Baseball Historians

September 23, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Yankees 6, Twins 2 (89-67)
The Twins five game winning streak came to an end but with the Red Sox loss, the Twins stayed in sole possession of first place in the American League.  Dave Boswell was roughed and he fell to 14-12.  He gave up four runs on four hits [...]

September 22, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 8 (89-66), Yankees 2 
Cesar Tovar homered twice and he scored three runs as the Twins won their fifth straight game to move into sole possession of first place.  Zoilo Versalles had three hits and one of them was a solo homerun while Harmon Killebrew had two hits, a run [...]

September 21, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Athletics 4, Twins 0  (88-66)
Jim Merritt pitched the Twins to their fourth straight victory and kept pace with the Red Sox as the two teams remained tied for first place.  Merritt gave up just two hits with six strikeouts in the complete game shutout.
Harmon Killebrew belted homerun number 40, a [...]

September 13, 1967 at D.C. Stadium
Twins 3 (84-63), Senators 2 
The Twins got an outstanding outing from starter Jim Kaat to beat the Senators in their series finale and in the process, they remained tied for first place with the Red Sox.  Kaat improved to 13-13 and he gave up just two runs on nine hits [...]

September 12, 1967 at D.C. Stadium
Senators 5, Twins 4 (83-63)
The Twins sole reign of the American League was short lived as once again, they found themselves tied for the lead with a loss to the Senators.  Jim Merritt had a rough start and he fell to 12-5.  He gave up four runs on nine hits with [...]

September 9, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Twins 3 (81-62), Orioles 2
Jim Kaat won his third straight game in an impressive start that kept the Twins tied for first place with the Tigers.  He improved to 12-13 and he gave up just two runs on five hits with six strikeouts in the complete game win.
Harmon Killebrew belted [...]

September 8, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Twins 7 (80-61), Orioles 2
The Twins took game one of their doubleheader with the Orioles behind the bat of Tony Oliva and Harmon Killebrew and the arm of Jim Merritt.  Oliva went three for four with two doubles, two runs and an RBI while Killebrew homered, drove in two and [...]

September 7, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Twins 4 (79-61), Orioles 2
The Twins kept pace with the Red Sox as they both won the only two games going in the American League and they did it behind the arm of Dean Chance.  He improved to 18-11 and he gave up two runs (one earned) on seven hits [...]

September 4, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 4 (77-59), Indians 1
Jim Merritt pitched the Twins to a win in their first game in a Labor Day doubleheader with the Indians.  He improved to 11-4 and he gave up one run on six hits and a walk with five strikeouts in the complete game win.
Harmon Killebrew put [...]

September 3, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Tigers 5 (75-61), Twins 0 (76-59)
Earl Wilson won his nineteenth game of the season as the Tigers picked up a game by shutting out the first place Twins.  Wilson gave up just two hits and four walks with two strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings while Fred Lasher picked up his fourth save by [...]

September 2, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 5 (76-58), Tigers 0 (74-61)
The Twins took a half game lead in the American League while the Tigers fell to fourth place as Dave Boswell shutout visiting Detroit.  Boswell improved to 12-9.  He gave up six hits with three strikeouts in the win.  Denny McLain took the loss for [...]

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 [...]

July 23, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Angels 2 (53-44), Twins 1  (49-43)
Jack Hamilton outdueled Dean Chance as the Angels won their sixth straight game and in the process, the Twins dropped their sixth straight.  Hamilton improved to 5-1 and he gave up one run on two hits and five walks with four strikeouts in six innings [...]

July 22, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Angels 2 (52-44), Twins (49-42)
The Angels and the Twins have gone in different directions the last five games.  The Angels won their fifth straight and the Twins have dropped their last five and for the second straight game, the Angels outdueled the Twins 2-1.  Jim McGlothlin got it done for [...]

July 21, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Angels 2 (51-44), Twins 1 (49-41)
The Angels won their fourth straight game and in the process, handed the Twins their fourth straight loss as the Angels continued their nearly miraculous come back from being in last place in the American League.  They got an impressive outing from George Brunet, who was [...]

July 16, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 5 (48-37), Angels 1 (47-43)
Two of the hottest teams in the league squared off in a doubleheader and the Twins came out in front in the first game behind an excellent start by Dave Boswell.  He gave up one run on four hits and one walk with six strikeouts [...]

July 15, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 3 (47-37), Athletics 2
The Twins needed back to back homers in the ninth inning to top the Athletics.  Harmon Killebrew put the Twins on the board in the first inning with a solo homerun, then in the ninth, he belted his second homerun to tie the game at 2-2.  [...]

July 14, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Athletics 3, Twins 2 (46-37)
The Twins three game winning streak came to an end as Chuck Dobson was just a little bit better then Jim Kaat in the Athletics win over the Twins.  Kaat took the loss and he fell to 8-9 on the season.  He gave up three runs [...]