Gameday #5 featured not one, but two extra-inning walk-off home runs, as the teams began their first four-game series of the season. Mickey Mantle kept the 1961 New York Yankees unbeaten and on top of the standings with his blast, while Tony Conigliaro of the 1967 Boston Red Sox kept the 1969 New York Mets winless with his long ball. The 1969 Minnesota Twins maintained their ongoing offensive explosion to stay one game back of the Yankees. The Yanks’ Yogi Berra hit two home runs for the second time in three games.
St. Louis 6, San Francisco 1
The Cardinals (2-3) set the tone early, as Lou Brock led off the bottom of the first with a double. He scored on a single by Curt Flood, and Orlando Cepeda hit a two-run homer. St. Louis made it 5-0 in the fourth on a two-run double by Mike Shannon. The Giants (2-3) got their only run in the fifth on Chuck Hiller’s RBI double. Lou Brock capped off the scoring with a solo homer in the seventh. The Cardinals’ Ray Washburn pitched eight strong innings for the win.
1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Harvey Kuenn 3 0 0 0 Lou Brock 4 2 2 1
Chuck Hiller 4 0 3 1 Curt Flood 4 1 1 1
Willie Mays 4 0 1 0 Roger Maris 3 0 0 0
Orlando Cepeda 4 0 0 0 Orlando Cepeda 4 2 3 2
Felipe Alou 3 0 1 0 Tim McCarver 4 1 1 0
Jim Davenport 4 0 1 0 Mike Shannon 3 0 1 2
Tom Haller 4 0 0 0 Julian Javier 3 0 0 0
Jose Pagan 3 0 0 0 Dal Maxvill 3 0 0 0
Billy Pierce Z 2 1 1 0 Ray Washburn Z 3 0 0 0
Willie McCovey 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 1 7 1 TOTALS 31 6 8 6
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 010 000 -- 1
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 300 200 10x -- 6
LOB--1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 6, 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
4. 2B--Chuck Hiller, Mike Shannon, Lou Brock. HR--Lou Brock,
Orlando Cepeda.
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Billy Pierce Z [L] 6.00 6 5 5 2 3 1
Stu Miller Y 2.00 2 1 1 1 1 1
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Ray Washburn Z [W] 8.00 6 1 1 2 2 0
Jack Lamabe YZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Boston 2, New York Mets 1 (10 inn.)
The Red Sox (3-2) got on the board with Rico Petrocelli’s solo home run in the fifth inning. The Mets tied it in the eighth when Bud Harrelson led off with a single and eventually scored on Tommie Agee’s sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the 10th, Tony Conigliaro greeted reliever Nolan Ryan’s first pitch with a walk-off home run, keeping the Mets (0-5) winless.
1969 NY METS AB R H BI 1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Tommie Agee 4 0 1 1 Mike Andrews 3 0 0 0
Ken Boswell 4 0 1 0 Joe Foy 3 0 0 0
Cleon Jones 3 0 1 0 Carl Yastrzemski 2 0 0 0
Ed Kranepool 4 0 0 0 George Scott 4 0 0 0
Art Shamsky 3 0 0 0 Tony Conigliaro 4 1 2 1
Wayne Garrett 4 0 1 0 Reggie Smith 3 0 0 0
Jerry Grote 4 0 0 0 Rico Petrocelli 3 1 2 1
Bud Harrelson 4 1 2 0 Mike Ryan 3 0 0 0
Gary Gentry Y 2 0 0 0 Lee Stange Z 2 0 0 0
Donn Clendenon 1 0 1 0 Jerry Adair 1 0 0 0
Ron Swoboda 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 1 7 1 TOTALS 28 2 4 2
1969 NY METS 000 000 010 0 -- 1
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 000 010 000 1 -- 2
LOB--1969 NY METS 6, 1967 BOSTON RED SOX 3. HR--Tony
Conigliaro, Rico Petrocelli. SACF--Tommie Agee. SACB--Joe
Foy.
1969 NY METS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gary Gentry Y 7.00 3 1 1 2 9 1
Tug McGraw X 2.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Nolan Ryan XYW [L] 0.00 1 1 1 0 0 1
1967 BOSTON RED SOX
Lee Stange Z 8.00 6 1 1 2 5 0
Sparky Lyle XY [W] 2.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
New York Yankees 4, Los Angeles 3 (10 inn.)
Yogi Berra had his second two-home-run game in the last three contests, as he hit a solo shot in the second inning and a two-run blast in the sixth that tied the game at three. The Dodgers had taken a 3-1 lead in the fifth thanks for RBI singles by Tommy Davis and Ron Fairly and an RBI double by Frank Howard. The Yankees loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth but couldn’t get a run home. With their best relievers unavailable, the Dodgers (3-2) kept Sandy Koufax on the mound. But with two outs in the bottom of the 10th, Mickey Mantle slammed a game-winning homer off him to keep the Yankees (5-0) unbeaten.
1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI
Maury Wills 5 1 2 0 Bobby Richardson 5 0 0 0
Jim Gilliam 3 1 1 0 Tony Kubek 5 0 0 0
Willie Davis 4 0 1 0 Roger Maris 5 1 1 0
Tommy Davis 5 1 2 1 Mickey Mantle 4 1 1 1
Ron Fairly 4 0 1 1 Yogi Berra 4 2 3 3
Frank Howard 5 0 1 1 Bill Skowron 4 0 1 0
Johnny Roseboro 4 0 0 0 Elston Howard 2 0 2 0
Daryl Spencer 4 0 1 0 Clete Boyer 2 0 0 0
Sandy Koufax K 3 0 0 0 Bill Stafford YZ 1 0 0 0
Billy Gardner 1 0 0 0
Bob Cerv 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 3 9 3 TOTALS 34 4 8 4
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 030 000 0 -- 3
1961 NY YANKEES 010 002 000 1 -- 4
LOB--1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 10, 1961 NY YANKEES 7. 2B--Jim
Gilliam, Frank Howard, Daryl Spencer, Maury Wills, Roger
Maris. HR--Yogi Berra (2), Mickey Mantle. HBP--Willie Davis.
SACB--Sandy Koufax K, Bill Stafford YZ, Clete Boyer.
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Sandy Koufax K [L] 9.67 8 4 4 4 11 3
1961 NY YANKEES
Bill Stafford YZ 7.00 8 3 3 4 4 0
Hal Reniff W 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Luis Arroyo X [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Minnesota 9, Detroit 3
Jim Kaat got the win for the Twins (4-1) and hit a three-run homer in a four-run second inning. The Tigers (1-4) got within a run at 4-3 after Rocky Colavito hit a solo homer in the fourth and a two-run double in the sixth. The Twins got one back on Rod Carew’s solo homer in the seventh. They put the game away with four runs in the ninth, which included a two-run single by Harmon Killebrew and a two-run homer by Rich Reese.
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI 1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Ted Uhlaender 4 0 1 0 Jake Wood 5 0 0 0
Rod Carew 5 2 1 1 Bill Bruton 4 1 2 0
Tony Oliva 5 1 3 0 Al Kaline 4 1 1 0
Harmon Killebrew 4 1 1 2 Rocky Colavito 3 1 2 3
Rich Reese 5 1 1 2 Norm Cash 4 0 3 0
Leo Cardenas 4 1 1 0 Steve Boros 4 0 3 0
Cesar Tovar 4 1 2 0 Dick Brown 4 0 0 0
Johnny Roseboro 4 1 1 1 Chico Fernandez 4 0 0 0
Jim Kaat YZ 2 1 1 3 Jim Bunning XZ 2 0 0 0
Graig Nettles 1 0 0 0 Vic Wertz 1 0 0 0
Charlie Manuel 1 0 0 0 Dick McAuliffe 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 39 9 12 9 TOTALS 36 3 11 3
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 040 000 104 -- 9
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 000 102 000 -- 3
LOB--1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 6, 1961 DETROIT TIGERS 7. ERR--Jim
Kaat YZ, Rod Carew. 2B--Cesar Tovar, Tony Oliva. HR--Jim
Kaat YZ, Rich Reese, Rod Carew, Rocky Colavito. SB--Tony
Oliva (2), Al Kaline.
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jim Kaat YZ [W] 6.00 8 3 3 1 2 1
Bob Miller Z 2.00 3 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Woodson Y 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 DETROIT TIGERS
Jim Bunning XZ [L] 7.00 8 5 5 2 6 2
Gerry Staley Z 2.00 4 4 4 1 0 1
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