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Team Breakdowns Baltimore Orioles 35 Wins 21 Losses .625 Pct First Place The Orioles emerged as champions, thanks to a late season surge, which allowed them to overtake the Boston Red Sox, who had been in first place for most of the season. From Game #36 through Game#50 inclusive, Baltimore was 12 and 3. Baltimore…

Final Standings Game #56 Results: Pittsburgh 3 Boston 1 WP- Bob Moose (4-3) LP- Mike Nagy (3-6) SV- Dave Giusti (10) HR- Billy Conigliaro (7) Two singles, a walk and a Dick Schofield error led to a three run Pirates’ sixth inning, as the Buccos beat the Red Sox in their final game, 3 to…

Through Game #55. Game Results: Baltimore 2 Pittsburgh 3 WP- Bob Veale (4-5) LP- Mike Cuellar (5-4) SV- Dave Giusti (9) HR- Roberto Clemente (6) The Pirates plated three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, courtesy of a Roberto Clemente homerun and triples by Bob Robertson and Gene Alley. Pittsburgh won the game…

Through Game #54 Game Results: Boston 0 Los Angeles 4 WP- Claude Osteen (2-4) LP- Gary Peters (9-3) HR- Willie Davis (6) The Dodger’s Claude Osteen outpitched Boston’s Gary Peters, tossing his first shutout in a 4-0 Dodger win, which eliminated the Red Sox and handed the pennant to Baltimore. Osteen allowed just six hits,…

Through Game #53. Game Results: Baltimore 0 New York 1 WP- Fritz Peterson (5-3) LP- Jim Palmer (6-5) SV- Jack Aker (8) The Yankees’ Fritz Peterson outdueled Baltimore’s Jim Palmer, as New York won a 1-0 pitcher’s duel. Peterson pitched seven scoreless innings, then Lindy McDaniel and Jack Aker put up zeroes in the eighth…

Through Game #52. Game Results: Baltimore 4 Los Angeles 2 WP- Tom Phoebus (2-4) LP- Joe Moeller (2-5) SV- Dick Hall (2) HR- Paul Blair (9) The Dodgers opened the scoring in the bottom of the first, when Steve Garvey doubled, Willie Crawford tripled and Bill Sudakis hit a sacrifice fly for a 2 to…

Through Game #51. Game Results: Los Angeles 5 Cincinnati 2 WP- Jose Pena (4-1) LP- Pedro Borbon (3-3) HR- Pete Rose (4) In one of the longest games of the season, the Dodgers scored three runs in the top of the thirteenth inning, to defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 5 to 2. Pedro Borbon had a…

Through Game #50. Game Results: Baltimore 13 Boston 9 WP- Dave McNally (5-1) LP- Gary Peters (9-2) HR- Paul Blair 2 (8), Davey Johnsosn (6); Tony Conigliaro (11), Jerry Moses (2), John Kennedy (3) The Orioles made a statement against the likely Pitcher of the Year, as they put up seven runs in the first…

Through Game #49. Game Results: Baltimore 1 Minnesota 4 WP- Jim Perry (5-4) LP- Jim Palmer (6-4) HR- Harmon Killebrew (7) Minnesota’s Jim Perry went the distance as the Twins defeated the first-place Baltimore Orioles, 4 to 1. Harmon Killebrew’s two-run clout in the third inning turned out to be the deciding blow. New York…

Through Game #48: Game Recaps: Boston 2 Oakland 9 WP- Diego Segui (7-3) LP- Matt Nagy (3-4) HR- Bert Campaneris (10), Sal Bando (9) It twas a rout, she was. The Oakland Athletics set Boston’s pennant hopes further back with a 9 to 2, drubbing. Bert Campaneris homered and smacked a pair of doubles. Reggie…