Juan Marichal and the 1962 San Francisco Giants did the rest of the league a favor by knocking off the 1961 New York Yankees in the second game of their series. The 1969 Minnesota Twins and the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals took advantage, as their victories moved them to within two games of the Yankees with six to play.
Minnesota 2, Boston 1
Boston’s Gary Bell suffered his first loss, falling to 5-1, despite giving up only two hits in seven innings. One of those hits, however, was a two-run homer by Tony Oliva in the fourth inning, his sixth of the season. Twins starter Tom Hall was just a bit better, giving up one run on five hits in seven innings. Boston’s only run came in the sixth when Joe Foy doubled and scored on Carl Yastrzemski’s single. The Twins (14-12) evened the series with the Red Sox (13-13).
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 0 0
Rod Carew 3 1 0 0 Joe Foy 4 1 1 0
Tony Oliva 3 1 1 2 Carl Yastrzemski 3 0 1 1
Harmon Killebrew 3 0 0 0 George Scott 4 0 2 0
Rich Reese 3 0 1 0 Tony Conigliaro 4 0 2 0
Leo Cardenas 3 0 0 0 Rico Petrocelli 2 0 0 0
Ted Uhlaender 3 0 0 0 Mike Andrews 3 0 0 0
Johnny Roseboro 3 0 0 0 Mike Ryan 3 0 0 0
Tom Hall Y 2 0 0 0 Gary Bell Y 2 0 0 0
Graig Nettles 1 0 0 0 Jerry Adair 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 28 2 2 2 TOTALS 30 1 6 1
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 000 200 000 -- 2
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 000 001 000 -- 1
LOB--1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 1, 1967 BOSTON RED SOX 6. 2B--Joe
Foy. HR--Tony Oliva. SACB--Mike Andrews.
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Hall Y [W] 7.00 5 1 1 3 5 0
Dick Woodson Y 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Perranoski [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1967 BOSTON RED SOX
Gary Bell Y [L] 7.00 2 2 2 2 4 1
Dan Osinski Z 2.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
New York Mets 6, Los Angeles 4
The Mets hit Don Drysdale hard in this one. They tied the game at one in the second inning on Wayne Garrett’s sacrifice fly, then went ahead on Ken Boswell’s RBI single in the third. They plated three runs in the fifth on three consecutive RBI singles by Cleon Jones, Ed Kranepool and Art Shamsky. Gary Gentry pitched eight strong innings for the win, though the Dodgers put up three runs in the ninth inning against the New York bullpen to make things close. The Mets (12-14) beat the Dodgers (10-16) for the second straight game. NY starter Gary Gentry earned his first win in his seventh start.
1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1969 NY METS AB R H BI
Maury Wills 4 0 1 0 Tommie Agee 3 3 2 0
Jim Gilliam 4 1 0 0 Ken Boswell 4 1 2 1
Ron Fairly 3 1 1 0 Cleon Jones 4 1 1 1
Tommy Davis 4 0 1 0 Ed Kranepool 4 0 1 1
Willie Davis 4 1 1 1 Art Shamsky 4 1 2 1
Frank Howard 4 0 1 0 Jerry Grote 3 0 0 0
Johnny Roseboro 4 1 2 1 Bud Harrelson 4 0 0 0
Daryl Spencer 4 0 2 2 Wayne Garrett 1 0 0 1
Don Drysdale XZ 2 0 0 0 Gary Gentry Y 3 0 0 0
Duke Snider 1 0 0 0
Wally Moon 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 4 9 4 TOTALS 30 6 8 5
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 100 000 003 -- 4
1969 NY METS 011 030 10x -- 6
LOB--1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 5, 1969 NY METS 4. ERR--Maury
Wills, Willie Davis, Tommy Davis, Ken Boswell. 2B--Frank
Howard, Daryl Spencer, Tommie Agee. 3B--Art Shamsky.
SACF--Wayne Garrett.
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Drysdale XZ [L] 7.00 8 6 5 3 7 0
Pete Richert XW 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 NY METS
Gary Gentry Y [W] 8.00 6 1 1 0 3 0
Nolan Ryan XYW 0.67 3 3 3 1 0 0
Tug McGraw X [S] 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0
St. Louis 7, Detroit 1
Bob Gibson struck out 11 in the complete-game win for the Cardinals. Dal Maxvill got the scoring started with a solo homer in the third inning, and the Cardinals scored twice more that inning with the help of an error. Tim McCarver had an RBI double in the sixth, and another Detroit error led to another run in the seventh, making it 6-0. Jake Wood homered for Detroit (13-13) in the eighth, the Tigers’ only run. St. Louis (14-12) got it back on Julian Javier’s solo homer in the ninth. This series is tied after two games.
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI
Lou Brock 5 0 0 0 Steve Boros 4 0 0 0
Curt Flood 5 1 3 0 Norm Cash 4 0 0 0
Roger Maris 4 1 1 1 Al Kaline 4 0 1 0
Orlando Cepeda 3 2 1 0 Rocky Colavito 4 0 0 0
Tim McCarver 5 0 2 1 Dick Brown 3 0 1 0
Mike Shannon 4 0 0 0 Bill Bruton 3 0 0 0
Julian Javier 5 1 1 1 Jake Wood 3 1 1 1
Dal Maxvill 4 2 2 1 Chico Fernandez 3 0 1 0
Bob Gibson X 2 0 1 0 Paul Foytack Y 1 0 0 0
Vic Wertz 1 0 0 0
Dick McAuliffe 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 37 7 11 4 TOTALS 31 1 5 1
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 003 010 111 -- 7
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 000 000 010 -- 1
LOB--1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 10, 1961 DETROIT TIGERS 3.
ERR--Chico Fernandez, Steve Boros (2). 2B--Tim McCarver, Al
Kaline, Dick Brown. HR--Julian Javier, Dal Maxvill, Jake
Wood. HBP--Orlando Cepeda. SACB--Bob Gibson X (2).
SB--Orlando Cepeda.
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Gibson X [W] 9.00 5 1 1 0 11 1
1961 DETROIT TIGERS
Paul Foytack Y [L] 6.00 7 4 2 3 3 1
Ron Kline Y 2.00 3 2 0 1 2 0
Phil Regan 1.00 1 1 1 0 0 1
San Francisco 6, New York Yankees 2
Juan Marichal outpitched Whitey Ford as the Giants (12-14) evened the series. The Giants took the lead in the bottom of the first, going up 2-0 after Orlando Cepeda’s RBI single and Felipe Alou’s RBI double. A four-run seventh inning made it 6-1, with Cepeda providing a two-run single and Jim Davenport hitting a two-run double. For the Yankees (16-10), Mickey Mantle singled and scored on Elston Howard’s single in the sixth, then hit his seventh home run of the season in the eighth. Marichal improved to 5-2 and dropped Ford to 4-2.
1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI 1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Bobby Richardson 4 0 1 0 Harvey Kuenn 5 1 3 0
Tony Kubek 4 0 0 0 Jose Pagan 4 2 1 0
Roger Maris 3 0 0 0 Willie Mays 2 2 1 0
Mickey Mantle 2 2 2 1 Orlando Cepeda 4 0 2 3
Elston Howard 4 0 1 1 Felipe Alou 4 1 1 1
Yogi Berra 4 0 2 0 Jim Davenport 4 0 2 2
Bill Skowron 4 0 0 0 Tom Haller 3 0 0 0
Clete Boyer 4 0 0 0 Chuck Hiller 4 0 1 0
Whitey Ford X 3 0 0 0 Juan Marichal YZ 3 0 0 0
Johnny Blanchard 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 2 6 2 TOTALS 33 6 11 6
1961 NY YANKEES 000 001 010 -- 2
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 200 000 40x -- 6
LOB--1961 NY YANKEES 7, 1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 8.
ERR--Bobby Richardson, Felipe Alou. 2B--Felipe Alou, Harvey
Kuenn, Jim Davenport. HR--Mickey Mantle. SACB--Juan Marichal
YZ. SB--Jose Pagan.
1961 NY YANKEES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Whitey Ford X [L] 7.00 10 6 6 4 4 0
Jim Coates Y 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Juan Marichal YZ [W] 9.00 6 2 2 3 7 1
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