May 24, 1967
The AL 1st place Boston Red Sox are in Detroit for a 3 game series against the 2nd place Tigers. Boston took the first game 5-0 to open up a 1.5 game lead over Detroit. The Tigers had what looked like a comfortable 6-2 lead in tonight's game before things unraveled for them. Detroit had built their lead on Willie Horton's 2 homeruns and 4 RBI off Jim Lonborg, Boston's ace starter. But with Tiger starter Denny Mclain struggling, the Red Sox added 3 runs and trailed only by 1entering the 8th inning. McLain was lifted for a pinch hitter in the bottom of the 7th and Hank Aguirre took over on the mound for the 8th. Boston scored 2 runs off him to take a 7-6 lead into the 9th. With John Wyatt pitching for the Red Sox in the bottom of the 9th, the Tigers had 2 men on base with 2 out and Al Kaline at the plate. Kaline is leading the AL in BA and RBI, but Wyatt struck him out to preserve the Win for Boston. The loss dropped Detroit into 3rd place in the AL. They have been playing poorly as of late, losing 5 in a row and 3-7 in their last 10 games, but hope to turn things around by taking tomorrows final game of the series.
BOXSCORE: 1967 Boston Red Sox At 1967 Detroit Tigers 5/24/1967
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
J.Tartabull RF 4 1 0 1 .182 D.McAuliffe 2B 4 0 1 0 .200
R.Smith CF 5 0 0 0 .271 D.Wert 3B 4 2 2 1 .289
C.Yastrzemski LF 3 0 1 1 .336 A.Kaline RF 4 1 2 1 .414
G.Scott 1B 5 1 1 1 .262 W.Horton LF 4 2 2 4 .306
D.Jones 3B 4 1 2 0 .377 J.Northrup CF 4 0 0 0 .281
R.Petrocelli SS 4 1 1 1 .263 N.Cash 1B 3 0 0 0 .188
M.Andrews 2B 4 1 0 0 .255 B.Freehan C 4 0 1 0 .274
M.Ryan C 2 1 1 2 .200 R.Oyler SS 3 0 0 0 .196
B-J.Foy PH 1 1 1 0 .316 E-J.Price PH 0 0 0 0 .250
D-R.Gibson C 0 0 0 0 .250 F-J.Wood PR 0 0 0 0 .267
J.Lonborg P 2 0 2 1 .111 D.McLain P 2 1 1 0 .091
C-D.Demeter PH 1 0 0 0 .276 A-J.Lumpe PH 1 0 0 0 .286
J.Wyatt P 0 0 0 0 ---- H.Aguirre P 0 0 0 0 ----
D.Wickersham P 0 0 0 0 ----
G-D.Tracewski PH 1 0 0 0 .333
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 7 9 7 Totals 34 6 9 6
A-Pinch Hit For McLain In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Ryan In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Lonborg In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Foy In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Oyler In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Ran For Price In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Wickersham In 9th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 - 7 9 1
Tigers.......... 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 - 6 9 1
Red Sox (23-12) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Lonborg WIN(6-1) 7 8 6 6 4 5 2 2.83
J.Wyatt SAVE(4th) 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 4.50
Totals 9 9 6 6 5 8 2
Tigers (20-14) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.McLain 7 7 5 5 5 4 2 3.34
H.Aguirre L(0-2) BS(2nd) 1 1/3 2 2 2 0 1 0 8.22
D.Wickersham 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.68
Totals 9 9 7 7 5 6 2
ATTENDANCE- 28,397 DATE- Wednesday, May 24th 1967 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Frank Umont, Bill Kinnamon, Jerry Neudecker, Larry Napp
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 9 Tigers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Tigers: 1
ERRORS- M.Ryan, B.Freehan
DOUBLES- J.Foy(11th), D.McAuliffe(6th), A.Kaline-2(12th), B.Freehan(5th)
TRIPLES- M.Ryan(1st), D.Wert(2nd)
HOME RUNS- G.Scott(3rd), R.Petrocelli(4th), W.Horton-2(7th)
RBIs- J.Tartabull(3rd), C.Yastrzemski(26th), G.Scott(16th), R.Petrocelli(22nd),
M.Ryan-2(5th), J.Lonborg, D.Wert(5th), A.Kaline(29th), W.Horton-4(25th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Tartabull(2nd), R.Smith(7th), C.Yastrzemski(4th), J.Lonborg
CAUGHT STEALING- N.Cash
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Tartabull, J.Lonborg
WALKS- C.Yastrzemski-2, D.Jones, R.Petrocelli, M.Ryan, D.McAuliffe, D.Wert,
A.Kaline, N.Cash, J.Price
HIT BY PITCH- M.Andrews
STRIKE OUTS- J.Tartabull, D.Jones, R.Petrocelli, M.Andrews-3, D.McAuliffe-2,
D.Wert, A.Kaline, W.Horton, N.Cash, R.Oyler, D.Tracewski
GIDP- M.Andrews, D.Wert
2-out RBI- R.Petrocelli, D.Wert, A.Kaline, C.Yastrzemski
RLISP 2-out- R.Smith-2, G.Scott-2, W.Horton-2, R.Oyler, M.Andrews, A.Kaline
TEAM RISP- Red Sox: 4 for 16 Tigers: 2 for 7
The Boston Red Sox nipped the Detroit Tigers 7 to 6 at Tiger Stadium in a hard
fought contest.
Jim Lonborg(6-1) struggled at times, but was good enough to get the victory.
He gave up 6 runs, 8 hits and 4 walks in 7 innings and gave up 2 homeruns.
Detroit made it exciting in the 9th, but they were unable to push the needed
runs across.
John Wyatt was credited with his 4th save. Hank Aguirre(0-2) was tagged with
the loss in relief. He surrendered 2 runs and 2 hits in 1 and 1/3 innings.
'We lose our concentration for one pitch, and we lose the game.' Mayo Smith
said after the game. 'Maybe now these guys will listen when I say they have
to concentrate on EVERY pitch.'
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1967 American League
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1967 Boston BOA 23 12 .657 ---- 127 18 17 .514 92 70 .568
1967 Chicago CHA 20 13 .606 2.0 22 11 .667 89 73 .549
1967 Detroit DEA 20 14 .588 2.5 21 13 .618 91 71 .562
1967 Kansas City KCA 20 15 .571 3.0 17 18 .486 62 99 .385
1967 California CAA 18 20 .474 6.5 16 22 .421 84 77 .522
1967 Minnesota MNA 16 18 .471 6.5 16 18 .471 91 71 .562
1967 Cleveland CLA 16 18 .471 6.5 17 17 .500 75 87 .463
1967 Baltimore BAA 16 18 .471 6.5 17 17 .500 76 85 .472
1967 Washington WAA 15 20 .429 8.0 14 21 .400 76 85 .472
1967 New York NYA 9 25 .265 13.5 15 19 .441 72 90 .444
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