Baseball Historians

July 13, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 3 (46-36), Athletics 2
The Twins won their third straight game in a closely fought battle with the Athletics to open up the second half of the season.  Jim Merritt struck out ten and gave up two runs through seven innings of work but he left with the game tied.  [...]

July 9, 1967 at Comiskey Park
Twins 7 (44-36), White Sox 4 (47-32)
The Twins snapped their two game losing streak after they beat the White Sox in game one of their doubleheader.  Jim Kaat not only got it done on the mound, but he also helped out his own cause with the bat.  He improved to [...]

July 8, 1967 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 1 (47-31), Twins 0 (43-36)
Tommy John had his best start of the season to date with a three hit shutout over the streaking Twins.  He gave up three walks and he struck out four and the win pushed his record to 8-5 on the season.  A fantastic start [...]

July 7, 1967 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 2 (46-31), Twins 1 (43-35)
The White Sox didn’t score until the ninth inning and even when they did, it was an error.  It still proved to be enough though in the 2-1 win over the Twins.  With the bases loaded and two outs, Ron Hansen reached on an error [...]

July 2, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 4 (38-34), Senators 1
Dean Chance pitches the Twins to their third straight win in the opening game of a doubleheader with the Senators.  He went the distance and he gave up just one run on five hits with twelve strikeouts. 
Ted Uhlaender was the hitting star with a double and [...]

July 1, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 4 (37-34), Senators 0
Jim Kaat pitched the Twins to a win in their series opener against the Senators.  He gave up six hits and he struck out seven in eight shutout innings.  Al Worthington pitched a shutout ninth and he picked up his eleventh save of the season.
Harmon Killebrew [...]

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 [...]

May 31, 1967 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 3 (22-20), Twins 2 (20-22)
The Red Sox held off a late inning surge by the Twins to win their fourth straight game.  Bucky Brandon improved to 2-5 on the season with a nice start.  He gave up two unearned runs on four hits and three walks with nine [...]

May 30, 1967 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Twins 3  (19-21)
The Twins comeback fell just short as they lost the first game of their doubleheader with the Yankees.  Down 4-1, they scored two runs in the ninth but that’s all they’d get and they’d settle for a one run loss.
Dave Boswell took the loss and he [...]

May 28, 1967 at Municipal Stadium
Twins 4, Athletics 3  (19-19)
The Twins won their third straight game behind their current ace, Dean Chance’s, right arm.  He improved to 8-2 and he gave up three runs (two earned) on six hits and three walks in 7 2/3 innings.  Al Worthington held the A’s scoreless in the final [...]

May 24, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox 14 (22-11), Twins 1 (16-18)
The White Sox continued their impressive May with another series win and they did it in grand fashion today against the Twins.  Tommy McCraw had a career day at the plate in the blowout win.  He went three for six with three homeruns and [...]

May 23, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox 5 (21-11), Twins 4 (16-17)
The White Sox put four runs on the board in the sixth inning to end their three game losing streak.  Three of those four runs came on a big three run homer by Ron Hansen.  Pete Ward also went yard in the game with a [...]

April 30, 1967 at D.C. Stadium
Senators 7, Twins 3  (5-9)
Mudcat Grant dropped to 0-3 on the season as he was shelled by the Senators.  He gave up six runs on six hits and five walks in only 4 2/3 innings of work.
The Twins didn’t score their first run until they were already down 6-0.  Earl [...]