Impossible Dream???

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May 28,29,30 v California Angels (28-20)

May 28-C Bob Tillman drove in 3 runs, and Rico Petrocelli added a solo HR as Boston beat the Angels 7-4. (36-19)
W-Bucky Brandon (4-3) L-Clyde Wright (6-5) S-Don McMahon (17)

May 29-Rico Petrocelli and Boomer Scott each had a pair of RBI, and Dennis Bennett pitched 7 innings, allowing just 5 hits, giving the Sox a 5-2 win. (37-19)
W-Dennis Bennett (5-3) L-Marcelino Lopez (3-1)

May 30-Bobby Knoop drove in the lone run of the game with a sac fly in the 7th inning, and 37 year old Jack Sanford pitched a complete game 3 hit shutout, leading the Angels to a 1-0 win. (37-20)
W-Jack Sanford (3-2) L-Jerry Stephenson (1-3)

May 31, June 1,2 at Detroit Tigers (31-20)

May 31-Going into the bottom of the 7th inning, Boston had a 7-3 lead, 14 runs and 19 hits later, the Angels beat Boston 17-7. Dick McAuliffe hit 2 homeruns and drove in 7 in the win. (37-21)
W-Dave Wickersham (2-0) L-John Wyatt (2-1)

June 1-Earl Wilson pitched a complete game shutout scattering 8 hits, and Dick McAuliffe drove in both Tiger runs in a 2-0 Detroit win. (37-22)
W-Earl Wilson (6-4) L-Lee Stange (4-3)

June 2-4 Different Red Sox hit solo HR's, as Boston avoided the sweep, beating Detroit 5-2. (38-22)
W-Bucky Brandon (5-3) L-Mickey Lolich (4-6) S-Don McMahon (18)

Around the MLB:

There were a couple of trades that went down that didn't involve the Red Sox. First, the Chicago Cubs sent P Don Larsen, SS Roger Meztger, C Freddie Velazquez, and 2B Norm Gigon to the Kansas City A's in exchange for P Lew Krausse, P Bill Edgerton, and P Roberto Rodriguez.
Edge KC here as Meztger could end up being a solid SS in a couple of years. Everything else here is filler. It becomes much more even if the 24 year old Krausse can repeat his 14-9 2.99 from a year ago.

The other deal included the A's again, this time they sent 3B Weldon Bowlin, C Phil Roof, and 2B Dick Green to the Baltimore Orioles for P Bill Dillman, C Jeff Newman, and P Tom Fisher.
Edge Baltimore here as Dick Green can backup a couple of infield positions, but is stuck behind Davey Johnson.

Up next for Boston is 6 games at home against the Kansas City Athletics. The draft is coming up in a couple of days and I'll have a review of it afterwards.

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1967 Amateur Draft:

1) CHI NL- 3B Mike Schmidt
2) NY NL- C Ted Simmons
3) NY AL- 2B Bobby Grich
4) WAS- P Jerry Reuss
5) BOS- LF Don Baylor: This kid can hit, plain and simple. He hit .297 36-133 HR's in 478 AB's in H.S. Also has a bit of speed swiping 19 bases in 23 chances.
6) HOU- 1B John Mayberry
7) KC- 1B Andre Thornton
8) CIN- 2B Phil Garner
9) CAL- RF Richie Zisk
10) CLE- P Jim Kern
11) CHI AL- RF George Hendrick
12) STL- P Steve Rogers
13) ATL- OF Dusty Baker
14) PHI- OF Jerry Martin
15) DET- C John Wockenfuss
16) MIN- P Dave Goltz
17) PIT- OF Dave Augustine
18) SF- OF Ben Ogilvie
19) LA- P Rick Reuschel
20) BAL- P Jesse Jefferson

Other Sox picks:
2nd round (25th overall) SP Vida Blue: 29-7 in H.S. with a 2.29 ERA in 45 starts with a K/BB ratio of 283/70.
3rd round (45th overall) P Roger Moret: Power pitcher with 156 K's in 170 IP's. Was 8-6 in his H.S career, mostly a reliever.
4th round (65th overall) 1B John Milner: Power hitting firstbasemen who may not hit for a high enough average to make it fulltime. Hit 26 HR's in 467 AB's.
5th round (85th overall) CF Garry Maddox: Could be a real sleeper. Hit .352 20-104 in 480 Ab's in H.S. Also stole 15 bases in 20 attempts.
6th round (105th overall) RP Jim Willoughby: 3-1 1.39 ERA as a senior with 19 K's in 32 innings to go along with 5 saves.

There was also a draft day trade made between the Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs. Boston sent it's 3rd round pick Roger Moret and minor league outfielder Bob Gallagher to Chicago in exchange for Chicago's 2nd round pick, 1B Bill Buckner. Buckner hit .404 19-133 in 482 AB's with 30 doubles and a 35/17 BB/K ratio. When it's all said and done, this will go down as one of our best deals I think.

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June 5,6,7 v Kansas City A's (14-40)

June 5-Reggie Smith had 2 RBI, and Tony Horton went 3-4 as Boston beat the A's, 7-2. (39-22)
W-Jim Lonborg (8-1) L-Blue Moon Odom (1-9)

June 6-Reggie Smith drove in Boston's only 2 runs of the game with a double, and 3 Sox pitchers made it stand up as the Red Sox beat KC 2-1. (40-22)
W-Lee Stange (5-3) L-Chuck Dobson (1-7) S-Don McMahon (19)

June 7-Boomer Scott (10), Don Demeter (3), Dalton Jones (1) and Reggie Smith (7) each hit homeruns, as Boston swept the first of the two three game series with KC, winning 6-5. (41-22)
W-Bill Landis (2-2) L-Catfish Hunter (4-9) Don McMahon (20)

June 9,10,11 v Kansas City Athletics (14-43)

June 9-Jim Nash and Don Larsen combined on a 3 hit shutout, and Roger Repoz had 3 RBI as KC beat Boston 7-0. (41-23)
W-Jim Nash (2-10) L-Dennis Bennett (5-4)

June 10-Roger Repoz hit a HR and drove in 3, and Chuck Dobson pitched 8 shutout innings, striking out 7 as the A's beat Boston 5-2. (41-24)
W-Chuck Dobson (2-7) L-Jim Lonborg (8-2)

June 11-3 Red Sox pitchers combined to allow 8 hits and just 1 run as Boston salvaged the last game of the 3 game series, winning 3-1. (42-24)
W-Lee Stange (6-3) L-Bill Stafford (0-4) S-Don McMahon (21)

Around the MLB:
The Yankees and Senators came together on two separate deals this past week, and one of them was a biggie. The New York Yankees send OF Tom Tresh, SS Ruben Amaro, P Joe Verbanic, P Dale Roberts, and P Stan Thomas to Washington in exchange for monster power hitting OF Frank Howard.
Edge to the Yankees here as Howard gives them a big bat in front of Mantle. They give up alot in Tresh, and possibly Thomas who was the Yankees 3rd round pick this year.

The second trade between the two teams saw Washington sending 1B John Orsino, 2B Bob Saverine, and SS Ruben Amaro goes back to the Yankees in exchange for 3B John Kennedy and RF Bill Robinson.
Edge Washington here as Robinson could be an impact power hitter.

Next on the schedule for the Red Sox is 3 in Detroit against the 2nd place Tigers followed by 3 at home against the Washington Senators.

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June 12,13,14 at Detroit Tigers (38-25)

June 12-Jim Northrup hit a 3 run HR, and Norm Cash added his 17th shot of the year as the Tigers beat Boston 8-1. (42-25)
W-Denny McLain (9-2) L-Bucky Brandon (5-4)

June 13-Willie Horton hit a 8th inning grand slam, giving the Tigers a 7-5 lead, they would go onto a 7-5 win. (42-26)
W-Larry Sherry (7-2) L-John Wyatt (2-2)

June 14-Jim Northrup hit his 2nd 3 run HR of the series and Detroit completed the sweep of Boston, winning 6-3. (42-27)
W-Earl Wilson (7-5) L-Jerry Stephenson (1-4) S-Fred Gladding (14)

June 16,17,18 v Washington Senators (20-46)

June 16-Reggie Smith hit a leadoff HR in the bottom of the 10th inning, giving Boston a 3-2 win over the Senators. (43-27)
W-Tug McGraw (3-0) L-Darold Knowles (0-4)

June 17-Lee Stange pitched a complete game, 4 hit shutout as Boston beat Washington 3-0.. Stange lowered his league leading ERA to 1.91. (44-27)
W-Lee Stange (7-3) L-Jim Hannah (3-9)

June 18-In a wild game, the two teams combined for 24 runs and 30 hits, as the Senators came out ahead in a 14-10 win. Jim King homered and drove in 7 for the winners. (44-28)
W-Bob Humphreys (2-2) L-Tug McGraw (3-1)

Around the MLB:

The first no-hitter of the year was pitched by Dean Chance of the Minnesota Twins. he walked 2, struck out 9 and hit a batter in a 3-0 win over Baltimore. Boxscore below:

Baltimore Orioles at Minnesota Twins
June 14, 1967

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
       Orioles (BAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    0  0  0
         Twins (MIN) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 x    3  6  0

BALTIMORE            ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
L. Aparicio (SS)      4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .236
R. Snyder (CF)        2  0  2  0  0  0  0  1    .257
B. Powell (1B)        4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .282
F. Robinson (RF)      3  0  0  0  0  0  2  0    .276
B. Robinson (3B)      3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .293
D. Johnson (2B)       2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .251
S. Bowens (LF)        3  0  0  0  0  0  2  0    .241
C. Lau (C)            3  0  0  0  0  0  2  0    .264
T. Phoebus (P)        2  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .136
 P. Blair (P)         1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .215
 M. Drabowsky (P)     0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .333
TOTALS               27  0  2  0  0  0  9  1

   HBP:  D. Johnson

       BALTIMORE   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
      T. Phoebus  7.0  5  2  3  3  3 10 110   4.17
    M. Drabowsky  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  1  17   2.08
          TOTALS  8.0  6  2  3  3  3 11 127

MINNESOTA            ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
C. Tovar (2B)         4  1  0  1  1  1  0  0    .335
R. Carew (1B)         4  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .313
B. Allison (LF)       4  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .296
H. Killebrew (3B)     4  2  0  2  2  2  2  0    .301
A. Kosco (RF)         3  0  0  0  0  0  3  0    .211
Z. Versalles (SS)     3  1  0  0  0  0  2  0    .235
T. Uhlaender (CF)     1  0  2  0  0  0  1  1    .327
R. Nixon (C)          3  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .268
D. Chance (P)         3  0  0  0  0  0  2  0    .091
TOTALS               29  6  2  3  3  3 11  1

   2B:  Z. Versalles (13), B. Allison (14)
   HR:  C. Tovar (3), H. Killebrew 2 (18)
   CS:  R. Carew

       MINNESOTA   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
       D. Chance  9.0  0  2  0  0  0  9 115   3.32
          TOTALS  9.0  0  2  0  0  0  9 115

     WP: D. Chance (7-6)
     LP: T. Phoebus (3-5)

     Temperature: 72F
     Wind: 6 MPH (in from right)
     Attendance: 28,429
     Time: 2:29

There was also a deal struck between the Washington Senators and the Detroit Tigers. Detroit sends prospect P Joe Sparma, and P Joe Warden to Washington in exchange for veteran righty Camilo Pascual, 3B Ken McMullen, and C Doug Camilli.

The edge here goes to Detroit. Sparma could be a good player in a year or two, but as of right this minute, Detroit got the 2 best players in the trade in Pascual and McMullen.

Next for Boston is 3 in Washington to face the Senators again followed by 3 in Detroit against the now first place Tigers.

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June 21,22,23 at Washington Senators (21-48)

June 21-Reggie Smith and Rico Petrocelli each drove in runs in the top of the 9th inning, helping Boston come from behind and beat Washington 3-1. (45-28)
W-John Wyatt (3-2) L-Dick Bosman (2-9) S-Don McMahon (22)

June 22-Lee Stange pitched his 2nd straight complete game, allowing just 5 hits and 1 run, and helped his own cause with an RBI single as the Sox beat the Senators again, today 2-1. (46-28)
W-Lee Stange (8-3) L-Joe Sparma (0-1)

June 23-Reggie Smith, batting 2nd for the first time this year, hit a 3 run HR, leading Boston to a 4-1 win and a sweep over the Senators. (47-28)
W-Dennis Bennett (6-4) L-Jim Hannah (3-10) S-Don McMahon (23)

June 24,25,26 at Detroit Tigers (50-25)

June 24-Rico Petrocelli hit a grand slam, and Bob Tillman added a 2 run shot as Boston beat the Tigers 7-2. (48-28)
W-Bucky Brandon (6-4) L-Denny McClain (10-3)

June 25-George Scott, Carl Yastrzemski and Rico Petrocelli went back to back to back in a 4 run 1st inning and Boston held on for a 5-4 win. (49-28)
W-Gary Waslewski (1-0) L-Bill Monbouquette (2-2) S-Don McMahon (24)

June 26-Willie Horton hit a solo HR and Al Kaline added 2 RBI as Detroit avoided the sweep, winning the finale 5-2. (49-29)
W-Mickey Lolich (6-7) L-Jim Lonborg (8-3)

Around the MLB:

A flurry of trade activity this past week or ten days, and first we'll discuss a move the Sox made, once more for the future.
Boston sends P Dave Morehead, P Ralph Garcia, and 2B Buddy Hunter to the Kansas City A's for 20 year old outfielder Joe Rudi. Rudi was hitting .319 11-54 in AA, and adds depth should Tony C, not come all the way back from his injury.

Some other moves from around the majors:
New York (AL) sends P Tom Hamilton
KC sends P Don Larsen 3B Ed Charles P Tom Brown
Edge New York as Charles becomes their starting thirdbaseman.

Minnesota sends C Russ Nixon LF Bill McNulty 1B Rich Reese
New York NL sends P Jim McAndrew 2B Chuck Hiller
Edge push as Reese could be a nice bat off the bench for the Mets and McAndrew could turn into a serviceable 3rd or 4th starter.

Los Angeles sends P Joe Moeller SS Tommy Dean P Dick Egan
New York NL sends SS Bud Harrelson
Edge LA here as Dean will end up a better SS than Harrelson, not to mention they got two other average players.

Minnesota sends P Bob Gebhard
Kansas City sends CF Roger Repoz
Edge Minnesota as Repoz gives them another bat with his 10 HR's on the year so far.

Houston sends P Arnold Early
New York NL sends P Jerry Hinsley P Ron Taylor C Jerry Grote
Whole lotta nothing here as all 4 players are rated peak under 70.

Finishing up June and heading in to July and the All-Star Break is our first look at the New York Yankees for 3 in the Bronx followed by 3 more against the Washington Senators, then it's the All-star break!

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End of the Month Team Batting Stats: (team leaders in bold)

1967 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Wyatt, John               BOS    0  .500     2    1   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .500  .500
Demeter, Don              BOS   45  .348    69   24   3   0   5    4   10    0   1   13   13  .609  .392
Yastrzemski, Carl         BOS   79  .322   317  102  21   1  20   43   37    3   1   55   61  .584  .405
Scott, George             BOS   79  .307   326  100  19   2  13   34   58    0   0   49   50  .497  .373
Petrocelli, Rico          BOS   72  .304   312   95  17   1  16   28   56    0   0   53   48  .519  .362
Conigliaro, Tony          BOS   24  .298   104   31   5   2   3    7   18    0   0   17   10  .471  .345
Taylor, Tony              BOS   65  .291   247   72  10   3   2   19   40    8   7   33   22  .381  .344
Jones, Dalton             BOS   48  .272   136   37   9   1   1   13   25    0   0   17   12  .375  .336
Foy, Joe                  BOS   72  .270   222   60  10   3   5   32   36    8   4   37   28  .410  .368
Horton, Tony              BOS   63  .265   211   56  10   0   2   12   31    0   0   19   27  .341  .302
Smith, Reggie             BOS   78  .263   342   90  20   2  10   34   55   14   3   57   35  .421  .330
Andrews, Mike             BOS   47  .257   167   43   9   0   3   23   18    0   0   18   22  .365  .345
Gibson, Russ              BOS    1  .250     4    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    1    0  .250  .250
Santiago, Jose            BOS    6  .250    12    3   1   0   0    1    3    0   0    3    0  .333  .308
Tillman, Bob              BOS   24  .219    73   16   2   0   3    9   20    0   0   13   14  .370  .306
Ryan, Mike                BOS   59  .203   212   43   5   1   1   13   40    0   0   14   23  .250  .248
Brandon, Bucky            BOS   15  .192    26    5   0   0   0    0   10    0   0    0    3  .192  .192
Thomas, George            BOS   19  .182    22    4   0   0   0    1    2    0   0    3    1  .182  .208
Stephenson, Jerry         BOS    6  .167    12    2   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    0  .167  .167
Lonborg, Jim              BOS   16  .146    41    6   0   0   0    0   15    0   0    2    4  .146  .146
Bennett, Dennis           BOS   15  .143    28    4   0   0   0    2   14    0   0    0    2  .143  .200
McGraw, Tug               BOS    0  .143     7    1   0   0   0    2    4    0   0    1    1  .143  .333
Tartabull, Jose           BOS   10  .111     9    1   0   0   0    1    1    1   0    1    1  .111  .200
Stange, Lee               BOS    8  .095    21    2   0   0   0    1    8    0   0    0    2  .095  .136
McMahon, Don              BOS    0  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Waslewski, Gary           BOS    0  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Landis, Bill              BOS    0  .000     3    0   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Lee, Bill                 BOS    3  .000     6    0   0   0   0    1    3    0   0    0    0  .000  .143
Carlton, Steve            BOS    2  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Cisco, Galen              BOS    1  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000

End of June Team Pitching Stats: (team leaders in bold)

1967 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
McMahon, Don              BOS   37.0  1.46   31   0   2   1  24   19   19 11.19
Stange, Lee               BOS  101.1  1.87   28   8   8   4   2   65   22  9.50
Lee, Bill                 BOS   19.0  2.84    3   3   1   0   0    9    7 13.26
Lonborg, Jim              BOS  115.2  3.27   16  16   8   3   0   80   47 13.31
McGraw, Tug               BOS   46.2  3.86   26   0   6   1   1   33   16 10.22
Osinski, Dan              BOS   18.2  4.82   15   0   2   0   0   14   14 17.36
Wyatt, John               BOS   35.0  4.89   23   0   3   2   0   34   23 15.17
Waslewski, Gary           BOS   11.0  4.91    8   0   1   0   0    4    7 13.91
Santiago, Jose            BOS   37.2  5.02    8   6   3   2   0   32   23 14.58
Bennett, Dennis           BOS   91.0  5.04   15  15   6   4   0   82   36 13.05
Stephenson, Jerry         BOS   40.2  5.09   10   6   1   4   0   32   22 16.38
Landis, Bill              BOS   33.0  5.73   19   0   2   2   0   37   20 17.18
Brandon, Bucky            BOS   86.1  6.05   16  15   6   4   0   66   49 15.32
Cisco, Galen              BOS    4.1 14.54    1   1   0   1   0    4    2 20.77
Carlton, Steve            BOS    5.0 23.40    2   2   0   1   0    1    8 34.20

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June 30, July 1,2 at New York Yankees (43-33)

June 30-Mickey Mantle hit a 2 run HR, his 15th HR of the year as the Yankees beat the Sox 3-1. (49-30)
W-Jim Bouton (3-0) L-Lee Stange (8-4) S-Hal Reniff (6)

July 1-Bob Tillman hit a solo HR and 3 Sox pitchers combined on a 7 hit shutout, as Boston beat the Yankees 2-0. (50-30)
W-Dennis Bennett (7-4) L-Mel Stottlemyre (9-6) S-Don McMahon (25)

July 2-Dick Howser hit an inside the park HR, and Fritz Peterson scattered 9 hits as New York beat Boston 4-3. (50-31)
W-Fritz Peterson (9-4) L-Jose Santiago (3-3) S-Hal Reniff (7)

July 3,4,5 at Washington Senators (25-56)

July 3-Jim King hit a 3 run HR as the Senators beat up on Jim Lonborg and the Sox, winning 5-3. (50-32)
W-Buster Narum (3-0) L-Jim Lonborg (8-4) S-Darrold Knowles (8)

July 4-Rookie Bill Robinson hit a solo HR, and Pete Richert struck out 9 in 7 innings as Washington beat Boston 3-2. (50-33)
W-Pete Richert (4-7) L-Tug McGraw (3-2) S-Darrold Knowles (9)

July 5-Tom Tresh hit a solo homerun, and Dick Bosman pitched 10 innings of 1 run ball, striking out 11 Red Sox as the Senators swept Boston, winning 2-1. (50-34)
W-Darrold Knowles (1-4) L-John Wyatt (3-3)

Around the MLB:
The Red Sox made one more deal before the trade deadline to try and improve the team this season. With our catchers hitting a combined .205 6-38 with 26/63 BB/K ratio, Boston sent C Mike Ryan and OF Mike Derrick to the San Fransisco Giants in exchange for C Dick Deitz. Deitz doesn't have much power (70), but he has an immaculate eye (91) and good arm (86) and should be able to make the pitchers work at the bottom of the order.

Up next is a quick All-Star Report!

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1967 Home Run Derby

A teriffic battle here as Hank Aaron and Harmon Killebrew faced off in the finals, and after 5 outs the two contestants were tied at 2. They were forced to go to an "overtime" session with 3 outs per player. Killebrew had just enough juice left to hit 2 homeruns, and Aaron hit just 1 as both men were spent after roughly 50 swings each. Carl Yastrzemski was the only Red Sox to compete and he didn't get out of the 1st round. Complete results below:

1967 Home Run Showdown

FIRST ROUND (10 Outs)

PLAYER                          HOMERS
Frank Robinson (BAL)                 7
Hank Aaron (ATL)                     7
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)               6
Ernie Banks (CHC)                    6
Rocky Colavito (CLE)                 5
Billy Williams (CHC)                 4
Don Mincher (CAL)                    3
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)               3
Willie Mays (SFG)                    2
Rico Carty (ATL)                     1

SECOND ROUND (5 Outs)

PLAYER                          HOMERS
Hank Aaron (ATL)                     3
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)               3
Ernie Banks (CHC)                    2
Frank Robinson (BAL)                 1

FINAL ROUND (5 Outs)

PLAYER                          HOMERS
Hank Aaron (ATL)                     2
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)               2

EXTRA INNINGS (3 outs)

PLAYER                          HOMERS
HARMON KILLEBREW                     2
Hank Aaron                           1

     WINNER: Harmon Killebrew

1967 All-Star Game
Frank Robinson hit a 2 run HR and Elston Howard hit a solo shot, as the American League beat the National League 5-3 in the Midsummer Classic. Jim Palmer was named the winner, going the first 2 innings, allowing no baserunners. Red Sox that were named to the team were Carl Yastrzemski, who went 1-4, Lee Stange, who pitched 2 innings striking out 3 and allowing a run, and Don McMahon, who pitched 2 innings allowing 1 run. Robinson was named MVP. Complete boxscore below:

National League All Stars at American League All Stars
July 10, 1967

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
      All Stars (NL) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0    2  6  1
      All Stars (AL) 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 x    5 10  1

NATIONAL LEAGUE      ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
J. Morgan (2B)        3  1  1  1  0  0  0  1    .276
O. Cepeda (1B)        4  1  0  0  0  1  0  0    .384
W. Mays (CF)          4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .295
W. Stargell (LF)      4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .305
B. Williams (RF)      4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .304
E. Mathews (3B)       4  2  0  1  1  1  0  0    .242
T. Haller (C)         4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .331
D. Groat (SS)         3  2  0  0  0  0  0  0    .342
 H. Aaron (P)         1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .313
 R. Carty (P)         1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .321
 J. Roseboro (P)      1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .235
TOTALS               33  6  1  2  1  2  4  1

   2B:  D. Groat 2
   HR:  E. Mathews
   GIDP:  O. Cepeda

                   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
       M. Pappas  2.0  5  0  0  2  2  0  36   3.34
        G. Perry  2.0  3  0  2  2  2  3  37   2.76
      M. Cuellar  2.0  1  3  0  1  1  0  41   2.84
       B. O'Dell  1.0  0  0  0  0  0  2  14   2.87
         B. Buhl  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  15   3.00
          TOTALS  8.0 10  3  2  5  5  5 143

AMERICAN LEAGUE      ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
C. Tovar (2B)         5  2  0  1  0  1  0  0    .333
C. Yastrzemski (LF)   4  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .323
M. Mantle (CF)        3  1  1  1  0  0  1  0    .266
F. Robinson (RF)      3  1  1  1  1  2  1  0    .267
H. Killebrew (3B)     4  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .287
D. Mincher (1B)       4  1  0  0  0  1  1  0    .275
 L. Aparicio (P)      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .279
D. McAuliffe (SS)     3  1  1  0  0  0  0  0    .269
E. Howard (C)         4  1  0  1  1  1  0  0    .316
 A. Kaline (P)        1  1  0  1  0  0  0  0    .351
 T. Oliva (P)         1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .326
 R. Colavito (P)      1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .245
 R. Monday (P)        1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .249
TOTALS               34 10  3  5  2  5  5  0

   2B:  C. Tovar
   HR:  E. Howard, F. Robinson
   GIDP:  E. Howard

                   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
       J. Palmer  2.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  23   2.14
  M. Stottlemyre  2.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  28   2.66
       L. Stange  2.0  3  0  1  1  1  3  34   1.79
      D. McMahon  2.0  1  1  0  1  1  0  38   1.42
       L. Sherry  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  1  15   2.28
          TOTALS  9.0  6  1  1  2  2  4 138

     WP: J. Palmer
     LP: M. Pappas
     SV: L. Sherry

     Temperature: 85F
     Wind: 2 MPH (right to left)
     Attendance: 44,500
     Time: 2:41

Leading off the second half for Boston who is in the midst of losing 6 of 7, is a 6 game homestand, the first 3 against the California Angels, followed by vs. the Cleveland Indians.

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July 12,13,14 v California Angels (42-42)

July 12-Joe Foy went 2-4 with a HR as Boston ended their losing streak, beating the Angels 5-3. (51-34)
W-Lee Stange (9-4) L-Clyde Wright (7-8) S-Don McMahon (26)

July 13-Don Mincher hit his league leading 28th HR of the year as the Angels beat Boston 3-2. (51-35)
W-Lew Burdette (3-2) L-Bill Landis (2-3)

July 14-Joe Foy went 4-5 with a HR and 2 doubles, and Jim Lonborg went 8 solid innings in a 3-1 Boston win. (52-35)
W-Jim Lonborg (9-4) L-George Brunet (3-5) S-Don McMahon (27)

July 15,16,17 v Cleveland Indians (41-49)

July 15-Carl Yastrzemski hit his 23rd HR of the year, a 2 run shot, and Jose Santiago pitched 7 shutout innings in a 3-2 Boston win. (53-35)
W-Tug McGraw (4-2) L-Gary Bell (1-7) S-Don McMahon (28)

July 16-4 different Sox had 4 hits, and Don Demeter and Dick Dietz each had 2 RBI as Boston's bats finally came alive in a 7-0 win. (54-35)
W-Jerry Stephenson (2-4) L-Steve Hargan (4-8)

July 17-Rico Petrocelli went 4-4 with a HR and 4 RBI and Jim Lonborg won his 10th game of the year as Boston beat up on the Indians 9-2. (55-35)
W-Jim Lonborg (10-4) L-Ed Connolly (0-1)

Around the MLB:
A couple of trades went down over the last week, and the details are below:

New York NL sends OF Tommy Davis
Chicago NL sends P Lew Krausse
Edge Cubbies here as Davis is still a very above average hitter.

Chicago AL sends P Jack Lamabe
Kansas City sends OF Mike Hershberger
Edge KC only because Hershberger is injured and Lamabe has a 2.87 ERA in 33 games this year.

Below are the standings for each league. First check out how close the top 7 teams are in the National League. Atlanta with a losing record is only 6.5 games back!!

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American League Standings:
Up next for the Sox is 3 in Chicago to face the White Sox followed by 3 in New York against the Yankees!

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July 21,22,23 at Chicago White Sox (47-46)

July 21-Joe Foy threw wide, allowing Tommy McGraw score, ending the longest game of the year, as Chicago beat Boston 6-5 in 16 innings. (55-36)
W-Wilbur Wood (4-1) L-Dan Osinski (2-1)

July 22-Don Demeter (6) and Reggie Smith (11) each hit solo HR's, and Jose Santiago made it stand up in a 2-1 Boston win. (56-36)
W-Jose Santiago (4-3) L-John Buzhardt (3-5) S-Don McMahon (29)

July 23-George Scott homered and drove in 3, and Tony Taylor added 3 RBI as Boston hammered Chicago 13-4. (57-36)
W-Jerry Stephenson (3-4) L-Tommy John (11-7)

July 24,25,26 at New York Yankees (52-41)

July 24-Mickey Mantle hit a 2 run HR, and Jim Bouton pitched 7 solid innings, helping the Yankees to a 4-3 win. (57-37)
W-Thad Tillotson (3-0) L-Tug McGraw (3-3)

July 25-Rico Petrocelli had 2 hits and 2 RBI, and Joe Foy added 3 hits as Boston beat the Yankees 5-2. (58-37)
W-Lee Stange (10-4) L-Al Downing (9-12) S-Bill Landis (1)

July 26-Frank Howard hit a 2 run single in the bottom of the 8th inning, giving New York a 3-2 win. Whitey Ford pitched 8 innings for the win. (58-38)
W-Whitey Ford (8-6) L-Tug McGraw (3-4) S-Hal Reniff (9)

Around the MLB:
A flurry of trade activity as we approach the trade deadline this past week. The Red Sox planned on standing pat, but Cleveland came calling and made us an offer we could not refuse. Boston sent IF Dalton Jones, P Dan Osinski, and 3B Dan O'Brien to Cleveland for P Dick Radatz, 2B Pedro Gonzalez, and OF Rocky Colavito.
The opportunity to pick up a bat like Colavito was too much to pass up. Rocky was hitting .239 22-62 at the time of the trade and will move into the 6th spot in the lineup immediately. Jones was difficult to give up, but we don't think he'll be anything other than average. Bringing The Monster back to Boston was a nice addition as a strikeout pitcher. Radatz was 3-2 with a 4.02 ERA this year for the Tribe.

Other trade news:
Washington sends SS Ed Brinkman
Houston sends 3B Bob Aspromante CF Bob Landis C Ron Brand
Edge Washington here as they pick up two starters and give up just 1.

Chicago AL sends LF Ken Berry
Washington sends RF Bill Robinson
Edge Chicago here as Washington gave up on Robinson after just two months with the team.

Houston sends SS Sonny Jackson P Bo Belinski
Washington sends OF Tom Tresh
Push here as Tresh is the best talent RIGHT NOW, but Jackson will end up being the best player in this deal.

Chicago NL sends P Cal Koonce CF Jimmy Stewart C Dick Bertell
Kansas City sends LF Jim Gosger P Bob Duliba 2B Norm Gigon
Slight edge to Chicago as Stewart could be a decent 4th outfielder, but that's about it.

Cincinnati sends LF Deron Johnson C Jimmie Coker
Cleveland sends John O'Donoghue
Edge Cleveland here as Johnson is just two years removed from 32 homers and 1 year removed from 24.

Los Angeles sends SS Gene Michael
Kansas City sends P Jim Ollom
Edge, who cares?

New York AL sends P Hal Reniff
Washington sends P Joe Verbanic 2B Bernie Allen
Edge Washington as they pick up an excellent bullpen arm.

Minnesota sends 3B Rich Rollins P Ron Kline 2B Frank Kostro
Kansas City sends CF Jimmy Stewart
Well, KC didn't think too much of Stewart it seems.....

MLB Milestones:

Eddie Mathews of the Houston Astros scored his 1500th run
Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees knocked in his 1500th Run

Ending the month for Boston is 3 in Minnesota against the Twins followed by 3 at home vs. the Baltimore Orioles. In between is the trade deadline, which will be next!

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1967 Trade Deadline:

Wow, lots of action in the two days leading to the trade deadline. No big names moved, but below are all the trades that were made:

Cleveland sends P Ed Connolly P Barry Raziano 1B Ron Cash SS Jack Heideman
Detroit sends P Hal Reniff
That's alot to give up for a league average pitcher.

Chicago NL sends 1B Lee Thomas
New York NL sends P Chuck Estrada
Edge Mets as Thomas is a good stick if not much else.

Cleveland sends C Duke Sims P Bob Allen
Philadelphia sends P Jesus Hernaiz OF Tito Francona P Jeff James
Edge Philly as they get a new starting catcher.

San Fransisco sends OF Frank Johnson
Kansas City sends P Diego Segui
Below average pitcher for a career minor league outfielder, who cares?

Houston sends P Howie Reed LF Jay Schuelter P Jerry Hinsley
Kansas City sends C Don Pavletich P Ron Kline 2B George Lauzerique
Edge Houston as Pavletich is the new catcher and Kline moves into a setup role.

Baltimore sends 2B Dick Green
Washington sends C Ron Brand OF Jim Landis
Edge Baltimore as they get a couple of good bench sticks for the stretch run.

Detroit sends 3B Don Wert
New York NL sends P Arnold Early
Edge New York as Wert becomes the starting 3B, not to mention Early didn't want to go to Detroit and promptly retired!!!

New York AL sends 2B Bernie Allen C Elston Howard
Cleveland sends C Jay Kleven LF Willie Smith P Jeff James P Hal Kurtz
Edge Cleveland as Allen is a serviceable player and Howard is the new starting catcher.

Detroit sends P Orlando Pena
New York NL P sends 3B Don Wert
You read it right, basically Detroit gave the Mets Pena for nothing in the end....

Philadelphia sends C Clay Dalrymple
New York NL sends P Orlando Pena
In the end, New York got a starting catcher for a retired player, not bad negotiating skills.

Chicago NL sends P Chuck Estrada P Bob Duliba
Cleveland sends P Steve Mingori P Jim Rittwage 1B Fred Whitfield
Edge Chicago here as Whitfield is the only real talent in the group.

Kansas City sends P Jack Acker
New York AL sendsP Fred Talbot
A trade of two minor league pitchers that won't mount to anything.

Detroit sends CF Mickey Stanley 3B Don Wert
Cleveland sends P Hal Reniff
Man, Detroit got absolutely played this year. Trading Stanley, Wert and Orlando Pena for Hal Reniff, a pitcher they had traded for 2 days earlier.....not good.

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July 27,28,29 at Minnesota Twins (57-39)

July 27-Bob Tillman had 2 hits and 2 RBI and Dennis Bennett pitched 7 very solid innings as Boston beat Minnesota 7-3. (59-38)
W-Tug McGraw (5-4) L-Hal Haydel (0-1)

July 28-7 homeruns were hit in this game, 4 by Minnesota and 3 by Boston. Roger Repoz hit 2 and drove in 3 as Minnesota beat Boston in a 11-10 slugfest. (59-39)
W-Hal Haydel (1-1) L-Don McMahon (2-2)

July 29-Rocky Colavito hit a HR and drove in 4 and Carl Yastrzemski added a solo HR as Boston took two of three from Minnesota, winning 5-4. (60-39)
W-Tug McGraw (6-4) L-Hal Haydel (1-2) S-John Wyatt (1)

July 31, August 1,2 v Baltimore Orioles (59-40)

July 31-Reggie Smith went 2-5 with 3 RBI and Rocky Colavito hit a solo HR as Boston took the first game of the series, winning 5-2. (61-39)
W-Lee Stange (11-4) L-Eddie Watt (1-2) S-Don McMahon (30)

August 1-Brooks Robinson had 3 RBI and Davey Johnson added 2 RBI as Jim Palmer shut down Boston for 8 innings in a 7-1 Oriole win. (61-40)
W-Jim Palmer (18-3) L-Jose Santiago (4-4)

August 2-Joe Foy went 3-6 with 3 RBI, and Boston pounded out 11 runs and 19 hits en route to a 11-4 win. (62-40)
W-Dennis Bennett (8-4) L-Wally Bunker (11-6)

Around the MLB:
Milt Pappas of the Cincinnati Reds pitched the 2nd no-hitter of the year, tossing a 1 walk 9 strikeout masterpiece at the Chicago Cubs. Boxscore below:

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds
July 28, 1967

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
          Cubs (CHC) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    0  0  0
          Reds (CIN) 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 x    3 10  1

CHICAGO              ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
A. Phillips (CF)      4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .257
D. Kessinger (SS)     4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .244
R. Santo (3B)         2  0  1  0  0  0  2  0    .321
B. Williams (RF)      3  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .312
E. Banks (1B)         3  0  0  0  0  0  2  0    .263
R. Hundley (C)        3  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .253
C. Jones (LF)         3  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .261
P. Popovich (2B)      3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .283
C. Simmons (P)        1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .156
 L. Thomas (P)        1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .338
TOTALS               27  0  1  0  0  0  9  0


         CHICAGO   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
      C. Simmons  8.0 10  0  1  3  3  4  79   3.13
          TOTALS  8.0 10  0  1  3  3  4  79

CINCINNATI           ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
T. Harper (RF)        4  2  0  1  0  0  0  0    .260
P. Rose (2B)          4  2  0  1  0  1  0  0    .326
V. Pinson (CF)        4  1  0  0  0  1  1  0    .228
T. Perez (1B)         3  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .303
A. Shamsky (LF)       3  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .248
D. Pavletich (C)      3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .235
L. Cardenas (SS)      3  2  0  1  1  1  0  0    .270
C. Ruiz (3B)          3  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .191
M. Pappas (P)         3  0  0  0  0  0  2  0    .204
TOTALS               30 10  0  3  1  3  4  0

   2B:  P. Rose (36)
   HR:  L. Cardenas (5)
   GIDP:  C. Ruiz, A. Shamsky, D. Pavletich
   CS:  V. Pinson

      CINCINNATI   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
       M. Pappas  9.0  0  1  0  0  0  9  98   2.84
          TOTALS  9.0  0  1  0  0  0  9  98

     WP: M. Pappas (12-5)
     LP: C. Simmons (9-4)

     Temperature: 72F
     Wind: 9 MPH (left to right)
     Attendance: 20,981
     Time: 1:55

Below are the stats for the acquisitions we have made this year:
Rocky Colavito .313 (10-32) 3-11 in 8 games
Tony Taylor .289 1-20 10 doubles 7 steals
Tug McGraw 6-4 3.99 56 IP 36 K's in 33 games

Up next are complete team stats thru August 2! (I forgot to post the stats through July)

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Complete Team Batting Stats Thru August 2: (team leaders in bold)

1967 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Radatz, Dick              BOS    0 1.000     1    1   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    1    0 1.000 1.000
Wyatt, John               BOS    0  .500     2    1   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .500  .500
Demeter, Don              BOS   68  .353   139   49  11   0   8    8   20    0   1   19   27  .604  .392
Yastrzemski, Carl         BOS  102  .332   410  136  32   2  25   59   46    3   1   74   77  .602  .417
Scott, George             BOS  102  .303   433  131  23   3  16   39   77    0   0   58   60  .480  .360
Conigliaro, Tony          BOS   24  .298   104   31   5   2   3    7   18    0   0   17   10  .471  .345
Petrocelli, Rico          BOS   95  .291   409  119  20   1  17   35   76    0   0   62   60  .469  .348
Foy, Joe                  BOS   95  .284   324   92  15   4   9   40   49    9   5   54   43  .438  .365
Dietz, Dick               BOS   60  .283   113   32   6   0   1   20   21    0   0   11   13  .363  .393
Taylor, Tony              BOS   88  .275   335   92  14   4   3   26   61   12   9   46   30  .367  .330
Smith, Reggie             BOS  101  .267   442  118  25   2  11   46   68   17   5   65   43  .407  .335
Gonzalez, Pedro           BOS   93  .266   305   81  10   0   4   17   56    9   6   37   25  .338  .306
Andrews, Mike             BOS   47  .257   167   43   9   0   3   23   18    0   0   18   22  .365  .345
Horton, Tony              BOS   73  .253   221   56  10   0   2   12   32    0   0   19   27  .326  .289
Colavito, Rocky           BOS  108  .245   400   98  18   0  25   68   52    0   2   62   73  .478  .357
Tillman, Bob              BOS   42  .235   132   31   4   1   5   17   35    0   0   25   23  .394  .322
Stephenson, Jerry         BOS   10  .211    19    4   0   0   0    0    4    0   0    0    1  .211  .211
Thomas, George            BOS   30  .194    31    6   2   0   0    3    3    0   0    5    3  .258  .257
Brandon, Bucky            BOS   15  .192    26    5   0   0   0    0   10    0   0    0    3  .192  .192
Bennett, Dennis           BOS   19  .184    38    7   1   0   0    2   17    0   0    2    2  .211  .225
Gibson, Russ              BOS    2  .167     6    1   0   0   0    1    1    0   0    1    0  .167  .286
Lonborg, Jim              BOS   21  .148    54    8   0   0   0    0   21    0   0    2    4  .148  .148
Santiago, Jose            BOS   11  .143    21    3   1   0   0    1    7    0   0    3    0  .190  .182
McGraw, Tug               BOS    0  .143     7    1   0   0   0    2    4    0   0    1    1  .143  .333
Stange, Lee               BOS   13  .121    33    4   0   0   0    1   11    0   0    2    2  .121  .147
Tartabull, Jose           BOS   12  .100    10    1   0   0   0    1    1    1   1    1    1  .100  .182
McMahon, Don              BOS    0  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Landis, Bill              BOS    0  .000     3    0   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Waslewski, Gary           BOS    0  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Lee, Bill                 BOS    3  .000     6    0   0   0   0    1    3    0   0    0    0  .000  .143
Carlton, Steve            BOS    2  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000

Complete Team Pitching Stats Thru August 2: (team leaders in bold)

1967 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
McMahon, Don              BOS   46.2  1.54   39   0   2   2  30   22   27 10.99
Stange, Lee               BOS  137.1  2.03   33  13  11   4   2   88   36  9.76
Lee, Bill                 BOS   19.0  2.84    3   3   1   0   0    9    7 13.26
Lonborg, Jim              BOS  150.2  3.35   21  21  10   4   0   96   61 13.14
Radatz, Dick              BOS   33.1  3.78   28   0   3   2   7   35   18 14.04
McGraw, Tug               BOS   69.2  3.88   40   0   9   4   1   47   27 11.37
Bennett, Dennis           BOS  118.0  4.35   19  19   8   4   0   97   42 12.28
Wyatt, John               BOS   43.1  4.36   31   0   3   3   1   45   31 14.95
Santiago, Jose            BOS   68.2  4.46   13  11   4   4   0   50   32 13.11
Stephenson, Jerry         BOS   63.0  4.57   14  10   3   4   0   55   33 14.71
Waslewski, Gary           BOS   11.0  4.91    8   0   1   0   0    4    7 13.91
Landis, Bill              BOS   46.2  5.01   29   0   2   3   1   47   28 15.81
Brandon, Bucky            BOS   92.0  5.77   20  15   6   4   0   70   51 14.97
Carlton, Steve            BOS    5.0 23.40    2   2   0   1   0    1    8 34.20

Up next for the Sox are two separate three game series against the Baltimore Orioles. After the series, I will update the league standings!

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August 4,5,6 at Baltimore Orioles (60-42)

August 4-Jim Palmer pitched a complete game, 3 hit shutout, striking out 10 and Russ Snyder drove in the only run with a sac fly in a 1-0 Oriole win. (62-41)
W-Jim Palmer (19-3) L-Jim Lonborg (10-5)

August 5-Dave McNally matched Palmer's outing yesterday by pitched another complete game shutout, allowing 5 hits and striking out 11 in Baltimore's 2-0 win over the Sox. (62-42)
W-Dave McNally (4-4) L-Lee Stange (11-5)

August 6-Rocky Colavito continued his torrid start with Boston, hitting 2 homeruns and driving in 3 as Boston avoided the sweep, winning 7-6. (63-42)
W-Tug McGraw (6-4) L-Stu Miller (1-3) S-Don McMahon (31)

August 8,9,10 at Baltimore Orioles (62-43)

August 8-Joe Foy went 2-5 and drove in all 3 Boston runs, and 3 Sox pitchers made it stand up in a 3-2 win. (64-42)
W-Jerry Stephenson (4-4) L-Jim Palmer (19-4) S-Don McMahon (32)

August 9-Rocky Colavito hit 2 more HR's, but it wasn't enough as the usually reliable Don McMahon and Tug McGraw blew the lead and gave Baltimore a 4-3 win. (64-43)
W-Eddie Watt (2-2) L-Tug McGraw (6-5)

August 10-Frank Robinson hit a 2 run HR, and Brooks Robinson had 3 hits and 2 RBI in Baltimore's 7-6 win. (64-44)
W-Eddie Watt (3-2) L-Lee Stange (11-6) S-Stu Miller (14)

Around the MLB:

The pennant races are really shaping up to be fun this year. Below are the teams still completely in it.

American League:
Detroit 68-43
Minnesota 67-44 1.0
Boston 64-44 2.5
Baltimore 64-44 2.5
New York 60-45 5.0

National League:
San Fransisco 63-45
Cincinnati 61-50 3.5
Houston 61-50 3.5
Chicago 60-51 4.5
Philadelphia 57-54 7.5
Los Angeles 56-55 8.5

Up next for the Sox is 3 at home against the California Angels followed by a 3 game set against the Kansas City Athletics.