July 9, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 10 (45-34), Red Sox 4 (40-39)
The Tigers blew out the Red Sox in the opener of Sunday doubleheader to win their seventh straight game. Dick McAuliffe and Earl Wilson homered for the Tigers in the ten run onslaught. McAuliffe finished with three runs and Jim Northrup drove in two and scored twice.
Carl Yastrzemski tagged Earl Wilson for three of the eight Red Sox hits. He scored twice and drove in one. Gary Bell took the loss and he was gone before the end of the third. Jose Santiago didn’t fare much better and the Tigers had nine runs on the board by the end of the fourth inning.
Wilson picked up the win and he improved to 10-7. He gave up four runs (two earned) on eight hits and a walk with seven strikeouts. Mike Marhsall picked up his fourth save with 1 1/3 perfect innings.
July 9, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Red Sox 3 (41-39), Tigers 0 (45-35)
The Red Sox ended the Tigers seven game winning and avoided a four game sweep behind a combined four hit shutout by Jim Lornborg and John Wyatt. The Red Sox scored two runs in the second inning and that was all they’d need to win this one.
Reggie Smith and Carl Yastrzemski accounted for all three Red Sox runs with homeruns. Smith hit a two run shot in the second while Yaz hit a solo shot in the eighth. Lonborg improved to an impressive 11-3 while Wyatt picked up his 11th save of the season.
Jerry Lumpe singled twice and he was the only Tiger to reach base more then once. Dave Wickersham took the loss and dropped to 4-2 after going just two innings.