The 1961 New York Yankees and the 1967 Boston Red Sox played their third consecutive one-run game. The Yankees won for the second time in the series, this time on a walk-off in the 12th inning. The 1969 Minnesota Twins also improved to 2-1 in their series against the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals. So heading into the final matchup of these series, the Yankees (14-9) now lead the Twins by one game and the Red Sox and Cardinals by two.
Los Angeles 5, Detroit 3
The Dodgers broke open a 1-1 tie with a four-run fourth inning, which featured a three-run homer by Frank Howard (his fifth) and an RBI single by Maury Wills. Jake Wood and Norm Cash hit solo homers (it was Cash’s sixth) for the Tigers (11-12). Don Drysdale pitched well enough to improve to 4-2, and give the Dodgers (10-13) their first win of the series while ending a five-game losing streak.
1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI
Steve Boros 3 0 0 0 Maury Wills 4 0 2 1
Norm Cash 4 2 3 1 Jim Gilliam 4 0 0 0
Al Kaline 4 0 2 1 Ron Fairly 3 1 0 0
Rocky Colavito 4 0 0 0 Tommy Davis 4 2 3 0
Dick Brown 3 0 0 0 Willie Davis 4 0 0 0
Bill Bruton 4 0 1 0 Frank Howard 4 1 2 4
Jake Wood 4 1 1 1 Johnny Roseboro 3 0 0 0
Chico Fernandez 4 0 0 0 Daryl Spencer 2 1 0 0
Don Mossi YZ 2 0 0 0 Don Drysdale XZ 3 0 1 0
Vic Wertz 1 0 0 0 Lee Walls 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 3 7 3 TOTALS 32 5 8 5
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 010 001 010 -- 3
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 010 400 00x -- 5
LOB--1961 DETROIT TIGERS 5, 1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 7.
ERR--Willie Davis. 2B--Tommy Davis. 3B--Norm Cash. HR--Norm
Cash, Jake Wood, Frank Howard. SB--Maury Wills.
1961 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Mossi YZ [L] 7.00 7 5 5 2 8 1
Hank Aguirre YW 1.00 1 0 0 2 1 0
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Don Drysdale XZ [W] 8.00 6 3 3 2 9 2
Ron Perranoski YZ [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
New York Yankees 3, Boston 2 (12 inn.)
The Red Sox scored twice early, then went quiet for nine innings. Carl Yastrzemski had an RBI single in the first inning and Joe Foy hit a solo homer in the third for a 2-0 Boston lead. But the Red Sox (12-11) would only get one runner to second base the rest of the contest. New York’s first hit of the game was a solo homer by Roger Maris in the bottom of the fourth, his league-high tying 10th. Maris doubled and Mickey Mantle singled him home to tie it 2-2 in the bottom of the sixth. It stayed that way until the bottom of the 12th. The Yankees (14-9) won the game when Clete Boyer led off with a triple and pinch-hitter Bob Cerv hit a fly ball deep enough to score Boyer on a sacrifice fly.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI
Reggie Smith 5 1 2 0 Bobby Richardson 5 0 0 0
Joe Foy 4 1 1 1 Tony Kubek 5 0 0 0
Carl Yastrzemski 5 0 1 1 Roger Maris 4 2 2 1
George Scott 4 0 1 0 Mickey Mantle 3 0 2 1
Tony Conigliaro 5 0 1 0 Elston Howard 3 0 0 0
Rico Petrocelli 5 0 0 0 Yogi Berra 5 0 0 0
Mike Andrews 4 0 0 0 Bill Skowron 5 0 0 0
Mike Ryan 4 0 0 0 Clete Boyer 5 1 2 0
Jim Lonborg X 3 0 0 0 Ralph Terry Z 3 0 0 0
Jerry Adair 1 0 0 0 Johnny Blanchard 0 0 0 0
Bob Cerv 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 40 2 6 2 TOTALS 38 3 6 3
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 101 000 000 000 -- 2
1961 NY YANKEES 000 101 000 001 -- 3
LOB--1967 BOSTON RED SOX 4, 1961 NY YANKEES 8. ERR--Clete
Boyer. 2B--Reggie Smith, Roger Maris, Clete Boyer. 3B--Clete
Boyer. HR--Joe Foy, Roger Maris. SACF--Bob Cerv. SACB--Joe
Foy, Johnny Blanchard.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jim Lonborg X 8.33 3 2 2 4 6 1
Dan Osinski Z 1.67 1 0 0 0 0 0
John Wyatt Y [L] 1.33 2 1 1 1 0 0
1961 NY YANKEES
Ralph Terry Z 9.00 5 2 2 1 5 1
Tex Clevenger W 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Arroyo X [W] 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Minnesota 5, St. Louis 2
All five Twins runs came via three home runs. Tony Oliva hit two of them, a three-shot in the third inning and a solo blast in the sixth. Rod Carew added a solo home run in the eighth that made it 5-0. The Cardinals (12-11) broke up Jim Perry’s shutout bid in the bottom of the eighth when Roger Maris doubled home two runs with two out. Ron Perranoski went the final 1 1/3 and pitched out of two jams to get his fifth save for Minnesota (13-10).
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Cesar Tovar 4 1 0 0 Lou Brock 5 0 0 0
Rod Carew 4 2 2 1 Curt Flood 4 1 2 0
Tony Oliva 4 2 2 4 Roger Maris 4 0 1 2
Harmon Killebrew 4 0 0 0 Orlando Cepeda 3 0 1 0
Rich Reese 4 0 1 0 Tim McCarver 4 0 1 0
Leo Cardenas 4 0 2 0 Mike Shannon 4 0 1 0
Ted Uhlaender 4 0 0 0 Julian Javier 4 0 0 0
Johnny Roseboro 4 0 0 0 Dal Maxvill 4 0 0 0
Jim Perry YZ 3 0 0 0 Dick Hughes XZ 2 0 0 0
Bobby Tolan 1 1 1 0
Alex Johnson 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 35 5 7 5 TOTALS 36 2 8 2
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 003 001 010 -- 5
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 000 020 -- 2
LOB--1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 3, 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 8.
ERR--Rod Carew, Jim Perry YZ, Mike Shannon, Dick Hughes XZ.
2B--Rich Reese, Leo Cardenas, Roger Maris, Orlando Cepeda.
HR--Rod Carew, Tony Oliva (2). HBP--Orlando Cepeda.
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jim Perry YZ [W] 7.67 6 2 2 0 8 0
Ron Perranoski [S] 1.33 2 0 0 0 1 0
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Dick Hughes XZ [L] 8.00 6 5 2 0 8 3
Nelson Briles YZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
San Francisco 8, New York Mets 4
The Mets (9-14) jumped out to a 3-0 lead after a solo homer by Ken Boswell and an RBI double by Art Shamsky in the first inning, and an RBI double by Cleon Jones in the third. But beginning the bottom of the third, the Giants (11-12) would score runs in five consecutive innings. They hit three homers, a two-run blast by Chuck Hiller in the fourth, a solo shot by Tom Haller in the sixth (his eighth) and a two-run tater by Felipe Alou in the seventh. Juan Marichal struck out 11 in the win as he improved to 4-2.
1969 NY METS AB R H BI 1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Tommie Agee 4 0 1 0 Harvey Kuenn 4 1 1 0
Ken Boswell 4 2 2 1 Jose Pagan 3 0 0 0
Cleon Jones 4 1 2 1 Willie Mays 4 1 3 1
Ed Kranepool 4 1 1 1 Orlando Cepeda 4 1 1 1
Art Shamsky 4 0 2 1 Felipe Alou 4 1 2 3
Jerry Grote 4 0 1 0 Jim Davenport 3 0 0 0
Bud Harrelson 4 0 0 0 Tom Haller 4 2 1 1
Wayne Garrett 4 0 0 0 Chuck Hiller 4 2 2 2
Jerry Koosman XZ 3 0 0 0 Juan Marichal YZ 2 0 1 0
Donn Clendenon 1 0 0 0 Willie McCovey 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 4 9 4 TOTALS 33 8 11 8
1969 NY METS 201 001 000 -- 4
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 001 221 20x -- 8
LOB--1969 NY METS 5, 1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 5. 2B--Tommie
Agee, Art Shamsky, Cleon Jones, Felipe Alou. HR--Ken
Boswell, Ed Kranepool, Tom Haller, Chuck Hiller, Felipe
Alou. SACB--Jose Pagan, Juan Marichal YZ.
1969 NY METS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jerry Koosman XZ [L] 7.00 11 8 8 2 9 3
Nolan Ryan XYW 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Juan Marichal YZ [W] 8.00 8 4 4 0 11 2
Stu Miller Y 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
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