Yankees Get Rude Welcome From Seals in 10-5 Loss
Yanks Proctor Gives Up Four Runs in Four Innings
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Yankees are used to winning games anywhere, but Manager Leo Durocher of the Seals gave a warning. "We can beat these guys. The Seals can go all the way. You listen." And the Seals were ready to back up their manager's bold words with a 10-5 victory in Game 1 of the ALCS.
With 23-year old Canadian Fergie Jenkins on the mound for the Seals in his first post-season Star, Roberto Clemente game him a rude introduction in the first inning with a solo home run that put the Yanks up 1-0. Jim Proctor, on the mound for the Yankees, had a good first inning and it seemed that the defending American League champs were off to a ho-hum start.
Bob Johnson, an free-agent acquisition from the Giants, would tie it up for the Seals with a lead off homer to left in the top of the second. After that, Jenkins settled down, giving up only three hits in the first four innings. Whereas Proctor gave up a walk, a single to left scoring Yankees acquisition Gene Oliver, a single, a double and a two-RBI single by Don Blasingame in the bottom of the fourth, allowing the home team to take a 4-1 lead after four innings.
However, Don Wert silenced the crowd in the top of the fifth as he hit a three-run homer to right off Jenkins to tie the score at 4-4. Furthermore, to the dismay of the Seals crowd, Pete Mikkelsen replaced Jenkins on the mound for the Seals with the bases load in the top of the fifth. Lee Maye would hit the ball back to the pitcher, but Mikkelsen was forced to make the play at second base as another Yankees run scored, giving the Yanks a 5-4 lead.
The Seals, however, were not to be stopped. Eddie Watt came in for the Yankees in the bottom of the sixth, gave up a walk to Jimmie Hall, and singles to Don Blasingame and Ray Barker. This allowed left-fielder Davin Brown, who hit 41 homers this year, to hit a grand slam shot that cleared the bases and put the Seals up 8-5.
Larry Beggs held off the Yankees in the top of the eight, giving up a single and two walks to load the bases but not allowing a run to score. Ed Bauta, relieving for the Yankees, would allow a double to Don Blasingame and a home run by Don Giles to extend the Seals lead to 10-5. Beggs would pitch the top of the ninth, and give up only one walk to secure the Seals very first post-season victory.
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New York Yankees at San Francisco Seals
October 15, 1967
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + R H E
Yankees (NYY) 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 5 8 0
Seals (S F) 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 2 x 10 14 1
NEW YORK ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
J. Ward (2B) 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .296
M. Graff (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290
D. Wert (3B) 5 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 .293
R. Clemente (RF) 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 .323
J. Torre (C) 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .328
R. DeJesus (SS) 5 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .285
S. Petty (CF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211
L. Boehmer (1B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .307
L. Maye (LF) 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .278
J. Proctor (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .113
B. Kern (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .307
E. Rakow (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B. Robinson (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .667
E. Watt (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B. Priddy (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
P. Ward (P) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259
E. Bauta (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
TOTALS 35 8 6 5 2 5 7 0
2B: J. Torre
HR: D. Wert, R. Clemente
NEW YORK ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
J. Proctor 4.0 8 1 1 4 4 1 60 2.01
E. Rakow 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 1 22 1.90
E. Watt 1.0 3 1 1 4 4 0 29 2.39
B. Priddy 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1 22 2.52
E. Bauta 1.0 2 0 1 2 2 2 19 2.88
TOTALS 8.0 14 4 3 10 10 5 152
SAN FRANCISCO ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
D. Blasingame (2B) 5 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 .248
R. Barker (1B) 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .255
D. Gile (P) 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 .249
D. Brown (LF) 5 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 .292
B. Johnson (SS) 5 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 .362
G. Oliver (C) 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 .283
R. Colavito (RF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .234
F. Castleman (3B) 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227
J. Hall (CF) 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 .243
F. Jenkins (P) 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .115
P. Mikkelsen (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J. Davis (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212
J. Aker (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B. Allison (P) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .306
L. Beggs (P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
TOTALS 37 14 4 10 3 10 5 0
2B: D. Blasingame, F. Castleman, R. Barker, F. Jenkins
HR: D. Gile, B. Johnson, D. Brown
GIDP: F. Jenkins
SAN FRANCISCO ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
F. Jenkins 5.1 7 2 2 5 5 4 92 2.92
P. Mikkelsen 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 3.68
J. Aker 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 3.43
L. Beggs 2.0 1 3 0 0 0 2 71 5.82
TOTALS 9.0 8 6 2 5 5 7 188
WP: P. Mikkelsen
LP: E. Watt
SV: L. Beggs
Temperature: 55F
Wind: Calm
Attendance: 43,765
Time: 3:41