The 1962 San Francisco Giants took care of the first-place 1961 New York Yankees for the second straight day, giving their closest competitors hope. But, other results went their way. New York began the day with a two-game lead, and they ended it with a two-game lead with five to play. It’s a logjam for second place, as the 1961 Detroit Tigers, 1967 Boston Red Sox, 1967 St. Louis Cardinals and 1969 Minnesota Twins are all 14-13, two games back of the Yankees.
Boston 13, Minnesota 8
The Red Sox won a slugfest thanks to a six-homer outburst, two of them by Tony Conigliaro. The first three were hit off Minnesota starter Jim Kaat, who came in as the league’s most successful pitcher but suffered his first loss to fall to 6-1. Conigliaro had a three-run blast in the first inning and a two-run homer in the eighth. Rico Petrocelli (2-run HR in the 3rd), Carl Yastrzemski (3-run HR in the 4th), Mike Andrews (solo in the 7th) and Joe Foy (solo in the 8th) had the other four. Tony Oliva hit the only one for the Twins (14-13), his seventh of the season. Conigliaro and Petrocelli are now tied for the team lead with seven homers apiece. Boston (14-13) improved to 2-1 in the series and kept the Twins from being just one game back.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI
Reggie Smith 3 2 1 0 Cesar Tovar 5 1 2 1
Joe Foy 6 2 2 1 Rod Carew 6 0 1 0
Carl Yastrzemski 6 1 2 3 Tony Oliva 4 4 3 1
George Scott 5 2 3 1 Harmon Killebrew 3 0 1 1
Tony Conigliaro 5 3 3 5 Rich Reese 5 1 3 3
Rico Petrocelli 4 1 1 2 Leo Cardenas 5 0 1 1
Mike Andrews 4 1 1 1 Ted Uhlaender 5 1 1 0
Mike Ryan 5 0 1 0 Johnny Roseboro 4 0 2 1
Darrell Brandon 3 1 0 0 Jim Kaat YZ 1 0 0 0
Jerry Adair 2 0 0 0 Graig Nettles 0 0 0 0
Charlie Manuel 0 1 0 0
Bob Allison 1 0 0 0
George Mitterwald 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 43 13 14 13 TOTALS 40 8 15 8
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 402 300 130 -- 13
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 100 213 010 -- 8
LOB--1967 BOSTON RED SOX 8, 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 12.
ERR--Rico Petrocelli, Mike Andrews, Jim Kaat YZ, Leo
Cardenas (2). 2B--Reggie Smith, Harmon Killebrew. 3B--Tony
Conigliaro. HR--Carl Yastrzemski, Joe Foy, Tony Conigliaro
(2), Rico Petrocelli, Mike Andrews, Tony Oliva. HBP--Harmon
Killebrew. SACF--Cesar Tovar. SB--Cesar Tovar.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Darrell Brandon [W] 6.00 11 7 5 4 3 1
Sparky Lyle XY [S] 3.00 4 1 1 1 2 0
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS
Jim Kaat YZ [L] 4.00 8 9 8 3 4 3
Dean Chance Y 2.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Grzenda Z 1.00 1 1 1 0 1 1
Dick Woodson Y 2.00 4 3 3 1 1 2
New York Mets 6, Los Angeles 2
Tom Seaver repeatedly pitched out of trouble to help the Mets win their third straight over the Dodgers. Trailing 1-0, the Mets (13-14) took the lead for good in the third inning when Al Weis hit a two-run homer and Donn Clendenon added a solo shot. Tommie Agee provided a two-run double in the sixth and Bud Harrelson had a sacrifice fly in the seventh for the rest of New York’s scoring. The Dodgers (10-17) got a ninth-inning homer from Frank Howard, his sixth. Seaver improved to 4-3.
1969 NY METS AB R H BI 1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI
Tommie Agee 4 1 3 2 Maury Wills 4 1 1 0
Al Weis 5 1 2 2 Jim Gilliam 2 0 0 0
Cleon Jones 5 1 4 0 Ron Fairly 2 0 0 1
Donn Clendenon 5 1 1 1 Tommy Davis 4 0 1 0
Ron Swoboda 5 0 1 0 Willie Davis 4 0 0 0
Jerry Grote 5 1 1 0 Frank Howard 3 1 2 1
Bud Harrelson 4 1 2 1 Johnny Roseboro 3 0 1 0
Wayne Garrett 4 0 1 0 Daryl Spencer 4 0 0 0
Tom Seaver X 3 0 0 0 Johnny Podres YZ 2 0 0 0
Duke Snider 0 0 0 0
Lee Walls 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 40 6 15 6 TOTALS 29 2 5 2
1969 NY METS 003 002 100 -- 6
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 100 000 001 -- 2
LOB--1969 NY METS 10, 1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 7. ERR--Cleon
Jones, Maury Wills, Tommy Davis. 2B--Tommie Agee, Bud
Harrelson, Frank Howard. HR--Al Weis, Donn Clendenon, Frank
Howard. SACF--Bud Harrelson, Ron Fairly. SACB--Tom Seaver X.
SB--Johnny Roseboro, Maury Wills.
1969 NY METS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Seaver X [W] 9.00 5 2 2 6 6 1
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Johnny Podres YZ [L] 7.00 13 6 5 1 7 2
Ed Roebuck Y 2.00 2 0 0 0 1 0
Detroit 8, St. Louis 4
Rocky Colavito hit a pair of two-run homers to help lift Detroit (14-13) to the victory. He now has 13 on the season, one shy of the leader. The Tigers led 4-3 in the seventh when he hit his first one, and his second one came in the top of the ninth. Norm Cash also had a solo homer for Detroit, his ninth. Orlando Cepeda had a two-run homer for the Cardinals (14-13), his sixth. Detroit improved to 2-1 in the series and kept the Cardinals from being one game back in the standings. Don Mossi picked up the win to go to 4-2.
1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Steve Boros 5 0 2 2 Lou Brock 5 0 0 0
Norm Cash 4 2 1 1 Curt Flood 3 0 1 0
Al Kaline 5 1 2 0 Roger Maris 2 2 0 0
Rocky Colavito 5 2 4 4 Orlando Cepeda 4 2 2 2
Dick Brown 5 0 2 0 Tim McCarver 4 0 1 0
Bill Bruton 4 1 1 0 Mike Shannon 3 0 1 1
Jake Wood 5 0 2 0 Julian Javier 4 0 2 1
Chico Fernandez 5 1 1 1 Dal Maxvill 4 0 0 0
Don Mossi YZ 3 1 1 0 Steve Carlton X 2 0 0 0
Alex Johnson 1 0 0 0
Ed Spiezio 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 41 8 16 8 TOTALS 33 4 7 4
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 020 010 302 -- 8
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 200 100 010 -- 4
LOB--1961 DETROIT TIGERS 9, 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6.
ERR--Chico Fernandez. 2B--Jake Wood, Don Mossi YZ. 3B--Chico
Fernandez. HR--Norm Cash, Rocky Colavito (2), Orlando
Cepeda. SB--Jake Wood.
1961 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Mossi YZ [W] 8.00 7 4 4 4 3 1
Hank Aguirre YW 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Steve Carlton X [L] 7.00 13 6 6 2 6 2
Jack Lamabe YZ 2.00 3 2 2 1 1 1
San Francisco 6, New York 3
Tom Haller and Orlando Cepeda hit home runs to give the Giants (13-14) their second straight win over the Yankees (16-11). Both Giants now have nine on the season. San Francisco starter Billy Pierce gave up 11 hits in eight innings but got out of multiple jams with little damage to even his record at 3-3, and he contributed an RBI single.
1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI
Harvey Kuenn 5 0 2 1 Bobby Richardson 4 2 1 0
Jose Pagan 3 0 0 1 Tony Kubek 5 0 4 0
Willie Mays 3 1 0 0 Roger Maris 3 0 0 2
Orlando Cepeda 4 1 1 2 Mickey Mantle 4 1 1 0
Felipe Alou 4 0 1 0 Elston Howard 4 0 2 0
Jim Davenport 4 0 0 0 Yogi Berra 4 0 0 0
Tom Haller 4 3 3 1 Bill Skowron 4 0 3 1
Chuck Hiller 4 0 0 0 Clete Boyer 3 0 0 0
Billy Pierce Z 2 1 1 1 Ralph Terry Z 3 0 0 0
Willie McCovey 1 0 1 0 Billy Gardner 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 6 9 6 TOTALS 35 3 11 3
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 002 010 120 -- 6
1961 NY YANKEES 100 001 100 -- 3
LOB--1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 4, 1961 NY YANKEES 9.
ERR--Orlando Cepeda. 2B--Tom Haller, Willie McCovey, Felipe
Alou, Harvey Kuenn, Elston Howard. HR--Orlando Cepeda, Tom
Haller. SACF--Jose Pagan, Roger Maris (2). SACB--Billy
Pierce Z.
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Billy Pierce Z [W] 8.00 11 3 3 2 4 0
Bobby Bolin XZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
1961 NY YANKEES
Ralph Terry Z [L] 8.00 8 6 6 1 3 2
Hal Reniff W 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
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