Things have tightened up once again at the top of the standings. The 1969 Minnesota Twins beat the 1961 New York Yankees for the second straight day, and the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals finally pulled off a win against the 1969 New York Mets. So, the Twins, Yankees and Cardinals are all tied for first place with 11-8 records. And don’t forget about the 1967 Boston Red Sox, who have won four of their last five and are just one game back at 10-9.
St. Louis 2, New York Mets 1
Steve Carlton and Tom Seaver put on an impressive pitchers’ duel, and it was the Cardinals (11-8) that came out on top. Carlton only surrendered one run on back-to-back doubles by Donn Clendenon and Ron Swoboda in the second inning. St. Louis tied it in the third when Lou Brock doubled and scored on Curt Flood’s single. Orlando Cepeda hit a solo homer (his fifth of the season) off Tom Seaver in the sixth for what turned out to be the game-winning run. The Cardinals finally picked up a win after losing the first two to the Mets (7-12) and Carlton improved to 4-1 after five starts.
1969 NY METS AB R H BI 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Tommie Agee 4 0 1 0 Lou Brock 4 1 1 0
Al Weis 4 0 0 0 Curt Flood 4 0 2 1
Cleon Jones 3 0 1 0 Roger Maris 4 0 0 0
Donn Clendenon 4 1 2 0 Orlando Cepeda 3 1 2 1
Ron Swoboda 4 0 2 1 Tim McCarver 2 0 0 0
Jerry Grote 4 0 0 0 Mike Shannon 3 0 0 0
Bud Harrelson 2 0 0 0 Julian Javier 3 0 1 0
Wayne Garrett 3 0 0 0 Dal Maxvill 3 0 0 0
Tom Seaver X 2 0 0 0 Steve Carlton X 2 0 0 0
Bobby Tolan 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 1 6 1 TOTALS 29 2 6 2
1969 NY METS 010 000 000 -- 1
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 001 001 00x -- 2
LOB--1969 NY METS 6, 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 4. 2B--Tommie
Agee, Ron Swoboda (2), Donn Clendenon, Lou Brock, Orlando
Cepeda. HR--Orlando Cepeda. HBP--Tim McCarver. SACB--Tom
Seaver X.
1969 NY METS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Seaver X (L] 8.00 6 2 2 0 10 1
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Steve Carlton X [W] 8.00 6 1 1 3 6 0
Nelson Briles YZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Boston 6, Los Angeles 5
After scoring 16 runs in the previous game, the Red Sox (10-9) kept things going in the first inning of this one. The first seven batters reached base safely, and Boston put up six first-inning runs off Sandy Koufax. Joe Foy had a two-run homer, Rico Petrocelli hit a two-run double and Reggie Smith had two doubles in the inning, the second one driving in two runs. Koufax and the Dodgers (9-10) wouldn’t give up another run, though. The Dodgers chipped away, including an RBI single by Maury Wills in the fourth and a two-run single by pinch-hitter Duke Snider in the sixth, making it 6-4. In the top of the ninth, Jim Gilliam hit a two-out homer. The next two batters singled, putting the tying run in scoring position. But the Red Sox got the final out to pick up their second win of the series.
1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Maury Wills 5 1 2 1 Reggie Smith 5 1 3 2
Jim Gilliam 5 1 2 1 Joe Foy 4 1 1 2
Ron Fairly 4 0 2 1 Carl Yastrzemski 3 1 0 0
Tommy Davis 4 0 2 0 George Scott 3 1 2 0
Willie Davis 5 0 0 0 Tony Conigliaro 2 0 1 0
Frank Howard 4 1 1 0 Rico Petrocelli 4 1 1 2
Johnny Roseboro 3 2 1 0 Mike Andrews 2 1 0 0
Daryl Spencer 4 0 1 0 Mike Ryan 4 0 0 0
Sandy Koufax K 2 0 1 0 Darrell Brandon 2 0 0 0
Duke Snider 1 0 1 2 Jose Tartabull 1 0 0 0
Lee Walls 1 0 0 0 Jerry Adair 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 38 5 13 5 TOTALS 31 6 8 6
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 100 102 001 -- 5
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 600 000 00x -- 6
LOB--1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 9, 1967 BOSTON RED SOX 7.
ERR--Johnny Roseboro. 2B--Duke Snider, Ron Fairly, George
Scott, Reggie Smith (2), Tony Conigliaro, Rico Petrocelli.
HR--Jim Gilliam, Joe Foy. SB--Johnny Roseboro.
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Sandy Koufax K [L] 5.00 7 6 6 4 7 1
Larry Sherry XW 3.00 1 0 0 2 2 0
1967 BOSTON RED SOX
Darrell Brandon [W] 6.00 9 4 4 3 3 0
Sparky Lyle XY 2.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
John Wyatt Y [S] 1.00 3 1 1 0 0 1
Minnesota 3, New York Yankees 2
The Yankees (11-8) built a 2-0 lead on Mickey Mantle’s solo homer in the fourth inning (his sixth of the season) and a sacrifice fly by Tony Kubek in the fifth. Bill Stafford was rolling, giving up just one hit in the first six innings. But the Twins (11-8) started the bottom of the seventh with three straight singles to load the bases. Ted Uhlaender hit a sacrifice fly for the first run, and Johnny Roseboro tied it with an RBI single. Then, in the bottom of the ninth, the Twins put two runners on. Leo Cardenas almost had a walk-off single, but Harmon Killebrew was thrown out at the plate. It didn’t matter, as Uhlaender followed with an RBI single that ended it, giving the Twins their second straight victory.
1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI
Bobby Richardson 3 0 1 0 Cesar Tovar 3 0 0 0
Tony Kubek 3 0 0 1 Rod Carew 4 0 0 0
Roger Maris 4 0 0 0 Tony Oliva 4 0 0 0
Mickey Mantle 4 1 2 1 Harmon Killebrew 3 1 1 0
Elston Howard 4 0 1 0 Rich Reese 4 2 2 0
Yogi Berra 4 0 0 0 Leo Cardenas 4 0 3 0
Bill Skowron 4 0 1 0 Ted Uhlaender 2 0 1 2
Clete Boyer 3 0 1 0 Johnny Roseboro 3 0 1 1
Bill Stafford YZ 3 1 1 0 Tom Hall Y 2 0 0 0
Graig Nettles 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 2 7 2 TOTALS 30 3 8 3
1961 NY YANKEES 000 110 000 -- 2
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 000 000 201 -- 3
LOB--1961 NY YANKEES 5, 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 6. ERR--Roger
Maris, Tony Kubek, Leo Cardenas. 2B--Elston Howard.
HR--Mickey Mantle. SACF--Tony Kubek, Ted Uhlaender.
SB--Bobby Richardson.
1961 NY YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill Stafford YZ 8.00 5 2 2 2 4 0
Jim Coates Y [L] 0.33 3 1 1 1 0 0
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS
Tom Hall Y 7.00 7 2 2 1 2 1
Bob Miller Z [W] 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Detroit 5, San Francisco 2
The Giants (8-11) scored a pair of first-inning runs on Jim Davenport’s two-out, two-run single. That would be it for San Francisco, however. The Tigers (9-10) got a solo homer from Norm Cash in the bottom of the first, then tied it in the second when Dick Brown doubled and later scored on Chico Fernandez’ sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the sixth, Brown hit a three-run homer, his league-best ninth of the season, to provide the winning margin.
1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Harvey Kuenn 4 1 2 0 Steve Boros 4 0 0 0
Jose Pagan 5 0 1 0 Norm Cash 4 1 1 1
Willie Mays 3 1 1 0 Al Kaline 4 1 1 0
Orlando Cepeda 3 0 1 0 Rocky Colavito 4 1 1 0
Felipe Alou 3 0 0 0 Dick Brown 4 2 3 3
Jim Davenport 2 0 1 2 Bill Bruton 3 0 1 0
Tom Haller 3 0 0 0 Jake Wood 3 0 0 0
Chuck Hiller 4 0 0 0 Chico Fernandez 2 0 2 1
Billy Pierce Z 3 0 0 0 Paul Foytack Y 1 0 0 0
Willie McCovey 1 0 0 0 Reno Bertoia 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 2 6 2 TOTALS 30 5 9 5
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 200 000 000 -- 2
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 110 003 00x -- 5
LOB--1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 10, 1961 DETROIT TIGERS 4.
ERR--Dick Brown. 2B--Jose Pagan, Dick Brown. HR--Norm Cash,
Dick Brown. SACF--Chico Fernandez. SACB--Paul Foytack Y.
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Billy Pierce Z [L] 7.00 8 5 5 1 5 2
Stu Miller Y 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
1961 DETROIT TIGERS
Paul Foytack Y [W] 7.00 5 2 2 6 2 0
Hank Aguirre YW 1.00 0 0 0 2 1 0
Terry Fox YZ [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
ROGER SPORTS & GAMES 