For the first time since Gameday #18 of season 4, a New York Yankees team is not in first place. The red-hot 1967 St. Louis Cardinals won their seventh straight game and beat the 1961 Yankees in the opener of their four-game series. That puts the Cardinals in first place at 9-4, a game ahead of the Yankees and the 1969 Minnesota Twins, who also lost. The Cardinals’ Dick Hughes and the 1962 San Francisco Giants’ Juan Marichal pitched shutouts, and Jim Bunning of the 1961 Detroit Tigers almost joined them.
Los Angeles 9, Minnesota 5
The Dodgers (6-7) built a 5-1 lead after three innings, which included a two-run single by Maury Wills in the second and an RBI double by Ron Fairly in the third. The Twins (8-5) got back into it with a four-run sixth inning, which featured RBI singles by Cesar Tovar and Johnny Roseboro, and a two-run double by pinch-hitter Charlie Manuel, making it 6-5. But the Dodgers put it away late, as Willie Davis had a two-out RBI single in the eighth inning, and Frank Howard had an RBI triple and scored on Daryl Spencer’s sacrifice fly to extend the lead to 9-5.
1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI
Maury Wills 5 2 3 2 Ted Uhlaender 4 0 1 0
Jim Gilliam 4 0 2 1 Rod Carew 4 1 2 0
Willie Davis 5 0 1 2 Tony Oliva 5 0 1 0
Tommy Davis 5 1 2 0 Harmon Killebrew 4 0 1 1
Ron Fairly 4 1 3 1 Rich Reese 4 1 0 0
Frank Howard 5 2 2 1 Leo Cardenas 3 1 1 0
Johnny Roseboro 5 1 2 0 Cesar Tovar 4 1 1 1
Daryl Spencer 3 1 1 2 Johnny Roseboro 4 1 1 1
Stan Williams W 2 0 0 0 Tom Hall Y 0 0 0 0
Duke Snider 1 1 1 0 Graig Nettles 1 0 0 0
Ed Roebuck Y 1 0 0 0 Dean Chance Y 1 0 0 0
Charlie Manuel 1 0 1 2
George Mitterwald 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 40 9 17 9 TOTALS 36 5 9 5
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 131 001 012 -- 9
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 100 004 000 -- 5
LOB--1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 9, 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 8.
2B--Johnny Roseboro, Duke Snider, Ron Fairly (2), Charlie
Manuel. 3B--Frank Howard. SACF--Daryl Spencer. SACB--Stan
Williams W. SB--Maury Wills (3), Rod Carew.
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Stan Williams W [W] 6.00 8 5 5 4 1 0
Larry Sherry XW 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Ed Roebuck Y [S] 2.00 1 0 0 0 4 0
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS
Tom Hall Y [L] 3.00 7 5 5 1 1 0
Dean Chance Y 3.00 5 1 1 1 1 0
Bob Miller Z 2.00 3 1 1 1 0 0
Joe Grzenda Z 1.00 2 2 2 0 2 0
St. Louis 7, New York Yankees 0
Dick Hughes scattered seven hits and shut down the Yankees (8-5). He ran into trouble just twice, as the Yankees loaded the bases with two outs in fifth, and had runners on the corners with one out in the sixth, but pitched out of it both times. The Cardinals (9-4) took the lead in the fourth on Tim McCarver’s two-run double and Mike Shannon’s solo home run. Orlando Cepeda hit a solo homer in the sixth. An error plated another run in the seventh. Julian Javier finished off the scoring with a two-run-double in the eighth. Whitey Ford took his first loss and missed out on becoming the first pitcher to start 4-0.
1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Bobby Richardson 4 0 1 0 Lou Brock 4 0 0 0
Tony Kubek 4 0 2 0 Curt Flood 4 0 0 0
Roger Maris 4 0 0 0 Roger Maris 4 2 2 0
Mickey Mantle 3 0 0 0 Orlando Cepeda 2 3 1 1
Yogi Berra 4 0 1 0 Tim McCarver 4 0 1 2
Bill Skowron 4 0 0 0 Mike Shannon 4 1 1 1
Elston Howard 3 0 2 0 Julian Javier 3 1 1 2
Clete Boyer 3 0 0 0 Dal Maxvill 4 0 0 0
Whitey Ford X 2 0 1 0 Dick Hughes XZ 2 0 1 0
Johnny Blanchard 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 0 7 0 TOTALS 31 7 7 6
1961 NY YANKEES 000 000 000 -- 0
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 301 12x -- 7
LOB--1961 NY YANKEES 6, 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 4.
ERR--Tony Kubek, Yogi Berra. 2B--Tim McCarver, Julian
Javier, Roger Maris. HR--Mike Shannon, Orlando Cepeda.
1961 NY YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Whitey Ford X [L] 6.00 5 4 4 1 5 2
Hal Reniff W 2.00 2 3 2 3 0 0
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Dick Hughes XZ [W] 9.00 7 0 0 1 2 0
San Francisco 6, Boston 0
Juan Marichal was terrific, pitching a two-hit shutout with no walks. The Red Sox (6-7) only had two baserunners via singles in the third and eighth innings. Reggie Smith made it to third base with two outs in the eighth, but was stranded there. The Giants (6-7) took the lead immediately, as Harvey Kuenn led off the bottom of the first with a solo homer. It stayed 1-0 until the seventh, when Jose Pagan provided an RBI single. In a four-run eighth inning, Willie Mays and Orlando Cepeda hit back-to-back homers (the fifth of the season for both) and Pagan added an RBI double.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Mike Andrews 4 0 0 0 Harvey Kuenn 3 1 1 1
Joe Foy 4 0 0 0 Chuck Hiller 4 1 2 0
Carl Yastrzemski 3 0 0 0 Willie Mays 4 1 1 2
George Scott 3 0 0 0 Orlando Cepeda 4 1 1 1
Tony Conigliaro 3 0 0 0 Felipe Alou 4 0 0 0
Reggie Smith 3 0 1 0 Jim Davenport 4 1 1 0
Rico Petrocelli 3 0 1 0 Tom Haller 2 1 0 0
Mike Ryan 3 0 0 0 Jose Pagan 4 0 3 2
Jim Lonborg X 1 0 0 0 Juan Marichal YZ 4 0 0 0
Jerry Adair 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 28 0 2 0 TOTALS 33 6 9 6
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 000 000 000 -- 0
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 100 000 14x -- 6
LOB--1967 BOSTON RED SOX 2, 1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 6.
2B--Chuck Hiller, Jose Pagan, Jim Davenport. HR--Orlando
Cepeda, Harvey Kuenn, Willie Mays. SACB--Jim Lonborg X.
SB--Reggie Smith, Chuck Hiller.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jim Lonborg X [L] 8.00 9 6 6 3 4 3
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Juan Marichal YZ [W] 9.00 2 0 0 0 7 0
Detroit 3, New York Mets 1
Jim Bunning almost made it three straight shutouts on the day. He took one into the eighth, but the Mets finally got on the board on Ed Kranepool’s sacrifice fly. The Tigers (5-8) had already built a 3-0 lead at that point. Al Kaline led off the fourth with a walk and eventually scored on a Dick Brown sacrifice fly, and then Kaline hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning. The Mets (4-9) threatened in the top of the ninth, putting runners on first and third with one out, but Bunning struck out the final two hitters.
1969 NY METS AB R H BI 1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Tommie Agee 4 1 1 0 Jake Wood 2 1 0 0
Ken Boswell 4 0 1 0 Bill Bruton 4 0 0 0
Cleon Jones 4 0 0 0 Al Kaline 3 2 2 2
Ed Kranepool 3 0 0 1 Rocky Colavito 3 0 0 0
Art Shamsky 4 0 0 0 Norm Cash 3 0 2 0
Wayne Garrett 3 0 2 0 Steve Boros 2 0 0 0
Jerry Grote 3 0 0 0 Dick Brown 4 0 0 1
Bud Harrelson 4 0 2 0 Chico Fernandez 4 0 1 0
Tom Seaver X 1 0 0 0 Jim Bunning XZ 2 0 0 0
Donn Clendenon 1 0 0 0
Ron Swoboda 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 1 6 1 TOTALS 27 3 5 3
1969 NY METS 000 000 010 -- 1
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 000 120 00x -- 3
LOB--1969 NY METS 9, 1961 DETROIT TIGERS 8. 2B--Wayne
Garrett, Norm Cash. HR--Al Kaline. SACF--Ed Kranepool.
SACB--Jim Bunning XZ. SB--Wayne Garrett, Ken Boswell.
1969 NY METS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Seaver X [L] 6.00 2 3 3 6 6 1
Nolan Ryan XYW 2.00 3 0 0 1 0 0
1961 DETROIT TIGERS
Jim Bunning XZ [W] 9.00 6 1 1 4 9 0
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