European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 03, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday october 3, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 17 red sox rally beat twins for Al championship showdown action Minnesota shortstop Zoilo Versalles leaps into the air left to avoid the slide of Bosto Pitcher Jim Lonborg As he fires the Ball to first starting a double play inthe third inning of the red sox twins showdown game sunday in Carew behind Versalles Trig gered the twin killing by grabbing Jerry Adair s grounder and tossing to Versalles. Boston rallied to score a5-3 Victory and won the american league Pennant a couple of hours Lateran the final Day of the regular season when Detroit split a twin Bill with the California Angels. Boston manager Dick Williams did t know the final outcome when he planted a kiss on the Cheek right photo of slugging Star Carl Yastrzemski in the dressing room. There was a lot More celebrating later but at the time Williams was Happy Over four straight hits by Yastrzemski. A photos the stars and stripes Angels Mincher Hall help foil Detroit with doubleheader split Detroit a do Mincher s third Home run of the Day and a two run triple by Roger Repoz helped California crush Detroit s american league Pennant Hopes sunday with an 8-5 Victory Over the tigers in the second game of a season ending tigers won the first game 6-4, but their bid for a first life prolonged first game Californi Aab r h by a Rodrigez 3b Fregosi As Hall rom inches in Reichardt if Repoz a Rodgers c Knoop 2b Wright Skelbo p Skowron pm Hamlton p Johnstone Cimino Satriano pm 1 50104000 41104 43 0223000 1 0 41313000 1000 0000 1000 0000 pm 1 0 0 0 0000 000 Detroit a Trews Al is 4mauliffe 2b Kaline Row Horton if Freehan c Wert 3b Mathews i Stanley of Sparma Gladding p r h bi130 000010 322131 121012 000000 000 total California Detroit 35 4 8 4 total 010 100 203 010 35 6 12 6 0204 0 0 x 6 a Sparma Ropoza Mcauliffe. Do Detroit 2. Lob California 7, Detroit 6.2bw.horton. 19mincher 2 24rodgers 6. 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Jim Fregosi the doubled to Center scoring Hiller replaced Mclain and Mincher who had homered twice in the opener hit the re Liever s first pitch off the second deck facade in right Center for his 25th Homer of the year continued on Page 22 Yastrzemski goes 4-for-4 Lonborg ignites by spurt with bunt Boston up the battling Boston red sox baseball s unbelievable 100 to 1 shots clinched the american league Pennant sunday with help fro the California Angels by defeat championship sixth Minnesota Boston a Versalles is 3 Reese if 1tovar 3b 3 Killebrew in 2 Oliva of 3allison ii 4 Hernandz is 0 Uhlaender of 4carew 2b Zirman c Nixon c Rollins pm Cliance p Worth gun p Kosco i Roland p Grant p r h by 000 010 100220 020 Oil 000 010 000 000 000000 000 000 000 000 000 Aladair 2b 4 Andrews 2b 0 Jones 3b 4ystrmski if 4 Harrelson it 3tartabull of 1 Scott in Petrolli is Smith a Gibson o Siebern Phe Howard c Lut Iburg p r h by 120 000 120142 001 100 000 010 001000 000 010 120 total 31 3 7 1 total 35 s 12 4 Minnesota 101 000 0103 Boston 000 005 Fox 5escott, Yastrzemski Killebrew. Do Minnesota 3, Boston 2. Lob Minnesota 5, Boston 7. 2boliva, Yastrzemski. l.20-14 wort Hinston Roland Grant Lonborg w.22-9 we wort Lington 35.770. In 51 0 2 9 r Erbb so5502 0 0 2. T-2 0 01 25. 1 0 1 5 a Boston rooters peel1 pitching Ace Boston a Here s theman by Young right Over Yastrzemski Boston s triple Crown Winner and mos valuable player favorite was pointing to Jim Lonborg As photographers bunched around the two red sox heroes in the Fen Way Park club House. Lonborg Winner of the big Money game 5-3 with a seven hitter against the Minnesota twins in sunday s final game of the regular season is generally regarded As a top candidate for the by Young award As the to Pitcher in the american league. The handsome 22-Gamewinnei was Lucky to have sur Vived not the twins bats but the onslaught of wildly excited red sox fans who swarmed on the Field after the final out. He had Only his skin under his uni form shirt when he arrived breathless in the clubhouse. Bits of his undershirt probably will be prize souvenirs in Mayback Bay Homes. It was sheer mania he said. I could t even see the dugout. They pushed me out into right Field. I was beginning to wonder How i was going to continued on Page m ing the Minnesota twins 5-3 on Jim Lonborg s seven hit pitch ing and Carl Yastrzemski perfect four for four Day. An electrifying five run rallying the sixth inning at the expense of Dean Chance Minnesota s 20-game Winner brought the red sox from behind and not Only turned the whole game around but also turned Fenway Park into a place called sheer unrestrained frenzy. Year s top crowd the largest crowd of the year,35,770, howled its Delight As the Darling red sox who almost everyone picked to finish ninth Strung together four singles two wild pitches by reliever Al wort Lington and an error forthe five runs that decided the far the loudest cheers however were reserved for Lonborg the Straw haired 24 year old strip Gbean who touched off that sixth inning rally with a bunt single and Yastrzemski the 28-year-old cinch Choice for map who drove in two run with a double and three singles and wrapped up the league batting title with a .326 average. Lonborg did some wrapping up of his own on the Way to his 22nd Victory against nine struck out five to Clinch the american league strikeout title with 246 and was mobbed by jubilant fans and teammates after getting Pinch hitter Rich Rollins on a pop up for the final out of the contest. Lonborg was engulfed by Asea of humanity and was carried on the shoulders of several persons before he was t continued on Paja 2�j i
