Roger Maris is going to slug the 1961 New York Yankees to another championship, it seems. He had his second consecutive multi-homer game, his GTOP-record 13 and 14th of the season, to rally the Yankees to a series-opening comeback win over the 1962 San Francisco Giants. The Yanks’ closest competitors all lost, giving New York (16-9) a three-game lead with seven to play. Four teams are tied for second at 13-12.
Boston 2, Minnesota 0
Jim Lonborg scattered five hits and pitched out of three tricky situations en route to the shutout win. The Twins (13-12) got a runner to third base in the first and fifth innings with two outs, but Lonborg got the third out. In the top of the ninth, Minnesota put runners on first and third with one out, but Lonborg induced a game-ending double play. The Red Sox (13-12) managed only three hits, but two of them came in the fourth inning, one an RBI triple by Rico Petrocelli and the other an RBI single by Mike Ryan.
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI 1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI
Cesar Tovar 4 0 0 0 Reggie Smith 4 0 1 0
Rod Carew 4 0 2 0 Joe Foy 4 0 0 0
Tony Oliva 4 0 0 0 Carl Yastrzemski 3 0 0 0
Harmon Killebrew 3 0 0 0 George Scott 3 1 0 0
Rich Reese 4 0 0 0 Tony Conigliaro 3 0 0 0
Leo Cardenas 3 0 1 0 Rico Petrocelli 3 1 1 1
Ted Uhlaender 3 0 1 0 Mike Andrews 3 0 0 0
Johnny Roseboro 3 0 1 0 Mike Ryan 3 0 1 1
Dave Boswell X 2 0 0 0 Jim Lonborg X 3 0 0 0
Graig Nettles 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 0 5 0 TOTALS 29 2 3 2
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 000 000 000 -- 0
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 000 200 00x -- 2
LOB--1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 5, 1967 BOSTON RED SOX 5.
ERR--Harmon Killebrew (2). 2B--Rod Carew. 3B--Rico
Petrocelli.
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave Boswell X [L] 7.00 2 2 2 2 5 0
Bob Miller Z 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
1967 BOSTON RED SOX
Jim Lonborg X [W] 9.00 5 0 0 1 6 0
New York Mets 4, Los Angeles 2
Jerry Koosman struck out 11 in a complete-game win to improve to 4-2 and get the Mets out of last place. The Dodgers (10-15) actually led 2-0 after Tommy Davis homered in the second inning and Jim Gilliam plated a run with a single in the third. Down 2-1 in the sixth, Cleon Jones smacked a two-run homer to give the Mets (11-14) the lead. They added another run in the eighth when Ken Boswell tripled and scored on Ed Kranepool’s sacrifice fly.
1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1969 NY METS AB R H BI
Maury Wills 4 1 1 0 Tommie Agee 4 0 1 0
Jim Gilliam 4 0 1 1 Ken Boswell 3 2 1 1
Ron Fairly 3 0 0 0 Cleon Jones 2 1 1 2
Tommy Davis 3 1 1 1 Ed Kranepool 3 0 0 1
Willie Davis 3 0 0 0 Art Shamsky 4 0 0 0
Frank Howard 3 0 2 0 Jerry Grote 3 0 1 0
Johnny Roseboro 4 0 0 0 Bud Harrelson 3 0 0 0
Daryl Spencer 3 0 1 0 Wayne Garrett 3 1 1 0
Stan Williams W 2 0 0 0 Jerry Koosman XZ 2 0 0 0
Lee Walls 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 2 6 2 TOTALS 27 4 5 4
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 011 000 000 -- 2
1969 NY METS 001 002 01x -- 4
LOB--1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 6, 1969 NY METS 5. 2B--Daryl
Spencer. 3B--Maury Wills, Jerry Grote, Ken Boswell.
HR--Tommy Davis, Cleon Jones. SACF--Ed Kranepool. SB--Tommie
Agee.
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Stan Williams W [L] 6.00 4 3 3 3 4 1
Larry Sherry XW 2.00 1 1 1 2 1 0
1969 NY METS
Jerry Koosman XZ [W] 9.00 6 2 2 5 11 1
Detroit 7, St. Louis 1
The Tigers (13-12) opened up a 4-0 lead in the third inning behind RBI singles by Steve Boros, Al Kaline and Rocky Colavito. Colavito hit his 11th home run of the season, a two-run shot, in the fifth inning to make it 6-1. Jake Wood added an RBI single in the fifth for the final run. St. Louis (13-12) could only muster one run on back-to-back doubles by Tim McCarver and Mike Shannon in the fifth. Frank Lary improved to 4-3 for the Tigers.
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Lou Brock 4 0 2 0 Steve Boros 4 1 1 1
Curt Flood 3 0 1 0 Norm Cash 4 1 2 0
Roger Maris 4 0 0 0 Al Kaline 4 2 1 1
Orlando Cepeda 4 0 0 0 Rocky Colavito 4 1 2 3
Tim McCarver 4 1 2 0 Dick Brown 3 1 1 1
Mike Shannon 4 0 1 1 Bill Bruton 4 0 0 0
Julian Javier 3 0 0 0 Jake Wood 4 0 1 1
Dal Maxvill 3 0 0 0 Chico Fernandez 3 1 1 0
Ray Washburn Z 1 0 0 0 Frank Lary YZ 1 0 0 0
Bobby Tolan 1 0 0 0 Vic Wertz 1 0 0 0
Phil Gagliano 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 1 6 1 TOTALS 32 7 9 7
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 010 000 -- 1
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 004 030 00x -- 7
LOB--1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 5, 1961 DETROIT TIGERS 5.
ERR--Mike Shannon (2). 2B--Tim McCarver, Mike Shannon, Lou
Brock, Dick Brown. HR--Rocky Colavito. SACF--Dick Brown.
SACB--Frank Lary YZ (2).
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ray Washburn Z [L] 5.00 9 7 7 1 3 1
Larry Jaster 2.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Willis 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 DETROIT TIGERS
Frank Lary YZ [W] 8.00 6 1 1 1 6 0
Gerry Staley Z 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
New York Yankees 8, San Francisco 4
The Giants (11-14) built a 3-0 lead as Felipe Alou had a solo homer in the second inning and a sacrifice fly in the third. It didn’t last, thanks to Roger Maris. He hit a pair of two-run homers, one in the fourth inning and again in the sixth inning, to give the Yankees (16-9) a 4-3 lead. They blew it open in the ninth when Yogi Berra provided a two-run single and Bill Skowron followed with a two-run homer, his sixth.
1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI 1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Bobby Richardson 4 1 0 0 Harvey Kuenn 5 1 2 0
Tony Kubek 4 1 1 0 Jose Pagan 5 1 2 0
Roger Maris 4 3 3 4 Willie Mays 4 0 3 1
Mickey Mantle 3 1 1 0 Orlando Cepeda 4 0 0 1
Elston Howard 3 0 0 0 Felipe Alou 3 1 1 2
Yogi Berra 4 1 1 2 Jim Davenport 4 0 1 0
Bill Skowron 4 1 1 2 Tom Haller 3 0 0 0
Clete Boyer 4 0 0 0 Chuck Hiller 4 0 2 0
Rollie Sheldon Y 2 0 0 0 Billy ODell YZ 3 0 0 0
Bob Cerv 1 0 0 0 Willie McCovey 0 1 0 0
Luis Arroyo X 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 8 7 8 TOTALS 35 4 11 4
1961 NY YANKEES 000 202 004 -- 8
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 012 000 001 -- 4
LOB--1961 NY YANKEES 1, 1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 9.
ERR--Jose Pagan, Jim Davenport. 2B--Willie Mays (2), Jose
Pagan, Jim Davenport. HR--Roger Maris (2), Bill Skowron,
Felipe Alou. SACF--Felipe Alou.
1961 NY YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rollie Sheldon Y [W] 7.00 10 3 3 3 2 1
Luis Arroyo X [S] 2.00 1 1 1 1 3 0
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Billy ODell YZ [L] 8.00 4 4 3 0 5 2
Stu Miller Y 1.00 3 4 4 2 1 1
ROGER SPORTS & GAMES 