Once again, three teams are tied atop the standings. The 1961 New York Yankees avenged a series-opening 7-0 loss to the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals with a 7-0 victory of their own, courtesy of a Bill Stafford shutout. And the 1969 Minnesota Twins joined them atop the standings, all with 9-5 records, thanks to Jim Kaat, who took a perfect game into the eighth inning, finished with a shutout and became the league’s first four-game winner.
The 1962 San Francisco Giants are the only team to start this week with two victories in two games.
New York Yankees 7, St. Louis 0
The Cardinals (9-5) won game 1 by the score of 7-0, so the Yankees (9-5) returned the favor in game 2. Bill Stafford tossed a six-hit shutout. He faced a no-out, bases-loaded situation in the second inning, and put runners on second and third with one out in the ninth, but got out of both jams. Bobby Richardson and Mickey Mantle both hit two-run homers in the third inning. Elston Howard had an RBI single in the sixth and a two-run homer in the eighth.
1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Bobby Richardson 5 1 2 2 Lou Brock 4 0 0 0
Tony Kubek 4 0 0 0 Curt Flood 4 0 0 0
Roger Maris 4 1 0 0 Roger Maris 4 0 1 0
Mickey Mantle 4 2 2 2 Orlando Cepeda 3 0 2 0
Yogi Berra 4 0 0 0 Tim McCarver 4 0 1 0
Bill Skowron 4 1 2 0 Mike Shannon 4 0 2 0
Elston Howard 4 1 2 3 Julian Javier 3 0 0 0
Clete Boyer 4 0 0 0 Dal Maxvill 3 0 0 0
Bill Stafford YZ 4 1 2 0 Steve Carlton X 2 0 0 0
Bobby Tolan 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 7 10 7 TOTALS 32 0 6 0
1961 NY YANKEES 004 001 020 -- 7
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1961 NY YANKEES 4, 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6. ERR--Dal
Maxvill. 2B--Bill Skowron (2), Mike Shannon, Orlando Cepeda.
HR--Bobby Richardson, Elston Howard, Mickey Mantle.
HBP--Orlando Cepeda.
1961 NY YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill Stafford YZ [W] 9.00 6 0 0 0 5 0
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Steve Carlton X [L] 7.00 8 5 5 1 4 2
Joe Hoerner X 1.00 2 2 2 0 0 1
Jack Lamabe YZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 3 0
Minnesota 7, Los Angeles 0
Jim Kaat pitched 7 1/3 perfect innings and became the league’s first pitcher to win four games with a two-hit shutout. Ron Fairly broke up the perfect game in the eighth inning with a single for the Dodgers (6-8). Rich Reese got the scoring started for the Twins (9-5) in the fourth inning with a two-run double. Harmon Killebrew slammed a two-run homer in the sixth, his seventh of the season. Tony Oliva and Killebrew had back-to-back RBI doubles in a three-run eighth inning.
1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI
Maury Wills 4 0 0 0 Ted Uhlaender 4 1 1 0
Jim Gilliam 4 0 0 0 Rod Carew 3 1 0 0
Willie Davis 3 0 0 0 Tony Oliva 4 2 2 1
Tommy Davis 3 0 0 0 Harmon Killebrew 4 3 3 3
Ron Fairly 3 0 1 0 Rich Reese 4 0 2 2
Frank Howard 3 0 0 0 Leo Cardenas 4 0 0 0
Johnny Roseboro 3 0 0 0 Cesar Tovar 3 0 0 0
Daryl Spencer 3 0 1 0 Johnny Roseboro 4 0 1 0
Don Drysdale XZ 2 0 0 0 Jim Kaat YZ 2 0 0 0
Wally Moon 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 0 2 0 TOTALS 32 7 9 6
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 000 000 -- 0
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 000 202 03x -- 7
LOB--1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 2, 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 4.
ERR--Frank Howard. 2B--Daryl Spencer, Harmon Killebrew, Rich
Reese, Tony Oliva. HR--Harmon Killebrew. SACB--Jim Kaat YZ.
SB--Harmon Killebrew, Johnny Roseboro.
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Drysdale XZ [L] 8.00 9 7 6 2 10 1
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS
Jim Kaat YZ [W] 9.00 2 0 0 0 3 0
San Francisco 9, Boston 4
The Giants built a 6-0 lead before the Red Sox got on the board in the seventh inning. Jose Pagan and Harvey Kuenn had RBI singles in the fourth inning, Tom Haller hit a two-run homer in the fifth (his seventh) and Willie Mays added a solo blast in the sixth (his sixth). The Red Sox (6-8) closed the gap a bit with pinch-hitter Ken Harrelson’s RBI single in the seventh and Tony Conigliaro’s three-run homer in the eighth, but not enough as the Giants (7-7) kept scoring as well.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Mike Andrews 4 0 1 0 Harvey Kuenn 5 0 3 2
Joe Foy 4 0 1 0 Chuck Hiller 4 0 0 0
Carl Yastrzemski 4 1 0 0 Willie Mays 5 1 1 1
George Scott 2 1 0 0 Orlando Cepeda 5 2 2 0
Tony Conigliaro 4 1 1 3 Felipe Alou 4 1 1 0
Reggie Smith 3 1 1 0 Jim Davenport 3 2 2 1
Rico Petrocelli 3 0 1 0 Tom Haller 3 3 1 2
Mike Ryan 4 0 0 0 Jose Pagan 3 0 2 2
Darrell Brandon 2 0 0 0 Billy ODell YZ 2 0 0 1
Ken Harrelson 1 0 1 1
Jerry Adair 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 4 6 4 TOTALS 34 9 12 9
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 000 000 130 -- 4
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 321 21x -- 9
LOB--1967 BOSTON RED SOX 8, 1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 10.
ERR--Chuck Hiller, Jim Davenport. 2B--Orlando Cepeda, Jim
Davenport. HR--Tony Conigliaro, Tom Haller, Willie Mays.
HBP--George Scott. SACF--Billy ODell YZ.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Darrell Brandon [L] 6.00 7 6 6 7 3 2
Jose Santiago Y 1.00 3 2 2 1 1 0
Sparky Lyle XY 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 0
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Billy ODell YZ [W] 8.00 6 4 4 4 4 1
Stu Miller Y 1.00 0 0 0 2 0 0
New York Mets 7, Detroit 2
Two-run homers by Donn Clendenon and Cleon Jones in the first and third innings, respectively, helped the Mets to a 4-1 lead. The Tigers (5-9) made it 4-2 in the seventh with an unearned run on Jake Wood’s RBI single. The Mets (5-9) responded with a sacrifice fly by Jerry Grote in the eighth and a two-run double by Cleon Jones in the ninth to put the game out of reach.
1969 NY METS AB R H BI 1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Tommie Agee 5 0 0 0 Jake Wood 5 0 1 1
Al Weis 5 2 2 0 Bill Bruton 3 1 0 0
Cleon Jones 3 3 2 4 Al Kaline 4 0 2 0
Donn Clendenon 5 1 3 2 Rocky Colavito 3 0 1 1
Ron Swoboda 4 0 1 0 Norm Cash 3 0 0 0
Wayne Garrett 4 0 1 0 Steve Boros 4 0 1 0
Jerry Grote 3 0 0 1 Dick Brown 4 0 0 0
Bud Harrelson 3 0 0 0 Chico Fernandez 4 1 1 0
Jerry Koosman XZ 3 0 0 0 Don Mossi YZ 1 0 0 0
Art Shamsky 0 1 0 0 Reno Bertoia 1 0 0 0
Vic Wertz 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 7 9 7 TOTALS 33 2 6 2
1969 NY METS 202 000 012 -- 7
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 100 000 100 -- 2
LOB--1969 NY METS 7, 1961 DETROIT TIGERS 8. ERR--Al Weis,
Bud Harrelson, Al Kaline. 2B--Al Weis (2), Cleon Jones, Al
Kaline. HR--Donn Clendenon, Cleon Jones. SACF--Jerry Grote.
SACB--Don Mossi YZ.
1969 NY METS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jerry Koosman XZ [W] 8.00 6 2 1 3 8 0
Ron Taylor Z 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 DETROIT TIGERS
Don Mossi YZ [L] 7.00 5 4 4 3 7 2
Hank Aguirre YW 2.00 4 3 3 2 0 0
ROGER SPORTS & GAMES 