S-O-M 1961

CLE 4-10-0 DET 2-8-0  The scumbag homered off Mickey Lolich in the 6th. Rusty Torres also homered twice. At least Gates Brown homered.   

Emergency!  Tonight at 8/7 Central  "It's a life and death battle at a construction site for the paramedics tonight"  

SDG-6-10-1 LAD 5-10-1 (10 INNINGS) Nate Colbert: Homered, doubled, walk-off single in 10th. HOU 4-10-0 ATL 3-6-1 Bob Watson: Game-tying home run in 8th. Johnny Edwards: Go-ahead sac fly in 8th.  Dusty Baker: Thrown out at 2nd by Jimmy Wynn for game's final out. Hank Aaron: Career homer #674.

Tom Seaver: 9 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 8 K, 1 BB, retired last 13 Phillies. Steve Carlton: 5.1 IP, 7 R, 8 H, 4 K, 3 W, 2 Wild Pitches. The last batter Seaver allowed to get on base reached on a walk, that batter was... Steve Carlton. Ponce De Mays: 3 singles, walk, 3 runs scored, 1 putout in center field. Cleon Jones: 2-run homer, RBI single.   Felix Millan, 3 singles, RBI. Greg Luzinski: Solo homer, single, outfield assist at home, (Rusty Staub). NYM 7-12-0 PHI 1-4-0 

Steve Blass's line vs. STL: 3-1/3 IP, 9 ER, 9 H, 5 BB, 2 K STL 11-12-1 PIT 0-7-0  You're welcome.  

OAKLAND-Bert Blyeven held the defending World Champion A's to 6 hits as the Twins overwhelmed the champs, 7-0. The Twins rocked Catfish Hunter for 4 runs in the 1st and 2 more in the second and were never headed with Joe Lis and Danny Thompson delivering back-to-back 2-run hits in the 1st. Bert Blyeven struck out 6 on the way to a complete game victory in front of a stunned crowd at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. MIN 7-8-1 OAK 0-6-2 ANAHEIM-Lee Stanton's game-winning single in the 10th gave the California Angels a wild 7-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals in front of an exhilarated crowd at The Big "A". Stanton's single scored Bobby Valentine with the winning run after the Angels had tied it on Valentine's RBI single scoring Billy Grabarkewitz, who had doubled to open the inning. The game started wild when the Royals scored 5 runs off ace fireballer Nolan Ryan in the first with the key hits being a 2-run double by Hal McRae and a misplayed fly ball by Vad...

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ABC: The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, Room 222, The Odd Couple, Love, American Style. The Brady episode opens with Greg being rescued from that surfing wipeout in Hawaii, which was a direct result of a Hawaiian idol curse, a curse which would then affect another member of the "Bunch." btw, anyone seen Jan?   CBS: Mission: IMPOSSIBLE, The CBS Friday Night Movie. That night's movie starred George Segal and Ursula Andress in a Jules Verne tale about African jewel thieves and one jewel in particular called "The Southern Star." No, we're not referring to Andress. NBC: Sanford and Son, The Little People, Circle of Fear, Bobby Darin. Circle of Fear was the midseason-changed title of a show called "Ghost Story," which was originally introduced by Sebastian Cabot. Once the title changed, Cabot returned to that NYC penthouse to care for Miss Buffy and Master Jody. Uncle Bill had since fled to Hawaii (The Little People). Bobby Darin btw, had Phyllis Dil...

  Note: CWS-TEX was rained out.  American League NYY-BOS MIL-BAL CWS-TEX MIN-OAK KCR-CAL Not scheduled: DET, CLE. National League STL-PIT PHI-NYM MON-CHC HOU-ATL LAD-SDG Not scheduled: SFG, CIN. Anyone out there feels that PHI-NYM matchup is a gem? (Carlton v. Seaver)

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"Hello everyone, this is Al Michaels along with Joe Nuxhall, welcoming you to another exciting season of Cincinnati Reds baseball. Today it's the defending National League Champion Reds hosting the San Francisco Giants here at Riverfront Stadium. Left-hander Don Gullett faces the veteran right-hander Juan Marichal on an absolutely beautiful day for baseball. Joe will have the starting lineups for you, but first this word from Stroh's Beer." "We're almost ready to go, the ceremonial first pitch has been thrown, here to bring you the starting lineups and more about today's pitching matchups, the ol' lefthander himself, Joe Nuxhall. Thanks Al, an absolutely wonderful day for baseball, the first one for 1973. Here are the lineups, first for the Giants, the leadoff man Bobby Bonds is in right field. Batting 2nd, the second baseman Tito Fuentes. Batting 3rd, the shortstop Chris Speier. Batting cleanup, first baseman Willie McCovey. Batting 5th, center field...

  I am rebooting my 1973 replay, but with a difference: I will start including some of the pop culture and sports items of the particular week or day, just as a frame of reference. I am including the more well-known celebrity game shows of that era from that week in question. Match Game did not premiere until June, so it will be included when we get to the June schedule of games. The game shows are, $10,000 Pyramid, Password and of course, Hollywood Squares. $10,000 Pyramid: Nancy Dussault and Nipsey Russell. Dussault was an actress/singer who at the time was on "The New Dick Van Dyke Show" and would later become the inaugural co-hostess of Good Morning America and Ted Knight's wife on Too Close for Comfort. Russell was a beloved comedian who graced many a game show and because of his rhyming style, got the much-deserved title of "The Poet-Laureate of Comedy" from Pyramid host Dick Clark. Password: Elizabeth Montgomery and Carol Burnett. 2 of the more well-known...

(15 innings) CLE (4-2) 6-18-2 KCA (3-4) 5-11-0 WP-Stan Williams (1-0) LP-Jack Aker (0-1) Larry Brown: 5-7, walk-off homer leading off the 15th. KCA 11th: Green singled, Roof tripled in Green. 5-4 KCA CLE 11th: Hinton homered off of Aker with 1 out, Wagner narrowly missed homer that would've ended it. 5-5 KCA 9th: Gosger singled, advanced to 3rd on double by Roof, Nossek pinch-hit tying run with sac fly. 5-5  Hinton: 4-6, including game-tying homer in 11th. Roof: 4-6. 2 doubles, triple, 2 RBI. LOB: CLE 16 KCA 11.

SFG (6-2) 3-7-0 STL (3-3) 0-4-0 WP-Juan Marichal (3-0) LP-Larry Jaster (1-1) Marichal: 9 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 6 K, 2 BB, HBP (Lou Brock). Jaster: 7 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 4 K, 3 BB. Ollie Brown: 2-run homer in 4th. Jesus Alou: 3 singles in 4 at-bats. Must've been a strong wind: Willie McCovey missed 2 home run checks and a single check. Last game on 4/19.

(17 Innings) MIN (5-1) 5-11-0 BAL (2-5) 3-15-3 WP-Jim Perry (1-0) LP-Eddie Watt (0-1) Harmon Killebrew: Walk-off 2-run homer in 17th. Cesar Tovar: Game-tying solo homer off Jim Palmer in 8th. Bob Allison, 2-run homer in 5th. Frank Robinson: 0-for-8. Perry: 3 perfect scoreless innings including strikeout. Dean Chance: 9 IP, 3 R, 12 H, 8 K, 1 BB. Jim Palmer: 8+ IP, 3 R, 5 H, 1 K, 1 BB. Orioles: Scoreless from the 3rd inning on. (14-1/3 innings)

LAD (3-3) 2-6-1 CIN (3-5) 0-5-0 WP-Don Sutton (2-0) LP-Sammy Ellis (0-2) Sutton: 9 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 7 K, 1 BB. Ellis: 8 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 6 K, 2 BB. Dodgers: Single runs in 7th on RBI triple by John Roseboro (Lefebvre) and in 8th on RBI double by Ron Fairly (Johnson). Sutton: Retired 14 Reds in a row at one point.

CLE (3-3) 4-10-1 KCA (3-3) 3-7-0 WP-Sonny Siebert (1-0) LP-Jim Nash (1-1) SV-Bob Allen (1) Siebert: 8.2 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 9 K, 3 BB Nash: 7.1 IP, 4 R, 10 H, 9 K, 3 BB. Chuck Hinton, (1 on) Fred Whitfield (solo): Back-to-back homers as Tribe rallied from 3-1 deficit in 5th. Thank you very much, Max: Alvis, 4 singles in 4 at-bats, 2 runs scored. Later, Cater: Lined out to Brown for final out.

(13 innings) NYY (3-3) 4-7-0 CWS (4-3) 3-11-1 WP-Thad Tillotson (1-0) LP-Wilbur Wood (0-1) Bottom of 5th: (Ford pitching) Adair leads off with walk, Josephson singles to center, Adair to 2nd. Hansen singles, Adair scores, Josephson to 3rd, John singles, Josephson scores, Hansen to 3rd. 2-0 CWS Top of 7th: (John pitching) Clarke leads off with triple. (first hit off Tommy John) Mantle singles, Clarke scores. 2-1 CWS Bottom of 7th: (Ford pitching) Josephson leads off with single, Hansen sacrifices Josephson to 2nd. Buford singles home Josephson. 3-1 CWS. Top of 9th: (Bob Locker pitching) Clarke singles with one out. Mantle HOMERS to left, Clarke, Mantle score. 3-3  Top of 13th: (Wood pitching) Howser doubles, Tresh reaches on error to short. (Infield in) Clarke grounds to 2nd, runners hold. Mantle walks, loading the bases. Howard hits sac fly to left, Howser scores. 4-3 NYY  Locker: 2nd save blown in 9th inning on late homer. Mantle: 3-for-5, homer, 2 singles, walk. Hansen: 3-fo...

ATL (3-5) 5-10-1 HOU (4-4) 4-8-0 WP-Ken Johnson (2-0) LP-Dave Giusti (1-1) SV-Phil Niekro (1) Johnson: 8 IP, 2 R, 5 H, walked 1, hit 1. Giusti: 7.2 IP. 5 R, 10 H, 4 K, 3 BB. Braves: 3 runs in 2nd, insurance runs in 6th and 8th. Bob Costas' favorite: Gary Geiger PH double in 8th provided the final winning margin. Niekro: Struck out Joe Morgan looking with tying run at 2nd for final out. Coming Attractions: The Chairman v. The "Surgery!" (Phil Rizzuto may appear in this one!)

STL (3-2) 4-10-0 SFG (5-2) 3-12-0 WP-Ray Washburn (1-0) LP-Gaylord Perry (1-1) SV-Joe Hoerner (1) Orlando Cepeda: Go-ahead RBI double in 10th scoring Curt Flood. Flood: 4-5, 3 singles, double. Lou Brock: 2-run single in 7th. Ray Washburn: 9.2 IP, 3 R, 11 H, 8 K, BB. Gaylord Perry: 10 IP, 4 R, 10 H, 10 K, 4 BB. Tito Fuentes: 4-5, 3 doubles, single, 2 runs scored. Last game of 4/18.

PHI (3-3) 7-8-1 CHC (2-4) 4-7-3 WP-Chris Short (1-1) LP-Ken Holtzman (1-1)  Dick Allen: Grand Slam homer in 2nd. Short: 9 IP, 4 R, 7 H, 5 K, 0 BB, retired last 9 Cubs. Holtzman: 0 losses in 1967, 1 in the replay. They also homered: Lock (PHI), Williams (CHC), Phillips (CHC) OOPS: Gary Sutherland (PHI, LF) 3-base error in 5th, scored 2 Cub runs (Don Kessinger batting).

Jerry Doggett: "Now with tonight's play-by-play, here's Vin Scully, Vinnie?" "Thanks Jerry and hi again everybody, wherever you may be on this Southern California evening, the Dodger Stadium opener and our second look already this season at the Cincinnati Reds." 1st inning: "Tommy Harper on 2nd after the lead-off double, here's Vada Pinson with nobody out. The pitch is high, the throw to 3rd, he is safe. Tommy Harper steals 3rd... Dodgers will concede the run, the pitch to Pinson, lined up the middle, a base hit, Harper scores, Reds draw first blood, it's 1-0 with nobody out." Pinson then stole 2nd, went to third on an overthrow and scored on Tony Perez's RBI single. 2-0 CIN 2nd inning: Reds added 2 more runs and had runners on 1st (Pete Rose) and 2nd (Milt Pappas). The batter: Deron Johnson. "Osteen from the stretch, time is called, Osteen wants the umpire to check the ball, ball is fine, it'll be put back in play. 1st and 2nd...

CAL (5-2) 3-7-1 DET (1-6) 2-6-0 WP-Marcelino Lopez (1-0) LP-Earl Wilson (0-2) SV-Minnie Rojas (2) Lopez: 6.1 IP, 1 R 4 H, 6 K, 5 BB, 3 HBP (!!!) Wilson: 9 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 8 K, 2 BB, retired 10 Angels in a row at one point. You can't win cluttering up the basepaths: Tigers LOB, 12!!! (Left bases loaded 3 times) Stuck at 4: MLB home run leader Don Mincher went 0-for-4. There was no other AL games scheduled. 

BOS (3-3) 5-9-0 CWS (4-2) 2-9-1 WP: Darrell Brandon (1-0) LP-Bruce Howard (0-1) SV-John Wyatt (2)  Brandon: 6+ IP, 2 R, 5 H, 4 K, 0 BB, retired 15 in a row at one point. Howard: 7 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 3 K, 2 BB. Home run: Reggie Smith solo homer in 2nd. Jose Tartabull, Carl Yastrzemski: 2 hits apiece.   "This is WGN-TV, Chicago."

HOU (4-3) 7-14-1 ATL (2-5) 6-11-0 WP-Larry Dierker (2-0) LP-Tony Cloninger (0-2) SV-Claude Raymond (1) Astros: Broke 4-4 tie with 3 runs in the top of the 8th. Braves: Rallied to score 2 runs in 9th but tying run left stranded at 3rd. Astro hitting stars: Jim Landis, homer, 2 doubles. Jimmy Wynn, 2 doubles, 2 runs scored. Bob Aspromonte, 3 singles. Brave bashers: Felipe Alou, double, single, triple, 3 runs scored. Henry Aaron, solo homer (3). Word from our sponsor: "If you bought something you didn't like, we like to know about it. If our food doesn't meet your standards, we want to know about it. We want you to keep coming back. We're committed to you, our loyal customers. That's what a supermarket should be all about, caring customers and a commitment from us to keep it that way and keep you coming back. We Care. A&P"

  (Only game scheduled) PIT 4-10-2 NYM 0-4-1 WP-Vern Law (1-0) LP-Don Cardwell (0-2) Law: 9 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 7 K, 0 BB. Cardwell: 8 IP, 4 R, 10 H, 6, 2 BB. Some early pop from "Pops": Willie Stargell, 2-run homer in 1st. Law can hit, too: Double, triple, run scored. PIT 5-1, tied with SFG for 1st. NYM 2-4.

STL 6-5-1 HOU 3-5-4 WP-Bob Gibson (1-1) LP-Mike Cuellar (1-1) Tim McCarver: 2-run triple in 4th, 3-run double in 8th. Gibson: 9 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 10 K, 3 BB. Cuellar: 7.1 IP, 10, 3 BB, HBP. (2 of those walks coming in the decisive 8th inning) Cuellar was great, but: 4 Astros errors, including a couple of key ones in the 4th and 8th, doomed Cuellar. Early Cannon Fire: Jim Wynn 3-run homer in 1st. STL 2-2 HOU 3-3 NL Standings: SFG 5-1 PIT 4-1 HOU 3-3 CIN 3-3 STL 2-2 CHC 2-3 NYM 2-3 PHI 2-3 ATL 2-4 LAD 1-3.  

PIT 2-9-0 CHC 1-1-1 WP-Bob Veale (2-0) LP-Fergie Jenkins (0-2) Veale: No-hitter through 8, broken up by Paul Popovich single  leading off the 9th. 9 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 6 K 5 BB.   After Popovich's single, Glenn Beckert walked, Billy Williams hit comebacker to Veale moving runners to 2nd/3rd. Ron Santo grounded to Alley, scoring Popovich, Beckert to 3rd. Ernie Banks struck out looking to end the game. Pirates: Single runs in 1st and 6th. Fergie Jenkins: 7 IP, 2 R, 8 H, 2 K, 2 BB. PIT 4-1 CHC 2-3

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!! (Or, how to get stabbed in the back) I'm not going to say how old I am, except to say, it's the "Paul McCartney" birthday. I would be otherwise overjoyed if I were expecting presents or a cake, but at this age, you take what you can get and just be happy those days are well-remembered. Which brings me to the "Or" part of this blog, so save your applause until the very end. I forget how many years I have played fantasy sports, I have had titles, some also-ran teams, but no matter what, it is the fun of the game that wins out over the titles and the also-rans. But there is also the part when you are the Commish and have to deal with some "people" out there, people who think they know what they're doing and wield their authority by making chronic trade requests, usually for your best player who you do not want to give up. This person becomes a pain in the "y-k-w" and makes your blood boil to the point of... That p...

  NYM 4-16-0 PHI 3-14-0 (15 Innings) WP-Dick Selma (1-0) LP-Dick Ellsworth (0-1) SV-Ron Taylor (1) Don Cardwell: PH sac fly to left in top of 15th (Buchek) Tommy Davis: 4-for-7 including 2 doubles. Bill Denehy: 6 IP: 3 R, 6 H, 3 K 4 BB. Larry Jackson: 8.2 IP, 3 R 12 H, 4 K. Phillies : Hit into 7 DP's, 4 in extra innings. Yes, there was a Bob Uecker sighting, too. (1-for-3, batted in the 11th, 13th and 15th) Blame Gene Mauch for this one, too: He pinch-hit Jackie Brandt for Tony Taylor in the 8th because he felt Brandt would get the go-ahead run on the "horseshoe" with a 1-7. Brandt's roll was 3-7, grounder to 3rd, Taylor's 3-7 was Single** NYM 2-3 PHI 2-3  LOB: NYM 16 PHI 16

BOS 7-11-2 NYY 0-3-0 WP-Jim Lonborg (1-0) LP-Fred Talbot (0-1) Carl Yastrzemski: Homer, double, 2 singles, 2 RBI, 3 runs scored. Jim Lonborg: 9 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 9 K, 4 BB. AL Standings: MIN 4-1 CWS 4-1 CAL 4-2 NYY 3-2 KCA 3-2 BOS 2-3 CLE 2-3 BAL 2-4 WSH 1-4 DET 1-4. HR Leader: Don Mincher (CAL) 4 HR.

CLE 11-16-0 MIN 3-9-1 WP-Sam McDowell (1-1) LP-Mudcat Grant (0-1) McDowell: 8.1 IP, 7 K, 7 BB, 3 R, 9 H, 2-run homer, 2 runs scored. Davalillo/Alvis/Hinton: 1-2-3 hitters, a combined 9-for-14, 4 runs scored. Don't forget these two: Fred Whitfield, 2-run homer, Larry Brown, 3-for-4. A glimpse of what's to come: Rod Carew, 3-for-4, double, 2 runs scored. Grant: 5 IP, 6 R, 8 H, 3 K. CLE 2-2 MIN 4-1  

G2: KCA 2-5-1 DET 1-8-3 WP-Chuck Dobson (1-0) LP-Mickey Lolich (0-2) SV-Jack Aker (1) Chuck Dobson: 8.1 IP, 3 K, 1 BB, RBI on bases loaded BB. Mickey Lolich: 7 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 2 K, 4 BB, HBP (Ed Charles, who scored on bases loaded walk by Dobson). They had their chances: Tigers scored lone run in 8th on walk by McAuliffe with 1 out, then scored on Don Wert's triple. Al Kaline, then Jim Northrup both struck out looking to end inning.   Meanwhile, in the 9th: Willie Horton doubled with one out, Mickey Stanley ran for him and tried to score on Jerry Lumpe's pinch-single to right. Mike Hershberger (-4) delivered a laser-sharp throw to cut down Stanley. However, Dick Tracewski singled Lumpe to 3rd with 2 out but Bill Freehan's fly ball ended up in the glove of Hershberger ending the game and making a split DH after Detroit won the 1st game 8-1. DET 1-5 KCA 3-2

G1: DET 8-13-0 KCA 1-6-0 WP-Denny McLain (1-1) LP-Odom (0-1) Al Kaline: 3 singles, homer, 3 RBI Norm Cash: Single, double, homer, 3 RBI. Denny McLain: 9 IP, 1 R, 6 H, 4 K, 3 BB, HBP (Danny Cater). Kaline had 4 hits while Willie Horton had 4... walks. (In 5 plate appearances) DET 1-4 KCA 2-2  

G2: CIN 7-16-0 SFG 0-4-0 WP-Mel Queen (1-0) LP-Mike McCormick (0-1) Queen: 9 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 7 K, 0 BB 2-for-4 All the Queen's Men: Harper, Rose, Johnson 3 hits apiece. McCormick: 7+ IP, 7 R, 15 H, 1 K, 4 BB. In passing: Willie Mays made just one PH appearance in the nightcap. He popped to 3rd. The batter whom he PH for, Ollie Brown would have singled home a run to spoil the shutout. (2 outs, 9th inning) SFG 5-1 CIN 3-3

G1: SFG 11-15-1 CIN 0-5-0 WP-Ron Herbel (1-0) LP-Billy McCool (0-1) Herbel: 9 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 4 K, 3 BB. Ollie Brown: Grand Slam with extra Skyline Chili in the 6th. Giants scored 4 in the 3rd and 4 in the 6th. SFG 5-0 CIN 2-3  

G2: CWS 1-6-0 WSH 0-2-0 WP-Gary Peters (1-0) LP-Camilio Pascual (0-1) Peters: No-hit Sens for 5.2 innings, 9 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 5 K, 2 BB. Pascual: 8 IP, 1 R, 6 H, 3 K 2 BB. Tom McCraw: RBI double in 4th, scoring Ken Berry. Bernie Allen: Broke up no-hit bid with 2-out single in 6th. Joel Horlen: Was fined $50 for his impromptu trip to Cleveland prior to G1. CWS 4-1 WSH 1-4  

I still have no idea how Horlen ended up in Cleveland... G1 CWS 5-11-3 WSH 4-6-1 WP-Lamabe LP-Cox Pete Ward: Walk-off single in 9th after Senators tied it on pinch-hit 2-run homer by Cap Peterson in top of the inning. He had 3 in all of 1967: Jerry Adair hit 3rd home run of season to lead off Sox 8th. But it still wasn't pretty: Sox committed 3 errors, 2 by Buford (3B) in the 1st, lost 2 runners on base-running blunders, 1 more was caught stealing and Ken Berry was hit twice in the F Troop by pitches. "I will take better care of my Strat cards, I will take better care of my Strat cards... (Repeat 48 more times)" CWS 3-1 WSH 1-3    

G2: CAL 4-8-2 BAL 1-3-1 WP-Jack Hamilton (1-0) LP-Steve Barber (0-1) Don Mincher: League-leading 4th home run off Eddie Fisher in the bottom of the 8th to put the Halos ahead. Jack Hamilton: 9 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 6 BB, 1 K. Steve Barber: 8+ IP, 3 R, 5 H, 8 BB, 3 K. Second-Guessers Club, Eddie Fisher edition: Do not bring him in a 1-1 game in the bottom of the 8th. You'll regret it. CAL 4-2 BAL 2-4

BAL 6-10-2 CAL 5-12-0 WP-Dave McNally (1-1) LP-George Brunet (1-1) SV-Watt (1) Frank Robinson: Solo home runs in the 1st and 9th. That 2nd one, though: After Robinson made it 6-2 with his 2nd homer in the 9th, the Angels rallied to score 3 runs off of Watt. Jose Cardenal grounded to short to end game. Don Mincher: Home run in 4th off McNally. Your AL HR leaders: F. Robinson 3, Mincher 3. 1st game of double-header. BAL 2-3 CAL 3-2   

ATL 9-13-1 LAD 2-6-1 WP-Lemaster (1-1) LP-Drysdale (0-1) Braves: Send 13 batters, score 9 runs in 2nd inning including 3-run homer by Mack Jones.  Don Drysdale: 1.1 IP, 9 R, 9 H, 0 K. (Miller, Regan) Denny Lemaster: 9 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 3 BB. Every Brave had a hit except for... Henry Aaron (But he did have a SF). Not a total loss: Ron Fairly tripled, Jim Lefebvre homered for Dodgers. ATL 2-4 LAD 1-3  

LAD 6-11-0 STL 2-11-0 WP-Don Sutton (1-0) LP-Al Jackson (0-1) SV-Ron Perranoski (1) Cardinals made a mild 9th inning, 2-out rally against the Dodgers, back-to-back singles by Lou Brock and Curt Flood, setting up a chance for Roger Maris, although left-handed relief ace Perranoski was on the mound for LAD. Maris' 4 previous plate appearances were as follows: K/BB/BB/K. In front of 25,000 at Busch and a natty TV audience, Curt Gowdy bellowed out "Swing and a miss, strike 3, this ballgame is over."  That's what it said on Maris' card on the left-hand column under 2-9. Thinking it over, I had used Bobby Tolan, Mike Shannon and Ed Spiezio as pinch-hitters, the next available PH was Alex Johnson. His 2-9 read: HR 1-8 DO 9-20. Johnson also had 2 "horseshoes" which otherwise would have been singles, while Maris had "none." Considering that the next hitter was Orlando Cepeda, a successful PH by Johnson would have set up a dramatic finish in "Living...

CHC 6-9-0 PIT 3-9-2 WP-Ray Culp (1-0) LP-Tommie Sisk (0-1) Ernie Banks: Solo homer in 2nd, 2-run homer in 6th. (3-4, 3 RBI) Roberto Clemente: 2-run homer in 1st. Ray Culp: 9 IP, 3 R, 9 H, 6 K, 0 BB. Tommie Sisk: 7.1 IP, 6 R, 9 H, 2 K, 1 BB. (McBean in 8th) CHC 2-2 PIT 2-2 "The Dodgers take on the Cardinals on the season premiere of The Game of the Week, Saturday." (IN COLOR)  

PHI 3-8-0 NYM 2-7-0 WP-Jim Bunning (2-0) LP-Bob Shaw (0-1) Dick Allen: Go-ahead home run in 6th. Jim Bunning: 9 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 9 K, 2 BB, RBI single in 5th. Larry Stahl: Drove in both Met runs with singles. The Daring Mets: 3 stolen bases, 2 from Bud Harrelson, 1 from... Jerry Grote. Told you they were daring. PHI 2-2 NYM 1-3  

"You can tell Mantle's been here before"   BOS 3-7-0 NYY 2-6-1 WP-Dennis Bennett (1-0) LP-Mel Stottlemyre (1-1) SV-John Wyatt (1) Reggie Smith: Go-ahead RBI single in 8th, scoring George Scott. Charlie Smith: 2-out triple in 9th. Mickey Mantle: PH with 2 out in 9th, struck out swinging to end it. His home run had some "vigah": John Kennedy, 2-run Yankee homer in 2nd. Dennis Bennett: 8.2 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 5 K, 1 BB, solo homer in 2nd. Mel Stottlemyre: 7.1 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, 9 K, 7 BB. Carl Yastrzemski: 5 plate appearances, 3 walks, HBP. BOS 1-3 NYY 3-1

MIN 3-8-0 DET 2-9-1 WP-Jim Kaat (2-0) LP-Joe Sparma (0-1) SV-Worthington (1) Jim Kaat: 8.2 IP, 2, 8 H, 5 K, 1 BB. Joe Sparma: 7 IP, 3 R, 8 H, 6 K, 2 BB. Rich Rollins: Drove in 2 runs with singles. Bob Allison: 2 doubles, RBI. Tigers: Scored their 2 runs in the 9th, tying run left on 3rd. (RBIs by Northrup, Cash) MIN 4-0 DET 0-4