FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Twins By FRED LaBOUR The super surprising Boston Red Sox had their lead cut to one- half game in the torrid American League pennant race last night as Chicago rallied to beat them 4-2. The Red Sox loss, coupled with a Minnesota victory earlier in the day, created a red hot jam at the top of the standings with four teams within 12/2 games of first place. The Detroit Tigers had the day off as they prepared for their all- important weekend series with the Twins. The White Sox' Pete Ward pro- vided the winning margin in the eighth inning with a two-run blast to deep right field. Earlier in the inning, Chicago's Tommie Agee socked his 13th homer of the year to tie the score at 2-2. The next two men went out before Boston third baseman Jerry Adair boot- ed Rocky Colavito's grounder, set- Half-Game Off Red Sox Pace ting the stage for Ward's win- ning shot. Chicago rookie Cisco Carlos held Boston hitless through six innings until the Red Sox broke into the scoring column with two runs in the seventh to take a short-lived lead. Carl Yastrzemski walked and George Scott lined a double to left for the first Boston hit. After both runners advanced on sac- rifices, Carlos was lifted by Chi- cago manager Eddie Stankey in favor of veteran reliever Hoyt Wil- helm. Yastrzemski scored on a ground out and a double by Rico Petro-' celli sent Scott across the plate with the go-ahead tally. Chicago's Don Buford scored the first run of the game in the first inning on a triple and ground out. Rich Reese's two-run pinchhit home run in the ninth inning erased Curt Blefary's two-run shot in the top of the inning to cata- pult Minnesota past Baltimore in an incredible seesaw battle in which each team accumulated 16 hits. The Twins trailed 9-8 going in- to the last of the ninth when Ce- sar Tovar beat out an infield sin- gle; and Reese, batting for Jerry Zimmerman, drove the ball 410 feet into the right-center bullpen. Minnesota had taken an 8-6 lead with two runs in the eighth on a double by Rod Carew, a sin- gle by Harmon Killebrew, and an- other two-bagger courtesy of Tony Oliva. The Orioles bounced back in the ninth on a pair of doubles by Boog Powell and Dave Johnson followed by Blefary's two-out blast. The Twins' first six runs came on three two-run singles by Russ Nixon in the second, Carew in the fourth, and Killebrew in the sixth. Baltimore scored four runs in the fifth, two on Brooks Robin- son's 18th homer and another on Johnson's bases-empty shot. They tied it up at 6-6 in the seventh when Frank Robinson scored from third as Minnesota attempted an unsuccessful double- play. In the only other action in the American League, Frank Bertaina pitched Washington to a three- hit 6-0 victory over the New York Yankees. Bertaina allowed only three Yankees to reach second base and ended two of these threats with double plays. The Senators scored twice in the third inning on walks to Mike Epstein and Ed Brinkman, Tim Cullen's double and a wild pitch by Steve (No-hit) Barber. Epstein drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the fourth and the Senators erupted for three Tigers Add Bench Depth DETROIT () - The Detroit Tigers announced yesterday the purchase of outfielder Don De- meter from the Cleveland Indians and the addition of four other players to the roster. The Tigers restored pitcher Johnny Podres and outfielder Gates Brown to the roster. They have been on the disabled list. Infielder Tommy Matchick, a spring training phenomenon with the big club, was recalled from Toledo of the International League. Catcher Bill Heath, who previously was with the Tigers this sumer,. also was recalled from To- ledo. Ready for Twins All five are to be in uniform for tonight's game with the Twins at Minnesota, when the player limit goes from 25 to 40 men. Tiger General Manager Jim Campbell said third baseman Don Wert, out since Aug. 18 with a groin injury, will rejoin the Tigers in Minnesota. Campbell did not announce the price for Demeter but said other players were involved. Homeward Bound Demeter, 32, started the season with the Boston Red Sox and went to the Indians in July. He was hitting .227 when acquired by De- troit. Padres, a left-hander, has been suffering from tendonitis in his el- bow. Brown dislocated his left wrist when he hit the wall at Tiger Stadium July 29. Matchick, 23, a brash redhead, banged a rousing .484 in spring training and has been hitting .293 with Toledo. EXHIBITION FOOTBALL Baltimore 23, Washington 17 more runs in the eighth, two on a single by Brinkman. Meanwhile in the National League, Al Spangler's pinch single in the 11th inning gave the Chi- cago Cubs a 2-1 victory over the New York Mets. Ernie Banks led off the inning with a single and moved to second when Met reliever Ron Taylor hit Randy Hundley with a pitch. Ferguson Jenkins came in to run for Banks, and Ted Savage went to a count of one ball and two strikes before Spangler came in to hit for him. His single to left won the game. In Cincinnati, rookie 1 John Bench drove in two runs with a double--his second major league hit-to break a tie in the seventh inning and power the Reds to a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Bench slammed the double to right after Lee May doubled and Tommy Helms was walked inten- tionally. Jim Maloney's four-hit pitching helped the Reds to the victory that enabled them to hang on to second place in the National League. May had homered off Mike Mc- Cormick put the Reds ahead in the second inning, but the Giants tied the game, 1-1, in the fourth. Tom Haller led off in that in- ning with a single and Willie Mc- Covey folowed with a hit one out later. Jim Hart then grounded into a double play, but Haller managed to score before the sec- ond put-out. SPORTS NIGHT EDITOR: HOWARD KOHN .... if you read but one book this year, Dr, Franlkl's book should be that one." -Los Angeles Times Man's Search for Meaning VIKTOR E. FRANKL MANS