As the season reaches the one-quarter mark, the 1962 Los Angeles Dodgers evened up the series with the 1961 New York Yankees thanks to Don Drysdale’s pitching effort, while the 1969 Minnesota Twins bested the 1961 Detroit Tigers to win their series. That puts the Yankees and Twins in a tie for first place with 6-2 records, and the Dodgers one game back.
New York Mets 8, Boston 5
The Mets (2-6) jumped out to an 8-0 lead, then held on for their second straight win. Bud Harrelson had an RBI triple and scored on a wild pitch in the fourth inning. Cleon Jones (who went 5-for-5) had an RBI double and Art Shamsky hit a two-run homer in the fifth. Ken Boswell had a two-run triple and Jones had his second RBI double in the sixth. The Red Sox (4-4) finally got on the board in the seventh when Tony Conigliaro tripled and scored on Mike Ryan’s sacrifice fly. They got four more in the eighth, including a two-run homer from Joe Foy and Conigliaro’s second triple in two innings, which drove in a run. But the Mets would finally put them away.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1969 NY METS AB R H BI
Mike Andrews 4 1 0 0 Tommie Agee 5 0 0 0
Joe Foy 5 1 1 2 Ken Boswell 5 2 4 2
Carl Yastrzemski 3 1 2 0 Cleon Jones 5 1 5 2
George Scott 4 0 1 0 Ed Kranepool 5 0 0 0
Tony Conigliaro 4 2 3 1 Art Shamsky 4 1 1 2
Reggie Smith 3 0 0 1 Wayne Garrett 4 0 0 0
Rico Petrocelli 4 0 0 0 Jerry Grote 2 2 2 0
Mike Ryan 3 0 0 1 Bud Harrelson 3 2 2 1
Darrell Brandon 2 0 0 0 Tom Seaver X 2 0 0 0
Jose Tartabull 1 0 0 0 Donn Clendenon 1 0 0 0
Ken Harrelson 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 5 7 5 TOTALS 36 8 14 7
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 000 000 140 -- 5
1969 NY METS 000 233 00x -- 8
LOB--1967 BOSTON RED SOX 6, 1969 NY METS 8. ERR--Wayne
Garrett. 2B--Jerry Grote, Cleon Jones (2). 3B--Tony
Conigliaro (2), Bud Harrelson, Ken Boswell. HR--Joe Foy, Art
Shamsky. SACF--Mike Ryan. SACB--Tom Seaver X. SB--Tony
Conigliaro.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Darrell Brandon [L] 5.00 9 5 5 1 4 1
Gary Waslewski W 1.00 2 3 3 2 1 0
Dave Morehead XW 2.00 3 0 0 0 1 0
1969 NY METS
Tom Seaver X [W] 8.00 7 5 5 3 7 1
Tug McGraw X [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Los Angeles 2, New York Yankees 1
The Dodgers (5-3) evened up the series thanks to a great pitching performance from Don Drysdale, as he outdueled Ralph Terry of the Yankees. Both pitchers threw complete games and only allowed four hits. The Dodgers scored first in the third inning when Maury Wills tripled and scored on Willie Davis’ sacrifice fly. The Yankees evened it up in the fifth when Yogi Berra and Bill Skowron had back-to-back doubles. But the Yankees (6-2) would only get one more baserunner the rest of the way. With two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Jim Gilliam provided a go-ahead RBI single. Drysdale pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to finish off the win.
1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI 1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI
Bobby Richardson 4 0 0 0 Maury Wills 4 2 2 0
Tony Kubek 4 0 1 0 Jim Gilliam 2 0 1 1
Roger Maris 4 0 0 0 Willie Davis 3 0 0 1
Mickey Mantle 4 0 0 0 Tommy Davis 3 0 0 0
Yogi Berra 3 1 1 0 Ron Fairly 3 0 0 0
Bill Skowron 3 0 1 1 Frank Howard 3 0 1 0
Elston Howard 3 0 0 0 Johnny Roseboro 3 0 0 0
Clete Boyer 3 0 0 0 Daryl Spencer 2 0 0 0
Ralph Terry Z 3 0 1 0 Don Drysdale XZ 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 1 4 1 TOTALS 25 2 4 2
1961 NY YANKEES 000 010 000 -- 1
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 001 000 01x -- 2
LOB--1961 NY YANKEES 3, 1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 4.
ERR--Roger Maris. 2B--Yogi Berra, Bill Skowron. 3B--Maury
Wills. SACF--Willie Davis. SACB--Don Drysdale XZ. SB--Maury
Wills.
1961 NY YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ralph Terry Z [L] 8.00 4 2 2 3 3 0
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Don Drysdale XZ [W] 9.00 4 1 1 0 6 0
Minnesota 4, Detroit 2
The Twins (6-2) won the series against the Tigers (2-6) with the help of a three-run third inning. Rod Carew had an RBI single and Tony Oliva followed with a two-run single. It stayed 3-0 until the top of the seventh, when Dick Brown hit a two-run homer, his fourth of the season. Minnesota got an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth with a solo shot by Harmon Killebrew, his fourth homer of the season. Ron Perranoski pitched two perfect innings to save Tom Hall’s victory.
1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI
Jake Wood 4 0 0 0 Ted Uhlaender 3 1 0 0
Bill Bruton 4 0 0 0 Rod Carew 4 1 1 1
Al Kaline 4 0 0 0 Tony Oliva 4 0 2 2
Rocky Colavito 4 0 1 0 Harmon Killebrew 4 1 2 1
Norm Cash 3 0 0 0 Rich Reese 4 0 1 0
Steve Boros 4 1 1 0 Leo Cardenas 4 0 0 0
Dick Brown 4 1 3 2 Cesar Tovar 2 0 0 0
Chico Fernandez 4 0 0 0 Johnny Roseboro 3 0 1 0
Paul Foytack Y 1 0 0 0 Tom Hall Y 2 1 1 0
Reno Bertoia 1 0 0 0 Graig Nettles 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 2 5 2 TOTALS 31 4 8 4
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 000 000 200 -- 2
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 003 000 01x -- 4
LOB--1961 DETROIT TIGERS 6, 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 5.
ERR--Harmon Killebrew (2). 2B--Rocky Colavito, Johnny
Roseboro, Tom Hall Y. HR--Dick Brown, Harmon Killebrew.
SACB--Paul Foytack Y. SB--Rod Carew.
1961 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Foytack Y [L] 6.00 6 3 3 2 2 0
Gerry Staley Z 2.00 2 1 1 0 1 1
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS
Tom Hall Y [W] 7.00 5 2 2 1 2 1
Ron Perranoski [S] 2.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
St. Louis 4, San Francisco 3
The Giants broke out to a 2-0 lead on Orlando Cepeda’s two-run homer in the bottom of the first. But Bob Gibson settled down and retired the next 17 Giant hitters. In the meantime, the Cardinals tied the game in the third inning as Curt Flood had an RBI single and Roger Maris had an RBI triple. The Cardinals (4-4) took the lead in the top of the seventh on RBI singles by Orlando Cepeda and Mike Shannon. The Giants (3-5) had their chances late. They loaded the bases with no one out in the eighth, but couldn’t score. They scored once in the ninth on Tom Haller’s one-out RBI single, and had runners on first and third, but hit into a game-ending double play.
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Lou Brock 5 1 2 0 Harvey Kuenn 4 0 0 0
Curt Flood 5 2 3 1 Chuck Hiller 3 0 0 0
Roger Maris 5 1 3 1 Willie Mays 4 1 1 0
Orlando Cepeda 5 0 2 1 Orlando Cepeda 4 2 3 2
Tim McCarver 4 0 0 0 Felipe Alou 4 0 0 0
Mike Shannon 5 0 2 1 Jim Davenport 4 0 1 0
Julian Javier 4 0 1 0 Tom Haller 3 0 1 1
Dal Maxvill 4 0 2 0 Jose Pagan 3 0 0 0
Bob Gibson X 4 0 1 0 Billy ODell YZ 2 0 0 0
Willie McCovey 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 41 4 16 4 TOTALS 31 3 6 3
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 002 000 200 -- 4
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 200 000 001 -- 3
LOB--1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 12, 1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
5. ERR--Lou Brock. 2B--Orlando Cepeda. 3B--Roger Maris.
HR--Orlando Cepeda. HBP--Willie McCovey. SB--Lou Brock,
Orlando Cepeda.
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Gibson X [W] 7.00 3 2 2 2 7 1
Nelson Briles YZ 1.33 3 1 1 1 0 0
Ron Willis [S] 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Billy ODell YZ [L] 7.33 15 4 4 1 3 0
Bobby Bolin XZ 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stu Miller Y 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
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