The 1961 New York Yankees are back on top by themselves, as they opened up their series with the 1969 New York Mets by posting a 6-3 victory, while the 1969 Minnesota Twins’ potent offense went cold in a 5-1 loss to the 1962 San Francisco Giants. The 1961 Detroit Tigers had the biggest performance of the day, as Frank Lary pitched a shutout and Rocky Colavito hit two homers in a 10-0 rout of the 1967 Boston Red Sox.
San Francisco 5, Minnesota 1
Jose Pagan got things started for the Giants with a solo homer in the second inning. Jim Davenport and Tom Haller had back-to-back RBI doubles in the third inning to make it 3-0. The Twins (6-3) finally got on the board in the sixth inning with their second and third hits of the game, as Johnny Roseboro doubled and scored on Rod Carew’s single. But the Giants (4-5) added to their lead with solo homers by Haller in the sixth and Orlando Cepeda in the seventh. Billy Pierce tossed eight strong innings for the win.
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI 1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Ted Uhlaender 4 0 1 0 Harvey Kuenn 3 0 0 0
Rod Carew 4 0 2 1 Chuck Hiller 5 0 1 0
Tony Oliva 4 0 0 0 Willie Mays 4 0 0 0
Harmon Killebrew 3 0 0 0 Orlando Cepeda 3 2 2 1
Rich Reese 3 0 0 0 Felipe Alou 2 0 0 0
Leo Cardenas 3 0 0 0 Jim Davenport 4 1 1 1
Cesar Tovar 3 0 1 0 Tom Haller 4 1 2 2
Johnny Roseboro 3 1 1 0 Jose Pagan 4 1 2 1
Dave Boswell X 2 0 0 0 Billy Pierce Z 3 0 0 0
George Mitterwald 1 0 0 0 Willie McCovey 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 1 5 1 TOTALS 33 5 8 5
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 000 001 000 -- 1
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 012 001 10x -- 5
LOB--1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 2, 1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 9.
ERR--Rod Carew, Billy Pierce Z. 2B--Johnny Roseboro, Tom
Haller, Jim Davenport. HR--Orlando Cepeda, Tom Haller, Jose
Pagan.
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Boswell X [L] 7.00 7 5 3 5 9 3
Dick Woodson Y 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Billy Pierce Z [W] 8.00 4 1 1 0 7 0
Don Larsen Y 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Detroit 10, Boston 0
Detroit’s first three hitters of the game went single-walk-walk, and Rocky Colavito followed with a grand slam. He would later hit a solo homer in the fifth inning. Also for the Tigers (3-6), Steve Boros had an RBI triple in the fifth, Al Kaline had a solo homer in the sixth and Dick Brown had a two-run triple in the ninth to round out the scoring. Frank Lary pitched a three-hit shutout and struck out 12. The Red Sox (4-5) only got one runner into scoring position.
1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Jake Wood 5 1 2 0 Mike Andrews 4 0 1 0
Bill Bruton 4 1 0 0 Joe Foy 3 0 1 0
Al Kaline 4 2 1 1 Carl Yastrzemski 4 0 0 0
Rocky Colavito 5 2 3 5 George Scott 4 0 0 0
Norm Cash 4 3 2 0 Tony Conigliaro 4 0 1 0
Steve Boros 3 1 2 1 Reggie Smith 3 0 0 0
Dick Brown 4 0 3 2 Rico Petrocelli 3 0 0 0
Chico Fernandez 5 0 1 1 Mike Ryan 3 0 0 0
Frank Lary YZ 4 0 0 0 Jim Lonborg X 0 0 0 0
Jerry Adair 1 0 0 0
Jose Tartabull 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 38 10 14 10 TOTALS 30 0 3 0
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 500 021 002 -- 10
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1961 DETROIT TIGERS 7, 1967 BOSTON RED SOX 7. 3B--Norm
Cash, Steve Boros, Dick Brown. HR--Al Kaline, Rocky Colavito
(2).
1961 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Frank Lary YZ [W] 9.00 3 0 0 4 12 0
1967 BOSTON RED SOX
Jim Lonborg X [L] 5.00 10 7 7 4 7 2
Jose Santiago Y 3.00 2 1 1 1 3 1
Gary Waslewski W 1.00 2 2 2 1 0 0
New York Yankees 6, New York Mets 3
The Yankees broke up a scoreless tie in the top of the fourth on a Yogi Berra sacrifice fly. They made it 3-0 on Bobby Richardson’s two-run single in the fifth. The Mets got their first run in the bottom of the fifth on Ken Boswell’s two-out RBI double. But the Yankees (7-2) came right back with three in the top of the sixth on Elston Howard’s three-run homer. Jerry Grote had a two-run double for the Mets (2-7) in the bottom of the sixth to make it 6-3, but that was it for the scoring.
1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI 1969 NY METS AB R H BI
Bobby Richardson 5 1 3 2 Tommie Agee 5 0 0 0
Tony Kubek 5 0 1 0 Ken Boswell 4 0 1 1
Roger Maris 4 0 0 0 Al Weis 1 0 1 0
Mickey Mantle 4 1 1 0 Cleon Jones 5 0 2 0
Yogi Berra 3 1 1 1 Ed Kranepool 4 0 1 0
Bill Skowron 4 0 0 0 Art Shamsky 3 1 2 0
Elston Howard 4 2 2 3 Wayne Garrett 2 1 0 0
Clete Boyer 2 1 0 0 Jerry Grote 4 0 1 2
Rollie Sheldon Y 2 0 0 0 Bud Harrelson 3 1 2 0
Hector Lopez 1 0 0 0 Gary Gentry Y 1 0 0 0
Donn Clendenon 1 0 0 0
Bobby Pfeil 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 6 8 6 TOTALS 34 3 10 3
1961 NY YANKEES 000 123 000 -- 6
1969 NY METS 000 012 000 -- 3
LOB--1961 NY YANKEES 6, 1969 NY METS 9. ERR--Wayne Garrett.
2B--Elston Howard, Jerry Grote, Cleon Jones, Ken Boswell.
HR--Elston Howard. HBP--Clete Boyer. SACF--Yogi Berra.
SACB--Rollie Sheldon Y, Gary Gentry Y. SB--Bobby Richardson.
1961 NY YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rollie Sheldon Y [W] 7.00 8 3 3 3 3 0
Hal Reniff W 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Luis Arroyo X [S] 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
1969 NY METS
Gary Gentry Y [L] 6.00 6 6 5 2 2 1
Nolan Ryan XYW 3.00 2 0 0 0 5 0
St. Louis 4, Los Angeles 1
Ray Washburn pitched seven scoreless innings to lead the Cardinals (5-4) to the victory. The Cardinals got an RBI double from Roger Maris in the third inning and an RBI triple in the fifth. Tim McCarver had an RBI single in the fifth, and Orlando Cepeda drove in a run with a single in the top of the ninth to make it 4-0. The Dodgers (5-4) avoided being shut out when Ron Fairly homered with one out in the bottom of the ninth.
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI
Lou Brock 5 1 1 0 Maury Wills 4 0 2 0
Curt Flood 5 1 1 0 Jim Gilliam 4 0 1 0
Roger Maris 5 1 2 2 Willie Davis 4 0 0 0
Orlando Cepeda 3 0 1 1 Tommy Davis 4 0 1 0
Tim McCarver 4 0 2 1 Ron Fairly 4 1 2 1
Mike Shannon 5 0 3 0 Frank Howard 4 0 0 0
Julian Javier 4 0 0 0 Johnny Roseboro 3 0 1 0
Dal Maxvill 4 0 1 0 Daryl Spencer 3 0 1 0
Ray Washburn Z 3 1 1 0 Johnny Podres YZ 1 0 0 0
Bobby Tolan 1 0 0 0 Duke Snider 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 39 4 12 4 TOTALS 32 1 8 1
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 001 020 001 -- 4
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 000 001 -- 1
LOB--1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 11, 1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS
6. 2B--Dal Maxvill, Roger Maris, Johnny Roseboro. 3B--Roger
Maris. HR--Ron Fairly. HBP--Orlando Cepeda. SACB--Johnny
Podres YZ. SB--Maury Wills.
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ray Washburn Z [W] 7.00 7 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Hoerner X [S] 2.00 1 1 1 0 1 1
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Johnny Podres YZ [L] 6.00 9 3 3 1 7 0
Larry Sherry XW 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ed Roebuck Y 2.00 3 1 1 1 0 0
ROGER SPORTS & GAMES 