1967 Boston Red Sox

Papi · 07-07-2014, 12:22 AM

I have played this dynasty a few different times, with varying success. I am not sure how long I am going to keep it going, but I haven't kept a written log in a while, so here goes. Not sure on the format yet, figure I will play around with it while I am going.

I am already a couple of months into the season, and the first couple of posts will include up to date standings, stats, league leaders and team transactions.

Papi · 07-07-2014, 12:25 AM

Standings Through Saturday, June 24th--

Papi · 07-07-2014, 12:28 AM

League Leaders Through June 24th--

Papi · 07-07-2014, 12:43 AM

Trades/1st Round 1967 Amateur Draft--

Papi · 07-07-2014, 12:50 AM

Team Batting/Pitching Stats--

Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Reggie Smith CF	69	295	47	81	23	3	8	37	134	35	41	9	4	.275	.349	.454	.804
George C Scott 1B	69	288	40	88	19	2	10	48	141	15	62	1	2	.306	.340	.490	.830
Joe Foy 3B	68	262	35	72	10	2	10	39	116	32	50	6	0	.275	.357	.443	.800
Rico Petrocelli SS	68	257	25	63	13	1	8	36	102	29	48	0	0	.245	.336	.397	.733
Carl Yastrzemski LF	61	247	42	77	15	3	13	42	137	29	37	2	2	.312	.387	.555	.942
Mike Andrews 2B	54	209	30	51	8	0	1	18	62	37	29	0	1	.244	.355	.297	.651
Bob Tillman C	50	178	16	43	2	2	1	18	52	22	52	0	0	.242	.323	.292	.616
Tony Conigliaro RF	33	131	17	27	2	0	6	14	47	10	24	0	0	.206	.262	.359	.621
Deron Johnson 1B	31	96	13	17	5	0	2	10	28	5	30	0	0	.177	.225	.292	.517
Tommy Helms SS	28	79	2	20	6	0	0	6	26	2	7	0	0	.253	.268	.329	.597
Jose Tartabull CF	32	77	6	18	3	1	0	5	23	6	9	3	6	.234	.286	.299	.584
Walt Hriniak C	14	42	5	11	0	0	0	3	11	5	8	0	0	.262	.354	.262	.616
Jim Lonborg SP	18	41	4	6	2	0	0	3	8	1	11	0	0	.146	.163	.195	.358
Dalton Jones 1B	17	38	3	12	2	0	0	2	14	2	9	0	0	.316	.350	.368	.718
Richie Scheinblum RF	11	38	4	11	3	0	0	2	14	1	3	0	0	.289	.308	.368	.676
Jose RA Santiago SP	16	33	1	4	1	0	0	1	5	2	10	0	0	.121	.194	.152	.346
Mike J Ryan C	11	28	2	4	0	2	0	2	8	2	7	0	0	.143	.194	.286	.479
Lee Stange SP	14	27	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	11	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311
Dennis Bennett MR	11	17	2	6	0	0	0	4	6	0	5	0	0	.353	.333	.353	.686
George Thomas LF	13	16	1	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	6	0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423
Tony Horton 1B	14	15	2	5	0	0	0	1	5	2	4	0	0	.333	.412	.333	.745
Bucky Brandon MR	11	12	1	3	1	0	0	1	4	0	7	0	0	.250	.250	.333	.583
Joe Niekro SP	4	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	.200	.200	.300	.500
Dave Morehead MR	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111
Dan Osinski MR	21	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Marty Pattin SP	3	6	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500
Sparky Lyle MR	14	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
Jack Billingham MR	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Carroll Sembera MR	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
John Wyatt MR	17	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Cal Koonce CL	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500
Don McMahon MR	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Skip Guinn MR	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000
Bill Landis MR	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Name	W	L	SV	ERA	G	GS	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	WHIP	OAVG	BABIP
Jack Billingham MR	2	0	2	0.00	5	0	13.2	9	0	0	0	2	10	0.80	.191	.243
Dave Morehead MR	2	0	1	1.29	8	3	28.0	23	5	4	2	15	13	1.36	.237	.256
Joe Niekro SP	2	1	0	2.16	4	4	25.0	25	10	6	3	9	9	1.36	.255	.256
Bucky Brandon MR	1	4	1	2.27	10	4	43.2	34	11	11	1	18	26	1.19	.217	.254
Dan Osinski MR	2	1	3	2.27	21	0	39.2	51	19	10	2	9	24	1.51	.300	.340
Sparky Lyle MR	3	1	7	2.37	14	0	19.0	19	6	5	1	8	19	1.42	.260	.340
Cal Koonce CL	1	1	4	2.89	7	0	9.1	7	3	3	1	2	5	0.96	.200	.207
John Wyatt MR	0	2	0	3.24	17	0	25.0	21	9	9	1	18	19	1.56	.233	.286
Jim Lonborg SP	8	6	0	3.37	18	18	133.2	121	53	50	15	36	125	1.17	.243	.296
Jose RA Santiago SP	8	5	0	3.76	16	15	110.0	89	49	46	15	42	80	1.19	.223	.243
Lee Stange SP	5	4	0	3.87	14	14	90.2	97	43	39	9	17	43	1.26	.276	.294
Dennis Bennett MR	3	3	0	4.30	11	9	58.2	64	33	28	9	24	38	1.50	.272	.293
Don McMahon MR	0	1	0	6.75	5	0	8.0	9	6	6	3	6	3	1.88	.300	.250
Marty Pattin SP	2	1	0	6.75	3	3	18.2	21	14	14	3	10	7	1.66	.309	.310
Skip Guinn MR	0	0	0	7.72	4	0	4.2	4	4	4	0	6	3	2.14	.250	.308
Bill Landis MR	0	0	1	9.45	6	0	6.2	10	7	7	1	4	7	2.10	.345	.429
Carroll Sembera MR	0	1	0	11.88	5	0	8.1	14	12	11	1	3	8	2.04	.341	.406

CatKnight · 07-07-2014, 04:11 AM

Good to see you back!

Papi · 07-07-2014, 09:55 PM

I never left Cat! I had been playing a fictional league for the last couple of years, and just keeping it to myself!

June 26,27,28 at Minnesota Twins

June 26--Rico Petrocelli hit a grand slam off Jim Perry and Lee Stange pitched a complete game, as Boston beat the Twins handily 9-2. (41-31)
W-Stange (6-4) L-Perry (1-3) HR--BOS Petrocelli (10) MIN--Killebrew (25)

June 27--Red Sox pitchers walked nine Twins hitters on the day, including 4 in a key, three run 7th inning as the Twins nicked the Red Sox, 4-3. Jim Merritt struck out 10 in eight innings, winning his 10th game of the year for Minnesota. (41-32)
W--Merritt (10-5) L--Pattin (2-2) S-Worthington (14) HR--BOS Yastrzemski (14)

June 28--Mike Andrews hit a 3 run homerun and added an RBI double as the Red Sox took two of three from the Twins, beating Minnesota easily, 9-2. Richie Scheinblum added two hits and two RBI in support of Jim Lonborg, who pitched 7 innings, winning his 9th game of the season. (42-32)
W--Lonborg (9-6) L--Chance (10-5) HR--BOS Andrews (2)

June 30, July 1,2 @ Kansas City Athletics (38-38)

June 30--Jim Nash allowed just two hits over seven innings of work, Ed Charles had two hits and two RBI and Bert Campaneris added a solo homerun as Kansas City blanked Boston, 5-0. (42-33)
W-Nash (4-10) L-Niekro (2-3) HR-KC Campaneris (2)

July 1--Lee Stange outdueled Catfish Hunter, pitching seven shutout innings, and driving in the only run of the game with a sacrifice fly, as Boston defeated Kansas City 1-0. Hunter went the distance, allowing just the one, unearned run, striking out nine. (43-33)
W-Stange (7-4) L-Hunter (11-4) S-Billingham (3)

July 2--Carl Yastrzemski hit a solo homerun and Joe Foy added two hits and two RBI as the Sox took two of three from the Athletics, winning today, 4-1. Jim Longborg pitched 7 2/3 innings of five hit ball, striking out 8, winning his 10th game of the year. (44-33)
W-Lonborg (10-6) L-Odom (4-5) S-Billingham (4) HR-BOS Yastrzemski (15)

Trade News

The Pittsburgh Pirates were busy this week, completing two separate trades that should make their fans quite happy.

First, they move C Manny Sanguillen to the Houston Astros in exchange for 4 minor leaguers, the key pieces being LF Bob Watson and SP Chris Zachary. They then turned around and traded OF Manny Mota to the Cleveland Indians for 20 year old C prospect, Ray Fosse.

I like these moves, effectively trading Sanguillen and the 29 year old Mota for 20 year old Fosse 21 year old Watson, and 23 year old Zachary, along with two other pieces.

Monthly Awards

AL Rookie of the Month-Rod Carew (MIN) .313 0-13
AL Pitcher of the Month-Tommy John (CHW) 6-1 1.07
AL Batter of the Month-Harmon Killebrew (MIN) .278 13-31

NL Rookie of the Month-Manny Sanguillen (HOU) .265 2-9
NL Pitcher of the Month-Gaylord Perry (SF) 5-1 1.11
NL Batter of the Month-Hank Aaron (ATL) .396 7-20

Next on tap for the Sox are three games on the West Coast against the California Angels followed by a four game set in Detroit against the Tigers.

Papi · 07-08-2014, 12:18 AM

July 3,4,5 at California Angels

July 3-Deron Johnson hit a solo homerun and Reggie Smith went 3-4 with a pair of runs scored in support of Jose Santiago who scattered seven hits over seven innings as the Sox beat the Angels 5-2. (45-33)
W-Santiago (9-5) L-McGlothlin (8-10) S-Koonce (5) HR-BOS Johnson (3)

July 4-The Angels provided the fireworks today, pounding Sox pitching to the tune of 18 hits and 9 runs, led by Jim Fregosi, who went 3-4 with a homerun and three RBI as the Angels beat up on the Sox today, 9-1. Rick Reichardt added 4 hits in the win for the Halos. Marty Pattin was sent to AAA Boise after allowing 10 hits and five runs in 2 2/3 innings, seeing his ERA balloon to 7.71. (45-34)
W-Brunet (9-8) L-Pattin (2-3) HR-CAL Fregosi (6)

July 5-Deron Johnson hit a grand slam in a five run 12th inning, breaking a 7 all tie, giving Boston the 12-7 win in a wild one over the Angels. Reggie Smith had a big day for Boston, going 5-7 with a homerun, double and 2 RBI, while Carl Yastrzemski added 3 RBI in the win. (46-34)
W-Wyatt (1-2) L-Buzhardt (0-3) HR-BOS Johnson (7), Smith (9), Petrocelli (11) CAL Satriano (5), Knoop (7)

July 7,8,9 (DH) at Detroit Tigers

July 7--Rico Petrocelli homered twice and drove in five runs, and Carl Yastrzemski and Joe Foy each added bombs as the Sox ran all over the Tigers today, 11-1. Jim Lonborg improved to 11-6, pitching 7 2/3 innings, striking out 8. (46-35)
W-Lonborg (11-6) L-Sparma (5-11) HR-BOS Petrocelli 2 (13), Yastrzemski (16), Foy (11) DET Cash (16)

July 8--Mickey Lolich struck out 11 in 7 1/3 innings, winning his 13th game of the year,shutting down the top scoring offense in the American League, beating the Red Sox 3-1. (46-36)
W-Lolich (13-5) L-Stange (7-5) S-Hiller (17)

July 9 (Game One)--Norm Cash had three hits, including a three run homerun, and Carl Taylor added three hits and three runs scored as Detroit hammered Boston in Game One, 9-2. Bill Monbouquette pitched 8 innings, scattering 8 hits in the win. (46-37)
W-Monbouquette (8-7) L-Santiago (9-6) HR-DET Cash (17)

July 9 (Game Two)--Bob Tillman surprised everyone, hitting a three run homerun, and leading Boston to a 7-1 win the second game of the doubleheader, in the last game before the All Star Break. Joe Niekro pitched seven solid innings, surrendering just one run, striking out five. Joe Foy and George Scott added three hits in the win. (47-37)
W-Niekro (3-3) L-Wilson (7-5) HR-BOS Tillman (2)

Trade News

The Pirates continue to wheel and deal, getting younger in the process. They made two more deals this week.

First, the head scratcher. They send fan favorite and slugging 1B Willie Stargell to the New York Yankees for 4 minor leaguers. The second deal saw them trade MR Al McBean to the Mets for promising RP Tug McGraw.

In another, unrelated deal, the Chicago Cubs have acquired OF Joe Rudi from the Kansas City Athletics for backup C Gene Oliver.

All Star Results and Mid Year Stats are next!

Papi · 07-08-2014, 12:31 AM

1967 All Star Break Standings--

1967 All Star Break Team Stats--

Team Batting--

Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Reggie Smith CF	81	353	54	95	29	4	9	42	159	38	51	9	5	.269	.338	.450	.789
George C Scott 1B	83	345	48	105	20	2	10	53	159	21	77	1	2	.304	.347	.461	.808
Joe Foy 3B	82	318	46	91	13	2	11	47	141	40	65	7	0	.286	.370	.443	.814
Rico Petrocelli SS	82	312	35	76	14	1	13	50	131	35	59	0	0	.244	.332	.420	.752
Carl Yastrzemski LF	75	303	54	97	16	3	16	48	167	37	41	2	2	.320	.400	.551	.951
Mike Andrews 2B	68	269	37	66	12	0	2	24	84	45	42	0	1	.245	.351	.312	.664
Bob Tillman C	54	190	17	45	2	2	2	23	57	24	56	0	0	.237	.319	.300	.619
Tony Conigliaro RF	33	131	17	27	2	0	6	14	47	10	24	0	0	.206	.262	.359	.621
Deron Johnson 1B	41	126	16	24	7	0	4	15	43	8	43	0	0	.190	.244	.341	.586
Jose Tartabull CF	35	86	6	20	4	1	0	6	26	6	12	3	6	.233	.280	.302	.582
Tommy Helms SS	33	84	3	22	8	0	0	6	30	2	9	0	0	.262	.276	.357	.633
Walt Hriniak C	24	80	9	22	2	0	0	5	24	10	10	0	0	.275	.359	.300	.659
Richie Scheinblum RF	21	70	6	17	3	0	0	8	20	3	6	0	0	.243	.270	.286	.556
Jim Lonborg SP	21	49	4	7	2	0	0	5	9	2	13	0	0	.143	.173	.184	.357
Dalton Jones 1B	17	38	3	12	2	0	0	2	14	2	9	0	0	.316	.350	.368	.718
Jose RA Santiago SP	19	38	2	5	2	0	0	1	7	2	11	0	0	.132	.195	.184	.379
Lee Stange SP	17	37	3	4	1	0	0	1	5	3	14	0	0	.108	.175	.135	.310
Mike J Ryan C	11	28	2	4	0	2	0	2	8	2	7	0	0	.143	.194	.286	.479
Joe Niekro SP	8	19	3	3	2	0	0	0	5	0	8	0	0	.158	.200	.263	.463
Dennis Bennett MR	11	17	2	6	0	0	0	4	6	0	5	0	0	.353	.333	.353	.686
George Thomas LF	14	17	1	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	6	0	0	.176	.222	.176	.399
Tony Horton 1B	14	15	2	5	0	0	0	1	5	2	4	0	0	.333	.412	.333	.745
Bucky Brandon MR	13	14	1	3	1	0	0	1	4	0	7	0	0	.214	.214	.286	.500
Marty Pattin SP	5	9	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333
Dave Morehead MR	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111
Dan Osinski MR	24	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250
Jack Billingham MR	11	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400
Sparky Lyle MR	14	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
John Wyatt MR	18	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
Cal Koonce CL	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333
Carroll Sembera MR	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Skip Guinn MR	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500
Don McMahon MR	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Bill Landis MR	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Team Pitching--(Take a look at the start to the career of Jack Billingham. 11 games, 25 IP ERA 0.00!) When we get Lyle back, we'll have a serious three headed monster of Billingham, Lyle and Koonce. Can't wait for that.

Name	W	L	SV	ERA	G	GS	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	WHIP	OAVG	BABIP
Jack Billingham MR	2	0	4	0.00	11	0	25.0	15	0	0	0	6	23	0.84	.172	.234
Dave Morehead MR	2	0	1	1.29	8	3	28.0	23	5	4	2	15	13	1.36	.237	.256
Cal Koonce CL	2	1	5	1.53	11	0	17.2	14	3	3	1	4	12	1.02	.212	.245
Sparky Lyle MR	3	1	7	2.37	14	0	19.0	19	6	5	1	8	19	1.42	.260	.340
Bucky Brandon MR	1	4	1	2.55	12	4	49.1	41	15	14	3	22	30	1.28	.229	.260
Dan Osinski MR	2	1	3	2.68	24	0	43.2	57	22	13	3	11	24	1.56	.305	.338
John Wyatt MR	1	2	0	3.00	18	0	27.0	21	9	9	1	18	22	1.44	.219	.274
Joe Niekro SP	3	2	0	3.00	8	8	51.0	56	24	17	6	12	20	1.33	.275	.281
Jim Lonborg SP	11	6	0	3.12	21	21	156.0	137	58	54	16	41	149	1.14	.237	.292
Lee Stange SP	7	5	0	3.48	17	17	113.2	123	48	44	10	21	48	1.27	.278	.294
Jose RA Santiago SP	9	6	0	3.70	19	18	124.0	105	58	51	15	47	89	1.23	.228	.253
Dennis Bennett MR	3	3	0	4.30	11	9	58.2	64	33	28	9	24	38	1.50	.272	.293
Don McMahon MR	0	1	0	6.75	5	0	8.0	9	6	6	3	6	3	1.88	.300	.250
Marty Pattin SP	2	3	0	7.71	5	4	25.2	34	22	22	3	17	10	1.99	.347	.365
Skip Guinn MR	0	0	0	9.00	6	0	7.0	9	7	7	0	8	6	2.43	.333	.429
Bill Landis MR	0	0	1	9.45	6	0	6.2	10	7	7	1	4	7	2.10	.345	.429
Carroll Sembera MR	0	1	0	11.88	5	0	8.1	14	12	11	1	3	8	2.04	.341	.406

Papi · 07-08-2014, 12:35 AM

1967 All Star Game---I never really pay attention to this much since we can't play the games out, but the box score is here for anyone who cares

!!

MAJOR LEAGUE 1967 NL ALL-STARS AT AL ALL-STARS

GAME ID: 5865 - TUESDAY, JULY 11TH, 1967 - GAME LOG

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NL All-Stars	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	7	0
AL All-Stars	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	X	4	10	0

NL BATTING LINESCORES		AL BATTING LINESCORES

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
J. Morgan 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	.258	5	39
T. McCarver C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.281	5	46
D. Allen 3B	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	.256	21	60
d-L. Brock PH, RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	15	39
H. Aaron RF	3	1	1	1	0	1	1	.342	24	59
e-R. Swoboda PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.326	8	35
f-E. Mathews 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	15	55
O. Cepeda 1B	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	.315	12	44
g-T. Haller PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.249	5	27
J. Wynn LF	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	.271	23	74
h-F. Alou PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.308	7	31
W. Parker CF	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	.292	4	39
J. Buchek SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.242	10	45
G. Perry P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	0	4
a-B. Williams PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	20	56
C. Carroll P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
J. Ritchie P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	0	2
b-T. Gonzalez PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	10	35
R. Wise P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	0	7
S. Carlton P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	0	1
c-R. Santo PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.270	19	57
N. Briles P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	0	0
D. Coombs P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
Totals	32	3	7	3	2	9	9

a - B. Williams pinch hit for G. Perry in the 3rd
b - T. Gonzalez pinch hit for J. Ritchie in the 5th
c - R. Santo pinch hit for S. Carlton in the 7th
d - L. Brock pinch hit for D. Allen in the 8th
e - R. Swoboda pinch hit for H. Aaron in the 8th
f - E. Mathews substituted for R. Swoboda in the 8th
g - T. Haller pinch hit for O. Cepeda in the 9th
h - F. Alou pinch hit for J. Wynn in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: W. Parker (20, 2nd Inning off J. Merritt, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: H. Aaron (24, 4th Inning off F. Gladding, 0 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: H. Aaron 4 , J. Buchek , W. Parker 3 , J. Morgan , T. McCarver , O. Cepeda
2-out RBI: W. Parker
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Buchek , J. Morgan
Sac Fly: D. Allen
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING
CS: T. McCarver (3)

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
J. Donaldson 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.297	1	22
e-B. Johnson PH, 2B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.268	8	26
A. Kaline CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.289	9	32
F. Robinson RF	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	.277	15	49
C. Yastrzemski LF	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	.320	16	48
H. Killebrew 1B, 3B	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	.279	29	68
f-R. Hansen PH, 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	11	40
B. Freehan C	3	1	1	0	1	1	2	.312	10	41
A. Worthington P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
J. Foy 3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	11	47
c-D. Mincher PH, 1B	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.285	18	56
J. Fregosi SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	5	.296	6	40
J. Merritt P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	0	2
C. Koonce P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	0	1
a-B. Allison PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	16	50
F. Gladding P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
M. Lolich P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	0	2
b-K. Harrelson PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	19	62
D. Chance P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	0	2
G. Peters P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	1	2
d-R. Petrocelli PH	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.244	13	50
J. Hiller P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
g-P. Casanova C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	10	37
Totals	31	4	10	4	3	4	17

a - B. Allison pinch hit for C. Koonce in the 3rd
b - K. Harrelson pinch hit for M. Lolich in the 5th
c - D. Mincher pinch hit for J. Foy in the 7th
d - R. Petrocelli pinch hit for G. Peters in the 7th
e - B. Johnson pinch hit for J. Donaldson in the 7th
f - R. Hansen pinch hit for H. Killebrew in the 8th
g - P. Casanova substituted for J. Hiller in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: C. Yastrzemski (16, 4th Inning off J. Ritchie, 1 on, 1 out) F. Robinson (14, 4th Inning off J. Ritchie, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: F. Robinson (15, 8th Inning off D. Coombs, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: C. Yastrzemski 3 , F. Robinson 6 , J. Donaldson , H. Killebrew 2 , B. Freehan , D. Mincher , B. Johnson
2-out RBI: B. Johnson
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Kaline , B. Freehan , J. Fregosi
Sac Fly: R. Petrocelli
Team LOB: 7

BASERUNNING
CS: C. Yastrzemski (2) , J. Foy (0)

NL PITCHING LINESCORES		AL PITCHING LINESCORES

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS
G. Perry	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	21	12
C. Carroll	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7
J. Ritchie	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	17	11
R. Wise H (0)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	10
S. Carlton H (0)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	8
N. Briles BS (0)	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	30	14
D. Coombs L (0-0)	1.0	3	1	1	1	0	1	19	10

PITCHING
Game Score: G. Perry 49
Batters Faced: G. Perry 7, C. Carroll 3, J. Ritchie 5, R. Wise 3, S. Carlton 4, N. Briles 7, D. Coombs 6
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: G. Perry 4-1, C. Carroll 2-1, J. Ritchie 1-1, R. Wise 2-0, S. Carlton 2-0, N. Briles 1-1, D. Coombs 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: G. Perry 21-12, C. Carroll 10-7, J. Ritchie 17-11, R. Wise 17-10, S. Carlton 12-8, N. Briles 30-14, D. Coombs 19-10

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS
J. Merritt	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	21	16
C. Koonce	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	7
F. Gladding	1.0	1	1	1	0	3	1	17	13
M. Lolich	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
D. Chance	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	16	10
G. Peters	1.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	24	14
J. Hiller W (0-0)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	7
A. Worthington SV (0)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	16	9

PITCHING
Game Score: J. Merritt 44
Batters Faced: J. Merritt 8, C. Koonce 3, F. Gladding 4, M. Lolich 3, D. Chance 4, G. Peters 6, J. Hiller 3, A. Worthington 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Merritt 2-4, C. Koonce 1-2, F. Gladding 0-0, M. Lolich 2-1, D. Chance 0-1, G. Peters 0-0, J. Hiller 0-2, A. Worthington 1-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Merritt 21-16, C. Koonce 11-7, F. Gladding 17-13, M. Lolich 7-4, D. Chance 16-10, G. Peters 24-14, J. Hiller 9-7, A. Worthington 16-9

GAME NOTES

Player of the Game: Frank Robinson
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium
Weather: Clear skies (77 degrees), wind blowing left to right at 11 mph
Start Time: 7:05 pm EST
Time: 2:27
Attendance: 51991

Papi · 07-08-2014, 07:42 PM

Breaking Trade News

I was going to wait until I did my weekly recap, but I felt this deal deserved it's own post. This game, or at least this incarnation of it, really seems to value 2B Mike Andrews highly. I have put him out there on the trade block and gotten offers of C Johnny Bench and SP Steve Carlton. I couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger on those as it felt too easy. (Mind you, I have trading on hard, favor prospects).

Knowing that I had drafted Hal McRae in the first round, #5 overall this past draft however, meant that Andrews was going to be dealt sooner or later, and I found a trade, that seemed to make sense for both parties, and didn't leave me feeling like I took advantage of the Braves, as they are in rebuilding mode.

To Atlanta: 2B Mike Andrews, SP Ken Brett, RP Carroll Sembera, and C Mike Ryan
To Boston: SP Phil Niekro, C Rico Carty

I immediately fix two gaping holes in my roster, my Starting Rotation and C. Atlanta had been running out Woody Woodward and his .228/.269/.259 in 290 AB's all year and needed an upgrade. Andrews, and his .345 OBP become the Braves leadoff hitter. In the process, Atlanta also becomes younger, picking up the 23 year old Andrews, as well as the 24 year old Sembera, 25 year old Ryan and 18 year old Brett, who has middle of the rotation stuff and potential.

The overview and career stats for the main parties involved are below:

P Phil Niekro #35

Career Pitching Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	WHIP	BABIP	VORP	WAR	ERA+
1964 Milwaukee - ML	25	10	0	0	0	0	4.80	15.0	15	10	8	1	7	8	0	1.47	.286	0.0	0.0	74
1965 Milwaukee - ML	26	41	1	2	3	6	2.89	74.2	73	32	24	5	26	49	0	1.33	.286	0.0	1.1	122
1966 Atlanta - ML	27	28	0	4	3	2	4.11	50.1	48	32	23	4	23	17	0	1.41	.254	0.0	-0.1	88
1967 Atlanta - ML	28	21	21	6	8	0	3.15	142.2	130	64	50	6	39	78	2	1.18	.275	17.4	3.2	103
Total ML		100	22	12	14	8	3.34	282.2	266	138	105	16	95	152	2	1.28	.274	17.4	4.4	104

C Rico Carty #43

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP	WAR
1963 Milwaukee - ML	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0.0	0.0
1964 Milwaukee - ML	24	133	455	150	28	4	22	88	72	43	3	4	78	1	2	.330	.388	.554	.942	174	0.0	0.0
1965 Milwaukee - ML	25	83	271	84	18	1	10	35	37	17	3	2	44	1	4	.310	.355	.494	.849	147	0.0	0.0
1966 Atlanta - ML	26	151	521	170	25	2	15	76	73	60	0	7	74	4	6	.326	.391	.468	.859	148	0.0	-0.1
1967 Atlanta - ML	27	86	329	75	12	0	7	32	34	27	0	3	58	0	2	.228	.284	.328	.612	85	3.1	0.6
Total ML		455	1578	479	83	7	54	231	216	147	6	16	256	6	14	.304	.362	.468	.829	142	3.1	0.5

2B Mike Andrews #3

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	HR	RBI	R	BB	SF	K	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP	WAR
1966 Boston - ML	22	5	18	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0.0	0.0
1967 Boston - ML	23	70	278	67	12	3	27	38	45	2	44	1	.241	.345	.317	.661	102	7.2	0.9
Total ML		75	296	70	12	3	27	39	45	2	46	1	.236	.335	.307	.643	96	7.2	0.9

Papi · 07-08-2014, 08:34 PM

July 13,14,15 v Baltimore Orioles

July 13--Reggie Smith hit a solo homerun in the 3rd inning, accounting for the only run of the game as Jim Lonborg outdueled Jim Palmer, 1-0. Lonborg went eight shutout innings, winning his 5th straight start as Palmer allowed seven hits in a complete game loss. (48-37)
W-Lonborg (12-6) L-Palmer (3-4) S-Billingham (5) HR--Smith (10)

July 14--Every Oriole starter had at least one hit, and Baltimore nickel and dimed the Sox to the tune of 13 singles and 7 runs, as they sneak past the Sox, 7-6. (48-38)
W-McNally (7-9) L-Santiago (9-7) S-Watt (10) HR-BOS Andrews (3)

July 15--The Orioles beat up on Sox pitching, led by Woodie Held, who homered and drove in four runs, and Boog Powell, who had 3 hits, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored as Baltimore took two of three from Boston, winning easily, 14-4. (48-39)
W-Phoebus (6-3) L-P. Niekro (0-1) HR-Scott (11) Carty (1) BAL Held (4)

July 16,17 v Detroit Tigers

July 16--George Smith, Reggie Smith and Rico Carty each had two hits and two RBI, and Joe Niekro went seven innings, allowing 4 runs as Boston beat Detroit, 10-7. Norm Cash homered twice in the loss. (49-39)
W-J. Niekro (4-3) L-Wilson (7-6) S-Billingham (6) HR- BOS Yastrzemski (17), Petrocelli (14), Smith (11) DET Cash 2 (19), Tracewski (2)

July 17--Gates Brown hit a tie breaking, two run homerun in the top off the 10th inning off Dan Osinski, his first homerun of the year, leading Detroit to a split of the two game series, winning 5-4. Reggie Smith continued his hot hitting for the Sox, going 3-5 with a two run homerun. (49-40)
W-Hiller (5-4) L-Osinski (2-2) S-Pena (2) HR-BOS Smith (12) DET Wert (2), Brown (1)

Next on tap is a 7 game roadtrip, 3 in Baltimore against the Orioles, followed by 4 in Cleveland vs the Indians.

Papi · 07-08-2014, 11:29 PM

July 18,19,20 at Baltimore Orioles

July 18--Frank Robinson hit a two run homerun and Dave McNally went the distance, leading Baltimore to the 3-2 win over the Sox. George Scott had two hits and an RBI in the loss for Boston. (49-41)
W-McNally (8-9) L-Santiago (9-8) HR-BAL F. Robinson (17)

July 19--Phil Niekro had a complete 180 from his Red Sox debut, pitching a complete game shutout, allowing four hits and no walks, striking out six and needing only 87 pitches to lead Boston to the 6-0 win. George Scott homered twice and drove in four to lead the offense. (50-41)
W-P. Niekro (1-1) L-Phoebus (6-4) HR-BOS Scott 2 (13), Petrocelli (15)

July 20--Woodie Held drove in Mark Belanger with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 14th inning, giving the Orioles the 3-2 win over Boston. Steve Barber pitched 7 2/3 innings for the Orioles, striking out 15, picking up an unfortunate no-decision (51-41)
W-Bunker (4-2) L-Osinski (2-3) HR-BOS Carty (2)

July 21, 22, 23 (DH) @ Cleveland Indians

July 21--Manny Mota hit a sacrifice fly, accounting for the only run of the game as the Indians nip Boston, 1-0. Jim Lonborg saw his 5 game win streak snapped as he pitched seven innings, striking out 7. Luis Tiant earned the win for Cleveland, pitching seven shutout innings. (51-42)
W-Tiant (5-10) L-Lonborg (12-7) S-Allen (11)

July 22--Trailing 5-2 entering the eighth inning, Boston scored twice in the 8th, once in the 9th and then twice again in the 10th on homeruns off the bat of Reggie Smith and Joe Foy, giving Boston the 7-5 win. Smith continued his torrid hot streak, going 3-5 with a pair of homeruns. (52-42)
W-Billingham (3-0) L-Bell (3-6) HR-BOS Smith 2 (14) Foy (12)

July 23 (Game One)--Vic Davalillo singled home Vern Fuller in the bottom of the 12th inning, giving the Indians the 4-3 in the first game of the twin bill. Fuller went 3-4 with an RBI and Leon Wagner added a solo blast in the win. (52-43)
W-O'Donoghue (4-3) L-Osinski (2-4) HR-CLE Wagner (7)

July 23 (Game Two)--Chico Salmon hit a bases clearing double, and 37 year old Jimmy Piersall, playing in only his 3rd game of the year, went 3-4 as Cleveland swept the doubleheader, beating the Sox, 4-1. (52-44)
W-Hargan (8-12) L-Stange (7-8) S-Williams (3)

Well, this was a rough stretch for us. Over the last 10, we are 3-7, while the two teams ahead of us, Minnesota and Detroit are both 8-2 putting us 9 1/2 games out of first place. The good news is we are finally expecting Tony Conigliaro back sometime next week, after missing 2 months with an injury. Maybe we can just outscore everyone?

Trade News--

This is one I don't understand....but maybe the Yankees have a plan?

Next up are 3 games at home against the California Angels, followed by the rare, five game series against the first place Minnesota Twins.

Papi · 07-09-2014, 11:10 PM

July 25,26,27 v California Angels

July 25-Rico Petrocelli homered and drove in three runs, and Tommy Helms and Richie Scheinblum added two RBI each as the 7-8-9 hitters for the Sox went 7-11 with 7 RBI as Boston got past California 8-7. (53-44)
W-Wyatt (2-2) L-Weaver (1-4) S-Osinski (4) HR-BOS Petrocelli (16) CAL Mincher (20) Fregosi (8)

July 26--Tom Satriano singled home Don Mincher in the eighth inning, giving the Angels the 3-2 win over the Sox. The run given up by Jack Billingham was the first earned run he had given up in his professional career, spanning 28 innings. Deron Johnson and Rico Carty each hit solo homeruns in the loss (53-45)
W-McGlothlin (10-12) L-Billingham (3-1) HR-BOS Carty (3) Johnson (5)

July 27--Rick Reichardt hit a three run homerun and Len Gabrielson added a two run shot as the Angels beat up on the Sox, 8-1. George Brunet went eight innings, giving up just five hits and one run, winning his 12th game of the season (53-46)
W-Brunet (12-10) L-Santiago (9-9) HR-CAL Reichardt (6) Gabrielson (2)

July 28, 29 (DH), 30, 31 v Minnesota Twins

July 28--4 separate Twins drove in a pair of runs, including Harmon Killebrew, who his his ML leading, 35th homerun of the year, helping Minnesota defeat Boston in a 11-8 slugfest. Rico Carty hit a three run homerun and Carl Yastrzemski added a solo shot in the loss. (53-47)
W-Kline (3-2) L-P. Niekro (1-2) HR--BOS Carty (4) Yastrzemski (18) MIN Killebrew (35), Sims (8), Allison (18)

July 29 (Game One)--George Scott homered and drove in all three runs for the Sox, but it would be enough, as Jim Lonborg struck out 10 over 8 innings, leading Boston to the 3-2 win in the first of two today. (54-47)
W-Lonborg (13-7) L-Ollom (1-1) S-Billingham (7) HR-BOS Scott (14)

July 29 (Game Two)--Lee Stange pitched 7 1/3 shutout innings, striking out 6, and also added a two run single as Boston swept the doubleheader from the Twins, winning both games by identical 3-2 scores (55-47)
W-Stange (8-6) L-Chanve (14-7) S-Billingham (8) HR--MIN Battey (1)

July 30-=Earl Battey drove home Graig Nettles, who had tripled, in the top of the 11th inning, giving the Twins the 5-4 win. Rico Carty had three hits, two doubles and two RBI and Carl Yastrzemski homered in the loss (55-48)
W-O'Dell (4-0) L-Wyatt (2-3) S-Kline (1) HR-BOS Yastrzemski (19) MIN Killebrew (36) Uehlander (4)

July 31--George Scott and Reggie Smith each homered twice, Scott driving in three and Smith, two, as Boston took 3 of 5 from the Twins, winning 8-5. Rookie Al Oliver continued his torrid start for Minnesota since being drafted, hitting his 7th homerun of the year, and improving his line to .414 (37-90) with seven homeruns and 21 RBI in just 29 games. (56-48)
W-Santiago (10-9) L-Williams (5-2) HR-BOS Smith 2 (16) Scott 2 (16) MIN Oliver (7)

Trade Deadline News

Couple of headscratchers here. The Tigers trading Cash I don't understand, but another nice move by the Pirates, who appear to be in full rebuild mode.

Papi · 07-09-2014, 11:15 PM

League Standings Through July 31st 1967--

Complete Team Batting Through July 31st 1967--

Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Reggie Smith CF	100	430	69	120	31	4	16	57	207	46	63	10	9	.279	.347	.481	.829
George C Scott 1B	103	427	59	129	22	3	16	71	205	30	88	2	3	.302	.349	.480	.829
Joe Foy 3B	102	402	52	109	14	2	12	55	163	46	85	7	0	.271	.349	.405	.754
Rico Petrocelli SS	102	395	45	93	18	1	16	55	161	40	79	0	0	.235	.318	.408	.725
Carl Yastrzemski LF	95	379	64	120	20	3	19	54	203	54	53	2	2	.317	.405	.536	.941
Mike Andrews 2B	70	278	38	67	12	0	3	27	88	45	44	0	1	.241	.345	.317	.661
Bob Tillman C	58	201	18	47	2	2	2	23	59	24	62	0	0	.234	.313	.294	.606
Deron Johnson 1B	56	170	18	32	9	0	5	17	56	12	55	0	0	.188	.246	.329	.575
Tommy Helms SS	52	160	12	43	11	0	0	10	54	4	16	2	1	.269	.285	.338	.622
Tony Conigliaro RF	35	141	18	28	2	0	6	14	48	10	26	0	0	.199	.252	.340	.592
Richie Scheinblum RF	34	101	9	23	4	0	0	12	27	8	10	0	0	.228	.282	.267	.549
Jose Tartabull CF	40	95	8	23	4	1	0	6	29	8	14	4	6	.242	.298	.305	.603
Walt Hriniak C	28	89	10	23	3	0	0	5	26	11	10	0	0	.258	.343	.292	.635
Rico Carty C	15	69	10	23	4	0	4	10	39	3	11	0	0	.333	.356	.565	.921
Jim Lonborg SP	26	62	4	11	2	0	0	5	13	3	18	0	0	.177	.212	.210	.422
Jose RA Santiago SP	24	47	2	6	2	0	0	1	8	2	16	0	0	.128	.196	.170	.366
Lee Stange SP	20	41	3	6	1	0	0	3	7	3	14	0	0	.146	.222	.171	.393
Dalton Jones 1B	17	38	3	12	2	0	0	2	14	2	9	0	0	.316	.350	.368	.718
Mike J Ryan C	11	28	2	4	0	2	0	2	8	2	7	0	0	.143	.194	.286	.479
Joe Niekro SP	12	27	4	3	2	0	0	1	5	0	14	0	0	.111	.143	.185	.328
George Thomas LF	20	22	1	3	0	0	0	1	3	1	9	0	0	.136	.208	.136	.345
Dennis Bennett MR	11	17	2	6	0	0	0	4	6	0	5	0	0	.353	.333	.353	.686
Tony Horton 1B	14	15	2	5	0	0	0	1	5	2	4	0	0	.333	.412	.333	.745
Bucky Brandon MR	15	14	1	3	1	0	0	1	4	0	7	0	0	.214	.214	.286	.500
Phil Niekro SP	4	10	0	4	0	0	0	1	4	1	5	0	0	.400	.455	.400	.855
Dan Osinski MR	31	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222
Marty Pattin SP	5	9	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333
Dave Morehead MR	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111
Jack Billingham MR	19	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286
Cal Koonce CL	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200
John Wyatt MR	24	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650
Sparky Lyle MR	14	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
Skip Guinn MR	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500
Carroll Sembera MR	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Don McMahon MR	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Bill Landis MR	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Complete Team Pitching Through July 31st 1967--

Name	W	L	SV	ERA	G	GS	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	WHIP	OAVG	BABIP
Jack Billingham MR	3	1	8	0.95	19	0	38.0	24	4	4	1	10	30	0.89	.179	.223
Dave Morehead MR	2	0	1	1.29	8	3	28.0	23	5	4	2	15	13	1.36	.237	.256
Cal Koonce CL	2	1	5	2.01	18	0	31.1	21	7	7	2	7	20	0.89	.183	.204
Sparky Lyle MR	3	1	7	2.37	14	0	19.0	19	6	5	1	8	19	1.42	.260	.340
John Wyatt MR	2	3	0	2.50	24	0	36.0	27	12	10	1	23	29	1.39	.205	.255
Bucky Brandon MR	1	4	1	2.92	14	4	52.1	46	18	17	3	25	32	1.36	.240	.274
Dan Osinski MR	2	4	4	2.95	31	0	55.0	67	28	18	5	17	28	1.53	.294	.318
Jim Lonborg SP	13	7	0	3.09	26	26	192.1	172	71	66	19	55	189	1.18	.241	.302
Lee Stange SP	8	6	0	3.35	20	19	129.0	141	52	48	10	23	57	1.27	.280	.300
Joe Niekro SP	4	2	0	3.45	12	12	75.2	85	36	29	11	15	31	1.32	.281	.285
Dennis Bennett MR	3	3	0	4.30	11	9	58.2	64	33	28	9	24	38	1.50	.272	.293
Jose RA Santiago SP	10	9	0	4.43	24	23	154.1	141	83	76	18	60	107	1.30	.243	.270
Skip Guinn MR	0	0	0	5.73	8	0	11.0	13	9	7	0	8	12	1.91	.295	.406
Phil Niekro SP	1	2	0	6.51	4	4	27.2	30	21	20	4	4	25	1.23	.270	.317
Don McMahon MR	0	1	0	6.75	5	0	8.0	9	6	6	3	6	3	1.88	.300	.250
Marty Pattin SP	2	3	0	7.71	5	4	25.2	34	22	22	3	17	10	1.99	.347	.365
Bill Landis MR	0	0	1	9.45	6	0	6.2	10	7	7	1	4	7	2.10	.345	.429
Carroll Sembera MR	0	1	0	11.88	5	0	8.1	14	12	11	1	3	8	2.04	.341	.406

Papi · 07-10-2014, 09:18 PM

August 1 (DH), 2,3 v Kansas City Athletics

August 1 (Game One)--Carl Yastrzemski and Reggie Smith each hit two run homeruns in support of Phil Niekro, who scattered seven hits and two runs over eight innings, helping Boston beat Kansas City 8-2. (57-48)
W-P. Niekro (2-2) L-McGinn (0-1) HR--BOS Yastrzemski (20) Smith (17)

August 1 (Game Two)--Making a spot start for the Sox, Bucky Brandon was outstanding, pitching 7 1/3 innings, giving up just five hits and one run, but Blue Moon Odom was just plain dominant today. Odom allowed just one hit and struck out 11 over 7 1/3 innings as KC split the doubleheader, nipping the Sox, 1-0. (57-49)
W-Odom (6-8) L-Brandon (1-5) S-Pierce (4)

August 2--Tony Conigliaro hit a two out, two run single in the bottom of the eighth inning, tying the ball game at two, and Jack Billingham won the game with his bat, hitting a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 9th, giving Boston the 3-2 win. (58-49)
W-Billingham (4-1) L-Rodriguez (0-1)

August 3--Rico Carty hit a pair of solo homeruns, and Tony Conigliaro and George Scott each added two RBI as Boston took 3 of 4 from the Athletics, winning 8-5. Lee Stange won his 9th game of the year, allowing 2 runs over six solid innings of work. (59-49)
W-Stange (9-6) L-Stafford (0-3) S-Billingham (9) HR--BOS Carty 2 (6) KC Cater (1)

August 4, 5, 6 at Minnesota Twins

August 4--Dave Boswell pitched seven shutout innings, striking out eight and Bobby Allison drove in a run with a double as the Twins blanked Boston, 3-0. (59-50)
W-Boswell (14-6) L-J. Niekro (4-4) S-Worthington (23)

August 5--Ted Uehlander and Harmon Killebrew each hit homeruns, and Stan Williams struck out five over 7 2/3 innings, giving Minnesota the 5-4 win. Rico Petrocelli homered, his 17th, in the loss (59-51)
W-Williams (5-2) L-Santiago (10-10) S-Worthington (24) HR-BOS Petrocelli (17) MIN Killebrew (38) Uehlander (5)

August 6--A 1-1 tie turned into a rout for the Red Sox, as they scored once in the eighth and 5 more times in the ninth, capped by a two run triple by George Scott and solo homerun for Carl Yastrzemski, helping Boston avoid the sweep, winning 7-1. Reggie Smith added 4 RBI in the win. Jim Lonborg was a beast today, going the distance, striking out 14. (60-51)
W-Lonborg (14-7) L-Merritt (15-7) HR-BOS Yastrzemski (21)

As we move through the dog days of August and try to make up ground on the Tigers and Twins, we will head to Kansas City for three against the Athletics, followed by three games on the West Coast against the California Angels.

Papi · 07-10-2014, 11:09 PM

August 8 (DH), 9 @ Kansas City Athletics

August 8 (Game One)--Carl Yastrzemski, George Scott and Rico Carty each hit two run homeruns, and Phil Niekro allowed 1 earned run over 7 innings as Boston beat Kansas City, 7-5. (61-51)
W-P. Niekro (3-2) L-Odom (6-9) S-Billingham (10) HR-BOS Yastrzemski (22), Scott (17), Carty (7) KC Monday (11), Webster (11)

August 8 (Game Two)--Lew Krausse pitched 8 innings of one run ball and spearheaded the offense as well, hitting a two run homerun, as the A's beat the Sox, 4-1. (61-52)
W-Krausse (10-11) L-Stange (9-7) HR-Yastrzemski (23) KC Krausse (1)

August 9--Joe Niekro pitched a shutout, scattering nine hits, walking none and striking out two, and Yastrzemski hit a solo homerun and Rico Carty added two RBI as Boston took two of three from Kansas City, winning 5-0. (62-52)
W-J. Niekro (5-4) L-Dobson (4-6) HR-BOS Yastrzemski (24)

August 11,12,13 at California Angels

August 11--Clyde Wright pitched seven shutout innings, striking out five, and Rick Reichardt lead the offense with a pair of hits and an RBI double as the Angels blanked the Sox, 2-0. (62-53)
W-Wright (7-11) L-Lonborg (14-8) S-Weaver (17)

August 12--Tom Satriano walked off with an RBI triple in the bottom of the 12th inning, giving the Angels the 2-1 win. Diego Segui pitched three shutout innings, striking out three, earning the win. Rico Carty drove in the only Sox run with an RBI double in the 7th. (62-54)
W-Segui (6-5) L-Koonce (2-2)

August 13--Phil Niekro pitched a complete game shutout, walking one and striking out nine, and three Sox drove in single runs in the 3-0 win. (63-54)
W-P. Niekro (4-2) L-Brunet (12-12)

Next up for the Sox is the start of a seven game homestand, three against Detroit, followed by 4 vs the Angels.

Papi · 07-11-2014, 08:38 PM

August 15,16,17 v Detroit Tigers

August 15--Mickey Stanley went 3-4 with two RBI, and Bill Freehan hit a tie breaking, solo homerun as Detroit beat Boston, 3-2. Mickey Lolich became the majors first 20 game winning this year, pitching seven innings of two run ball. Rico Petrocelli hit his 18th homerun, a solo blast, in the loss. (63-55)
W-Lolich (20-6) L-Lonborg (14-9) S-Hiller (24) HR-BOS Petrocelli (18) DET Freehan (15)

August 16--Carl Yastrzemski hit a two run homerun and Rico Petrocelli and Reggie Smith each drove in a pair as the Sox skated past the Tigers, 7-2. Joe Niekro worked seven innings, giving up six hits and two runs, earning his 6th win of the year. (64-55)
W-J, Niekro (6-4) L-Siebert (10-12) HR-BOS Yastrzemski (25) DET Kaline (16)

August 17--Earl Wilson pitched seven solid innings, allowing two runs and striking out five and Bill Freehan had three hits as Detroit took two of three from Boston, winning 6-3, (64-56)
W-Wilson (10-9) L-Santiago (10-11) S-Hiller (25) HR-BOS Yastrzemski (26) DET Comer (1)

August 18, 19, 20 (DH) v California Angels

August 18--Rico Carty drove home Rico Petrocelli in the bottom of the 10th inning with an RBI single, as Boston snuck past California 7-6. Petrocelli had 4 hits in the game including a double and solo homerun, and Tony Conigliaro added a three run bomb in the win for the Sox. (65-56)
W-Wyatt (3-3) L-Segui (6-6) HR-BOS Conigliaro (7) Petrocelli (19)

August 19--Tony Conigliaro hit his 2nd three run homerun in as many days, and Joe Foy reached base 4 times, scoring 3 runs as Boston won their second straight over the Angels, 6-5. (66-56)
W-Lonborg (15-9) L-Hall (3-2) S-Billingham (11) HR-BOS Congiliaro (8) CAL Gabrielson (4)

August 20 (Game One)--Don Mincher hit his 26th homerun of the year, a two run shot, and Rick Riechardt added a three run shot as California took the first game of the doubleheader, beating the Sox easily, 8-2. Lee Stange was pounded to the tune of 11 hits and 8 runs over 2 2/3 innings. (66-57)
W-Wright (8-11) L-Stange (9-8) HR-BOS Scott (18) CAL Mincher (26) Riechardt (8)

August 20 (Game Two)--Tony Conigliaro hit his third three run homerun in four games, and Carl Yastrzemski added his 27th shot of the year, a solo blast as Boston split the doubleheader and took three of four from the Angels, winning today, 9-7. Reggie Smith reached base five times with three hits and two walks to ignite the offense. Jose Santiago, pitching in his first game of relief this year, went 2 1/3 shutout innings for the win. (67-57)
W-Santiago (11-11) L-Segui (6-7) HR--BOS Conigliaro (9) Yastrzemski (27) CAL Reichardt (9)

Well, not exactly what I had in mind. The offense has picked up, but I just can't keep up with the Twins or Tigers. We are now 11 games out of first, and with the inconsistency of the pitching staff, it's looking extremely unlikely that this will be year 21 straight without a playoff appearance.

HR Chase--Harmon Killebrew currently sits at 43 homeruns in 121 games and is on pace to hit 57. I will keep an eye on it and see if he can make a run at Ruth.

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP	WAR
1967 Minnesota - ML	30	121	406	122	7	1	43	109	83	95	4	1	79	0	0	.300	.437	.640	1.077	224	62.4	6.0

Next up are 4 games at home against the Washington Senators followed by 4 in Chicago against the White Sox.

Papi · 07-11-2014, 11:32 PM

August 21,22,23,24 v Washington Senators

August 21--Ken McMullen went 3-4 with a double and three runs scored, and Frank Coggins added two hits and two RBI as the Senators beat Boston, 8-5. Carl Yastrzemski and Tony Conigliaro homered in a losing cause for the Sox, (67-58)
W-Ellis (2-3) L-Brandon (1-6) HR-BOS Yastrzemski (28) Conigliaro (10)

August 22--Yaz continued the best season of his career, hitting homerun number 29, and Joe Foy added two hits and two RBI, leading Boston to the 5-3 win. Phil Niekro went seven innings, giving up just two runs, earning the win. (68-58)
W-P. Niekro (5-2) L-Coleman (10-12) S-Billingham (12) HR-BOS Yastrzemski (29)

August 23--Yastrzemski went 3-4 with an RBI double and Tony Conigliaro added a two run single, leading Boston to a rain soaked, 3-2 win. Jose Santiago pitched 6 shutout innings of relief of Jim Lonborg, who was pulled after 3 innings due to rain, picking up the win. (69-58)
W-Santiago (12-11) L-Knowles (4-3) HR-WAS Harrelson (30)

August 24--In a wild game, Joe Foy drove home Carl Yastrzemski with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 15th inning, giving the Sox the 5-4 win. Boxscore below:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	R	H	E
Washington Senators (56-73)	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	16	1
Boston Red Sox (70-58)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	14	2

WASHINGTON BATTING LINESCORES		BOSTON BATTING LINESCORES

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
D. Unser CF	8	2	5	1	0	1	2	.270	1	13
P. Casanova C	7	1	2	2	0	0	4	.238	12	45
K. Harrelson RF	3	0	0	1	0	2	1	.283	30	91
a-R. Colavito RF	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	.231	4	16
F. Howard LF	6	0	1	0	1	2	2	.224	19	63
D. Nen 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.220	1	3
d-F. Coggins PH, 1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	.243	2	16
H. Allen 3B, 2B	6	0	2	0	1	0	1	.244	0	9
B. Allen 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.278	2	10
b-C. Peterson PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.202	0	9
c-K. McMullen 3B	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	.266	17	64
T. Cullen SS	7	1	3	0	0	0	4	.244	3	27
P. Richert P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.131	1	6
D. Knowles P	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	0	2
D. Lines P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
e-J. King PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.172	0	2
J. Lamabe P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0
f-D. Camilli PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.200	1	6
C. Pascual P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.075	0	1
Totals	58	4	16	4	3	7	27

a - R. Colavito substituted for K. Harrelson in the 8th
b - C. Peterson pinch hit for B. Allen in the 9th
c - K. McMullen substituted for C. Peterson in the 9th
d - F. Coggins pinch hit for D. Nen in the 11th
e - J. King pinch hit for D. Lines in the 11th
f - D. Camilli pinch hit for J. Lamabe in the 13th

BATTING
Doubles: D. Unser (9, 14th Inning off J. Wyatt, 0 on, 0 outs) H. Allen (4, 9th Inning off D. Osinski, 0 on, 0 outs) P. Casanova (24, 10th Inning off S. Lyle, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: P. Casanova (12, 3rd Inning off J. Niekro, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: D. Unser 6 , H. Allen 3 , P. Casanova 6 , F. Howard , T. Cullen 3 , K. McMullen 2 , F. Coggins
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Knowles , D. Unser , F. Howard 2 , F. Coggins , J. King , D. Camilli
GIDP: P. Casanova
Sac Bunt: C. Pascual , P. Richert
Sac Fly: K. Harrelson
Team LOB: 12

FIELDING
Errors: H. Allen (8)
Double Plays: 3 (Allen-Cullen-Nen, Cullen-Allen-Nen, Cullen-Allen-Nen)

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	HR	RBI
R. Smith CF	6	0	1	2	1	2	5	.279	17	69
R. Carty C	7	0	0	0	0	2	7	.257	14	52
C. Yastrzemski LF	6	2	4	1	1	0	0	.326	29	72
T. Conigliaro RF	7	0	3	0	0	1	3	.242	10	34
G. Scott 1B	7	0	1	0	0	0	6	.283	18	82
J. Foy 3B	5	0	2	2	1	1	1	.266	12	64
R. Petrocelli SS	6	1	2	0	0	0	3	.241	19	65
T. Helms 2B	6	1	1	0	0	1	5	.231	0	22
J. Niekro P	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.205	0	2
a-D. Johnson PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.174	8	24
D. Osinski P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	0	0
b-R. Scheinblum PH	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.227	0	17
S. Lyle P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	0	0
c-J. Tartabull PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	0	6
J. Billingham P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	0	1
J. Wyatt P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	0	0
Totals	54	5	14	5	5	9	35

a - D. Johnson pinch hit for J. Niekro in the 7th
b - R. Scheinblum pinch hit for D. Osinski in the 9th
c - J. Tartabull pinch hit for S. Lyle in the 11th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Foy (18, 8th Inning off D. Knowles, 2 on, 1 out) T. Helms (15, 7th Inning off P. Richert, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: C. Yastrzemski 4 , T. Conigliaro 3 , R. Smith , G. Scott , J. Foy 3 , R. Petrocelli 2 , T. Helms 2
2-out RBI: C. Yastrzemski , R. Smith
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Helms , R. Carty
GIDP: T. Conigliaro , G. Scott 2
Sac Fly: J. Foy
Team LOB: 11

FIELDING
Errors: C. Yastrzemski (4) , J. Foy (16)
Double Plays: 1 (Foy-Helms-Scott)

WASHINGTON PITCHING LINESCORES		BOSTON PITCHING LINESCORES

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PI	PS	ERA
P. Richert	7.0	8	3	3	4	3	104	61	3.83
D. Knowles BS (2)	2.1	3	1	1	1	1	37	20	2.29
D. Lines	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	7	4	3.31
J. Lamabe	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	23	16	3.54
C. Pascual L (5-19)	2.2	2	1	1	0	4	32	25	5.64

PITCHING
Game Score: P. Richert 48
Batters Faced: P. Richert 30, D. Knowles 11, D. Lines 3, J. Lamabe 6, C. Pascual 10
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: P. Richert 12-2, D. Knowles 4-2, D. Lines 2-0, J. Lamabe 3-2, C. Pascual 3-1
Pitches - Strikes: P. Richert 104-61, D. Knowles 37-20, D. Lines 7-4, J. Lamabe 23-16, C. Pascual 32-25
Inherited Runners - Scored: D. Knowles 1-1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PI	PS	ERA
J. Niekro	7.0	5	4	3	1	2	1	100	59	3.69
D. Osinski	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	13	2.70
S. Lyle	2.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	32	22	3.68
J. Billingham	1.1	4	0	0	0	2	0	37	22	0.70
J. Wyatt W (4-3)	2.2	3	0	0	2	1	0	36	22	2.30

PITCHING
Game Score: J. Niekro 54
Batters Faced: J. Niekro 29, D. Osinski 7, S. Lyle 9, J. Billingham 7, J. Wyatt 12
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Niekro 11-8, D. Osinski 3-3, S. Lyle 2-2, J. Billingham 1-0, J. Wyatt 3-3
Pitches - Strikes: J. Niekro 100-59, D. Osinski 21-13, S. Lyle 32-22, J. Billingham 37-22, J. Wyatt 36-22
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Wyatt 3-0

August 25,26,27 (DH) @ Chicago White Sox

August 25--Trailing 3-2 entering the ninth inning, George Scott led off with a solo homerun to tie it, Rico Petrocelli followed up with a walk, and Tommy Helms drove him home with a double, leading the Sox to the 4-3 win. Cal Koonce pitched two perfect innings, earning the win. (71-58)
W-Koonce (3-2) L-Carlos (2-4) HR BOS Scott (19)

August 26--Johnny Callison hit a pinch hit solo homerun off Jim Lonborg, accounting for the only run of the game as Gary Peters outdueled Lonborg, winning 1-0. Lonborg, the hardluck loser, went the distance, allowing just three hits, striking out 10, while Peters allowed just one hit over eight shutout innings. (71-59)
W-Peters (12-10) L-Lonborg (15-10) S-Locker (28) HR- CHW Callison (9)

August 27 (Game One)--Reggie Smith drove home Tommy Helms with a sacrifice fly in the top of the 11th inning, giving the Red Sox a 5-4 win over the White, in the first game of the doubleheader. Carl Yastrzemski hit homerun number 30, a solo shot in the win, and Helms added three hits and two runs scored to help lead the attack. (72-59)
W-Billingham (5-1) L-Wilhelm (2-6) S-Lyle (8) HR- BOS Yastrzemski (30)

August 27 (Game Two)--Rico Carty hit a two run double in the top of the ninth inning, breaking a 1 all tie, giving Boston the 3-1 win, the sweep of the doubleheader and their 7th win in their last 9 games. Jose Santiago allowed just three hits and one run over eight innings. (73-59)
W-Santiago (13-11) L-Horlen (6-13) S-Lyle (9)

Harmon Killebrew HR Chase--47 homeruns in 128 games--On pace now for 59.

As we finish up August, we will see Boston home for three games against the Yankees, followed by 4 against these same White Sox.

Papi · 07-12-2014, 08:49 PM

August 28,29,30 vs New York Yankees

August 28--Joe Pepitone hit a solo homerun and Freddie Patek added two hits and an RBI as the Yankees get past the Sox, 4-3. George Scott and Rico Petrocelli each two hits and an RBI in the loss. (73-60)
W-Verbanic (6-5) J. Niekro (6-5) S-Hamilton (11) HR-NYY Pepitone (12)

August 29--Jose Tartabull doubled home Walt Hriniak giving Boston the 7-6 lead in the top of the 14th inning. The bottom of the 14th was bad though. Lee Stange came on to try to pick up his first save of the year, and the inning went single, groundout, game tying double off the bat of Joe Pepitone, walk off two run homerun by Roy White, Yankees win, 9-7. (73-61)
W-Podres (4-0) L-Stange (9-9) HR-Conigliaro (11) Kenworthy (2) NYY White (6) Stargell (9)

August 30-Rico Petrocelli hit a pair of solo homeruns, and Joe Foy added an RBI triple as Boston avoided the sweep, beating New York, 5-4. Jim Lonborg went eight innings, giving up two runs, to win his 16th game of the year. (74-61)
W-Lonborg (16-10) L-Bouton (2-4) S-Billingham (13) HR-BOS Petrocelli 2 (21) Smith (18)

August 31, September 1,2,3 v Chicago White Sox

August 31--Deron Johnson went 2-5 with three RBI, and Jose Santiago struggled through six innings, allowed 10 hits and 4 runs, but earned his 14th win of the year as Boston snuck past Chicago, 6-4. (75-61)
W-Santiago (14-11) L-O'Toole (9-10) S-Billingham (14) HR-CHW Agree (22)

September 1--Phil Niekro pitched a complete game shutout, allowing 4 hits, striking out six as Boston beat the White Sox, 2-0. George Scott and Tommy Helms each had two hits and an RBI in the win. (76-61)
W-P. Niekro (6-2) L-Horlen (6-14)

September 2--Reggie Smith and Rico Carty, the 1-2 hitters in the Red Sox lineup, went a combined 6-9 with three RBI, including an RBI single off the bat of Carty, driving home Smith in the bottom of the ninth as Boston walked off, 3-2. Joe Niekro went the distance for Boston, allowing five hits and no walks, striking out 1. (77-61)
W-J. Niekro (7-5) L-Locker (6-9) HR-BOS Carty (8)

September 3--George Scott and Joe Foy each had 4 hits, but it wasn't enough as Chicago got to the top two relievers in the Sox bullpen, tying the game in the 8th off Jack Billingham, and winning the game in the 10th off Sparky Lyle, as Tommy Agee hit a solo homerun to break the 2-2 tie, giving the White Sox, the 3-2 win. (77-62)
W-Locker (7-9) L-Lyle (3-2) HR-CHW Agee (23)

Harmon Killebrew HR Chase--50 homeruns in 135 games--On pace for 60.

We are playing our best ball of the season, and have nothing to show for it. In fact, over the last 20 games or so, we have actually lost ground on the Minnesota Twins, who are now running away with the American League crown. Complete Standings below.

Through 9/3/1967

Team Batting Stats through 9/3/1967

Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Reggie Smith CF	134	572	91	162	38	5	18	72	264	66	80	12	12	.283	.356	.462	.817
George C Scott 1B	137	557	68	162	24	4	19	87	251	45	104	3	3	.291	.345	.451	.795
Carl Yastrzemski LF	128	518	88	165	24	3	30	75	285	65	70	4	2	.319	.399	.550	.950
Joe Foy 3B	134	517	68	141	21	4	12	66	206	67	105	9	0	.273	.360	.398	.758
Rico Petrocelli SS	135	513	58	125	23	1	21	69	213	55	99	0	0	.244	.324	.415	.739
Tommy Helms SS	84	289	24	69	17	0	0	19	86	8	25	3	1	.239	.258	.298	.556
Mike Andrews 2B	70	278	38	67	12	0	3	27	88	45	44	0	1	.241	.345	.317	.661
Tony Conigliaro RF	68	278	33	67	6	2	11	37	110	21	53	0	0	.241	.293	.396	.689
Bob Tillman C	58	201	18	47	2	2	2	23	59	24	62	0	0	.234	.313	.294	.606
Rico Carty C	45	199	25	60	10	1	8	26	96	15	35	0	0	.302	.349	.482	.831
Deron Johnson 1B	67	186	19	34	9	0	5	21	58	12	59	0	0	.183	.235	.312	.547
Richie Scheinblum RF	52	130	14	32	5	1	0	12	39	12	14	1	0	.246	.308	.300	.608
Walt Hriniak C	36	110	13	28	3	0	0	5	31	14	14	0	0	.255	.346	.282	.628
Jose Tartabull CF	47	108	10	26	5	1	0	7	33	8	16	4	6	.241	.291	.306	.596
Jim Lonborg SP	35	84	4	13	2	0	0	5	15	3	25	0	0	.155	.182	.179	.360
Jose RA Santiago SP	31	62	2	7	2	0	0	1	9	2	22	0	0	.113	.167	.145	.312
Lee Stange SP	25	48	4	7	1	0	0	3	8	3	17	0	0	.146	.212	.167	.378
Joe Niekro SP	19	43	5	7	2	0	0	2	9	2	18	0	0	.163	.217	.209	.427
Dalton Jones 1B	17	38	3	12	2	0	0	2	14	2	9	0	0	.316	.350	.368	.718
Dick Kenworthy 3B	7	30	1	2	0	0	1	2	5	2	10	0	0	.067	.125	.167	.292
Phil Niekro SP	11	29	1	5	0	0	0	2	5	1	15	0	0	.172	.194	.172	.366
Mike J Ryan C	11	28	2	4	0	2	0	2	8	2	7	0	0	.143	.194	.286	.479
George Thomas LF	22	25	1	3	0	0	0	1	3	1	10	0	0	.120	.185	.120	.305
Bucky Brandon SP	19	22	2	4	2	0	0	1	6	0	10	0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455
Dennis Bennett MR	11	17	2	6	0	0	0	4	6	0	5	0	0	.353	.333	.353	.686
Tony Horton 1B	14	15	2	5	0	0	0	1	5	2	4	0	0	.333	.412	.333	.745
Dan Osinski MR	38	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143
Jack Billingham MR	32	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	.100	.091	.100	.191
Marty Pattin MR	6	9	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333
Dave Morehead MR	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111
Cal Koonce CL	28	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393
John Wyatt MR	29	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533
Skip Guinn MR	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	.000	.400	.000	.400
Sparky Lyle MR	20	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
Carroll Sembera MR	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Don McMahon MR	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Bill Landis MR	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Team Pitching Stats Through 9/4/1967

Name	W	L	SV	ERA	G	GS	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	WHIP	OAVG	BABIP
Jack Billingham MR	5	1	14	0.94	32	0	57.2	37	6	6	1	19	46	0.97	.183	.232
Dave Morehead MR	2	0	1	1.29	8	3	28.0	23	5	4	2	15	13	1.36	.237	.256
John Wyatt MR	4	3	0	2.22	29	0	44.2	36	14	11	1	29	35	1.46	.221	.276
Dan Osinski MR	2	4	4	2.60	38	0	69.1	75	30	20	6	19	35	1.36	.269	.290
Jim Lonborg SP	16	10	0	2.83	35	35	257.1	235	88	81	22	73	250	1.20	.244	.309
Cal Koonce CL	3	2	5	2.87	28	0	47.0	36	15	15	2	12	24	1.02	.206	.228
Bucky Brandon SP	1	6	1	3.24	18	7	72.1	69	28	26	4	31	40	1.38	.253	.284
Sparky Lyle MR	3	2	9	3.29	20	0	27.1	28	11	10	2	11	26	1.43	.264	.333
Joe Niekro SP	7	4	0	3.29	19	19	125.2	136	56	46	15	24	47	1.27	.272	.276
Phil Niekro SP	6	2	0	3.64	11	11	81.2	76	39	33	6	15	59	1.11	.241	.279
Lee Stange SP	9	9	0	3.91	25	23	152.0	180	71	66	15	32	67	1.39	.299	.317
Jose RA Santiago SP	14	11	0	4.14	31	28	197.2	177	98	91	21	75	133	1.27	.241	.269
Dennis Bennett MR	3	3	0	4.30	11	9	58.2	64	33	28	9	24	38	1.50	.272	.293
Don McMahon MR	0	1	0	6.75	5	0	8.0	9	6	6	3	6	3	1.88	.300	.250
Skip Guinn MR	0	0	0	7.71	11	0	14.0	16	14	12	1	13	15	2.07	.291	.385
Marty Pattin MR	2	3	0	7.76	6	4	26.2	37	23	23	3	17	11	2.03	.363	.386
Bill Landis MR	0	0	1	9.45	6	0	6.2	10	7	7	1	4	7	2.10	.345	.429
Carroll Sembera MR	0	1	0	11.88	5	0	8.1	14	12	11	1	3	8	2.04	.341	.406

07-07-2014, 12:22 AM	#1
Papi All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,172	1967 Boston Red Sox I have played this dynasty a few different times, with varying success. I am not sure how long I am going to keep it going, but I haven't kept a written log in a while, so here goes. Not sure on the format yet, figure I will play around with it while I am going. I am already a couple of months into the season, and the first couple of posts will include up to date standings, stats, league leaders and team transactions.

07-07-2014, 12:25 AM	#2
Papi All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,172	Standings Through Saturday, June 24th-- Attached Images

07-07-2014, 12:28 AM	#3
Papi All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,172	League Leaders Through June 24th-- Attached Images

07-07-2014, 12:43 AM	#4
Papi All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,172	Trades/1st Round 1967 Amateur Draft-- Attached Images

07-07-2014, 04:11 AM	#6
CatKnight All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 1,199	Good to see you back!

07-07-2014, 09:55 PM	#7
Papi All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,172	I never left Cat! I had been playing a fictional league for the last couple of years, and just keeping it to myself! June 26,27,28 at Minnesota Twins June 26--Rico Petrocelli hit a grand slam off Jim Perry and Lee Stange pitched a complete game, as Boston beat the Twins handily 9-2. (41-31) W-Stange (6-4) L-Perry (1-3) HR--BOS Petrocelli (10) MIN--Killebrew (25) June 27--Red Sox pitchers walked nine Twins hitters on the day, including 4 in a key, three run 7th inning as the Twins nicked the Red Sox, 4-3. Jim Merritt struck out 10 in eight innings, winning his 10th game of the year for Minnesota. (41-32) W--Merritt (10-5) L--Pattin (2-2) S-Worthington (14) HR--BOS Yastrzemski (14) June 28--Mike Andrews hit a 3 run homerun and added an RBI double as the Red Sox took two of three from the Twins, beating Minnesota easily, 9-2. Richie Scheinblum added two hits and two RBI in support of Jim Lonborg, who pitched 7 innings, winning his 9th game of the season. (42-32) W--Lonborg (9-6) L--Chance (10-5) HR--BOS Andrews (2) June 30, July 1,2 @ Kansas City Athletics (38-38) June 30--Jim Nash allowed just two hits over seven innings of work, Ed Charles had two hits and two RBI and Bert Campaneris added a solo homerun as Kansas City blanked Boston, 5-0. (42-33) W-Nash (4-10) L-Niekro (2-3) HR-KC Campaneris (2) July 1--Lee Stange outdueled Catfish Hunter, pitching seven shutout innings, and driving in the only run of the game with a sacrifice fly, as Boston defeated Kansas City 1-0. Hunter went the distance, allowing just the one, unearned run, striking out nine. (43-33) W-Stange (7-4) L-Hunter (11-4) S-Billingham (3) July 2--Carl Yastrzemski hit a solo homerun and Joe Foy added two hits and two RBI as the Sox took two of three from the Athletics, winning today, 4-1. Jim Longborg pitched 7 2/3 innings of five hit ball, striking out 8, winning his 10th game of the year. (44-33) W-Lonborg (10-6) L-Odom (4-5) S-Billingham (4) HR-BOS Yastrzemski (15) Trade News The Pittsburgh Pirates were busy this week, completing two separate trades that should make their fans quite happy. First, they move C Manny Sanguillen to the Houston Astros in exchange for 4 minor leaguers, the key pieces being LF Bob Watson and SP Chris Zachary. They then turned around and traded OF Manny Mota to the Cleveland Indians for 20 year old C prospect, Ray Fosse. I like these moves, effectively trading Sanguillen and the 29 year old Mota for 20 year old Fosse 21 year old Watson, and 23 year old Zachary, along with two other pieces. Monthly Awards AL Rookie of the Month-Rod Carew (MIN) .313 0-13 AL Pitcher of the Month-Tommy John (CHW) 6-1 1.07 AL Batter of the Month-Harmon Killebrew (MIN) .278 13-31 NL Rookie of the Month-Manny Sanguillen (HOU) .265 2-9 NL Pitcher of the Month-Gaylord Perry (SF) 5-1 1.11 NL Batter of the Month-Hank Aaron (ATL) .396 7-20 Next on tap for the Sox are three games on the West Coast against the California Angels followed by a four game set in Detroit against the Tigers.

07-08-2014, 12:18 AM	#8
Papi All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,172	July 3,4,5 at California Angels July 3-Deron Johnson hit a solo homerun and Reggie Smith went 3-4 with a pair of runs scored in support of Jose Santiago who scattered seven hits over seven innings as the Sox beat the Angels 5-2. (45-33) W-Santiago (9-5) L-McGlothlin (8-10) S-Koonce (5) HR-BOS Johnson (3) July 4-The Angels provided the fireworks today, pounding Sox pitching to the tune of 18 hits and 9 runs, led by Jim Fregosi, who went 3-4 with a homerun and three RBI as the Angels beat up on the Sox today, 9-1. Rick Reichardt added 4 hits in the win for the Halos. Marty Pattin was sent to AAA Boise after allowing 10 hits and five runs in 2 2/3 innings, seeing his ERA balloon to 7.71. (45-34) W-Brunet (9-8) L-Pattin (2-3) HR-CAL Fregosi (6) July 5-Deron Johnson hit a grand slam in a five run 12th inning, breaking a 7 all tie, giving Boston the 12-7 win in a wild one over the Angels. Reggie Smith had a big day for Boston, going 5-7 with a homerun, double and 2 RBI, while Carl Yastrzemski added 3 RBI in the win. (46-34) W-Wyatt (1-2) L-Buzhardt (0-3) HR-BOS Johnson (7), Smith (9), Petrocelli (11) CAL Satriano (5), Knoop (7) July 7,8,9 (DH) at Detroit Tigers July 7--Rico Petrocelli homered twice and drove in five runs, and Carl Yastrzemski and Joe Foy each added bombs as the Sox ran all over the Tigers today, 11-1. Jim Lonborg improved to 11-6, pitching 7 2/3 innings, striking out 8. (46-35) W-Lonborg (11-6) L-Sparma (5-11) HR-BOS Petrocelli 2 (13), Yastrzemski (16), Foy (11) DET Cash (16) July 8--Mickey Lolich struck out 11 in 7 1/3 innings, winning his 13th game of the year,shutting down the top scoring offense in the American League, beating the Red Sox 3-1. (46-36) W-Lolich (13-5) L-Stange (7-5) S-Hiller (17) July 9 (Game One)--Norm Cash had three hits, including a three run homerun, and Carl Taylor added three hits and three runs scored as Detroit hammered Boston in Game One, 9-2. Bill Monbouquette pitched 8 innings, scattering 8 hits in the win. (46-37) W-Monbouquette (8-7) L-Santiago (9-6) HR-DET Cash (17) July 9 (Game Two)--Bob Tillman surprised everyone, hitting a three run homerun, and leading Boston to a 7-1 win the second game of the doubleheader, in the last game before the All Star Break. Joe Niekro pitched seven solid innings, surrendering just one run, striking out five. Joe Foy and George Scott added three hits in the win. (47-37) W-Niekro (3-3) L-Wilson (7-5) HR-BOS Tillman (2) Trade News The Pirates continue to wheel and deal, getting younger in the process. They made two more deals this week. First, the head scratcher. They send fan favorite and slugging 1B Willie Stargell to the New York Yankees for 4 minor leaguers. The second deal saw them trade MR Al McBean to the Mets for promising RP Tug McGraw. In another, unrelated deal, the Chicago Cubs have acquired OF Joe Rudi from the Kansas City Athletics for backup C Gene Oliver. All Star Results and Mid Year Stats are next!

07-08-2014, 08:34 PM	#12
Papi All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,172	July 13,14,15 v Baltimore Orioles July 13--Reggie Smith hit a solo homerun in the 3rd inning, accounting for the only run of the game as Jim Lonborg outdueled Jim Palmer, 1-0. Lonborg went eight shutout innings, winning his 5th straight start as Palmer allowed seven hits in a complete game loss. (48-37) W-Lonborg (12-6) L-Palmer (3-4) S-Billingham (5) HR--Smith (10) July 14--Every Oriole starter had at least one hit, and Baltimore nickel and dimed the Sox to the tune of 13 singles and 7 runs, as they sneak past the Sox, 7-6. (48-38) W-McNally (7-9) L-Santiago (9-7) S-Watt (10) HR-BOS Andrews (3) July 15--The Orioles beat up on Sox pitching, led by Woodie Held, who homered and drove in four runs, and Boog Powell, who had 3 hits, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored as Baltimore took two of three from Boston, winning easily, 14-4. (48-39) W-Phoebus (6-3) L-P. Niekro (0-1) HR-Scott (11) Carty (1) BAL Held (4) July 16,17 v Detroit Tigers July 16--George Smith, Reggie Smith and Rico Carty each had two hits and two RBI, and Joe Niekro went seven innings, allowing 4 runs as Boston beat Detroit, 10-7. Norm Cash homered twice in the loss. (49-39) W-J. Niekro (4-3) L-Wilson (7-6) S-Billingham (6) HR- BOS Yastrzemski (17), Petrocelli (14), Smith (11) DET Cash 2 (19), Tracewski (2) July 17--Gates Brown hit a tie breaking, two run homerun in the top off the 10th inning off Dan Osinski, his first homerun of the year, leading Detroit to a split of the two game series, winning 5-4. Reggie Smith continued his hot hitting for the Sox, going 3-5 with a two run homerun. (49-40) W-Hiller (5-4) L-Osinski (2-2) S-Pena (2) HR-BOS Smith (12) DET Wert (2), Brown (1) Next on tap is a 7 game roadtrip, 3 in Baltimore against the Orioles, followed by 4 in Cleveland vs the Indians.

07-08-2014, 11:29 PM	#13
Papi All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,172	July 18,19,20 at Baltimore Orioles July 18--Frank Robinson hit a two run homerun and Dave McNally went the distance, leading Baltimore to the 3-2 win over the Sox. George Scott had two hits and an RBI in the loss for Boston. (49-41) W-McNally (8-9) L-Santiago (9-8) HR-BAL F. Robinson (17) July 19--Phil Niekro had a complete 180 from his Red Sox debut, pitching a complete game shutout, allowing four hits and no walks, striking out six and needing only 87 pitches to lead Boston to the 6-0 win. George Scott homered twice and drove in four to lead the offense. (50-41) W-P. Niekro (1-1) L-Phoebus (6-4) HR-BOS Scott 2 (13), Petrocelli (15) July 20--Woodie Held drove in Mark Belanger with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 14th inning, giving the Orioles the 3-2 win over Boston. Steve Barber pitched 7 2/3 innings for the Orioles, striking out 15, picking up an unfortunate no-decision (51-41) W-Bunker (4-2) L-Osinski (2-3) HR-BOS Carty (2) July 21, 22, 23 (DH) @ Cleveland Indians July 21--Manny Mota hit a sacrifice fly, accounting for the only run of the game as the Indians nip Boston, 1-0. Jim Lonborg saw his 5 game win streak snapped as he pitched seven innings, striking out 7. Luis Tiant earned the win for Cleveland, pitching seven shutout innings. (51-42) W-Tiant (5-10) L-Lonborg (12-7) S-Allen (11) July 22--Trailing 5-2 entering the eighth inning, Boston scored twice in the 8th, once in the 9th and then twice again in the 10th on homeruns off the bat of Reggie Smith and Joe Foy, giving Boston the 7-5 win. Smith continued his torrid hot streak, going 3-5 with a pair of homeruns. (52-42) W-Billingham (3-0) L-Bell (3-6) HR-BOS Smith 2 (14) Foy (12) July 23 (Game One)--Vic Davalillo singled home Vern Fuller in the bottom of the 12th inning, giving the Indians the 4-3 in the first game of the twin bill. Fuller went 3-4 with an RBI and Leon Wagner added a solo blast in the win. (52-43) W-O'Donoghue (4-3) L-Osinski (2-4) HR-CLE Wagner (7) July 23 (Game Two)--Chico Salmon hit a bases clearing double, and 37 year old Jimmy Piersall, playing in only his 3rd game of the year, went 3-4 as Cleveland swept the doubleheader, beating the Sox, 4-1. (52-44) W-Hargan (8-12) L-Stange (7-8) S-Williams (3) Well, this was a rough stretch for us. Over the last 10, we are 3-7, while the two teams ahead of us, Minnesota and Detroit are both 8-2 putting us 9 1/2 games out of first place. The good news is we are finally expecting Tony Conigliaro back sometime next week, after missing 2 months with an injury. Maybe we can just outscore everyone? Trade News-- This is one I don't understand....but maybe the Yankees have a plan? Next up are 3 games at home against the California Angels, followed by the rare, five game series against the first place Minnesota Twins.

07-09-2014, 11:10 PM	#14
Papi All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,172	July 25,26,27 v California Angels July 25-Rico Petrocelli homered and drove in three runs, and Tommy Helms and Richie Scheinblum added two RBI each as the 7-8-9 hitters for the Sox went 7-11 with 7 RBI as Boston got past California 8-7. (53-44) W-Wyatt (2-2) L-Weaver (1-4) S-Osinski (4) HR-BOS Petrocelli (16) CAL Mincher (20) Fregosi (8) July 26--Tom Satriano singled home Don Mincher in the eighth inning, giving the Angels the 3-2 win over the Sox. The run given up by Jack Billingham was the first earned run he had given up in his professional career, spanning 28 innings. Deron Johnson and Rico Carty each hit solo homeruns in the loss (53-45) W-McGlothlin (10-12) L-Billingham (3-1) HR-BOS Carty (3) Johnson (5) July 27--Rick Reichardt hit a three run homerun and Len Gabrielson added a two run shot as the Angels beat up on the Sox, 8-1. George Brunet went eight innings, giving up just five hits and one run, winning his 12th game of the season (53-46) W-Brunet (12-10) L-Santiago (9-9) HR-CAL Reichardt (6) Gabrielson (2) July 28, 29 (DH), 30, 31 v Minnesota Twins July 28--4 separate Twins drove in a pair of runs, including Harmon Killebrew, who his his ML leading, 35th homerun of the year, helping Minnesota defeat Boston in a 11-8 slugfest. Rico Carty hit a three run homerun and Carl Yastrzemski added a solo shot in the loss. (53-47) W-Kline (3-2) L-P. Niekro (1-2) HR--BOS Carty (4) Yastrzemski (18) MIN Killebrew (35), Sims (8), Allison (18) July 29 (Game One)--George Scott homered and drove in all three runs for the Sox, but it would be enough, as Jim Lonborg struck out 10 over 8 innings, leading Boston to the 3-2 win in the first of two today. (54-47) W-Lonborg (13-7) L-Ollom (1-1) S-Billingham (7) HR-BOS Scott (14) July 29 (Game Two)--Lee Stange pitched 7 1/3 shutout innings, striking out 6, and also added a two run single as Boston swept the doubleheader from the Twins, winning both games by identical 3-2 scores (55-47) W-Stange (8-6) L-Chanve (14-7) S-Billingham (8) HR--MIN Battey (1) July 30-=Earl Battey drove home Graig Nettles, who had tripled, in the top of the 11th inning, giving the Twins the 5-4 win. Rico Carty had three hits, two doubles and two RBI and Carl Yastrzemski homered in the loss (55-48) W-O'Dell (4-0) L-Wyatt (2-3) S-Kline (1) HR-BOS Yastrzemski (19) MIN Killebrew (36) Uehlander (4) July 31--George Scott and Reggie Smith each homered twice, Scott driving in three and Smith, two, as Boston took 3 of 5 from the Twins, winning 8-5. Rookie Al Oliver continued his torrid start for Minnesota since being drafted, hitting his 7th homerun of the year, and improving his line to .414 (37-90) with seven homeruns and 21 RBI in just 29 games. (56-48) W-Santiago (10-9) L-Williams (5-2) HR-BOS Smith 2 (16) Scott 2 (16) MIN Oliver (7) Trade Deadline News Couple of headscratchers here. The Tigers trading Cash I don't understand, but another nice move by the Pirates, who appear to be in full rebuild mode.

07-10-2014, 09:18 PM	#16
Papi All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,172	August 1 (DH), 2,3 v Kansas City Athletics August 1 (Game One)--Carl Yastrzemski and Reggie Smith each hit two run homeruns in support of Phil Niekro, who scattered seven hits and two runs over eight innings, helping Boston beat Kansas City 8-2. (57-48) W-P. Niekro (2-2) L-McGinn (0-1) HR--BOS Yastrzemski (20) Smith (17) August 1 (Game Two)--Making a spot start for the Sox, Bucky Brandon was outstanding, pitching 7 1/3 innings, giving up just five hits and one run, but Blue Moon Odom was just plain dominant today. Odom allowed just one hit and struck out 11 over 7 1/3 innings as KC split the doubleheader, nipping the Sox, 1-0. (57-49) W-Odom (6-8) L-Brandon (1-5) S-Pierce (4) August 2--Tony Conigliaro hit a two out, two run single in the bottom of the eighth inning, tying the ball game at two, and Jack Billingham won the game with his bat, hitting a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 9th, giving Boston the 3-2 win. (58-49) W-Billingham (4-1) L-Rodriguez (0-1) August 3--Rico Carty hit a pair of solo homeruns, and Tony Conigliaro and George Scott each added two RBI as Boston took 3 of 4 from the Athletics, winning 8-5. Lee Stange won his 9th game of the year, allowing 2 runs over six solid innings of work. (59-49) W-Stange (9-6) L-Stafford (0-3) S-Billingham (9) HR--BOS Carty 2 (6) KC Cater (1) August 4, 5, 6 at Minnesota Twins August 4--Dave Boswell pitched seven shutout innings, striking out eight and Bobby Allison drove in a run with a double as the Twins blanked Boston, 3-0. (59-50) W-Boswell (14-6) L-J. Niekro (4-4) S-Worthington (23) August 5--Ted Uehlander and Harmon Killebrew each hit homeruns, and Stan Williams struck out five over 7 2/3 innings, giving Minnesota the 5-4 win. Rico Petrocelli homered, his 17th, in the loss (59-51) W-Williams (5-2) L-Santiago (10-10) S-Worthington (24) HR-BOS Petrocelli (17) MIN Killebrew (38) Uehlander (5) August 6--A 1-1 tie turned into a rout for the Red Sox, as they scored once in the eighth and 5 more times in the ninth, capped by a two run triple by George Scott and solo homerun for Carl Yastrzemski, helping Boston avoid the sweep, winning 7-1. Reggie Smith added 4 RBI in the win. Jim Lonborg was a beast today, going the distance, striking out 14. (60-51) W-Lonborg (14-7) L-Merritt (15-7) HR-BOS Yastrzemski (21) As we move through the dog days of August and try to make up ground on the Tigers and Twins, we will head to Kansas City for three against the Athletics, followed by three games on the West Coast against the California Angels.

07-10-2014, 11:09 PM	#17
Papi All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,172	August 8 (DH), 9 @ Kansas City Athletics August 8 (Game One)--Carl Yastrzemski, George Scott and Rico Carty each hit two run homeruns, and Phil Niekro allowed 1 earned run over 7 innings as Boston beat Kansas City, 7-5. (61-51) W-P. Niekro (3-2) L-Odom (6-9) S-Billingham (10) HR-BOS Yastrzemski (22), Scott (17), Carty (7) KC Monday (11), Webster (11) August 8 (Game Two)--Lew Krausse pitched 8 innings of one run ball and spearheaded the offense as well, hitting a two run homerun, as the A's beat the Sox, 4-1. (61-52) W-Krausse (10-11) L-Stange (9-7) HR-Yastrzemski (23) KC Krausse (1) August 9--Joe Niekro pitched a shutout, scattering nine hits, walking none and striking out two, and Yastrzemski hit a solo homerun and Rico Carty added two RBI as Boston took two of three from Kansas City, winning 5-0. (62-52) W-J. Niekro (5-4) L-Dobson (4-6) HR-BOS Yastrzemski (24) August 11,12,13 at California Angels August 11--Clyde Wright pitched seven shutout innings, striking out five, and Rick Reichardt lead the offense with a pair of hits and an RBI double as the Angels blanked the Sox, 2-0. (62-53) W-Wright (7-11) L-Lonborg (14-8) S-Weaver (17) August 12--Tom Satriano walked off with an RBI triple in the bottom of the 12th inning, giving the Angels the 2-1 win. Diego Segui pitched three shutout innings, striking out three, earning the win. Rico Carty drove in the only Sox run with an RBI double in the 7th. (62-54) W-Segui (6-5) L-Koonce (2-2) August 13--Phil Niekro pitched a complete game shutout, walking one and striking out nine, and three Sox drove in single runs in the 3-0 win. (63-54) W-P. Niekro (4-2) L-Brunet (12-12) Next up for the Sox is the start of a seven game homestand, three against Detroit, followed by 4 vs the Angels.