The 1961 Yankees are unbeaten no more, as the 1962 Los Angeles Dodgers got a great performance from Johnny Podres to hand the Yanks their first loss. The 1969 Minnesota Twins won a slugfest against the 1961 Detroit Tigers to pull into a first-place tie with the Yankees at 5-1.
The 1962 San Francisco Giants won a high-scoring contest against the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals, which saw Orlando Cepeda hit a home run for both teams. Finally, the 1967 Boston Red Sox won again to keep the 1969 New York Mets winless.
San Francisco 13, St. Louis 6
The Giants (3-3) battered the Cardinals’ pitchers early on, scoring all 13 runs in the first four innings. They hit four home runs: a two-run shot by Orlando Cepeda in the first, a two-run homer by Willie Mays in the second, and back-to-back homers by Jim Davenport and Tom Haller in the fourth. Cepeda had quite a day for both teams, going a combined 7-for-10 and hitting a home run for both sides, with a solo homer for the Cardinals (2-4) in the eighth.
1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Harvey Kuenn 5 0 2 2 Lou Brock 5 1 2 0
Chuck Hiller 6 2 2 2 Curt Flood 5 1 3 0
Willie Mays 5 2 1 2 Roger Maris 4 0 0 1
Orlando Cepeda 5 2 4 2 Orlando Cepeda 5 2 3 2
Felipe Alou 5 0 0 0 Tim McCarver 5 1 2 0
Jim Davenport 5 2 2 3 Mike Shannon 4 1 2 3
Tom Haller 4 3 2 2 Julian Javier 4 0 0 0
Jose Pagan 4 1 2 0 Dal Maxvill 4 0 0 0
Jack Sanford YZ 2 1 0 0 Dick Hughes XZ 0 0 0 0
Willie McCovey 1 0 0 0 Bobby Tolan 1 0 0 0
Phil Gagliano 1 0 0 0
Dave Ricketts 1 0 0 0
Ed Spiezio 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 42 13 15 13 TOTALS 40 6 12 6
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 252 400 000 -- 13
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 020 003 010 -- 6
LOB--1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 8, 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
8. ERR--Chuck Hiller, Jose Pagan, Tim McCarver, Dal Maxvill.
2B--Orlando Cepeda, Lou Brock, Orlando Cepeda. 3B--Tom
Haller, Chuck Hiller. HR--Orlando Cepeda, Tom Haller, Willie
Mays, Jim Davenport, Mike Shannon, Orlando Cepeda. HBP--Jack
Sanford YZ. SACF--Roger Maris. SACB--Jack Sanford YZ.
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jack Sanford YZ [W] 7.00 8 5 5 0 4 1
Jim Duffalo Y 1.00 2 1 1 0 2 1
Don Larsen Y 1.00 2 0 0 0 1 0
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Dick Hughes XZ [L] 3.00 9 9 7 0 4 2
Nelson Briles YZ 2.00 5 4 4 2 2 2
Al Jackson 2.00 1 0 0 2 1 0
Ron Willis 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Joe Hoerner X 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Boston 7, New York Mets 2
The Red Sox scored three times in the first inning and never trailed. Reggie Smith had a two-run single and Rico Petrocelli followed with a run-scoring single. Mike Ryan had a sacrifice fly in the third to make it 4-0. New York (0-6) got its first hits, and only two runs, in the fourth inning, including a two-run single by Wayne Garrett to cut the deficit in half. Boston (4-2) added to its lead with an RBI single by Smith in the fifth, and RBI singles by George Scott and Tony Conigliaro in the in the eighth.
1969 NY METS AB R H BI 1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Tommie Agee 4 0 0 0 Mike Andrews 3 1 1 0
Ken Boswell 4 1 2 0 Joe Foy 5 1 2 0
Cleon Jones 4 0 0 0 Carl Yastrzemski 2 2 0 0
Ed Kranepool 3 1 0 0 George Scott 4 2 3 1
Art Shamsky 3 0 0 0 Tony Conigliaro 4 0 3 1
Wayne Garrett 3 0 1 2 Reggie Smith 4 0 3 3
Jerry Grote 4 0 0 0 Rico Petrocelli 5 0 1 1
Bud Harrelson 4 0 0 0 Mike Ryan 3 0 0 1
Don Cardwell Z 2 0 0 0 Gary Bell Y 3 0 0 0
Donn Clendenon 1 0 1 0 Ken Harrelson 1 1 1 0
TOTALS 32 2 4 2 TOTALS 34 7 14 7
1969 NY METS 000 200 000 -- 2
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 301 010 02x -- 7
LOB--1969 NY METS 6, 1967 BOSTON RED SOX 12. ERR--Mike Ryan.
2B--George Scott. HBP--Wayne Garrett. SACF--Mike Ryan.
SACB--Mike Andrews. SB--Ken Boswell, Tony Conigliaro.
1969 NY METS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Cardwell Z [L] 6.00 9 5 5 4 2 0
Nolan Ryan XYW 1.00 1 0 0 2 3 0
Jim McAndrew Y 1.00 4 2 2 1 1 0
1967 BOSTON RED SOX
Gary Bell Y [W] 7.67 4 2 2 2 6 0
Dan Osinski Z 0.33 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jose Santiago Y 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Los Angeles 3, New York Yankees 1
Johnny Podres became the first pitcher to keep the Yankees’ powerful offense in check. He only gave up a solo homer to Roger Maris in the bottom of the sixth inning, and New York (5-1) managed only five hits. The Dodgers (4-2) scored all three runs in the top of the sixth as Tommy Davis singled with one out, and then Ron Fairly tripled and Frank Howard hit a two-run homer.
1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI
Maury Wills 4 0 0 0 Bobby Richardson 4 0 0 0
Jim Gilliam 4 0 0 0 Tony Kubek 4 0 0 0
Willie Davis 4 0 0 0 Roger Maris 4 1 1 1
Tommy Davis 4 1 2 0 Mickey Mantle 3 0 0 0
Ron Fairly 3 1 3 1 Yogi Berra 4 0 0 0
Frank Howard 4 1 1 2 Bill Skowron 3 0 1 0
Johnny Roseboro 4 0 1 0 Elston Howard 3 0 1 0
Daryl Spencer 4 0 0 0 Clete Boyer 3 0 2 0
Johnny Podres YZ 4 0 0 0 Rollie Sheldon Y 1 0 0 0
Bob Cerv 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 3 7 3 TOTALS 30 1 5 1
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 003 000 -- 3
1961 NY YANKEES 000 001 000 -- 1
LOB--1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 6, 1961 NY YANKEES 4.
ERR--Bobby Richardson. 2B--Clete Boyer. 3B--Ron Fairly.
HR--Frank Howard, Roger Maris. SACB--Rollie Sheldon Y.
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Johnny Podres YZ [W] 9.00 5 1 1 1 6 1
1961 NY YANKEES
Rollie Sheldon Y [L] 8.00 7 3 3 1 3 1
Jim Coates Y 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minnesota 7, Detroit 6
Both teams hit three home runs in this slugfest. The Twins (5-1) went up 2-0 in the fourth on a Harmon Killebrew home run, but the Tigers (1-5) came right back with a three-run homer by Dick Brown in the bottom half of the frame. The only run not scored via home run came in the top of the sixth on Rich Reese’s RBI double, tying the game at three. Detroit then got a solo homer from Norm Cash in the bottom of the sixth to go back up 4-3. In the top of the seventh, Minnesota hit two two-run homers, first by pinch-hitter Graig Nettles and later by Tony Oliva, making it 7-4. Cash hit his second home run of the game in the bottom of the eighth, a two-run shot, cutting the deficit to one. But Minnesota’s relievers retired the final six Tiger batters.
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI 1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Ted Uhlaender 5 0 1 0 Jake Wood 5 0 1 0
Rod Carew 5 2 2 0 Bill Bruton 5 0 0 0
Tony Oliva 4 2 1 2 Al Kaline 4 0 1 0
Harmon Killebrew 3 1 1 2 Rocky Colavito 2 2 0 0
Rich Reese 5 0 1 1 Norm Cash 4 2 3 3
Leo Cardenas 4 0 1 0 Steve Boros 3 1 2 0
Cesar Tovar 4 0 1 0 Dick Brown 4 1 1 3
Johnny Roseboro 4 1 1 0 Chico Fernandez 4 0 0 0
Dave Boswell X 2 0 0 0 Frank Lary YZ 3 0 0 0
Graig Nettles 1 1 1 2 Dick McAuliffe 1 0 0 0
Charlie Manuel 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 38 7 10 7 TOTALS 35 6 8 6
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 000 201 400 -- 7
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 000 301 020 -- 6
LOB--1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 7, 1961 DETROIT TIGERS 6.
ERR--Steve Boros (2), Dick Brown. 2B--Rich Reese. HR--Harmon
Killebrew, Graig Nettles, Tony Oliva, Norm Cash (2), Dick
Brown. SB--Cesar Tovar.
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Boswell X [W] 6.00 6 4 4 3 5 2
Dean Chance Y 2.00 2 2 2 1 1 1
Ron Perranoski [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1961 DETROIT TIGERS
Frank Lary YZ [L] 6.67 9 7 5 2 2 3
Hank Aguirre YW 1.33 0 0 0 0 1 0
Terry Fox YZ 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
ROGER SPORTS & GAMES 