S-O-M 1961

CHICAGO TRIBUNE HEADLINE: PETERS NO-HIT BID VETOED BY SEN. HARRELSON 9,189 fans witnessed a no-hitter for 7 innings in the nightcap of the White Sox double-header with the Washington Senators. What they witnessed in the top of the 8th was a veto, a veto delivered by the distinguished Senator from South Carolina, Mr. Ken Harrelson. Peters breezed through the first 7 innings of the nightcap, overpowering the Senators limp bats, who had just 3 hits in the first game, a 1-0 Sox triumph behind Joe Horlen. Then in the 8th, Harrelson took a Peters fastball and whizzed it past a leaping Pete Ward in left to veto Peters' no-no bid. Harrelson's double would end up being the only hit off Peters, who struck out 10 of Harrelson's fellow constituents, including Frank Howard to end the nightcap, a 1-0 Sox win.  Peters, amidst popping flashbulbs in the Sox dressing room after the game said, "The Senators just weren't trying to hit anything I was offering, but I knew as the game pr...

THE BASEBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: STL 3-6-0 LAD 1-5-0 WP-Jackson LP-Sutton Home runs by McCarver, Javier. Phil Gagliano makes leaping catch of a Al Ferrara liner at 3rd to end the ballgame.  THE "RAIN" GAME: SFG 5-12-0 ATL 3-6-0 WP-Gibbon LP-Carroll Jack Hiatt PH 2-run homer in top of 10th for Giants . THE LEAST AMAZING METS GAME EVER: PHI 10-14-0 NYM 0-2-4 WP-Bunning LP-Shaw Jim Bunning 11 K's. Mets 4 errors, 8 walks.  PIT 7-14-1 CHC 2-7-0 WP-Sisk LP-Culp SV-Fryman Stargell, Clendenon back-to-back homers. HE WAS JUST 18: HOU 3-9-3 CIN 2-7-1 WP-Cuellar LP-Lucas 18-year-old Gary Lucas' MLB debut. Mike Cuellar 11 strikeouts.  AL: DET 5-9-0 MIN 3-7-0 WP-Sparma LP-Kaat SV-Sherry Stanley, Kaline, 2 hits apiece. CWS 8-13-1 WSH 3-5-1 WP-John LP-Richert Ron Hansen homer and 2 RBI, Jerry Adair 3-4, 3 RBI. BOS 5-11-1 NYY 4-9-0 WP-Stange LP-Stottlemyre Reggie Smith 3-run triple for Red Sox.  CLE 3-10-0 CAL 0-7-1 WP-Bell LP-McGlothlin SV-Culver Bell 8-2/3 shutout innings. KCA 13-17...

NL: HOU 4-15-1 CIN 3-5-1 WP-Wilson LP-Ellis John Bateman 5-for-5 including a double and a go-ahead RBI Single in the 9th.  STL 4-14-1 LAD 3-5-1   WP-Jaster LP-Regan Dal Maxvill game-winning RBI Single in bottom of 10th. Editor's note: Jaster was 5-0 in 1966 vs. the Dodgers, all shutouts.  SFG 10-13-2 ATL 4-8-0 WP-Bolin LP-Jarvis SV-Linzy Giants score 6 in 1st, knocking out Atlanta starter Pat Jarvis. Mays, Hart, Haller homer for Giants. Aaron 3-run homer for Braves. PIT 6-13-3 CHC 5-7-0 WP-McBean LP-Hartenstine SV-Face Pirates rally for 2 runs in bottom of 8th on Mazeroski game-tying homer and PH single by Jose Pagan. PHI 6-15-0 NYM 3-8-2 WP-Short LP-Fisher Short CG win, 8 strikeouts. AL: MIN 7-11-2 DET 6-11-0 WP-Worthington LP-Gladding Cesar Tovar 4-5 with 2 home runs, Tony Oliva Walk-off triple in 9th. NYY 5-12-1 BOS 4-8-1 WP-Downing LP-Bennett SV-Womack Ruben Amaro 3 singles, Al Downing solo homer for Yanks. BAL 3-9-1 KCA 2-5-0 WP-Phoebus LP-Krausse SV-Drabowsky Luis A...

MIN 7-11-2 DET 6-11-0 WP-Worthington LP-Gladding Original Starters: Dave Boswell (MIN) Earl Wilson (DET) -Cesar Tovar, 4 for 5 including 2 solo home runs, one of which tied the game with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th.   -Jim Northrup, 2 clutch hits for the Tigers, including 2-run single off a fatigue result in the 7th and a 2-run homer off Al Worthington in the top of the 9th. -Tony Oliva walked it off with a triple in the bottom of the 9th off Fred Gladding with 2 outs after Rich Rollins walked. As a Tigers fan, I hereby protest this game because someone sprinkled "Twinkie Dust" on the dice in the bottom of the 9th.  Still, you had to be there.

  AL: Yaz Slams the Door! BOS 6-10-0 CWS 4-9-1 WP-Osinski LP-Locker Carl Yastrzemski game-winning grand slam in the 9th.  Jim who? BAL 2-4-0 MIN 0-5-0 WP-Hardin LP-Chance Jim Hardin complete game 5-hitter. Frank Robinson, Boog Powell solo homers. NL: SFG 4-7-0 ATL 2-7-1 WP-Perry LP-Cloninger Gaylord Perry 11 inning complete game win, 10 strikeouts, singled to start game-winning rally in 11th, scored on Jim Ray Hart 2-run single. Tony Cloninger, 10+ innings, 11 strikeouts. NYM 4-8-2 PIT 2-5-1 WP-Seaver LP-Fryman SV-Taylor Ken Boyer solo homer in 4th, Mets score 2 in 8th for the win. CIN 5-10-0 HOU 4-8-1 WP-Pappas LP-Giusti SV-Abernathy Deron Johnson singles in Pete Rose to drive in go-ahead run in the bottom of the 8th. Jimmy Wynn 2-run game-tying homer in 5th for 'Stros. 

  NL: ATL 5-6-0 HOU 4-10-2 WP-Kelley LP-Dierker SV-Niekro HR: 3-run homer in top of the 9th inning by Rico Carty. CHC 3-7-0 PHI 2-5-1 WP-Holtzman LP-Jackson HR: Ron Santo walk-off homer in 11th inning. AL: BOS 7-8-1 CWS 6-9-0 WP-Lonborg LP-Buzhardt SV-McMahon HR's: Smith, Ryan back-to-back for Bosox, Ron Hansen 2-run homer for Pale Hose. WSH 3-13-3 NYY 2-6-0 WP-Coleman LP-F. Peterson SV-Lines HR's: Cap Peterson, 2-run homer for Nats, Smith solo homer for Yanks. DET 11-14-0 CAL 4-6-0 WP-Lolich LP-Wright SV-Pena HR's: Al Kaline 3-run homer, Dick McAuliffe 2-run homer for Tigers, Don Mincher 2-run homer for Angels. Dis-honorable mention: Senators pitcher Joe Coleman committed 3 errors. All was forgiven as Senators nipped Yankees.

AL: CAL 3-7-0 DET 2-7-1 WP-Cimino LP-Gladding Tiger bullpen gave up 5 walks, 2 with the bases loaded in a Halos walk-off. Paul Schaal's bases-loaded walk wins it in 9th. Don Mincher led off 9th with game-tying homer. MIN 4-9-0 BAL 3-10-1 WP-Kaat LP-McNally Cesar Tovar 4-for-5 with double to pace Twins against defending champion Orioles. KCA 3-3-1 CLE 1-8-0 WP-Nash LP-McDowell SV-Aker Dick Green 2-run homer for Athletics in final KC opener. (Don't move the team, Charlie!) NL: MARICHAL V. GIBSON: STL 2-8-2 SFG 1-6-1 WP-Hoerner LP-Marichal Mike Shannon's slow roller to 2nd scores Roger Maris with game-winner in 10th in Maris' STL debut. Lou Brock leadoff homer in 1st. Bob Gibson 8 strikeouts, 3 walks, 5 hits allowed in 9 innings. PIT 3-11-2 NYM 0-2-0 WP-Veale LP-Cardwell Jerry May 3 singles, RBI to pace Pirate attack. CHC 7-13-0 PHI 1-7-1 WP-Jenkins LP-Bunning Ron Santo 2-run homer to pace Cubbies 13-hit attack. ATL 6-8-0 HOU 3-8-1 WP-Lemaster LP-Cuellar Aaron 3-run homer,...

  The Cincinnati Reds got a solo homer and a throw-out at the plate by Pete Rose en route to a 4-0 shutout win over a blundering Dodger team at Crosley Field. With the game scoreless in the top of the 5th, Jim Lefebvre led off with a single. John Roseboro got the hit-and-run signal, and it backfired miserably when Lefebvre was thrown out easily at 2nd trying to steal. Roseboro then doubled and remained at 2nd on a fly to center by Bob Bailey. With 2 outs, Gene Michael singled to left and could only watch from 1st in horror as Pete Rose's throw cut down Roseboro trying to score from 2nd, ending a disastrous top of the 5th.  In the Reds half of the 6th, Vada Pinson grounded to 2nd to start the inning, then Rose hit a mammoth home run over the right field fence to break the scoreless tie. The Reds took advantage of a pitching change from Bob Miller to Ron Perranoski in the 7th and scored 3 times on doubles by pinch-hitters Chico Ruiz and Don Pavletich, the Pavletich double scorin...

President Johnson threw out the Presidential first pitch prior to the Yankees-Senators opener. He threw 3 pitches instead of the customary 2. Fred Valentine then proceeded to hit 3 home runs. And that is how the 1967 season opened. WSH 11-13-1 NYY 2-5-0 WP-Richert LP-Stottlemyre Fred Valentine 3 home runs, 7 RBI.  The Yankees started out with a lead-off homer by Tom Tresh, then Mickey Mantle slugged a solo shot of his own and it looked like it would be the Yankees' day, not Valentines. The Nats got those 2 runs back in the home half of the 1st when Ed Brinkman walked and Bernie Allen singled, putting runners at 1st and 3rd. A single by Frank Howard and a fielder's choice by Dick Nen scored the 2 runs.  Then, Valentine's Day was set into motion when he hit a solo home run off Stottlemyre in the bottom of the 3rd to put the Nats on top for good. Frank Howard followed with a homer of his own for back-2-back and a 4-2 Nats lead after 3. Then in the 5th, a hit batsman by Brinkma...

AL: DET 6-9-2 KCA 1-9-0 WP-Aguirre (2-0) LP-O'Donoghue (0-2) Willie Horton GS, 1st of the 1965 replay. MIN 2-5-1 NYY 0-2-0 WP-Pascual (1-1) LP-Stottlemyre (0-2, 10 strikeouts)  CLE 2-5-0 LAA 1-7-0 WP-McDowell (2-0) LP-Newman (1-2) McDowell 12 strikeouts. BOS 3-7-0 CWS 0-5-0 WP-Monbouquette (2-0) LP-Buzhardt (1-1) SV-Radatz BAL 10-15-0 WSH 3-5-0 WP-McNally (1-0) LP-Daniels (1-1) Norm Siebern 3-4, homer, 4 RBI. NL: CIN 10-13-1 CHC 1-7-1 WP-Jay (1-0) LP-Jackson (1-2) Gordy Coleman 3-run homer. HOU 3-7-0 PHI 2-3-1(10 innings)  WP-Nottebart (1-0) LP-Short (0-2) SV-Woodeshick  ( 2) MIL 6-7-1 STL 4-9-2 WP-O'Dell (1-0) LP-Dennis (0-1) SV-Osinski (1) Felipe Alou go-ahead 2-run homer in 9th. NYM 2-6-1 LAD 1-8-1 WP-Fisher (2-0) LP-Drysdale (1-2) SFG 3-4-0 PIT 1-8-1 WP-Marichal (2-0, 10 strikeouts) LP-Gibbon (1-1) Mays, Hart solo homers.  NOBODY ASKED, BUT: The Astros have played 5 extra-inning games.