The 1961 New York Yankees opened up their big series with the 1967 Boston Red Sox by posting a one-run victory to remain in first place. In a battle of second-place teams, the 1969 Minnesota Twins beat the reeling 1967 St. Louis Cardinals to keep within a game of the Yankees. Tom Seaver had the performance of the day, pitching a two-hit shutout for the 1969 New York Mets, while the Twins’ Jim Kaat became the league’s first six-game winner.
Detroit 10, Los Angeles 4
The Dodgers didn’t come to play, as the Tigers (10-11) scored six runs in the first three innings and LA committed a total of five errors. Rocky Colavito hit his eighth and ninth home runs of the season, while Dick Brown hit his league-high 10th. Both Tiger sluggers had three hits in the contest, while Jake Wood drove in three runs with a two-run double in the seventh and an RBI triple in the eighth. Frank Lary evened his record at 3-3. Tommy Davis homered for the Dodgers (9-12).
1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Maury Wills 4 0 1 0 Steve Boros 3 1 0 0
Jim Gilliam 4 0 1 0 Norm Cash 4 0 2 1
Ron Fairly 4 1 1 1 Al Kaline 5 0 0 0
Tommy Davis 4 1 1 2 Rocky Colavito 5 3 3 3
Willie Davis 3 0 0 0 Dick Brown 5 3 3 1
Frank Howard 3 0 1 0 Bill Bruton 5 1 1 0
Johnny Roseboro 3 0 0 0 Jake Wood 5 1 2 3
Daryl Spencer 4 1 1 0 Chico Fernandez 5 0 1 1
Stan Williams W 0 0 0 0 Frank Lary YZ 4 1 1 0
Duke Snider 1 0 1 1
Andy Carey 0 1 0 0
Larry Burright 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 4 7 4 TOTALS 41 10 13 9
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 010 030 -- 4
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 312 000 31x -- 10
LOB--1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 5, 1961 DETROIT TIGERS 10.
ERR--Johnny Roseboro, Jim Gilliam, Maury Wills, Willie Davis
(2). 2B--Jake Wood, Bill Bruton, Dick Brown, Frank Lary YZ.
3B--Duke Snider, Norm Cash, Chico Fernandez, Jake Wood.
HR--Tommy Davis, Rocky Colavito (2), Dick Brown. HBP--Johnny
Roseboro.
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Stan Williams W [L] 4.00 8 6 5 1 4 3
Pete Richert XW 3.00 3 3 1 2 3 0
Ron Perranoski YZ 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 0
1961 DETROIT TIGERS
Frank Lary YZ [W] 8.00 5 4 4 4 7 1
Phil Regan 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
New York Yankees 4, Boston 3
The Red Sox scored three runs in the first two innings, but no more. George Scott had an RBI double in the first, and Mike Ryan had an RBI triple, then scored on a wild pitch in the second. For the Yankees (13-8), Yogi Berra hit his eighth home run of the season, a solo shot in the second. Berra also had an RBI single in the third and Elston Howard tied the game with an RBI single in the fifth. It stayed 3-3 until the ninth, as both teams had a runner thrown out at home trying to score in the middle innings. In the ninth, a Boston error put a Yankee runner on base with one out. A single and a walk loaded the bases, and Boston reliever John Wyatt walked home a run to break the tie. The Red Sox (11-10) put two runners on with one out in the bottom of the ninth but couldn’t even things up.
1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI 1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Bobby Richardson 5 0 3 0 Reggie Smith 5 0 2 0
Tony Kubek 5 1 2 0 Joe Foy 3 0 1 0
Roger Maris 4 1 1 0 Carl Yastrzemski 4 1 2 0
Mickey Mantle 2 1 0 0 George Scott 5 0 1 1
Elston Howard 4 0 2 2 Tony Conigliaro 5 0 1 0
Yogi Berra 4 1 2 2 Rico Petrocelli 2 0 1 0
Bill Skowron 5 0 0 0 Mike Andrews 4 1 0 0
Clete Boyer 3 0 0 0 Mike Ryan 3 1 3 1
Rollie Sheldon Y 3 0 0 0 Darrell Brandon 2 0 1 0
Johnny Blanchard 1 0 0 0 Jerry Adair 1 0 0 0
Ken Harrelson 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 4 10 4 TOTALS 35 3 12 2
1961 NY YANKEES 011 010 001 -- 4
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 120 000 000 -- 3
LOB--1961 NY YANKEES 12, 1967 BOSTON RED SOX 11. ERR--Joe
Foy, Mike Andrews. 2B--Tony Kubek, Carl Yastrzemski, Joe
Foy, George Scott, Darrell Brandon. 3B--Mike Ryan. HR--Yogi
Berra. SACB--Joe Foy.
1961 NY YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rollie Sheldon Y 6.00 9 3 3 2 6 0
Hal Reniff W 1.00 1 0 0 1 2 0
Tex Clevenger W [W] 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
Luis Arroyo X [S] 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
1967 BOSTON RED SOX
Darrell Brandon 6.00 8 3 3 4 5 1
Dan Osinski Z 2.00 1 0 0 1 2 0
John Wyatt Y [L] 1.00 1 1 0 2 0 0
Minnesota 5, St. Louis 2
Jim Kaat had another strong outing, not giving up an earned run in eight innings, and improved to 6-0 after six starts. The Twins got things started quickly as Rich Reese hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the first. St. Louis (11-10) saw its first hit come in the fifth inning, and it contributed to a run on Dal Maxvill’s sacrifice fly, making it 3-1. Reese added an RBI single in the sixth and Cesar Tovar doubled home a run in the seventh to put Minnesota (12-9) up 5-1. Another St. Louis sacrifice fly, this one by Curt Flood, scored the Cardinals’ second and final run in the eighth inning.
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI
Lou Brock 4 0 1 0 Cesar Tovar 4 0 1 1
Curt Flood 3 0 0 1 Rod Carew 3 2 1 0
Roger Maris 3 0 1 0 Tony Oliva 4 0 0 0
Orlando Cepeda 4 0 0 0 Harmon Killebrew 4 1 1 0
Tim McCarver 3 1 0 0 Rich Reese 4 1 2 4
Mike Shannon 4 0 0 0 Leo Cardenas 3 0 1 0
Julian Javier 3 0 2 0 Ted Uhlaender 3 1 1 0
Dal Maxvill 3 1 1 1 Johnny Roseboro 3 0 0 0
Bob Gibson X 2 0 0 0 Jim Kaat YZ 2 0 0 0
Alex Johnson 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 2 5 2 TOTALS 30 5 7 5
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 010 010 -- 2
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 300 001 10x -- 5
LOB--1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6, 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 3.
ERR--Harmon Killebrew, Ted Uhlaender. 2B--Ted Uhlaender,
Cesar Tovar. HR--Rich Reese. SACF--Curt Flood, Dal Maxvill.
SACB--Jim Kaat YZ.
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Gibson X [L] 7.00 7 5 5 1 3 1
Jack Lamabe YZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS
Jim Kaat YZ [W] 8.00 4 2 0 3 6 0
Ron Perranoski [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
New York Mets 1, San Francisco 0
Tom Seaver pitched a gem and outdueled San Francisco’s Jack Sanford. Seaver gave up two hits, both of which came in the first two innings. He then retired 23 consecutive Giant (9-12) hitters until a walk with two outs in the ninth. He got the last batter on a groundout to end it. The Mets (9-12) got their only run in the sixth. After the first two batters were retired, Ken Boswell walked, went to third on Cleon Jones’ single and scored on Ed Kranepool’s single. Seaver evened his season record at 3-3.
1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1969 NY METS AB R H BI
Harvey Kuenn 4 0 1 0 Tommie Agee 4 0 0 0
Jose Pagan 4 0 0 0 Ken Boswell 2 1 0 0
Willie Mays 3 0 0 0 Cleon Jones 3 0 3 0
Orlando Cepeda 4 0 0 0 Ed Kranepool 3 0 1 1
Felipe Alou 3 0 1 0 Art Shamsky 3 0 1 0
Jim Davenport 2 0 0 0 Jerry Grote 3 0 0 0
Tom Haller 3 0 0 0 Bud Harrelson 3 0 0 0
Chuck Hiller 3 0 0 0 Wayne Garrett 3 0 0 0
Jack Sanford YZ 3 0 0 0 Tom Seaver X 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 0 2 0 TOTALS 27 1 5 1
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 000 000 -- 0
1969 NY METS 000 001 00x -- 1
LOB--1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 4, 1969 NY METS 3. 2B--Felipe
Alou. SB--Art Shamsky, Cleon Jones.
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jack Sanford YZ [L] 8.00 5 1 1 1 8 0
1969 NY METS
Tom Seaver X [W] 9.00 2 0 0 2 4 0
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