July 30, 1967 at Fenway Park
Twins 7 (53-46), Red Sox 5 (55-44)
The Red Sox scored five runs in the final frames but it wasn’t enough as they lost to the Twins 7-5. Jim Merritt picked up the win and he improved to 7-3 on the season. He gave up one run on five hits and four walks in eight innings of work. Ron Kline gave up four runs in the ninth but Jim Roland was able to get the final out and he picked up his second save of the season. Bucky Brandon gave up four runs and he didn’t even make it through the fourth and he fell to 4-8 on the season.
Rod Carew went four for five with a homerun and three runs scored. Harmon Killebrew went two for four his 32nd homerun and he scored two runs in the game. For the Red Sox, Russ Gibson doubled twice, drove in two and scored a run. Reggie Smith doubled, singled and scored twice.