All four teams that lost game one of their series bounced back to win game two. The result? The 1961 New York Yankees were victorious and they clinched at least a share of the championship, as they’re now two games up with two to play after the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals and 1969 Minnesota Twins both lost. Roger Maris homered for the third straight game to extend his GTOP record to 17 for the season.
Los Angeles 3, San Francisco 2
The Giants went up 2-0. Orlando Cepeda hit a solo homer in the fourth inning (his 10th of the season). Jose Pagan led off the sixth inning with a double and scored on a Cepeda groundout. But the Dodgers (12-18) tied it on Tommy Davis’ two-run homer in the sixth inning, his seventh of the season. In the seventh, Daryl Spencer singled, was sacrificed to second and scored on an error. The Giants (14-16) put runners on third base in the seventh and ninth innings but couldn’t bring a run home. Don Drysdale got the win to improve to 5-3.
1962 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1962 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI
Harvey Kuenn 4 0 1 0 Maury Wills 4 0 0 0
Jose Pagan 4 1 2 0 Jim Gilliam 4 1 2 0
Willie Mays 4 0 0 0 Ron Fairly 4 0 0 0
Orlando Cepeda 4 1 1 2 Tommy Davis 4 1 3 2
Felipe Alou 4 0 1 0 Willie Davis 4 0 1 0
Jim Davenport 4 0 1 0 Frank Howard 4 0 0 0
Tom Haller 4 0 1 0 Johnny Roseboro 4 0 0 0
Chuck Hiller 4 0 1 0 Daryl Spencer 3 1 2 0
Billy ODell YZ 3 0 0 0 Don Drysdale XZ 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 35 2 8 2 TOTALS 32 3 9 2
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 101 000 -- 2
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 002 10x -- 3
LOB--1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 6, 1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS
7. ERR--Chuck Hiller, Maury Wills, Ron Fairly. 2B--Jose
Pagan, Jim Gilliam, Daryl Spencer. HR--Orlando Cepeda, Tommy
Davis. SACB--Don Drysdale XZ. SB--Willie Davis.
1962 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Billy ODell YZ [L] 8.00 9 3 2 1 8 1
1962 LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Don Drysdale XZ [W] 9.00 8 2 2 0 8 1
Boston 7, St. Louis 5
The Red Sox rocked Steve Carlton in a five-run third inning, which included a two-run homer by Carl Yastrzemski (his seventh) and a two-run single by Mike Ryan. The Cardinals got two runs back in the bottom of the third on a two-RBI double by Orlando Cepeda. Boston (15-15) went back up by five on a Rico Petrocelli two-run homer (his eighth) in the fifth inning to make it 7-2. The Cardinals made things interesting by scoring three in the sixth, two on a Lou Brock single, cutting it to 7-5. St. Louis (16-14) had the tying or go-ahead run at the plate in both the eighth and ninth innings but couldn’t find a clutch hit. Gary Bell didn’t pitch well, but he got the win to improve to 6-1.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX AB R H BI 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Reggie Smith 5 0 0 0 Lou Brock 4 0 1 2
Joe Foy 5 1 1 0 Curt Flood 5 1 3 0
Carl Yastrzemski 5 1 2 2 Roger Maris 2 1 0 0
George Scott 5 1 1 0 Orlando Cepeda 5 0 1 2
Tony Conigliaro 5 2 3 0 Tim McCarver 5 1 2 0
Rico Petrocelli 3 2 2 2 Mike Shannon 4 1 1 0
Mike Andrews 1 0 0 1 Julian Javier 2 1 1 0
Mike Ryan 4 0 2 2 Dal Maxvill 4 0 0 0
Gary Bell Y 3 0 0 0 Steve Carlton X 2 0 0 0
Jerry Adair 1 0 0 0 Bobby Tolan 1 0 0 1
Alex Johnson 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 7 11 7 TOTALS 35 5 9 5
1967 BOSTON RED SOX 005 020 000 -- 7
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 002 003 000 -- 5
LOB--1967 BOSTON RED SOX 7, 1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 9.
ERR--Carl Yastrzemski, Joe Hoerner X. 2B--Carl Yastrzemski,
Orlando Cepeda. HR--Carl Yastrzemski, Rico Petrocelli.
1967 BOSTON RED SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gary Bell Y [W] 6.00 7 5 5 6 6 0
Dan Osinski Z 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Sparky Lyle XY [S] 2.00 2 0 0 0 1 0
1967 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Steve Carlton X [L] 6.00 10 7 7 4 7 2
Jack Lamabe YZ 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Joe Hoerner X 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
New York Mets 4, Minnesota 3
The Mets took early leads of 2-0 and 3-2, and both times the Twins (16-14) tied it up quickly. Rod Carew made it 3-3 with an RBI double in the third inning. It stayed 3-3 until the top of the eighth. Donn Clendenon scored from first base on Ron Swoboda’s double to put the Mets (14-16) ahead. Jim Kaat, who began the season 6-0, lost his second straight start to finish at 6-2.
1969 NY METS AB R H BI 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS AB R H BI
Tommie Agee 5 1 2 0 Cesar Tovar 5 1 2 0
Al Weis 4 1 3 0 Rod Carew 5 0 2 1
Cleon Jones 4 0 1 1 Tony Oliva 5 0 1 0
Donn Clendenon 4 2 0 1 Harmon Killebrew 4 0 0 0
Ron Swoboda 4 0 3 2 Rich Reese 3 0 0 0
Jerry Grote 4 0 0 0 Leo Cardenas 4 1 1 0
Bud Harrelson 3 0 0 0 Ted Uhlaender 4 1 1 2
Wayne Garrett 4 0 1 0 Johnny Roseboro 4 0 2 0
Don Cardwell Z 1 0 0 0 Jim Kaat YZ 3 0 1 0
Bobby Pfeil 1 0 1 0 Graig Nettles 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 4 11 4 TOTALS 38 3 10 3
1969 NY METS 201 000 010 -- 4
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 021 000 000 -- 3
LOB--1969 NY METS 6, 1969 MINNESOTA TWINS 9. ERR--Jerry
Grote, Wayne Garrett, Rich Reese. 2B--Bobby Pfeil, Ron
Swoboda (2), Jim Kaat YZ, Rod Carew. 3B--Al Weis. HR--Ted
Uhlaender. SACB--Don Cardwell Z (2). SB--Johnny Roseboro.
1969 NY METS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Cardwell Z [W] 7.00 9 3 3 0 2 1
Ron Taylor Z 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tug McGraw X [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 MINNESOTA TWINS
Jim Kaat YZ [L] 7.00 9 4 3 1 6 0
Bob Miller Z 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Perranoski 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
New York Yankees 7, Detroit 3
The Tigers led 1-0 and 2-1 and were looking to play spoiler again. Norm Cash had a solo homer, his 10th of the season. But Roger Maris tied the game at two in the bottom of the fourth with his 17th home run of the season, and four batters later, Bill Skowron hit a two-run homer to make it 4-2. The Tigers (15-15) closed within a run on Al Kaline’s RBI single in the seventh inning. But New York (18-12) put the game away in the eighth when Elston Howard hit a two-run homer (his sixth), and Yogi Berra immediately followed with a solo shot (his ninth).
1961 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1961 NY YANKEES AB R H BI
Steve Boros 5 1 1 0 Bobby Richardson 4 1 1 0
Norm Cash 4 2 2 1 Tony Kubek 4 0 0 0
Al Kaline 4 0 4 1 Roger Maris 4 1 2 2
Rocky Colavito 2 0 0 1 Mickey Mantle 3 1 0 0
Dick Brown 5 0 0 0 Elston Howard 4 1 3 2
Bill Bruton 4 0 0 0 Yogi Berra 4 2 1 1
Jake Wood 2 0 0 0 Bill Skowron 4 1 3 2
Chico Fernandez 3 0 0 0 Clete Boyer 2 0 0 0
Don Mossi YZ 3 0 0 0 Rollie Sheldon Y 2 0 0 0
Vic Wertz 1 0 1 0 Billy Gardner 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 33 3 8 3 TOTALS 32 7 11 7
1961 DETROIT TIGERS 101 000 100 -- 3
1961 NY YANKEES 100 300 03x -- 7
LOB--1961 DETROIT TIGERS 11, 1961 NY YANKEES 3. 2B--Vic
Wertz, Al Kaline (2), Roger Maris. HR--Norm Cash, Roger
Maris, Yogi Berra, Elston Howard, Bill Skowron. SACF--Rocky
Colavito. SACB--Clete Boyer. SB--Roger Maris.
1961 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Mossi YZ [L] 7.00 9 4 4 0 4 2
Hank Aguirre YW 1.00 2 3 3 1 2 2
1961 NY YANKEES
Rollie Sheldon Y [W] 7.00 7 3 3 5 5 1
Hal Reniff W [S] 2.00 1 0 0 2 1 0
ROGER SPORTS & GAMES 