S-O-M 1961

  BOS 3-9-2 NYY 1-3-3 WP-Lonborg LP-Talbot Tony Conigliaro single, triple, double, 1 RBI to lead Sox batters. Lonborg CG 3-hitter, 4 strikeouts.

Senators smash Chisox, end win streak at 7 Washington, Apr 22-The Washington Senators ended the Chicago White Sox win streak with an impressive power display, smashing the Pale Hose, 8-3. Nen starts it off After a scoreless inning and a half, the Sens started unloading off Joel Horlen with a lead-off double by Frank Howard, then Dick Nen unloaded on a Horlen fastball, sending it to left field for a 2-0 Senator lead. The White Sox struck for 3 in the top of the 5th off Phil Ortega on a pair of doubles by Don Buford, which scored Ron Hansen and by Tommie Agee, who scored Buford and Tommy McCraw, giving the Sox a 3-2 lead. The roof caves in The Senators would grab the lead back in the bottom of the 5th on a pair of 2-run homers, sending the roof crashing down on the White Sox. After Paul Casanova led off the inning with a single to right and subsequent bunt to 2nd by Ortega, Eddie Brinkman cradled the left field foul pole for a rare home run, giving the Senators the lead for good. After a...

Northrup's single rallies Tigers to wild win over Twins Detroit, Apr 22-Jim Northrup's 2-run single with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th rallied the Tigers to a wild 7-6 win over the Minnesota Twins in a game the Tigers had complete control of through 8 innings until a miraculous Twins comeback of 6 runs in the top of the 9th forced the Tigers into catch-up mode.  Lolich in command  The Tigers lefty had the Twins stymied through the first 8 innings, allowing 3 hits. He had plenty of run support as the Tigers scored 1 in the 2nd, 3 in the 5th and 1 in the 6th. The Tigers 3rd inning rally began with a lead-off home run by Don Wert, followed by an error by 3rd baseman Rich Rollins allowing Dick McAuliffe to reach. Mickey Stanley then doubled McAuliffe to 3rd, who would then be forced out on a Al Kaline FC to 2nd. With the infield in, Northrup grounded to 1st moving Kaline to 2nd, then Bill Freehan singled in both Stanley and Kaline to extend the Tigers lead to 4-0.  A collap...

  League-leading Reds outrun Astros in 10, 3-2 The league-leading Cincinnati Reds slipped past the Astros indoors by a 3-2 score in 10 innings. After Lee May led off the 10th by flying out to right, Tommy Helms, who had earlier tripled and doubled, drew a walk off Mike Cuellar. After Leo Cardenas struck out, catcher Don Pavletich singled to Jimmy Wynn in center, whose throw was not strong enough to prevent Helms from going to 3rd.  A bad hop by Morgan After an Astro pitching change from Cuellar to Carroll Sembera, the Reds pinch-hit for pitcher Don Nottebart with Floyd Robinson. Robinson hit a weak grounder to Joe Morgan which took a bad hop off Morgan's glove, letting in Helms with the go-ahead run. Bullpen ace Ted Abernathy came on in the bottom half of the inning and retired the side 1-2-3 to secure the win for Nottebart, who relieved starter Billy McCool. Cuellar took the tough-luck loss. NOTES: McCool struck out 10 Astros in 7 innings. The Reds bullpen struck out 3 more a...

Cubs outslug Bucs behind Santo, 9-8  Chicago, Apr 21-The slugfest returned to Wrigley Field for the first time in 1967 as Ron Santo slugged 2 home runs, a triple and a single in a 9-8 win over the Pirates. Santo led off a 5-run second with a triple and slugged a 3-run homer in the 4th, chasing Pirate starter Bob Veale. The home run gave the Cubs a lead they would not relinquish, while Ray Culp withstood the Pittsburgh attack for 8 innings, giving way to Chuck Hartenstein, who gave up a solo homer by Willie Stargell with 2 outs in the 9th but got Bill Mazeroski to ground to Ron Santo to secure the wild win. Ron Santo: 4-5, 2 homers, triple, single, 4 RBI's, 3 runs scored. Notes: Pirates struck for 3 runs in the 1st off Ray Culp behind 2 stolen bases by Matty Alou and Maury Wills, who had a 3-hit game including a triple   and 4 RBI's. The Cubs sent 11 batters to the plate in the 2nd to score 5 runs starting with Ron Santo's triple and subsequent double by Ernie Banks. Culp sl...

The name is Bu-chek  Flushing, New York, Apr 21-Usually, Mets fans let loose a few "boos." On this Friday afternoon, they were letting loose a few "Bu's" in honor of second sacker Jerry Buchek, who slugged a pinch-hit 2-run homer in the 8th to give the Metroplitans a 2-1 lead against the visiting Phils. After the Phils' Johnny Callison hit a solo homer in the 9th off Jack Fisher to tie the game with 1 out, Buchek struck again with his second 2-run homer of the game in the bottom of the 10th to give the Mets a rousing 4-2 win over the Fighting Phils.  Bunning, Fisher duel away Jim Bunning and Jack Fisher dueled for 3 perfect innings before the Phils struck in the 4th on back-to-back one-out doubles by Johnny Briggs and Richie Allen. It would stay 1-zip until the bottom of the 8th when Bud Harrelson drew a lead-off walk and after a failed bunt attempt by Fisher, stole second. Cleon Jones, pinch-hitting for Chuck Hiller, then slow-rolled Harrelson to 3rd. Then ...

Sox Go-Go-Go   Past Senators, extend win streak to 7 Washington, April 21-The American League-leading Chicago White Sox ran and hit their way to an early lead and hung on to an 4-2 win over the Washington Senators, who have lost 5 straight after winning their first 2. The game was the first start for Sox Lefty Gary Peters after pitching a 1-hitter against the Senators at Comiskey Park. Peters scattered 5 hits this time around, getting the win against Senator starter Joe Coleman.  Putting the pedal to the medal early After Don Buford led off with a grounder to 2nd, the Sox got into gear with a sharp single to center by Ken Berry, who then stole second and went all the way home on a single to right by Tommy McCraw. McCraw then stole 2nd and was stranded there as the inning ended. In the Sox second, after Jerry Adair fouled to catcher, Duane Josephson singled to left, advanced to 2nd on a Ron Hansen slow roller to 1st and scored when batterymate Peters rapped the first of 2 doubl...

  A's stun Champion Orioles 4-3 Baltimore, Apr 21-Break up the A's. The surprising A's, who have largely struggled throughout their Kansas City existence, pulled out their biggest triumph yet by beating the defending World Champion Baltimore Orioles by a score of 4-3. The win was their 4th in a row, sparking the A's to a glittering 6-2 record. Charles, Roof spark power surge With 2 outs in the Kansas City 2nd, Ed Charles sent a fly ball just over the center field fence by a few inches, giving the Athletics a 1-0 lead. Then in the 3rd, catcher Phil Roof joined in on the act with a solo homer of his own leading off the inning. After a 1-out single and stolen base by Bert Campaneris, Rick Monday smashed a line drive single, scoring Campy from 2nd and giving the A's a 3-0 lead off Oriole starter Tom Phoebus through 2-1/2 innings. Catfish slugs, finishes strong after Oriole rally In the top of the 6th, Ed Charles led off with a single, then stole second. Phoebus got Dick...

Stottlemyre, Smith scuttle Sox, 7-0   Boston, April 21-Mel Stottlemyre fired a 5-hitter while Charley Smith slugged a go-ahead 2-run homer as the struggling Yankees busted out against their dreaded rivals from Boston, 7-0 in front of stunned spectators at Fenway Park. The win snapped a 3-game losing streak, while the Red Sox had theirs extended to 2 games. Great start for Bennett, but Smith & co. takes over Red Sox left-hander Dennis Bennett started very impressively, retiring the first 12 Yankees, then in the 5th, Elston Howard drew a lead-off walk. Charley Smith would then add to Bennett's new-found misery with an impressive 2-run homer into the "Monster." Yankees bat around in 6th Stottlemyre began the decisive 6th with a lead-off single off Bennett, then after Tom Tresh was caught looking at the "Monster," Bill Robinson doubled Stottlemyre to 3rd. In desperation, Dick Williams walked Mickey Mantle to pitch to Elston Howard, who singled home Stottlemyre t...

Angels snap losing streak, scalp listless Tribe   Cleveland, April 21-The California Angels came into Cleveland and snapped a 4-game losing streak by scalping a listless Indians team behind the 5-hit pitching of Jack Sanford, 6-0. The loss extended the Tribe's own winless streak to 4 games, including 0-3 at Cleveland Stadium. Reichardt starts out with a bang Paul Schaal got things started with a lead-off walk and steal of 2nd, then after a Sam McDowell strikeout of Jim Fregosi and single by Jay Johnstone which moved Schall to 3rd, Rick Reichardt slammed a 3-run homer off McDowell. The Halos would add 3 more off McDowell in the 5th on a lead-off double by Fregosi, a walk by Reichardt and a 2-run triple by Jose Cardenal, who then scored on an error by McDowell off of Don Mincher's bat. McDowell would be lifted for a pinch-hitter in the 5th, ending a disastrous outing which did include 9 strikeouts. Sanford in cruise control While McDowell was being battered, Angel starter Jack Sa...

  Northrup, Tigers double up on Twins Detroit, April 21-Jim Northrup singled home runs in the 4th and 8th while Larry Sherry struck out the side in the 9th to preserve a 4-2 Tigers victory over the Twins in front of a roaring Tiger stadium crowd.  It started with a triple After starter Denny McLain got the Twins 1-2-3 in the 1st, Dick McAuliffe led off with a triple off Twin starter Dave Boswell. Don Wert promptly cashed that one in with a sac fly, giving the Bengals a lead they would not relinquish. With 1 out in the home 4th, Al Kaline reached 2nd on an error by Twin RF Tony Oliva. Northrup cashed that one in with an RBI single extending the Tiger margin to 2-0. In the home 6th, Kaline's 1-out double led to another Tiger run, this time driven in by Norm Cash, a 2-out single making the score 3-0 after 6. McLain in command, then Twins stage rally Denny McLain was in total command through 6, limiting the high-powered Twins to just one hit. Tony Oliva led off the 7th with a sing...

Sox veto Senators with 8th inning rally Jerry Adair's 2-run single in the top of the 8th brought home the go-ahead runs off Senators' reliever Dave Baldwin, while Duane Josephson singled what turned out to be the difference-maker as the league-leading White Sox beat the Senators in DC by a 5-4 score. Adair's go-ahead single was his 4th hit of the game, the other 3 were doubles. Frank Howard's home run off Hoyt Wilhelm in the bottom of the 8th brought the Sens close, but Wilhelm shut them down the rest of the way to earn the save in relief of John Buzhardt. CWS 5-11-0 WSH 4-9-0 WP-Buzhardt LP-Richert SV-Wilhelm HR-Howard In other games: KCA 7-11-2 CLE 3-6-3 WP-Krausse LP-Hargan HR-Hinton (CLE)  Alvis triples his pleasure Indian 3rd sacker Max Alvis turned a triple play in the second inning against the A's. Bert Campaneris led off the inning with a single and was walked over to 2nd by Mike Hershberger. Danny Cater then lined a hard-hit ball to Alvis, throwing to Vern ...

Giants in a "Walk"  Jack Hiatt walked with the bases loaded off St. Lou's Steve Carlton to force home the winning run in the bottom of the 9th in a 6-5 thriller at Candlestick Park on Thursday afternoon. The game was a see-saw affair up until the very end when with 2 outs and Ron Willis pitching, Willie McCovey singled, Willie Mays reached on an error by 3b Phil Gagliano, then Jim Ray Hart grounded an infield single to Gagliano to load the bases, setting up PH Hiatt's walk off of the left-handed Carlton, which scored McCovey with the winning run.  SFG 6-11-1 STL 5-15-2 WP-McDaniel LP-Willis HR-Henderson, McCovey, Mays (bottom of the 7th, tied ballgame at 5) Other games: NYM 7-8-1 CHC 1-6-0 WP-Seaver LP-Simmons HR-Ken Boyer (3-run homer in Mets half of the 7th) CIN 4-5-0 LAD 0-7-1 WP-Nolan LP-Miller SV-Abernathy Reds take over 1st in National League.

"George Brunet, we lost to George Brunet. You know, we don't even consider George Brunet among the top pitchers in the league. You know that?" But wait, there's more! "George Brunet. I love to hit against George Brunet.  But he's lucky. He pitches against us and we hit the ball right at somebody every time. Boy, George Brunet. I can't understand it." Tigers-Angels replay 4-20-67 DET 2-2-0 CAL 0-2-1 The 2 Tiger runs came on a homerun by... Jim Northrup. The pitcher who gave it up? George Brunet. Shots. Fired.

NL: ATL 11-11-1 HOU 9-7-2 WP-Kelley LP-Giusti Felix Millan 4-4/2HR/5RBI Jimmy Wynn Grand Slam, 4HR/9RBI last 2 games. STL 2-9-1 SFG 1-6-0 WP-Jaster LP-Marichal Roger Maris go-ahead 2-run single in 6th scoring Brock and Flood. CIN 4-7-1 LAD 2-5-0 WP-Ellis LP-Sutton Deron Johnson 2 singles, 2 RBI. Dodgers hit into 3 DP's, including a popped-out bunt attempt to catcher by Wes Parker with Don Sutton on 2nd in 5th.  ( 6-6) AL: KCA 3-7-2 CLE 2-6-0 WP-Nash LP-Siebert SV-Pierce Ed Charles solo homer for A's. CWS 1-5-1 NYY 0-7-2 WP-John LP-Downing SV-Locker John/Locker combined 7-hitter. 3rd win in last 4 for White Sox by 1-0 score. BAL 6-11-1 MIN 0-5-1 WP-Hardin (CG) LP-Chance Paul Blair 3-4/3SB/solo homer. Frank Robinson 2 doubles/triple/3RBI. 

Gen. James "The Toy Cannon" Wynn struck again on a warm spring night in Atlanta, firing a grand slam into an already devastated Fulton County Stadium. However, a couple of Generals from the local regiment fought back against the enemy from Houston: Felix Millan, 2 home runs, 5 RBI. Henry Aaron, 2 doubles, 4 RBI in an 8-run 3rd inning to rally the Braves.  ATL 11-11-2 HOU 9-7-2 WP-Kelley LP-Giusti. 

  But first, a little something from 4/17: NL: NYM 1-8-0 PIT 3-8-1  WP-Law LP-Cardwell SV-Face. The rest of the 4/17 sked was postponed. 4/18: NL: Gen. Wynn fires his "Cannon" in Atlanta: HOU 9-12-0 ATL 2-9-0 WP-Dierker LP-Cloninger Jimmy Wynn 3 HR'S, 5 RBI. SFG 2-8-0 STL 1-5-3 WP-Linzy LP-Willis Jim Ray Hart game-winning HR in 10th, Gaylord Perry 12 strikeouts in 9 innings. CHC 4-7-0 PHI 1-7-0 WP-Holtzman LP-Short. Ted Savage Grand Slam in 7th for the first-place Cubbies. (Tied with PIT at 4-2) LAD 5-11-1 CIN 2-10-1 WP-Osteen LP-Pappas Wes Parker 2 doubles to lead Dodgers to their 1st win. AL: DET 8-7-0 CAL 5-9-1 WP-Wilson LP-Rojas Ray Oyler drives in 4 Tiger runs with 2-run single in 4th and go-ahead 2-run triple in 8th. Angels get 2 homers from Jimmie Hall and 3rd homer of the season from Don Mincher. CWS 5-11-0 BOS 2-6-1 WP-Howard LP-Brandon SV-Wood Pete Ward 3-run homer in 1st as Pale Hose win their 4th straight. 

  G1: SFG 2-7-0 CIN 7-10-1 WP-McCool LP-Herbel Cincy homers by Perez, Edwards and Johnson. G2: SFG 3-3-3 CIN 4-7-2 WP-Queen LP-McCormick SV-Nottebart Reds record is 4-2, percentage points behind St. Louis which is 3-1 in the NL. HOU 4-5-0 STL 0-6-1 WP-Cuellar LP-Gibson SV-Sembera Astros score 4 in the 9th to extend winning streak at 3, record currently 3-3. CHC 10-15-0 PIT 2-3-2 WP-Jenkins (2-0) LP-Veale Billy Williams 2-run homer in 1st, Fergie Jenkins 7 no-hit innings, also singled home 2 runs. NYM 1-8-0 PHI 4-7-0 WP-Jackson LP-Frisella Phillies sweep Mets, run record to 3-1, Richie Allen RBI triple. LAD 0-4-0 ATL 1-7-1 WP-Lemaster (2-0) LP-Drysdale Felipe Alou RBI double in 5th for game's only run. Dodgers still seeking first win (0-4).

It was on this day in 1967 Steve Barber pitched a 1-hitter. I already shared Gary Peters' near-no-hit bid, the Harrelson veto, now let's see what Barber actually did replay-wise against the Halos:  BAL 3-7-0 CAL 1-8-0   WP-Barber LP-Rickey Clark SV-Drabowsky Brooks Robinson go-ahead 2-run triple in 7th. That was in the second game of a double-header: Game 1 was a little different: BAL 10-12-1 CAL 5-9-2 WP-McNally LP-Brunet SV-Miller Homers by Boog Powell with 2 on and Brooks Robinson with the bases empty paced the O's high-flying attack. They played 2 at Comiskey as well: G1: CWS 1-7-0 WSH 0-3-1 WP-Horlen LP-Ortega G2: CWS 1-5-2 WSH 0-1-0 WP-Peters LP-Pascual Ernie Banks special in KC, too G1: DET 2-6-0 KCA 1-6-0 WP-McLain LP-Odom SV-Gladding Dick McAuliffe 2-run homer. G2: KCA 4-5-0 DET 1-6-2 WP-Dobson LP-Lolich Rick Monday 2-run double. Solo flights: BOS 5-8-0 NYY 4-9-0 WP-Osinski LP-Hamilton SV-Wyatt Mike Andrews 2-run PH single in top of 9th. MIN 7-9-1 CLE 5-13-1 WP-Mud...