The 1961 New York Yankees took a huge step toward a third straight title, rallying to beat the 1967 Boston Red Sox in extra innings for the second straight day to win the series 3-1. Either the 1967 Minnesota Twins or the 1969 St. Louis Cardinals needed to win their series to stay close, but they couldn’t do that as the Cardinals captured the finale to split the series. So with eight games left to play, the Yankees (15-9) have a two-game lead over both the Twins and Cardinals.
New York Yankees 3, Boston 2 (11 inn.)
Carl Yastrzemski of the Red Sox and Roger Maris of the Yankees both hit a pair of home runs, accounting for all the runs scored in this one. Yastrzemski hit solo shots in the fourth and eighth innings to give the Red Sox a 2-0 lead. In the bottom of the ninth, Tony Kubek led off with a single, and Maris followed with a two-run blast to tie the game and send it to extra innings. In the bottom of the 11th with one out, Maris hit another one over the wall for the walk-off victory. Maris hit his 11th and 12th home runs, which leads the league. The Yankees (15-9) won four of the five meetings this season against the Red Sox (12-12), with all five being decided by one run.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI
Reggie Smith 4 0 2 0 Bobby Richardson 5 0 0 0
Joe Foy 5 0 0 0 Tony Kubek 5 1 3 0
Carl Yastrzemski 5 2 3 2 Roger Maris 5 2 2 3
George Scott 4 0 3 0 Mickey Mantle 3 0 0 0
Tony Conigliaro 5 0 0 0 Elston Howard 4 0 0 0
Rico Petrocelli 5 0 1 0 Yogi Berra 4 0 0 0
Mike Andrews 4 0 1 0 Bill Skowron 4 0 1 0
Mike Ryan 4 0 0 0 Clete Boyer 4 0 0 0
Gary Bell Y 2 0 1 0 Bill Stafford YZ 2 0 0 0
Sparky Lyle XY 1 0 0 0 Johnny Blanchard 1 0 0 0
Bob Cerv 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 39 2 11 2 TOTALS 38 3 7 3
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 000 100 010 00 -- 2
1961 NY YANKEES 000 000 002 01 -- 3
LOB--1967 BOSTON RED SOX 7, 1961 NY YANKEES 5. 2B--Rico
Petrocelli, Bill Skowron. HR--Carl Yastrzemski (2), Roger
Maris (2). SACB--Gary Bell Y.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gary Bell Y 8.00 4 1 1 1 7 0
Sparky Lyle XY [L] 2.33 3 2 2 0 1 2
1961 NY YANKEES
Bill Stafford YZ 8.00 11 2 2 1 2 2
Jim Coates Y 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hal Reniff W [W] 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Detroit 8, Los Angeles 2
The Tigers (12-12) had a huge five-run first inning, highlighted by Rocky Colavito’s three-run homer (his 10th of the season). Jake Wood had an RBI single and Chico Fernandez hit a sacrifice fly. The Dodgers (10-14) scored both their runs on solo homers by Willie Davis and Johnny Roseboro in the second inning, making it 5-2. Norm Cash increased the Tigers’ lead with a pair of home runs, a solo blow in the fourth and a two-run shot in the ninth, giving him eight for the season. The Tigers won the series 3-1.
1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI
Steve Boros 3 2 0 0 Maury Wills 4 0 0 0
Norm Cash 3 3 2 3 Jim Gilliam 4 0 0 0
Al Kaline 4 0 1 0 Ron Fairly 3 0 0 0
Rocky Colavito 5 1 1 3 Tommy Davis 4 0 0 0
Dick Brown 4 1 1 0 Willie Davis 4 1 1 1
Bill Bruton 4 1 1 0 Frank Howard 4 0 0 0
Jake Wood 4 0 1 1 Johnny Roseboro 2 1 1 1
Chico Fernandez 2 0 0 1 Daryl Spencer 1 0 0 0
Paul Foytack Y 3 0 1 0 Johnny Podres YZ 1 0 1 0
Vic Wertz 1 0 0 0 Duke Snider 1 0 0 0
Lee Walls 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 33 8 8 8 TOTALS 29 2 4 2
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 500 100 002 -- 8
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 020 000 000 -- 2
LOB--1961 DETROIT TIGERS 5, 1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 4.
2B--Bill Bruton. HR--Norm Cash (2), Rocky Colavito, Johnny
Roseboro, Willie Davis. HBP--Norm Cash. SACF--Chico
Fernandez.
1961 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Foytack Y [W] 8.00 4 2 2 3 0 2
Ron Kline Y 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Johnny Podres YZ [L] 5.00 7 6 6 4 3 2
Ed Roebuck Y 3.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Larry Sherry XW 1.00 1 2 2 1 1 1
St. Louis 3, Minnesota 1
The Cardinals (13-11) evened the series behind a strong pitching performance by Steve Carlton. St. Louis opened the scoring in the second inning on a Dal Maxvill sacrifice fly, then made it 3-0 in the seventh on an RBI single by Maxville and an error that scored the final run. Minnesota (13-11) broke up the shutout on a solo homer by Tony Oliva in the top of the eighth, his fifth of the season. Carlton pitched eight good innings to improve to 5-1 and Joe Hoerner pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his sixth save.
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Cesar Tovar 4 0 0 0 Lou Brock 4 0 0 0
Rod Carew 4 0 2 0 Curt Flood 4 0 0 0
Tony Oliva 4 1 1 1 Roger Maris 4 0 0 0
Harmon Killebrew 3 0 0 0 Orlando Cepeda 2 1 0 0
Rich Reese 4 0 1 0 Tim McCarver 3 0 1 0
Leo Cardenas 3 0 0 0 Mike Shannon 3 1 1 0
Ted Uhlaender 3 0 1 0 Julian Javier 3 1 3 0
Johnny Roseboro 3 0 0 0 Dal Maxvill 2 0 1 2
Tom Hall Y 2 0 0 0 Steve Carlton X 2 0 0 0
Bob Allison 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 1 5 1 TOTALS 27 3 6 2
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 000 000 010 -- 1
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 010 000 20x -- 3
LOB--1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 6, 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 3.
ERR--Tony Oliva. 2B--Rich Reese. 3B--Rod Carew. HR--Tony
Oliva. SACF--Dal Maxvill. SACB--Steve Carlton X. SB--Rod
Carew.
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Hall Y [L] 6.00 3 1 1 1 3 0
Dean Chance Y 2.00 3 2 1 0 0 0
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Steve Carlton X [W] 8.00 5 1 1 3 7 1
Joe Hoerner X [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
New York Mets 5, San Francisco 4 (11 inn.)
The Giants (11-13) appeared to take control of the game in the sixth inning, when Harvey Kuenn led off with a solo homer and Felipe Alou had a three-run blast to make it 4-1. It stayed that way until late. The Mets (10-14) closed the gap to 4-3 in the eighth on RBI singles by Bud Harrelson and Wayne Garrett. In the top of the ninth, they tied it on Jerry Grote’s two-out single. In the top of the 11th, Cleon Jones led off with a double, was sacrificed to third and scored the winning run on a passed ball. The Giants put runners on first and second with one out in the bottom of the 11th but hit into a game-ending double play. The Mets earned a series split with the victory.
1969 NY METS AB R H BI 1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Tommie Agee 6 0 3 0 Harvey Kuenn 4 1 2 1
Al Weis 6 0 1 0 Jose Pagan 3 1 0 0
Cleon Jones 5 1 1 0 Willie Mays 5 0 0 0
Donn Clendenon 6 2 2 0 Orlando Cepeda 5 1 2 0
Ron Swoboda 6 2 2 0 Felipe Alou 5 1 2 3
Jerry Grote 6 0 2 1 Jim Davenport 5 0 2 0
Bud Harrelson 4 0 2 1 Tom Haller 3 0 0 0
Wayne Garrett 5 0 2 2 Chuck Hiller 5 0 0 0
Don Cardwell Z 1 0 0 0 Billy Pierce Z 2 0 0 0
Bobby Pfeil 1 0 0 0 Willie McCovey 1 0 0 0
Art Shamsky 0 0 0 0
Ed Kranepool 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 47 5 15 4 TOTALS 38 4 8 4
1969 NY METS 000 100 021 01 -- 5
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 004 000 00 -- 4
LOB--1969 NY METS 13, 1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 7.
ERR--Wayne Garrett, Harvey Kuenn. 2B--Donn Clendenon (2),
Cleon Jones, Orlando Cepeda. HR--Felipe Alou, Harvey Kuenn.
HBP--Tom Haller. SACB--Don Cardwell Z, Billy Pierce Z, Jose
Pagan.
1969 NY METS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Cardwell Z 6.00 5 4 4 3 2 2
Tug McGraw X 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
Jim McAndrew Y 2.00 1 0 0 0 3 0
Ron Taylor Z [W] 2.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Billy Pierce Z 7.33 10 3 2 2 6 0
Bobby Bolin XZ 1.67 3 1 1 1 2 0
Jim Duffalo Y [L] 2.00 2 1 0 0 2 0
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