1967 American League Pennant Race

June 30, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Angels 6 (38-38), Yankee 2

On June 6, the Angels were twelve games under .500.  Since then, they’ve gone 18-6 and they closed out the month of June right at the .500 mark after a truly magnificent run.  George Brunet picked up the win and he improved to 5-11 on the season.  He gave up two runs on six hits and three walks with one strikeout in seven innings.  Minnie Rojas threw two shutout innings and he picked up his eleventh save.

Don Mincher singled, drove in three and scored a run.  Jimmie Hall tripled, drove in a run and scored one.

June 30, 1967 at Municipal Stadium
Red Sox 5 (37-34), Athletics 3

Tony Conigliario belted a huge three run homer in the top of the sixth inning to give the Red Sox the runs they needed in their win over the Athletics.  George Scott belted a solo homerun.

Gary Bell picked up the win with a nice start.  He gave up three runs on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings.  John Wyatt threw 1 1/3 perfect innings and he picked up his ninth save of the season.

June 30, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 4 (38-33), White Sox 1 (42-28)

Johnny Podres improved to 2-0 on the season with a strong outing over the first place Chicago White Sox.  He gave up a single run on eight hits with two strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings of work.  Mike Marshall closed out the game and he picked up his second save of the season.

Tommy John took the loss for the White Sox.  He gave up four runs on four hits and four walks in four innings.  Three relievers combined to shut the Tigers out in the final four frames but the White Sox couldn’t get the bats going to mount a come back. 

Norm Cash drove in two runs for the Tigers and all four runs were scored by different players.  For the White Sox, Tommie Agee singled home Don Buford in the eighth inning to account for the only White Sox run.

June 29, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Orioles 4, White Sox 1  (42-27)

The White Sox had a tough day at the plate in their loss to the Orioles and they pushed just one run across the plate on five hits.  The lone run came on a solo homerun by Ken Berry in the second inning.

Jim O’Toole had a tough loss and he fell to 4-2 on the season.  He gave up three runs on four hits and a walk with two strikeouts in just two innings.

June 29, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Indians 5, Tigers 3  (37-33)

The Tigers dropped their fifth straight series and blew a late two run lead to the Cleveland Indians.  Up 3-1, the Indians scored four runs in the top of the eighth inning to bust the game open.

Denny McLain was cruising along until that eighth inning.  He ended up being knocked around for four runs on seven hits with five strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings of work.

Mickey Stanley hit homerun number three off of Luis Tiant in the seventh inning.  Dick McAuliffe went yard with homerun number thirteen.  Stantley finished the game with three hits and two RBIs.

June 28, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Angels 4 (37-38), Senators 2

The Angels once again pushed themselves to within a game of the .500 mark with a come from behind win against the Senators.  Down 2-1, the Angels rallied for three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to take the lead and pick up the win.  Buck Rodgers had the big hit with a two run double that capped off the three run inning.  Rodgers was also the only Angel with two hits.

A solid start by Rickey Clark almost went to waste in the loss.  He gave two runs on three hits and four walks with four strikeouts in seven innings of work.  Minnie Rojas picked up the win and he improved to 7-5.  He gave up one hit with three strikeouts in two shutout innings.

June 28, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
White Sox 3 (42-26), Orioles 2

The White Sox won their league leading 42nd game of the season and their third straight in a tight game over the Orioles.  The big hit came off the bat of Wayne Causey.  He picked a good time to hit his homerun because he drove in all three White Sox runs with a three run homer.  Ron Hansen was a perfect three for three in the win.

Bob Locker picked up the win with 2 1/3 innings of shutout relief.  He improved to 3-2 on the season and Hoyt Wilhelm picked up save number six as he got the final two outs for the Sox.

June 28, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 3 (36-34), Red Sox 2 (36-34)

The Twins won the rubber game in their three game series with the Red Sox behind a strong outing by Dave Boswell.  He improved to 5-5 and he gave up two runs on four hits and a walk with thirteen strikeouts in the complete game.  Lee Stange took the loss for the Red Sox and he gave up three runs (two earned) on four hits and three walks with three strikeouts in seven innings.

The game winning run came in the seventh inning for the Twins.  Cesar Tovar singled home Ted Uhlaender for that game winning run.  Russ Nixon had the other big hit with a two run single in the fourth inning to put the Twins on the board.

The Red Sox scored both of their runs on solo homeruns.  Jerry Adair and Reggie Smith both went yard for the Red Sox in the game.

June 28, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 7 (37-32), Indians 4 

The Tigers snapped a four game losing streak with a nice team effort by the offense.  All eight hits and all seven runs came from different Tigers.  Don Wert, Willie Horton and Norm Cash all drove in two runs.

Joe Sparma improved to 8-1.  He gave up three runs on six hits and five walks with six strikeouts in six innings of work.  Dave Wickersham threw the final three frames and gave up a run to pick up his fifth save of the season.

June 27, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Senators 9, Angels 4  (36-38)

The Angels were so close but they couldn’t get back up to .500 because the Senators took care of Angels’ start Jim McGlothlin.  He gave up four runs on eight hits and two walks with five strikeouts in five innings.  The loss dropped his record to a still impressive 7-2 on the season.

Don Minchner went three for four with an RBI and he was the only Angel hitter with more then one hit.  Paul Schall doubled, drove in one and scored two runs.

June 27, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
White Sox 5 (41-26), Orioles 0

Joe Horlen was money on the mound as he held the Orioles to just five hits in his shutout win.   He gave up two walks and he struck out three and the win pushed his record to 9-1 on the season.

Duane Josephson was the hitting star in the win.  He went three for four with a run and an RBI.  Horlen drove in a run on a sac. fly to help out his own cause.

June 27, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Red Sox 3 (36-33), Twins 2 (35-34)

Gary Waslewski, with three innings from John Wyatt, was just a little bit better then Dean Chance in the Red Sox win over the Twins.  Waslewski gave up one run on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts in six innings and Wyatt gave up one run in three innings of relief to pick up his eighth save.  Dean Chance dropped to 10-6 on the season and he gave up three runs on ten hits with four strikeouts in eight innings.

The big hit of the  game was a two run homer by Tony Conigliaro in the first inning that gave the Red Sox the lead early.  Tony C. was also the only Red Sox hitter with two hits in the game.  Tony Oliva did the damage for the Twins.  He went two for four with a solo homerun and two RBIs in the loss.

June 27, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Indians 8, Tigers 1  (36-32)

The Tigers continued a horrendous second half of June with their fourth straight loss, this time at the hands of the Cleveland Indians.  The Tigers reached base nine times but the only run came on Norm Cash’s RBI single in the second inning.

Earl Wilson continued to get roughed up and he dropped to 8-7 on the season.  He gave up four runs on four hits and a walk in 1 1/3 innings.

The most damaging blow though was what happened in the Tigers dugout.  Al Kaline struck out in the sixth inning and hurt his hand while ramming his bat into the concrete bat rack.  The injury would turn out to be a broken finger which would cause Kaline to miss month of the season.

June 26, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Angels 4 (36-37), Senators 3

Jack Hamilton picked up his first win as an Angel since he came over in a trade with the Mets on June 10.  He gave up a run on five hits and three walks with two strikeouts in five innings.  Minnie Rojas got the final five batters out and he picked up save number ten.  The win by the Angels put them just one game below .500 after being as many as twelve games below .500 in last May.

Buck Rodgers and Bubba Morton were the hitting stars in the win.  Rodgers went two for three with two RBIs and Morton went two for two with a double and two runs.

June 26, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
White Sox 5 (40-26), Orioles 4

The White Sox scored five runs in the final three innings to beat the Orioles by a single run.  Neither team had scored through five innings before each team put up a flurry of runs near the end of the game.  The White Sox got the go ahead run in the ninth when Ken Berry singled home Jimmy Stewart and Wayne Causey to turn a 4-3 deficit into a 5-4 win.  Ironically, all three of those hitters were pinch hitters.

Bob Locker picked up the win despite giving up the lead in the bottom of the eighth inning.  He improved to 2-2 on the season.  Hoyt Wilhelm threw a perfect ninth and he picked up his fifth save of the season.

June 26, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 2 (35-33), Red Sox 1  (35-33)

The Twins tied the Red Sox in American League standings as Jim Kaat was just a little bit better then Jim Lonborg in a 2-1 pitcher’s duel.  Kaat gave up one run on six hits with eight strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings and the win improves his record to 5-8 on the season.  Lonborg dropped to 9-3 and he gave up two runs on six hits and four walks with ten strikeouts in seven innings of work.

The Twins scored both of their runs in the fourth inning.  Tony Oliva led off with a double and then he scored on Zoilo Versalles’ single.  Then Versalles scored on Ted Uhlaender’s triple.

The Red Sox lone run came in the very first inning.  George Scott singled home Mike Andrews and those two players accounted for five of the Red Sox eight hits in the game.

June 25, 1967 at Municipal Stadium
Angels 4 (35-37), Athletics 3

Rick Reichardt hit a huge grand slam in the first inning and while they wouldn’t score the rest of the game, that’s all the Angels would end up needing for the win.  Jim Fregosi also had a nice day at the plate and he continued his solid hitting.  He went two for three with a walk and he scored on Reichardt’s slam.

George Bruent improved to 4-11 on the season with a nice enough start.  He gave up three runs on five hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings.  Minnie Rojas gave up a hit and he struck out four in 1 2/3 scoreless innings to pick up his ninth save of the season.

June 25, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 3 (34-33), White Sox (39-26)

The Twins rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to take the rubber game in their three game series with the White Sox.  The game winning run came on a two run pinch hit triple by Ear Battey.  Cesar Tovar then drove home a third insurance run the inning.

A pretty good start by Tommy John went to waste.  He threw seven shutout innings but then it was the eighth where he had his problems.  He gave up the three runs on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in eight innings and the loss drops him to 6-4 on the season.  Jim Merritt improved to 5-0 with the win.  He gave up one run on three hits and a walk with three strikeouts.

Don Buford drove in the only White Sox run of the game.  He went one for four and he had one of only three White Sox hits.

June 25, 1967 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 8 (35-32), Indians 3

Joe Foy continued his hot June with a great game in the Red Sox win over the Indians.  He went three for four with a homerun, two RBIs and three runs.  Carl Yastrzemski belted his eighteenth homerun in the third inning with a two run shot.

Gary Bell picked up the win and he improved to 5-6 on the season.  He gave up three runs on six hits with four strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.

June 25, 1967 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, Tigers 2  (36-31)

The Tigers dropped their fourth straight series and their third game in a row at the hands of the Yankees.  The Tigers took an early lead when Dick McAuliffe led off the game with a solo homerun but Mickey Lolich was tagged for two runs in the fourth that gave the Yankees the lead for good.

Lolich dropped to 5-10 and he gave up two runs on four hits and two walks in 3 2/3 innings of work.  The pen did a nice job of holding the Yankees in check but the Tigers never got the bats going to get back into the game.

Other then McAuliffe’s homerun, the only other Tiger ran came in the ninth inning.  Al Kaline walked and eventually scored on a wild pitch.

June 24, 1967 at Municipal Stadium
Athletics 2, Angels 1 (34-37)

The Angels were held to a single run on just four hits in a close loss to the Athletics.  Jim Fregosi had two of the Angels four hits and Jose Cardenal singled and drove in the only run for the Angels.

Clyde Wright fell to 2-1 on the season and he lasted just four innings.  He gave up two runs on five hits and one walk with two strikeouts in four innings.

June 24, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox 5 (39-25), Twins 2 (33-33)

Yesterday it was Dean Chance who pitched the Twins to a win and this time was Gary Peters who pitched the White Sox to one. He improved to 10-3 on the season and he gave up two runs on five hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in the complete game.

Dave Boswell was hit hard and he took the loss for the Twins.  He dropped to 4-5 on the season and he gave up five runs on five hits and three walks with seven strikeouts. 

Peters helped out his own cause for the White Sox at the plate.  He went two for four and he drove in two runs.  Ron Hansen went two for four with an RBI and a run.  All five White Sox runs were scored in the seventh inning.  For the Twins, Bob Allison led the way and he went two for four with a solo homerun.

June 24, 1967 at Fenway Park
Indians 3, Red Sox 2  (34-32)

Tony Conigliario singled home Mike Andrews in the bottom of the ninth but Tony C. was stranded at first as the Red Sox comeback attempt fell short in a 3-2 loss to the Indians.  Conigliario finished the game with two hits and he drove in both Red Sox runs. 

Bucky Brandon was hit hard and he didn’t even last through the fourth.  He gave up three runs on seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings.

June 24, 1967 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Tigers 3  (36-30)

The Tigers blew a three run lead and the Yankees got some timely hitting in the Tigers second straight loss.  Mickey Mantle’s ninth inning walk off homerun completed the comeback for the Yankees.  It was Mantle’s 14th homerun of the season.

Johnny Podres got the start and while he was given a three run lead, he gave up the three runs that put the Yankees back in the game.  Fred Gladding served up the homerun to Mantle.

Al Kaline singled and drove in a run for the Tigers while Don Wert doubled twice and scored a run.

June 23, 1967 at Municipal Stadium
Angels 2 (34-36), Athletics 0

Rickey Clark improved 5-6 on the season as the Angels continued what was, just a month ago, an unthinkable run.  He gave up just three hits and three walks with a strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings.  Minnie Rojas struck out two in 1 2/3 perfect innings and he picked up save number eight.

Jim Fregosi went three for five with an RBI to lead the way for the Angels at the plate.  Jay Johnstone and Bobby Knoop both had two hits and a run.

June 23, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 1 (33-32), White Sox 0  (38-25)

The Twins edged the first place White Sox and it was Dean Chance who was the big story.  He held the White Sox to three hits in a shutout win, his tenth of the season.  A solid start by Joe Horlen went to waste and he took the loss.  He dropped his first start of the season and fell to 8-1 and he gave up one run on six hits with two strikeouts in seven innings.

The lone run of the game on either side came on a solo homerun by Harmon Killebrew. It was his 22nd homerun of the season.  Bob Allison and Jerry Zimmerman both went two for three for the Twins.

The White Sox managed just the three hits and a walk and nobody reached base more then once.  Tommie Agee had the only extra base hit with a double.

June 23, 1967 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 8 (34-31), Indians 4

Joe Foy led the way at the plate for the Red Sox in their 8-4 win over the Indians.  He went four for five with two triples, three runs and an RBI.  Tony Conigiliaro belted his eighth homerun and he went two for three with two RBI and two runs.

Lee Stange picked up the win with a decent enough start.  He gave up four runs on nine hits and one walk with three strikeouts in the complete game.

June 23, 1967 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, Tigers 1  (36-29)

The Tigers three game winning streak came to an end as they were held in check by Al Downing.  The only run the Tigers managed off Downing came in the sixth inning when Al Kaline singled home Dick Tracewski.

Denny McLain dropped to 8-8 after a rough outing.  He gave up the three runs on five hits and three walks with five strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings of work.

June 22, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5 (36-28), Twins 2 (32-32)

The Tigers won their third straight as they continued to try to get back on track in the American League.  Joe Sparma threw a nice game and he improved to 7-1 on the season.  He gave up two runs on four hits and two walks with four strikeouts in nine innings of work.

Jim Kaat took the loss for the Twins.  He dropped to 4-8 and he gave up five runs on three hits and three walks in less then three innings.  Al Kaline took him deep twice and Kaline drove in three runs.  Norm Cash also went yard and he drove in two runs.

Jim Kaat helped out his own cause when he doubled home a run in the third inning.  It wasn’t enough though as the only other run came on Zoilo Varsalles sac. fly in the seventh inning.

June 22, 1967 at Cleveland Stadium
Angels 7 (33-36), Indians 0

Jim McGlothlin pitched the Angels to an impressive win and in the process, the team snapped their two game losing streak.  McGlothlin gave up three hits and three walks and he struck out six.

Johnny Werhas hit a two run homer in the win.  Bubba Morton went one for three with two walks, an RBI and two runs.