As the final four-game series of the season got underway, things tightened up at the top of the standings. The two second-place teams, the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals and the 1969 Minnesota Twins, were both victorious. The 1961 Detroit Tigers did them a favor by knocking off the 1961 New York Yankees in extra innings. That cuts the Yankees’ lead to just one game with three to play.
San Francisco 4, Los Angeles 2
The Giants (14-15) opened the scoring on Jim Davenport’s two-run single in the fourth inning. The Dodgers (11-18) broke up Juan Marichal’s shutout in the seventh inning as solo home runs by Ron Fairly and Willie Davis tied the contest at two. In the top of the ninth, Davenport and Chuck Hiller provided RBI doubles to put the Giants back on top. Marichal ran into trouble in the bottom of the ninth, as runners made it to second and third with one out, but he retired the final two hitters to get the win and improve to 6-2.
1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI
Harvey Kuenn 5 0 1 0 Maury Wills 4 0 0 0
Jose Pagan 3 0 0 0 Jim Gilliam 4 0 1 0
Willie Mays 3 0 1 0 Ron Fairly 3 1 1 1
Orlando Cepeda 4 1 1 0 Tommy Davis 4 0 1 0
Felipe Alou 4 2 2 0 Willie Davis 4 1 2 1
Jim Davenport 4 1 2 3 Frank Howard 4 0 0 0
Tom Haller 3 0 0 0 Johnny Roseboro 3 0 0 0
Chuck Hiller 4 0 1 1 Daryl Spencer 3 0 0 0
Juan Marichal YZ 3 0 0 0 Stan Williams W 2 0 0 0
Duke Snider 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 4 8 4 TOTALS 31 2 5 2
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 200 002 -- 4
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 000 200 -- 2
LOB--1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 6, 1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS
4. ERR--Jose Pagan, Johnny Roseboro. 2B--Chuck Hiller,
Willie Mays, Jim Davenport. HR--Willie Davis, Ron Fairly.
SACB--Juan Marichal YZ. SB--Felipe Alou, Tommy Davis.
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Juan Marichal YZ [W] 9.00 5 2 2 2 2 2
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Stan Williams W 8.00 6 2 2 3 2 0
Larry Sherry XW [L] 1.00 2 2 1 0 1 0
St. Louis 3, Boston 1
The Red Sox (14-15) scored first on George Scott’s solo homer in the fourth inning, but that would be it. The Cardinals (16-13) tied it in the fifth inning on Curt Flood’s RBI single. In the sixth, Julian Javier contributed a two-run double that put the Cardinals ahead to stay. Ray Washburn pitched seven solid innings for the win, putting him at 5-3.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Reggie Smith 2 0 0 0 Lou Brock 4 0 3 0
Joe Foy 3 0 1 0 Curt Flood 4 0 2 1
Carl Yastrzemski 3 0 0 0 Roger Maris 4 0 0 0
George Scott 4 1 1 1 Orlando Cepeda 4 1 0 0
Tony Conigliaro 4 0 0 0 Tim McCarver 4 0 0 0
Rico Petrocelli 4 0 2 0 Mike Shannon 4 1 2 0
Mike Andrews 4 0 1 0 Julian Javier 4 0 1 2
Mike Ryan 4 0 1 0 Dal Maxvill 3 1 2 0
Darrell Brandon 2 0 0 0 Ray Washburn Z 2 0 0 0
Jerry Adair 1 0 0 0
Ken Harrelson 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 1 6 1 TOTALS 33 3 10 3
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 000 100 000 -- 1
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 012 00x -- 3
LOB--1967 BOSTON RED SOX 8, 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 7.
ERR--Reggie Smith, Mike Andrews. 2B--Rico Petrocelli, Julian
Javier. HR--George Scott. SACB--Ray Washburn Z.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Darrell Brandon [L] 6.00 8 3 2 0 2 0
John Wyatt Y 2.00 2 0 0 0 1 0
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Ray Washburn Z [W] 7.00 5 1 1 3 6 1
Nelson Briles YZ 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ron Willis [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Minnesota 11, New York Mets 4
The Mets (13-16) couldn’t keep pace after the first few innings with the Twins (16-13), who had five multi-run innings. The Mets’ Ed Kranepool had a two-run homer in the third inning and Tommie Agee tied it at four in the fourth inning with an RBI double. Minnesota then scored seven unanswered, with the big hits coming from Ted Uhlaender and Harmon Killebrew, who both had two-run doubles in the fifth and sixth innings, respectively. Dave Boswell didn’t pitch great, but it was enough to get the win.
1969 NY METS AB R H BI 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI
Tommie Agee 4 0 2 1 Cesar Tovar 3 2 1 0
Ken Boswell 4 1 1 0 Rod Carew 3 2 0 0
Cleon Jones 4 0 0 0 Tony Oliva 5 2 3 0
Ed Kranepool 4 1 1 2 Harmon Killebrew 4 0 1 2
Art Shamsky 4 1 2 0 Rich Reese 4 1 2 3
Jerry Grote 3 0 1 0 Leo Cardenas 4 1 1 0
Bud Harrelson 3 1 0 0 Ted Uhlaender 5 1 2 3
Wayne Garrett 4 0 1 1 Johnny Roseboro 5 1 2 1
Gary Gentry Y 2 0 0 0 Dave Boswell X 3 1 1 1
Al Weis 1 0 0 0 Graig Nettles 1 0 0 0
Donn Clendenon 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 4 8 4 TOTALS 37 11 13 10
1969 NY METS 012 100 000 -- 4
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 220 032 02x -- 11
LOB--1969 NY METS 8, 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 9. ERR--Tommie
Agee, Bud Harrelson. 2B--Tommie Agee (2), Harmon Killebrew,
Dave Boswell X, Leo Cardenas, Ted Uhlaender, Tony Oliva (2).
HR--Ed Kranepool. HBP--Cesar Tovar. SACF--Rich Reese.
SB--Cesar Tovar.
1969 NY METS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gary Gentry Y [L] 5.00 7 7 6 4 2 0
Nolan Ryan XYW 3.00 6 4 4 1 3 0
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS
Dave Boswell X [W] 7.00 7 4 4 5 8 1
Joe Grzenda Z 2.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
Detroit 4, New York Yankees 1 (10 inn.)
The Tigers scored quickly in the top of the first thanks to Whitey Ford’s control issues. He gave up three walks in the frame, including one with the bases loaded to Dick Brown. Although Ford gave up six hits and seven walks, he didn’t allow another run in his nine innings of work. But the Yankees (17-12) couldn’t do much offensively against Frank Lary, as their only run came on Roger Maris’ 16th home run, a solo shot to lead off the bottom of the sixth that tied the game at one. Ford gave way to Jim Coates in the 10th inning, and the Tigers lit him up. The Tigers (15-14) put runners on second and third with one out, and Bill Bruton and Jake Wood both had RBI singles, and Chico Fernandez followed with an RBI triple. Hank Aguirre got the win in relief and Terry Fox earned his fifth save.
1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI
Steve Boros 3 1 0 0 Bobby Richardson 5 0 0 0
Norm Cash 4 0 1 0 Tony Kubek 5 0 1 0
Al Kaline 5 1 2 0 Roger Maris 4 1 1 1
Rocky Colavito 2 0 0 0 Mickey Mantle 4 0 1 0
Dick Brown 3 0 2 1 Elston Howard 3 0 1 0
Bill Bruton 5 1 1 1 Yogi Berra 3 0 0 0
Jake Wood 5 1 1 1 Bill Skowron 4 0 0 0
Chico Fernandez 4 0 1 1 Clete Boyer 4 0 1 0
Frank Lary YZ 3 0 2 0 Whitey Ford X 3 0 0 0
Bubba Morton 1 0 0 0 Johnny Blanchard 1 0 1 0
Vic Wertz 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 4 10 4 TOTALS 36 1 6 1
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 100 000 000 3 -- 4
1961 NY YANKEES 000 001 000 0 -- 1
LOB--1961 DETROIT TIGERS 11, 1961 NY YANKEES 7. ERR--Chico
Fernandez. 3B--Chico Fernandez. HR--Roger Maris. SACB--Dick
Brown. SB--Al Kaline.
1961 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Frank Lary YZ 8.00 5 1 1 1 2 1
Hank Aguirre YW [W] 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Terry Fox YZ [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
1961 NY YANKEES
Whitey Ford X 9.00 6 1 1 7 6 0
Jim Coates Y [L] 1.00 4 3 3 1 1 0
ROGER SPORTS & GAMES 