1967 AL Game: NY @ Cle.

 August 11, 1967

  Mel Stottlemyre of the New York Yankees became the first 20 game loser in MLB this season when the Cleveland Indians defeated NY 6-2 tonight. Even though the Yankees have been dreadful this season, Stottlemyre can't blame his poor record on a lack of hitting or bad defense. He's just pitched badly. His record now stands at 3-20 with a 4.90 ERA.

  After winning the Cy Young Award last year (in my 1966 asplayed replay) and NY's surprising 2nd place finish, much was expected from Stottlemyre and the team this year. But it looks like they've reverted to what was expected for them last season, and I'm willing to bet they can't wait for this year to come to an end.

BOXSCORE: 1967 New York Yankees At 1967 Cleveland Indians           8/11/1967
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  H.Clarke 2B         4  0  1  0 .276     L.Maye RF           4  0  2  3 .280  
  R.White LF          4  0  2  1 .323     V.Davalillo CF      4  0  0  0 .286  
  M.Mantle 1B         2  0  0  0 .210     L.Wagner LF         3  0  0  0 .213  
  J.Pepitone CF       4  0  0  0 .198     T.Horton 1B         4  1  2  0 .285  
  C.Smith 3B          4  0  0  0 .201     M.Alvis 3B          4  0  0  0 .263  
  B.Robinson RF       4  1  1  1 .181     J.Azcue C           4  0  0  0 .231  
  B.Tillman C         3  0  0  0 .203     V.Fuller 2B         3  2  1  1 .293  
  R.Amaro SS          3  1  2  0 .250     L.Brown SS          3  1  2  1 .221  
  M.Stottlemyre P     2  0  0  0 .116     L.Tiant P           1  0  0  0 .426  
  T.Tillotson P       0  0  0  0 .067   A-C.Hinton PH         1  1  1  0 .217  
                                          O.Pena P            0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        B-D.Demeter PH        1  1  0  0 .244  
                                          S.Siebert P         1  0  0  0 .283  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  2  6  2                 Totals      33  6  8  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Tiant In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Pena In 7th Inning
 
Yankees......... 0 0 1  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  6  2
Indians......... 0 0 0  0 0 1  3 2    -  6  8  0
 
Yankees (34-76)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Stottlemyr LOSS(3-20)   7 2/3   7   6   4   1   3   0   4.90
T.Tillotson               0 1/3   1   0   0   0   1   0   4.44
Totals                    8       8   6   4   1   4   0
 
Indians (60-54)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
L.Tiant                   6       5   2   2   2   7   1   2.37
O.Pena WIN(8-2)           1       1   0   0   0   1   0   2.77
S.Siebert SAVE(2nd)       2       0   0   0   0   1   0   2.21
Totals                    9       6   2   2   2   9   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 20,033 DATE- Friday, August 11th 1967 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Marty Springstead, Johnny Stevens, Bob Stewart, Bill Valentine
T- 2:18
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 4  Indians: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1  Indians: 0
ERRORS- B.Robinson, M.Stottlemyre
DOUBLES- L.Maye-2(28th), V.Fuller(10th), L.Brown(17th)
HOME RUNS- B.Robinson(10th)
RBIs- R.White(13th), B.Robinson(24th), L.Maye-3(34th), V.Fuller(16th),
      L.Brown(40th)
CAUGHT STEALING- H.Clarke, R.Amaro
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Stottlemyre
WALKS- M.Mantle-2, L.Brown
HIT BY PITCH- L.Wagner, V.Fuller
STRIKE OUTS- C.Smith-3, B.Robinson-2, B.Tillman-2, M.Stottlemyre-2, L.Wagner,
             M.Alvis, L.Tiant, S.Siebert
GIDP- M.Alvis
2-out RBI- R.White, V.Fuller, L.Brown
RLISP 2-out- J.Pepitone, L.Maye, M.Alvis, L.Wagner
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 1 for 3  Indians: 2 for 12
 
At Municipal Stadium the Cleveland Indians easily handled the New York Yankees
by the score of 6 to 2.
 
Orlando Pena(8-2) looked good in relief and was the winning pitcher.  He
allowed only 1 hit and no walks in 1 inning.  Cleveland had 8 hits for the
night.  
 
Sonny Siebert recorded his 2nd save.  Mel Stottlemyre(3-20) was the loser.  He
pitched 7 and 2/3 innings allowing 7 hits and 1 walk.