Baseball Historians

August 29, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Orioles 4, Twins 3 (73-57)
The Twins scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth but their comeback attempt fell a run short as they dropped out of their tie for first place with the Red Sox.  Dave Boswell had a tough time finding the plate as he took the loss.  […]

August 28, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 3 (73-56), Orioles 2
Jim Perry improved to 7-6 on the season with a nice start in the Twins win in their series opener with the Orioles.  He gave up just two runs on three hits and four walks with five strikeouts in seven innings.  Al Worthington closed out the […]

August 27, 1967 at Cleveland Stadium
Twins 6 (72-56), Indians 3
Jim Merritt went the distance and he won his tenth game as the Twins once again moved into first place (tied with the Red Sox).  Merritt gave up just three runs on seven hits and a walk with eight strikeouts.
Rod Carew had a big day at […]

August 16, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Twins 5 (65-50), Angels 1 (62-56)
Dean Chance improved to 16-8 as the Twins finished up a sweep over the Angels and won their seventh straight game.  It was unfortunate for the Angels because they actually outhit the Twins 9-6, they just couldn’t push those runners across the plate.  Chance gave up […]

August 15, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Twins 4 (64-50), Angels 0 (62-55)
The Twins won their sixth straight game at the expense of the Angels and it was behind a very nice start by Jim Perry.  He gave up six hits and three walks with ten strikeouts in the complete game shutout and the win pushed his […]

August 14, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Twins 2 (63-50), Angels 1 (62-54)
Twins started Dave Boswell outdueled Angels starter George Brunet as the Twins held on to their thin lead in the American League Boswell improved to 10-8 and he gave up one run on seven hits and three walks with four strikeouts in 8 1/3 innings. […]

August 13, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 3 (62-50), White Sox 2 (61-50)
For the first time in a long time, the White Sox are not in first place in the American League as the Twins passed them after sweeping their three game series.  Jim Merritt had the big outing on the mound for the Twins and he […]

August 12, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 6 (61-50), White Sox 2 (61-49)
The Twins won their third straight game and the pulled to within a half game of first place in the American League.  This time it was Jim Kaat who got it done for the Twins.  He improved to 9-11 and he gave up two […]

August 11, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 3 (60-50), White Sox 2 (61-48)
The Twins moved to within a game and a half of first place with a win over the American League leading White Sox and they did it behind the arm of their ace Dean Chance.  He improved to 15-8 and he gave up just two […]

August 10, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 5 (59-50), Senators 0
Jim Perry improved to 4-5 on the season with one of his best outings of the year with a five hit shutout over the Senators.  He walked two and struck out eight in the win.
Bob Allison provided the bulk of the offense with a big day.  […]

August 9, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Senators 9, Twins 7 (58-50)
The Twins blew a seven run lead when three different pitchers gave up seven runs in the seventh inning to tie the game up.  Thirteen innings later the Senators scored two runs off of Jim Roland in the top of the twentieth inning in a game […]

August 8, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 3 (58-49), Senators 2
Rich Rollins belted a solo homerun in the eighth inning to break a 2-2 tie in the Twins win over the Senators.  Rollins finished the game with two runs in a game where the Twins won despite managing just five hits the entire game.
Jim Merritt gave […]

August 2, 1967 at D.C. Stadium
Senators 5, Twins 4  (54-48)
The Twins came back from four down to tie the game up with four runs in the eighth inning only to lose the game in the eleventh inning.  Al Worthington gave up that eleventh inning run and he fell to 6-7 on the season.
Harmon Killebrew singled […]

August 1, 1967 at D.C. Stadium
Twins 5 (54-47), Senators 4 
Dean Chance improved to 13-8 on the season with a nice start in the Twins win over the Senators.  He gave up four runs (three earned) on ten hits with three strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings.
Tony Oliva went two for five with a triple, two runs […]