1967 CRL Championship, Game 1: Los Angeles Angels At Boston Beaneaters 10/14/1967
Angels AB R H RBI AVG Beaneaters AB R H RBI AVG D.McAuliffe 2B 5 0 1 0 .200 M.Wills SS,3B 5 0 0 0 .000 R.Oyler SS 5 0 0 0 .000 T.Helms 2B,SS 5 0 1 1 .200 H.Aaron RF 4 1 1 0 .250 T.Gonzalez RF,LF 5 0 0 0 .000 R.Swoboda 1B 3 1 2 1 .667 R.Clemente CF 5 0 1 0 .200 D.McMahon P 1 0 0 0 .000 F.Howard LF 4 0 3 0 .750 T.Conigliaro LF 4 0 0 0 .000 B-E.Stroud PR 0 1 0 0 ---- B.Freehan C 3 1 1 1 .333 D-O.Brown RF 1 0 1 0 1.000 F.Alou CF 4 1 1 0 .250 T.Perez 1B 4 1 2 0 .500 D.Johnson 3B 3 1 1 0 .333 M.Alvis 3B 3 1 2 2 .667 J.O'Toole P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-J.Martin PH 1 0 1 1 1.000 P.Cimino P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-J.Buchek 2B 1 0 0 0 .000 F-M.Epstein PH,1B 0 0 0 0 ---- T.McCarver C 4 0 1 0 .250 E.Wilson P 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Cuellar P 0 1 0 0 ---- A-D.Wert PH,3B 2 0 1 1 .500 J.Perry P 0 0 0 0 ---- G-D.Demeter PH 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Clark P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 5 8 3 Totals 38 4 12 4
A-Pinch Hit For Wilson In 7th Inning B-Pinch Ran For Howard In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Alvis In 7th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Stroud In 8th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Martin In 8th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Cimino In 8th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Perry In 8th Inning
Angels.......... 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 - 5 8 0 Beaneaters...... 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 - 4 12 3
Angels (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA E.Wilson 6 8 3 3 3 5 1 103 4.50 J.O'Toole 0 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 0 13 13.50 P.Cimino WIN(1-0) 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 D.McMahon SAVE(1st) 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 31 0.00 Totals 9 12 4 4 4 7 1
Beaneaters (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA M.Cuellar LOSS(0-1) 7 1/3 7 5 3 2 8 0 114 3.68 J.Perry 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 14 0.00 R.Clark 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0.00 Totals 9 8 5 3 4 8 0
ATTENDANCE- 36,663 DATE- Saturday, October 14th 1967 TIME- Day T- 2:29 LEFT ON BASE- Angels: 8 Beaneaters:12 DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 0 Beaneaters: 0 ERRORS- M.Wills, M.Alvis, M.Cuellar DOUBLES- H.Aaron(1st), R.Swoboda(1st), B.Freehan(1st), D.Johnson(1st), D.Wert(1st), T.Helms(1st), F.Howard(1st), T.McCarver(1st) HOME RUNS- M.Alvis(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- E.Wilson, M.Cuellar WALKS- H.Aaron, R.Swoboda, B.Freehan, M.Epstein, T.Perez, M.Cuellar-2, D.Demeter STRIKE OUTS- D.McAuliffe, R.Oyler, H.Aaron, T.Conigliaro-3, D.Johnson-2, T.Gonzalez, R.Clemente-2, F.Howard, T.Perez-2, J.Buchek WILD PITCHES- D.McMahon
36,663 fans were treated to a fine game at Fenway Park as only one run separated the combatants at game's end. The Los Angeles Angels won by the slimmest of margins, 5 to 4.
Los Angeles came up with the deciding runs in the 8th inning with 3 runs utilizing 4 base hits. Hank Aaron opened up the inning nicely when he doubled. Ron Swoboda stepped up next and he doubled which scored a run. Tony Conigliaro followed, but he was set down on strikes. Bill Freehan stepped in and he doubled scoring one more run. After another out, Mike Epstein came up and he drew a walk. Don Wert added to the rally and doubled scoring the final run of the inning. Boston had a chance to come back in the 9th but they came up short.
The win went to Pete Cimino(1-0) who allowed no runs in 1/3 of an inning. Don McMahon recorded the save, his 1st. Mike Cuellar(0-1) was hit with the loss. He surrendered 5 runs and 7 hits in 7 and 1/3 innings.