0
Reno Bertoia 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 7 8 7 TOTALS 31 2 7 2
1961 NY YANKEES 002 201 002 -- 7
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 000 001 010 -- 2
LOB--1961 NY YANKEES 7, 1961 DETROIT TIGERS 7. ERR--Chico
Fernandez. 2B--Tony Kubek (2). 3B--Jake Wood. HR--Bobby
Richardson, Yogi Berra (2), Mickey Mantle, Rocky Colavito.
HBP--Mickey Mantle. SACF--Al Kaline.
1961 NY YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ralph Terry Z [W] 8.00 6 2 2 4 3 1
Bud Daley Y 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
1961 DETROIT TIGERS
Jim Bunning XZ [L] 7.00 7 5 5 3 8 3
Gerry Staley Z 2.00 1 2 2 1 1 1
Minnesota 12, San Francisco 1
The Twins (2-1) were unstoppable with 20 hits, nine of them for extra bases, including five triples (two by Harvey Kuenn). They had four multi-run innings. Leo Cardenas hit a two-run homer in the third inning. Tony Oliva had a single, double and triple but couldn’t complete the cycle. Ted Uhlaender had a five-hit game and Harmon Killebrew and Rich Reese both drove in three runs. Dave Boswell pitched a strong eight innings for the win. The Giants (2-1) only got an RBI triple from Willie Mays in the third inning.
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI 1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Ted Uhlaender 6 3 5 1 Harvey Kuenn 4 0 2 0
Rod Carew 6 1 1 0 Chuck Hiller 4 1 0 0
Tony Oliva 5 2 3 2 Willie Mays 4 0 2 1
Harmon Killebrew 5 1 2 3 Orlando Cepeda 4 0 0 0
Rich Reese 5 1 2 3 Felipe Alou 4 0 2 0
Leo Cardenas 5 2 2 2 Jim Davenport 4 0 0 0
Cesar Tovar 5 1 3 0 Tom Haller 2 0 1 0
Johnny Roseboro 4 0 1 1 Jose Pagan 4 0 1 0
Dave Boswell X 4 1 1 0 Jack Sanford YZ 2 0 0 0
Graig Nettles 1 0 0 0 Willie McCovey 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 46 12 20 12 TOTALS 33 1 8 1
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 204 103 002 -- 12
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 001 000 000 -- 1
LOB--1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 8, 1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 7.
ERR--Rod Carew, Chuck Hiller. 2B--Rich Reese, Rod Carew,
Tony Oliva, Tom Haller, Willie Mays. 3B--Harmon Killebrew,
Cesar Tovar, Tony Oliva, Harvey Kuenn (2), Willie Mays.
HR--Leo Cardenas. HBP--Tom Haller. SACF--Johnny Roseboro.
SB--Cesar Tovar (2).
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Boswell X [W] 8.00 8 1 1 0 8 0
Dean Chance Y 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Jack Sanford YZ [L] 5.67 15 10 10 0 3 1
Don Larsen Y 1.33 2 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Duffalo Y 2.00 3 2 2 0 1 0
Los Angeles 4, St. Louis 1
Three home runs provided the offense for the Dodgers (2-1). Willie Davis hit a two-run homer in the first inning, while Tommy Davis and Frank Howard had solo shots in the fourth and eighth, respectively. The Cardinals (1-2) broke up Don Drysdale’s shutout bid in the seventh inning despite not getting a hit. Two walks and an error loaded the bases and a fielder’s choice brought home their only run. Drysdale gave up just three hits in eight innings.
1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Maury Wills 5 0 1 0 Lou Brock 4 0 0 0
Jim Gilliam 3 1 0 0 Curt Flood 4 0 0 0
Willie Davis 4 1 1 2 Roger Maris 3 1 1 0
Tommy Davis 3 1 1 1 Orlando Cepeda 4 0 0 0
Ron Fairly 3 0 0 0 Tim McCarver 4 0 0 0
Frank Howard 4 1 2 1 Mike Shannon 3 0 0 0
Johnny Roseboro 4 0 1 0 Julian Javier 3 0 0 1
Daryl Spencer 3 0 0 0 Dal Maxvill 3 0 1 0
Don Drysdale XZ 3 0 0 0 Ray Washburn Z 1 0 0 0
Duke Snider 1 0 0 0 Bobby Tolan 1 0 0 0
Phil Gagliano 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 33 4 6 4 TOTALS 31 1 3 1
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 200 100 010 -- 4
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 000 100 -- 1
LOB--1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 6, 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 5.
ERR--Willie Davis, Ron Fairly, Julian Javier. 2B--Dal
Maxvill. HR--Frank Howard, Willie Davis, Tommy Davis.
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Drysdale XZ [W] 8.00 3 1 1 2 8 0
Ron Perranoski YZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Ray Washburn Z [L] 6.00 5 3 3 4 3 2
Jack Lamabe YZ 2.00 1 1 1 0 1 1
Ron Willis 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
ROGER SPORTS & GAMES 