M&M Boys held homerless yet Bombers take 2 of 3 from O's

GAME 1 - Memorial Stadium
Ford vs Cuellar
61-NYY 3, 69-BAL 2

Both crafty lefties matched each other pitch for pitch and left the game with the score tied 1-1 after 7.  The Bombers took a 2-1 lead in the top of the 8th on a Roger Maris SF that scored Tony Kubek.  Baltimore tied it up in the bottom of the inning as Luis Arroyo blew the save.  Arroyo would redeem himself by doubling home Elston Howard in the 9th and by setting the O's down in order in the home half of the final stanza to get the win.



GAME 2

Stafford vs McNally
61-NYY 5, 69-BAL 1

The Mick led off the 6th with a gapper that he legged out into a triple.  Maris followed that with a shot to right that Frank Robby napped against the wall.  Mickey trotted home easily to make it 2-1.  NY tacked on another run due to an unlikely error by glove man Mark Belanger.  NY added two more insurance runs in the 9th as Jim Coates finished out the game for Bill Stafford, who got the win after going 8 and yielding just 1.  Bobby Richardson was a perfect 4-4.  He scored 2 runs as the Bronx Bombers cruised to victory.

GAME 3
Terry vs Palmer
69-BAL 5, 61-NYY 4 (10 inn)

Down 4-2 after 8 1/2 innings of play the O's were staring down the barrel of an opening series sweep.  Manager Allan Silverwood let his troops know that they "were due".  Terry started the bottom of the 9th looking for the complete game win, but by this point he was starting to look a bit winded.  4 successive singles by Powell, Johnson, Blair and B.Robinson, started off the inning with Robby's single making it a 1 run game.  PH Motton was struck out by Arroyo, who came on for Terry.  PH Rettenmund fanned as well.  It looked like the Bombers were going to get out of a bases loaded / no out jam and sweep this thing, but Don Bufford worked out a 4 pitch walk to force home the tying run.  In the top of the 10th Frank Robinson launched a 2-0 Arroyo pitch deep into the 9th as everyone on 33rd street left with a smile, except those who were wearing gray uni's.