And just like that, the 1961 New York Yankees are back in first place, all by themselves. Two games ago, they were in second place for the first time all season. But after beating the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals for the second straight day, and seeing the 1969 Minnesota Twins lose again to the 1962 Los Angeles Dodgers, the Yankees are on top, all alone with a 10-5 record.
Los Angeles 6, Minnesota 4
The Dodgers (7-8) built a 6-0 lead, then held on. Tommy Davis had a two-run homer in the first inning, an RBI single in the fifth and an RBI triple in the sixth. Jim Gilliam scored three runs and drove in one. The Twins (9-6) cut the deficit in half in the seventh inning, scoring three times on an RBI single by Cesar Tovar and a two-run single by Rod Carew. In the top of the ninth, they put two runners on with no one out, but could only bring one of them home.
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI 1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI
Ted Uhlaender 4 0 0 1 Maury Wills 5 1 2 0
Rod Carew 5 0 1 2 Jim Gilliam 5 3 3 1
Tony Oliva 4 0 0 0 Willie Davis 5 0 0 0
Harmon Killebrew 4 0 0 0 Tommy Davis 4 2 3 4
Rich Reese 4 0 2 0 Ron Fairly 4 0 2 0
Leo Cardenas 3 1 1 0 Frank Howard 4 0 3 0
Cesar Tovar 4 1 1 1 Johnny Roseboro 3 0 0 0
Johnny Roseboro 2 2 0 0 Daryl Spencer 3 0 0 1
Dave Boswell X 2 0 1 0 Johnny Podres YZ 3 0 0 0
Bob Allison 1 0 1 0 Duke Snider 1 0 0 0
George Mitterwald 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 34 4 8 4 TOTALS 37 6 13 6
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 000 000 301 -- 4
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 200 031 00x -- 6
LOB--1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 8, 1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 9.
ERR--Frank Howard, Willie Davis. 2B--George Mitterwald, Leo
Cardenas, Jim Gilliam, Frank Howard. 3B--Tommy Davis.
HR--Tommy Davis. HBP--Daryl Spencer. SB--Maury Wills.
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Boswell X [L] 6.00 12 6 6 1 2 1
Bob Miller Z 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Johnny Podres YZ [W] 7.00 7 3 3 4 0 0
Larry Sherry XW 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Perranoski YZ [S] 1.00 1 1 1 1 0 0
New York Yankees 3, St. Louis 1
Mickey Mantle got the Yankees (10-5) the lead in the first inning with a two-run homer (his fifth of the season), and it stayed 2-0 for a while. New York tacked on an extra run in the seventh inning when Tony Kubek led off with a triple, then scored on a Roger Maris single. The Cardinals (9-6) broke up the shutout bid in the eighth inning on Julian Javier’s solo homer, one of just four hits off Yankee starter Ralph Terry in eight innings.
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI
Lou Brock 4 0 1 0 Bobby Richardson 3 1 0 0
Curt Flood 4 0 1 0 Tony Kubek 4 1 2 0
Roger Maris 4 0 0 0 Roger Maris 3 0 1 1
Orlando Cepeda 3 0 0 0 Mickey Mantle 3 1 1 2
Tim McCarver 3 0 0 0 Yogi Berra 4 0 0 0
Mike Shannon 3 0 1 0 Bill Skowron 4 0 0 0
Julian Javier 3 1 1 1 Elston Howard 3 0 0 0
Dal Maxvill 3 0 0 0 Clete Boyer 3 0 1 0
Bob Gibson X 2 0 0 0 Ralph Terry Z 1 0 0 0
Bobby Tolan 1 0 0 0 Johnny Blanchard 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 1 4 1 TOTALS 28 3 5 3
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 000 010 -- 1
1961 NY YANKEES 200 000 10x -- 3
LOB--1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 3, 1961 NY YANKEES 10.
ERR--Julian Javier, Lou Brock. 2B--Mike Shannon, Lou Brock.
3B--Tony Kubek. HR--Julian Javier, Mickey Mantle.
SACB--Ralph Terry Z (2).
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Gibson X [L] 7.00 5 3 3 6 5 1
Ron Willis 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
1961 NY YANKEES
Ralph Terry Z [W] 8.00 4 1 1 1 5 1
Luis Arroyo X [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boston 6, San Francisco 5
The Red Sox (7-8) built a 6-1 lead after three innings, though San Francisco miscues led to four of the runs being unearned. The big hits were Mike Ryan’s RBI triple in the second, Carl Yastrzemski’s solo homer in the third and Rico Petrocelli’s two-run double in the third. The Giants (7-8) made it a game late, however. In the eighth inning, Orlando Cepeda hit a two-run homer (his sixth of the season), which was immediately followed by a solo shot by Felipe Alou, making it 6-4. In the top of the ninth, Chuck Hiller doubled and scored on Cepeda’s two-out single to make it a one-run game, but the Red Sox got the final out to end it.
1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Harvey Kuenn 5 0 0 0 Mike Andrews 5 1 2 0
Chuck Hiller 4 1 2 0 Joe Foy 4 0 0 0
Willie Mays 4 1 1 0 Carl Yastrzemski 4 1 2 1
Orlando Cepeda 4 1 3 3 George Scott 4 1 0 0
Felipe Alou 5 2 2 1 Tony Conigliaro 4 0 1 0
Jim Davenport 3 0 1 0 Reggie Smith 4 2 2 0
Tom Haller 4 0 1 0 Rico Petrocelli 3 1 1 2
Jose Pagan 4 0 2 1 Mike Ryan 3 0 1 1
Jack Sanford YZ 2 0 0 0 Lee Stange Z 3 0 0 0
Willie McCovey 1 0 0 0 Jose Tartabull 1 0 1 0
Matty Alou 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 5 12 5 TOTALS 35 6 10 4
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 010 000 031 -- 5
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 024 000 00x -- 6
LOB--1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 9, 1967 BOSTON RED SOX 7.
ERR--Chuck Hiller, Jose Pagan. 2B--Chuck Hiller, Jose Pagan,
Rico Petrocelli, Mike Andrews (2). 3B--Reggie Smith, Mike
Ryan. HR--Orlando Cepeda, Felipe Alou, Carl Yastrzemski.
SB--Jose Pagan, Reggie Smith.
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jack Sanford YZ [L] 6.00 8 6 2 1 6 1
Bobby Bolin XZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Duffalo Y 1.00 1 0 0 1 3 0
1967 BOSTON RED SOX
Lee Stange Z [W] 7.00 9 4 4 3 4 2
Dan Osinski Z 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
John Wyatt Y [S] 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 0
Detroit 5, New York Mets 4 (13 inn.)
Both bullpens faltered in this one. The Tigers took a 3-0 lead in the second inning on Dick Brown’s three-run homer, his seventh of the season. Detroit had a defensive highlight in the third inning when the Mets’ Ed Kranepool hit into a triple play. But, New York made it 3-2 in the fourth on back-to-back RBI singles by Don Cardwell and Tommie Agee. Detroit reliever Gerry Staley was greeted in the top of the seventh by an Agee solo homer, and later in the inning, Art Shamsky put the Mets (5-10) ahead 4-3 with an RBI single. Down to their last out, the Tigers (6-9) tied the game. They had a runner on second with two outs in the top of the ninth, and Chico Fernandez came through with a game-tying RBI single. Neither team had much in the way of scoring chances in extra innings until the top of the 13th. With two outs and a runner on second, Norm Cash put the Tigers ahead with a run-scoring single that turned out to be the game-winner.
1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1969 NY METS AB R H BI
Jake Wood 5 0 1 0 Tommie Agee 6 1 3 2
Bill Bruton 5 0 1 0 Ken Boswell 6 1 2 0
Al Kaline 6 0 1 0 Cleon Jones 6 0 3 0
Rocky Colavito 5 2 2 0 Ed Kranepool 6 0 1 0
Norm Cash 4 1 1 1 Art Shamsky 6 0 1 1
Steve Boros 5 1 0 0 Wayne Garrett 6 0 2 0
Dick Brown 5 1 2 3 Jerry Grote 5 1 2 0
Chico Fernandez 5 0 2 1 Bud Harrelson 5 1 2 0
Paul Foytack Y 2 0 0 0 Don Cardwell Z 3 0 1 1
Vic Wertz 1 0 0 0 Ron Swoboda 1 0 0 0
Reno Bertoia 1 0 0 0 Donn Clendenon 1 0 0 0
Dick McAuliffe 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 45 5 10 5 TOTALS 51 4 17 4
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 030 000 001 000 1 -- 5
1969 NY METS 000 200 200 000 0 -- 4
LOB--1961 DETROIT TIGERS 7, 1969 NY METS 10. ERR--Chico
Fernandez. 2B--Chico Fernandez, Rocky Colavito, Art Shamsky,
Cleon Jones, Ed Kranepool. HR--Dick Brown, Tommie Agee.
SACB--Steve Boros.
1961 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Foytack Y 6.00 11 2 2 1 3 0
Gerry Staley Z 2.00 5 2 2 0 1 1
Terry Fox YZ 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Kline Y [W] 2.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
1969 NY METS
Don Cardwell Z 8.00 6 3 3 3 2 1
Tug McGraw X 3.00 1 1 1 1 3 0
Ron Taylor Z [L] 2.00 3 1 1 1 1 0
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