A Whitey Ford shutout gave the 1961 New York Yankees sole possession of first place once again. The 1969 Minnesota Twins finally had their offense held down in a loss to the 1961 Detroit Tigers, putting them a game back in the standings. The 1967 St. Louis Cardinals got a strong outing from Steve Carlton for a victory, and the 1969 New York Mets won their first game of the season after an extra-innings walk-off home run by Donn Clendenon.
St. Louis 3, San Francisco 1
Steve Carlton was excellent as the Cardinals won for the second time in the series. He gave up four hits in eight innings and only surrendered a solo homer to Willie Mays in the fourth inning. St. Louis (3-4) was already up 2-0 at that point due to Tim McCarver’s two-run double in the first inning. The Cardinals added an insurance run in the fifth on Roger Maris’ RBI triple. The Giants (3-4) put two runners on base with no one out in the bottom of the ninth but couldn’t score.
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Lou Brock 4 1 0 0 Harvey Kuenn 4 0 0 0
Curt Flood 4 1 2 0 Chuck Hiller 4 0 0 0
Roger Maris 4 1 2 1 Willie Mays 4 1 2 1
Orlando Cepeda 3 0 0 0 Orlando Cepeda 4 0 1 0
Tim McCarver 3 0 1 2 Felipe Alou 2 0 1 0
Mike Shannon 3 0 0 0 Jim Davenport 4 0 0 0
Julian Javier 4 0 0 0 Tom Haller 3 0 1 0
Dal Maxvill 4 0 0 0 Jose Pagan 2 0 0 0
Steve Carlton X 4 0 1 0 Juan Marichal YZ 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 3 6 3 TOTALS 28 1 5 1
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 200 010 000 -- 3
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 100 000 -- 1
LOB--1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 7, 1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
6. ERR--Orlando Cepeda, Chuck Hiller. 2B--Tim McCarver,
Felipe Alou. 3B--Roger Maris. HR--Willie Mays. HBP--Orlando
Cepeda. SACB--Juan Marichal YZ (2).
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Carlton [W] 8.00 4 1 1 4 5 1
Joe Hoerner X [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Juan Marichal YZ [L] 9.00 6 3 3 3 4 0
New York Mets 4, Boston 3 (10 inn.)
The Mets (1-6) had to rally twice for their first win of the season. Boston went up 2-0 after Rico Petrocelli and Carl Yastrzemski had RBI singles in the second and third innings, respectively. The Mets tied it in the fourth on Ed Kranepool’s two-run homer. It stayed 2-2 until the 10th inning. Boston (4-3) went up 3-2 on George Scott’s solo homer in the top of the 10th. But in the bottom of the 10th, Jerry Grote led off with a single. After the first out, pinch-hitter Donn Clendenon hit a walk-off home run.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1969 NY METS AB R H BI
Mike Andrews 5 0 1 0 Tommie Agee 3 0 0 0
Joe Foy 5 1 1 0 Ken Boswell 4 0 0 0
Carl Yastrzemski 5 0 1 1 Cleon Jones 3 1 1 0
George Scott 4 1 1 1 Ed Kranepool 4 1 1 2
Tony Conigliaro 5 0 1 0 Art Shamsky 3 0 0 0
Reggie Smith 4 1 1 0 Wayne Garrett 4 0 1 0
Rico Petrocelli 3 0 2 1 Jerry Grote 4 1 1 0
Mike Ryan 4 0 0 0 Bud Harrelson 3 0 1 0
Jim Lonborg X 2 0 0 0 Jerry Koosman XZ 2 0 0 0
Ken Harrelson 1 0 1 0 Bobby Pfeil 0 0 0 0
Donn Clendenon 1 1 1 2
TOTALS 38 3 9 3 TOTALS 31 4 6 4
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 011 000 000 1 -- 3
1969 NY METS 000 200 000 2 -- 4
LOB--1967 BOSTON RED SOX 8, 1969 NY METS 4. ERR--Tony
Conigliaro, Ken Boswell. 2B--Joe Foy, Wayne Garrett.
HR--George Scott, Donn Clendenon, Ed Kranepool. HBP--George
Scott. SACB--Jim Lonborg X, Bobby Pfeil, Bud Harrelson.
SB--Reggie Smith.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jim Lonborg X 8.00 4 2 2 2 8 1
John Wyatt Y [L] 1.33 2 2 2 1 0 1
1969 NY METS
Jerry Koosman XZ 8.00 7 2 2 1 8 0
Ron Taylor Z [W] 2.00 2 1 1 0 0 1
New York Yankees 7, Los Angeles 0
Whitey Ford tossed a four-hit shutout as the Yankees (6-1) got back on track after losing the previous game. The Dodgers (4-3) put runners into scoring position in five innings, but only once got a runner to third base. The Yankees scored first thanks to an error and three consecutive walks, the last one to Yogi Berra that made it 1-0 in the first inning. In the second, Tony Kubek had an RBI single, followed by a three-run homer by Roger Maris. Yogi Berra hit his fifth home run of the season, a two-run shot, in the eighth inning.
1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI 1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI
Bobby Richardson 4 1 1 0 Maury Wills 4 0 3 0
Tony Kubek 4 2 1 1 Jim Gilliam 4 0 0 0
Roger Maris 3 2 2 3 Willie Davis 4 0 0 0
Mickey Mantle 1 0 0 0 Tommy Davis 4 0 0 0
Yogi Berra 3 1 1 3 Ron Fairly 4 0 0 0
Bill Skowron 4 0 0 0 Frank Howard 4 0 1 0
Elston Howard 4 1 1 0 Johnny Roseboro 4 0 0 0
Clete Boyer 4 0 1 0 Daryl Spencer 2 0 0 0
Whitey Ford X 4 0 0 0 Stan Williams W 2 0 0 0
Wally Moon 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 7 7 7 TOTALS 32 0 4 0
1961 NY YANKEES 140 000 020 -- 7
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1961 NY YANKEES 3, 1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 7.
ERR--Whitey Ford X, Jim Gilliam. 2B--Maury Wills. HR--Roger
Maris, Yogi Berra. SB--Maury Wills.
1961 NY YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Whitey Ford X [W] 9.00 4 0 0 2 7 0
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Stan Williams W [L] 6.00 4 5 4 6 4 1
Ed Roebuck Y 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Sherry XW 1.00 2 2 2 0 0 1
Pete Richert XW 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Detroit 4, Minnesota 1 (10 inn.)
Detroit’s Don Mossi and Minnesota’s Jim Perry both pitched exceptionally, but neither would be involved in the decision as it went to extra innings. Minnesota (5-2) scored first in the fourth inning as Rod Carew led off with a double, and then scored on Rich Reese’s two-out double. In the top of the fifth, the Tigers scored without a hit thanks to two walks and an error. In the top of the 10th, Al Kaline hit a two-run homer, and the Tigers (2-5) got one more on an RBI single by Dick Brown to get the victory.
1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI
Jake Wood 4 0 0 0 Ted Uhlaender 4 0 0 0
Bill Bruton 5 1 1 0 Rod Carew 3 1 1 0
Al Kaline 3 2 1 2 Tony Oliva 4 0 0 0
Rocky Colavito 3 0 1 0 Harmon Killebrew 4 0 0 0
Norm Cash 4 1 0 0 Rich Reese 4 0 2 1
Steve Boros 5 0 0 0 Leo Cardenas 4 0 2 0
Dick Brown 5 0 2 1 Cesar Tovar 4 0 0 0
Chico Fernandez 3 0 0 0 Johnny Roseboro 4 0 0 0
Don Mossi YZ 3 0 1 0 Jim Perry YZ 2 0 0 0
Reno Bertoia 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 4 6 3 TOTALS 33 1 5 1
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 000 010 000 3 -- 4
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 000 100 000 0 -- 1
LOB--1961 DETROIT TIGERS 10, 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 4.
ERR--Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew. 2B--Rich Reese (2), Leo
Cardenas, Rod Carew. HR--Al Kaline.
1961 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Mossi YZ 8.00 4 1 1 2 4 0
Terry Fox YZ [W] 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS
Jim Perry YZ 9.00 3 1 0 7 4 0
Bob Miller Z [L] 1.00 3 3 3 1 1 1
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