The top of the standings remained unchanged after Gameday #11. The 1969 Minnesota Twins had another big offensive performance in a rout over the 1962 San Francisco Giants. They’re tied at 8-3 with the 1961 New York Yankees, who got two late-inning home runs from Roger Maris to post a comeback win over the 1969 New York Mets. The 1967 St. Louis Cardinals earned a walk-off victory to remain one game back in the standings.
Minnesota 12, San Francisco 4
No one scored for the first three innings, but once the Twins (8-3) got going, they never stopped, scoring in each of their final five at-bats. Harmon Killebrew hit his sixth home run of the season, a two-run shot, in the fifth inning. Tony Oliva added a three-run homer in the sixth. Johnny Roseboro had a two-run single in the seventh and Leo Cardenas had a two-run double during a four-run eighth inning to make it 12-1. Willie McCovey had a pinch-hit three run homer for the Giants (4-7) in the ninth inning. Jim Kaat got the win to improve to 3-0.
1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI
Harvey Kuenn 5 0 3 0 Ted Uhlaender 5 0 1 0
Chuck Hiller 4 0 1 1 Rod Carew 5 2 3 0
Willie Mays 5 0 0 0 Tony Oliva 5 3 4 4
Orlando Cepeda 4 0 0 0 Harmon Killebrew 5 2 2 2
Felipe Alou 4 0 1 0 Rich Reese 4 1 0 0
Jim Davenport 3 1 2 0 Leo Cardenas 4 1 3 2
Tom Haller 4 0 0 0 Cesar Tovar 5 1 1 0
Jose Pagan 4 2 2 0 Johnny Roseboro 4 1 3 3
Jack Sanford YZ 2 0 0 0 Jim Kaat YZ 4 1 1 1
Willie McCovey 1 1 1 3
TOTALS 36 4 10 4 TOTALS 41 12 18 12
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 010 003 -- 4
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 000 123 24x -- 12
LOB--1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 8, 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 9.
ERR--Tony Oliva. 2B--Chuck Hiller, Felipe Alou, Harvey
Kuenn, Jim Kaat YZ, Leo Cardenas. 3B--Rod Carew. HR--Willie
McCovey, Harmon Killebrew, Tony Oliva. SACB--Jack Sanford
YZ. SB--Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew, Cesar Tovar.
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jack Sanford YZ [L] 7.00 13 8 8 4 4 2
Don Larsen Y 1.00 5 4 4 0 0 0
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS
Jim Kaat YZ [W] 9.00 10 4 4 2 9 1
Detroit 5, Boston 4
The Red Sox tied the game at two on Rico Petrocelli’s RBI single in the sixth inning, then went ahead 3-2 in the seventh with the help of a couple of Tiger errors. The Tigers (4-7) had a couple of solo homers at that point, Norm Cash in the second and Bill Bruton in the fourth. Detroit pulled ahead in the bottom of the eighth. After the first two outs were made, the next four Tigers reached base, and it included an RBI double by Al Kaline and a two-run triple by Cash. The Red Sox (5-6) went down 1-2-3 in the ninth.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Mike Andrews 4 1 1 0 Jake Wood 4 0 0 0
Joe Foy 5 0 0 1 Bill Bruton 4 2 2 1
Carl Yastrzemski 4 1 0 0 Al Kaline 4 1 1 1
George Scott 4 1 1 0 Rocky Colavito 3 1 0 0
Tony Conigliaro 4 0 0 0 Norm Cash 3 1 3 3
Reggie Smith 4 0 2 1 Steve Boros 4 0 1 0
Rico Petrocelli 3 0 2 1 Dick Brown 3 0 0 0
Mike Ryan 3 0 1 0 Chico Fernandez 3 0 0 0
Lee Stange Z 2 1 1 0 Don Mossi YZ 2 0 0 0
Jerry Adair 1 0 0 0 Reno Bertoia 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 4 8 3 TOTALS 31 5 7 5
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 010 001 200 -- 4
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 010 100 03x -- 5
LOB--1967 BOSTON RED SOX 8, 1961 DETROIT TIGERS 4.
ERR--Steve Boros, Jake Wood. 2B--Al Kaline. 3B--Norm Cash.
HR--Norm Cash, Bill Bruton. SACB--Lee Stange Z, Mike
Andrews, Mike Ryan. SB--Bill Bruton.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lee Stange Z 7.00 4 2 2 1 2 2
Sparky Lyle XY [L] 1.00 3 3 3 1 3 0
1961 DETROIT TIGERS
Don Mossi YZ [W] 8.00 8 4 3 2 5 0
Terry Fox YZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
New York Yankees 5, New York Mets 3
The Mets built a 3-0 lead before the fans were even settled into their seats, as the first four batters of the game included Cleon Jones’ RBI single and Donn Clendenon’s two-run homer. A second straight win over the Yankees (8-3) wasn’t in the cards, however, as the Mets (3-8) wouldn’t score again. The Yankees’ first hit of the game was a solo homer by Bill Skowron in the fifth inning. Roger Maris hit a game-tying two-run homer in the sixth inning, and a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning, his fifth and sixth of the season. Whitey Ford improved to 3-0 thanks to the comeback.
1969 NY METS AB R H BI 1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI
Tommie Agee 5 1 2 0 Bobby Richardson 4 1 1 0
Al Weis 5 0 0 0 Tony Kubek 3 1 0 0
Cleon Jones 5 1 1 1 Roger Maris 4 2 2 4
Donn Clendenon 4 1 2 2 Mickey Mantle 4 0 0 0
Ron Swoboda 3 0 0 0 Yogi Berra 4 0 1 0
Wayne Garrett 4 0 2 0 Bill Skowron 2 1 1 1
Jerry Grote 1 0 0 0 Elston Howard 3 0 0 0
JC Martin 3 0 0 0 Clete Boyer 2 0 0 0
Bud Harrelson 3 0 1 0 Whitey Ford X 3 0 1 0
Don Cardwell Z 1 0 0 0
Bobby Pfeil 1 0 0 0
Art Shamsky 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 3 8 3 TOTALS 29 5 6 5
1969 NY METS 300 000 000 -- 3
1961 NY YANKEES 000 012 02x -- 5
LOB--1969 NY METS 9, 1961 NY YANKEES 3. ERR--Whitey Ford X,
Bill Skowron. 2B--Tommie Agee, Bud Harrelson. HR--Donn
Clendenon, Roger Maris (2), Bill Skowron. SACB--Don Cardwell
Z.
1969 NY METS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Cardwell Z 6.00 4 3 3 3 3 2
Ron Taylor Z [L] 2.00 2 2 2 0 3 1
1961 NY YANKEES
Whitey Ford X [W] 8.00 8 3 3 2 9 1
Luis Arroyo X [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 2
The Cardinals (7-4) took a 2-0 lead in the third inning as Curt Flood and Roger Maris had back-to-back RBI singles. The Dodgers (5-6) finally broke through in the top of the eighth on Willie Davis’ two-run single to tie the game. In the bottom of the ninth, Tim McCarver led off with a single and went to second on an outfield error. He was sacrificed to third base. With the infield in, Julian Javier hit a ground ball that was misplayed for a game-ending error and a walk-off for the Cardinals.
1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Maury Wills 4 1 0 0 Lou Brock 3 1 0 0
Jim Gilliam 4 1 1 0 Curt Flood 4 0 1 1
Willie Davis 4 0 2 2 Roger Maris 4 0 3 1
Tommy Davis 4 0 0 0 Orlando Cepeda 4 0 0 0
Ron Fairly 3 0 1 0 Tim McCarver 4 1 1 0
Frank Howard 4 0 0 0 Mike Shannon 3 0 0 0
Johnny Roseboro 3 0 0 0 Julian Javier 3 0 0 0
Daryl Spencer 4 0 1 0 Dal Maxvill 3 0 0 0
Stan Williams W 2 0 0 0 Dick Hughes XZ 2 1 0 0
Duke Snider 0 0 0 0
Lee Walls 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 2 5 2 TOTALS 30 3 5 2
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 000 020 -- 2
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 002 000 001 -- 3
LOB--1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 7, 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6.
ERR--Frank Howard, Maury Wills, Willie Davis, Julian Javier.
2B--Roger Maris. 3B--Ron Fairly. SACB--Mike Shannon. SB--Jim
Gilliam.
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Stan Williams W 7.00 3 2 2 3 2 0
Larry Sherry XW 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
Ed Roebuck Y [L] 0.33 1 1 0 0 0 0
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Dick Hughes XZ 7.33 3 2 2 3 7 0
Ron Willis [W] 1.67 2 0 0 0 0 0
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