August 25, 1967 at Comiskey Park
Red Sox 7 (71-55), White Sox 1 (69-55)
Jim Lonborg won his seventeenth game of the season as the Red Sox kicked off a doubleheader against the team they started the day in first place with. Lonborg gave up just one run on seven hits with six strikeouts in the complete game win. For the White Sox, Gary Peters took the loss and he fell to 14-7. He was knocked around for four runs and he didn’t even make it out of the season inning.
George Scott went four for five with two runs and two RBIs while Carl Yastrzemski went three for three with a walk, a triple and three runs for the Red Sox. For the White Sox, the lone run came on a solo homerun by Pete Ward.
August 25, 1967 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 2 (70-55), Red Sox 1 (71-56)
The White Sox managed a split in their doubleheader with the Red Sox behind a nice outing by Cisco Carlos and some nice relief pitching from Bob Locker. It was Carlos’ major league debut and while he didn’t pick up the win, he did all he could to keep the White Sox in it. He gave up just four hits and a walk with three strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. Bob Locker gave up a run in 2 2/3 innings and he improved to 6-3.
For the Red Sox, it was Lee Stange who’s solid start was wasted. He gave up one run on seven hits and a walk with one strikeouts in six innings. John Wyatt gave up a run in the ninth and he fell to 7-6 on the season with the loss.
The game winning run came on a walk off RBI single by Ken Berry in the bottom of the ninth. Berry finished the game with two hits and he drove in the other White Sox run with his sixth homerun of the season. Reggie Smith singled for the Red Sox and he drove in their lone run.
Oddly, the split cost both teams their share of first place because the Twins, who sat just a half game back of both teams, catapulted both of them with a doubleheader sweep. The Tigers also sat right there in contention just a game and a half back of the now first place Twins.
