The Detroit Tigers came from behind to defeat the Kansas City Athletics 6-4 yesterday while the New York Yankees lost a close 2-1 decision to the Chicago White Sox. The Tigers now hold sole possession of 1st place in the AL by 1 game heading into the last scheduled game of the regular season. The Minnesota/Baltimore game was rained out last night. They will play a doubleheader today, but both teams have now been eliminated from the pennant race.
NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1966 American League Date: 10/2/1966
CLEVELAND AT CALIFORNIA
Indians......... 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 - 6 9 0
Angels.......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 0
Win:McDowell(14-12) Loss:Brunet(10-14)
Homeruns- L.Wagner(31st)
Leon Wagner slammed a homerun and had 3 RBI and Sam McDowell whiffed 10
batters at Anaheim Stadium where the Cleveland Indians beat the California
Angels 6 to 1.
McDowell(14-12) looked very much in control throughout the night. He
surrendered only 4 hits and 6 walks in 9 innings. Cleveland finished with 9
hits in the victory.
The loss was charged to George Brunet(10-14). 'Everything felt great' McDowell
said. 'I had a good fastball, I felt I could throw it by everybody tonight.'
NEW YORK AT CHICAGO
Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 5 1
White Sox....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 2 6 0
Win:Horlen(17-9) Loss:Reniff(5-4)
Homeruns- T.McCraw(11th)
Joe Horlen delivered 9 solid innings at Comiskey Park where the Chicago White
Sox beat the New York Yankees 2 to 1.
Horlen(17-9) contributed a very nicely pitched game. He was stingy on the
mound, allowing just 5 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings. The game was a
scoreless duel until the 6th inning.
Hal Reniff(5-4) was tagged with the loss in relief. He was a hard-luck loser
as he did not allow an earned run in his 1 inning of work.
'He had his 'A' game today,' Eddie Stanky said of Horlen. 'Very impressive
performance.'
KANSAS CITY AT DETROIT
Athletics....... 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 4 8 1
Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 - 6 9 1
Win:McLain(16-17) Loss:Handrahan(0-1) Save:Sherry(18th)
Homeruns- R.Repoz(10th), L.Stahl(4th), D.McAuliffe(21st), B.Freehan(6th)
In a tight game it was the Detroit Tigers 6, the Kansas City Athletics 4 at
Tiger Stadium.
Denny McLain(16-17) contributed a pedestrian performance to earn the win. He
went 7 innings and surrended up 7 hits and 4 walks and surrendered 2
'long-bombs'. Detroit had 9 hits for the afternoon.
Larry Sherry preserved the game for McLain, recording his his 18th save. Vern
Handrahan(0-1) was tagged with the loss in relief. He was touched for 6 hits
and 3 walks in 3 innings.
'I struggled a bit out there today,' McLain said, 'but I toughed it out and we
got the win.'
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1966 American League
ACTUAL-TODATE ACTUAL-TOTAL
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# WON LOS PCT WON LOS PCT
1966 Detroit DEA 94 67 .584 ---- 1 88 73 .547 88 74 .543
1966 New York NYA 93 68 .578 1.0 70 89 .440 70 89 .440
1966 Baltimore BAA 91 69 .569 2.5 97 63 .606 97 63 .606
1966 Minnesota MNA 88 72 .550 5.5 88 72 .550 89 73 .549
1966 Chicago CHA 83 78 .516 11.0 83 78 .516 83 79 .512
1966 Kansas City KCA 77 84 .478 17.0 74 86 .463 74 86 .463
1966 California CAA 75 86 .466 19.0 79 82 .491 80 82 .494
1966 Cleveland CLA 69 92 .429 25.0 81 80 .503 81 81 .500
1966 Washington WAA 69 93 .426 25.5 71 88 .447 71 88 .447
1966 Boston BOA 66 96 .407 28.5 72 90 .444 72 90 .444
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