July 26, 1967 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 6, Twins 1 (49-44)
The Twins dropped the first game of their doubleheader with the Yankees and despite matching the Yankees with seven hits, they were outscored 6-1. Jim Perry took the loss in his start and he fell to 2-5 on the season. He gave up three runs on four hits and three walks with four strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
Bob Allison drove in the lone Twins run with a solo homerun. Cesar Tovar went three for three with a double.
July 26, 1967 at Yankee Stadium
Twins 3 (50-44), Yankees 2
The Twins evened up their doubleheader with the Yankees in an 18 inning pitcher’s duel. From the sixth inning through the seventeenth inning, neither team scored a run. Then finally in the top of the eighteenth inning, Rollins singled home Rod Carew for the game winning run in a game that lasted nearly four and a half hours.
Jim Merritt gave up two runs in his thirteen inning start. Al Worthington picked up the win and he improved to 6-5 on the season with two shutout innings of relief.