Baseball Historians

June 28, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 3 (36-34), Red Sox 2 (36-34)
The Twins won the rubber game in their three game series with the Red Sox behind a strong outing by Dave Boswell.  He improved to 5-5 and he gave up two runs on four hits and a walk with thirteen strikeouts in the complete game.  […]

June 27, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Red Sox 3 (36-33), Twins 2 (35-34)
Gary Waslewski, with three innings from John Wyatt, was just a little bit better then Dean Chance in the Red Sox win over the Twins.  Waslewski gave up one run on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts in six innings and Wyatt gave […]

June 26, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 2 (35-33), Red Sox 1  (35-33)
The Twins tied the Red Sox in American League standings as Jim Kaat was just a little bit better then Jim Lonborg in a 2-1 pitcher’s duel.  Kaat gave up one run on six hits with eight strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings and the […]

June 25, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 3 (34-33), White Sox (39-26)
The Twins rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to take the rubber game in their three game series with the White Sox.  The game winning run came on a two run pinch hit triple by Ear Battey.  Cesar Tovar then drove home a […]

June 24, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox 5 (39-25), Twins 2 (33-33)
Yesterday it was Dean Chance who pitched the Twins to a win and this time was Gary Peters who pitched the White Sox to one. He improved to 10-3 on the season and he gave up two runs on five hits and two walks […]

June 21, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5 (35-28), Twins 5 (32-31)
The Tigers and Twins played to 5-5 tie before the game was called after nine innings on account of rain with one out in the top of the ninth.  The Tigers scored two runs in the seventh inning on Dick McAuliffe’s two run homerun to […]

June 19, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Twins 4 (32-30), Orioles 0
Dave Boswell threw a three hit gem as the Twins took game one of their doubleheader against the Orioles.  He walked three and struck out six and the win improved his record to 4-4 on the season.
Tony Oliva hit a two run homer in the sixth […]

June 18, 1967 at Cleveland Stadium
Twins 4 (31-30), Indians 2 
Jim Kaat improved to 4-7 on the season with a nice start.  He gave two runs on seven hits and three walks with six strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings.  Ron Kline got the final four batters out (two by strikeout) and he picked up his second […]

June 17, 1967 at Cleveland Stadium
Indians 7, Twins 3  (30-30)
The Twins lost their second straight game despite having their ace on the mound.  Dean Chance had his second straight rough outing, lost his third in a row and he fell to 9-5 on the season.  He gave up six runs on ten hits and two walks […]

June 16, 1967 at Cleveland Stadium
Indians 2, Twins 1 (30-29)
A great start by Jim Merritt went to waste as the Twins lost 2-1 in ten innings to Cleveland.  He gave up just one run on seven hits and two walks with six strikeouts in nine innings.  Al Worthington gave up the losing run in the […]

June 15, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 6 (30-28), Tigers 4  (32-25)
The Twins won their third game in a four game set with the Tigers to take the series.  This was the closest game of the series and it wasn’t until the Twins scored four runs in the seventh inning until either side broke away from […]

June 14, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 7 (29-28), Tigers 0  (32-24)
Just one game after giving up 15 runs, the Twins pitching staff got it done and shut out the Tigers.  Jim Kaat threw the gem. He gave up only five hits without a walk with six strikeouts.
Harmon Killebrew hit his sixteenth homerun of the season.  […]

June 13, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Tigers 15 (32-23), Twins 10  (28-28)
The Tigers snapped their five game winning streak in a crazy game that saw the two teams combine for 25 runs and 31 hits.  The Tigers jumped out to an 11-5 lead after a ten run sixth inning but saw that nearly disappear when the […]

June 12, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 11 (28-27), Tigers 5  (31-23)
The Twins handed the Tigers their fifth straight loss in a blow out.  The big inning was the third, in which the Twins scored eight runs, most of which were off of Mickey Lolich.
Jim Merritt wasn’t really sharp but he had plenty of run support […]

June 8, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Indians 7, Twins 5  (25-25)
The Twins went into the bottom of the eighth down 3-1 and they rallied for four runs to make it 5-3 heading into the final frame.  Then Al Worthington was shelled for four runs in the top of the ninth and a nice comeback turned into […]

June 6, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Indians 6, Twins 4  (24-24)
The Twins three game winning streak came to end in a wild ten inning loss to the Indians.  Down 4-1, the Twins rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie it only to lose it the following inning when Jim Perry gave […]

June 5, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 5, Indians 4  (24-23)
The Twins won their third straight game and the team popped back over .500 with a ninth inning win over the Indians.  With the game tied 4-4, Cesar Tovar scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth to win it.  Tony Oliva had […]

June 4, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 8 (23-23), Angels 7 (19-30)
Bob Allison hit a walk off RBI single in the bottom of the tenth inning for the Twins in their win over the Angels.  This came after the Twins blew a four run that put the game into extra frames.
Zoilo Versalles continued to hit the […]