Baseball Historians

October 1, 1967 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 5 (92-70), Twins 3 (91-71)
The Red Sox won the American League pennant outright today as they took care of the Twins in a game that pitted both team’s aces.  With the Tigers losing their second game of a doubleheader to the Angels, the Red Sox finished in first […]

September 30, 1967 at Fenway Park
Red sox 6 (91-70), Twins 4 (91-70)
The Red Sox kept their pennant hopes alive in a must win game over the Twins.  With the win, the Red Sox moved into a tie for first place and it set up what was effectively a one game playoff in the final game […]

September 27, 1967 at Fenway Park
Indians 6, Red Sox 0 (90-70)
Things were really going down to the wire as the Red Sox and Twins both lost heading into a critical two game season to end the season.  The Red Sox lost despite their ace Jim Lonborg being on the mound.  He gave up four runs on […]

September 23, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Orioles 7, Red Sox 5 (89-68)
The Red Sox had a chance to move into sole possession of first place in the American League but they couldn’t take advantage of the Twins loss as their pitchers got knocked around. Lee Stange gave up four runs in three innings and then John […]

September 22, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Orioles 10, Red Sox 0  (88-67)
The Red Sox four game winning streak came to an abrupt end as the Orioles demolished Jerry Stephenson and Billy Rohr in a blowout loss.  Stephenson dropped to 3-1 and he gave up six runs in 4 1/3 innings while Billy Rohr was tagged for […]

September 13, 1967 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 4 (84-63), Athletics 2
The Red Sox won their fourth straight game to remain tied with Twins for first place in the American League on a day where all four contenders won their games.  For the Red Sox, it was a three run eighth inning to turned out to […]

September 12, 1967 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 3 (83-63), Athletics 1
Jim Lonborg improved to 20-7 on the season as the Red Sox took care of the Athletics and moved back into a tie with the Twins for first place in the American League.  Lonborg went the distance and he gave up one run on eight […]

September 9, 1967 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 7 (81-63), Yankees 1
The Red Sox kept up with the Twins and Tigers, who also both won their games, and by days end they sat a half game back of first place just like they did when they entered the day.  Dave Morehead got it done on the […]

September 8, 1967 at Fenway Park
Yankees 5, Red Sox 2  (80-63)
The Red Sox fell from first place as things still remained tight in the American League Pennant race.  The four contenders were still all within a game of each other and with the loss, the Red Sox stood just a half game of the Twins […]

September 7, 1967 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 3 (80-62), Yankees 1
The Red Sox were the first American League team to 80 wins and they remained in a first place tie with now just the Twins behind a solid start by Jim Lonborg. It was his 19th win of the season and he gave up just […]

September 4, 1967 at D.C. Stadium
Senators 5, Red Sox 2  (77-62)
The Red Sox lost their third straight game as they dropped the front end of their doubleheader with the Senators.  Dave Morehead took the loss and he fell to 4-3.  He gave up three runs on six hits and one walk with six strikeouts in […]

September 3, 1967 at Fenway Park
White Sox 4 (75-60), Red Sox (77-61)
The White Sox took their second straight game over the Red Sox to win their series and keep themselves in the pennant race.  Tommy John had the impressive start and he improved to 9-9.  He gave up just five hits with four strikeouts in […]

September 2, 1967 at Fenway Park
White Sox 4 (74-60), Red Sox 1 (77-60)
The Red Sox fell from first and the White Sox made some headway as Joe Horlen held the Red Sox hitters in check.  He improved to 15-6 and he gave up one run on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in the […]