1967 IP GOWDY PLAYOFFS: GIANTS WIN TICKET TO WORLD SERIES AGAINST PHILLIES

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The project series  is named in honor of the great broadcaster Curt Gowdy. 

PROJECT TOOLS 

1. Inside Pitch board game and 1967 player cards 
2. Google dice roller 
3.  Digital Diamond Board Game Companion (DDBG) 
4.  IP Liberty League Rulebook revised for project 
5.  King of the Hill Scheduling Format
6.  Unique All Star Tournament 

PLAYOFFS 

Top 6 teams qualify for the playoffs.  Teams are ranked 1 through 6. 

1.  6 at 5:      best of 3
2.  W1 at 4:  best of 3 
3.   W2 at 3:  best of 5 
4.  W3 at  2:  best of 7
5.   W4 at 1:  best of 7 


PAST CHAMPIONS 

1965 
WS Champs:  Milwaukee Braves 
MVP: Willie Mays SFG 
CYY:  Tony Cloninger MIL 

1966
WS Champs:  Pittsburgh Pirates 
MVP:  Jim Lefebvre LAD 
CYY:   Don Sutton LAD 

The top 6 playoff teams:

1. Phillies 23-9
2. Pirates  18-9
3. Cardinals 17-9
4. Giants  14-9
5. Yankees 12-9
6.  Twins  12-9

Round 1 
Yankees win the tie breaker and host the Twins in Yankee Stadium in the best of 3.
Yankees rank 3rd in OPS, 10th in ERA and 10th in FLD.
Twins rank 11th in OPS, 9th in ERA and 8th in FLD. 

Game 1 
Yankee Stadium 
Stottlemyre (NYY) v. Jim Merrit (MIN) 

Twins 1R 7H 1E
Yanks  0R 5H 0E

W: Merritt 9IP 0R 5H 7K 
L:   Stottlemyre  8IP 7H 1R 4K 
Notes:
Killebrew drives in Allison with GWRBI in the 8th. 


Game 2
Yankee Stadium 
Twins up 1-0 in 3 game series 
Peterson (NYY) v. Kaat (MIN) 

Yanks 5R 9H 0E
Twins 0R 4H 2E

W: Peterson 9IP 4H 0R
L:   Kaat 7IP 7H 4R 3K
HR: Whitaker 
 
Notes:
Yanks score 4 runs in the 7th.
Howser scores on Mantle 2B
Mantle scores on Tresh 1B
Tresh scores on Whitaker 2R HR 
Mantle leads off with 2B in 9th and scores on Tresh SF. 


Game 3:
Yankee Stadium 
Series tied at 1-1 
Winner advances to round 2 of the playoffs 
Al Downing (NYY) v. Dean Chance (MIN) 

Yanks 4R 11H 0E
Twins  3R 10H 1E

W: Ford 
L:  Chance 

Scoring: 
1st:  Carew scores on Tovar 1B  Twins 1-0 
3rd: Clarke  scores on Mantle 2B  Tied 1-1
5th:  Amaro scores on Clarke 2B
         Pepitone scores on Kenny 1B   Yanks 3-1 
6th:  Killebrew scores on Rollins 1B
         Tovar scores on Zimmerman SF  Tied 3-3 
7th:   Pepitone scores on Kenny 1B   Yanks 4-3 

Notes:
Yanks take series 2-1 
Ford pitched last 3 innings for Yanks, OR 3K 
Twins gave up 2 unearned runs 
Carew, Tovar and J. Hernandez each had 2 hits 
H. Clarke had 1R 2H 2B RBI





ROUND 2 
Best of 3 
Yanks face off against Giants in Candlestick
SPs only need 1 less day to rest before next start in playoffs
Yanks 3rd OPS, 10th ERA 10th FLD
Giants 1st OPS 1st ERA  20th FLD 

Game 1 
Candlestick 
Stottlemyre against G. Perry 

Giants 7R 10H 0E 
Yanks   5R 8H 1E 

W: G.Perry 7IP 3R 5H 7K 
L:  Stottlemyre 6.1IP 7R 9H 3K 
S:  Linzy 

Scoring 
4th: Pepitone 3B, Whitaker 2B   Yanks 1-0 
5th:  Fuentes scores on Mays 2R HR   Giants 2-1 
7th: Top: Whitaker scores on Tresh 2R HR  Yanks 3-2 
7th: Bottom: Giants score 5 runs
        Davenport 3B, scores on Hiatt  1B
        Hiatt, Dietz and Mays score on McCovey GS  Giants 7-3
8th:  Pepitone 2B, scores on Gibbs 1B
         Gibbs scores on C.Smith 1B     Giants 7-5

Notes: 
Mays 2R 3H 2RBI 
McCovey 2H Grand Slam !!!
Pepitone 2B 3B 


Game 2
Candlestick 
Marichal (SF) against F. Peterson 

Giants 2R 8H 1E
Yanks  1R 5H 0E
12 innings 

W: Marichal 12 IP 5H 1R 4K 
L:   Monbouquette 
HR: C. Smith  T. Fuentes 

Scoring 
1st  Mays scores on Haller 1B  Giants 1-0 
5th  C. Smith hits HR   Tied 1-1
12th Fuentes HR   SFG 2-1

Notes:
F. Peterson 9IP 5H 1R 6K 
Giants turned 3 DPs



 


ROUND 3 
Giants defeat Yankees 2-0 now face Cardinals in best of 5 
Giants rank  1st OPS  1st ERA  20th FLD 
Cardinals rank 3rd OPS  10th ERA  10th FLD 

Game 1 
Busch Stadium 
McCormick (SFG) v. Hughes (STL) 

SFG 1R 7H 0E
STL  0R  3H 0E
10 innings 

W: McCormick 12 IP  3H 0R 8K 
L:  Hoerner 

Scoring:
10th  McCovey 2B  Haller 3B  Giants 1-0 

Notes 
Hughes 8IP 5H 0R 8K 
 Brock 2B SB 


Game 2 
Busch Stadium 
Giants lead series 1-0 
Carlton (STL) v G.Perry (SFG) 

STL 6R 11H 0E
SFG 3R 10H 2E

Scoring
2nd: Shannon 2B  Javier 1B RBI  Cards 1-0 
4th:  Hiatt HR Tied 1-1
4th:  Maris BB  Cepeda 1B  McCarver 3R HR  Cards 4-1
5th:  Flood scores on McCarver 1B  Cards 5-1 
7th:  Flood 2B scores on WP  Cards 6-1
9th:  Davenport scores on Haller 2R HR  Cards 6-3

W: Carlton 7.2IP 7H 1R 8K 
L:  G.Perry  6.2IP 10H 6R 4K 
S:  Cosman 
HR: Hiatt  McCarver 

Notes 
McCarver 4 RBIs 


Game 3 
Candlestick 
Series tied 1-1 
Gibson (STL) v. Marichal (SFG) 

SFG 4R 6H 1E
STL  1R 6H 1E

Scoring 
1st: Hart HR  Giants 1-0 
3rd: Mays and Hart BB, McCovey 2B RBI, Haller 1B 2 RBI   Giants 4-0 
9th: Ricketts 2B scores on Spezio 1B    Giants 4-1 

W: Marichal 9IP  6H 0ER  7K 
L:  Gibson 5.2IP 6H 4R 5K 
HR  Hart 
SB   Brock  Cepeda 


Game 4 
Candlestick 
Giants lead series 2-1 
Hughes (STL) v. Sadecki (SFG)

SFG 4R 10H 0E
STL  1R 4H 0E 

Scoring 
4th: Hart scores on Lanier 1B  Giants 1-0 
5th: Mays and Hiatt hit back to back HR  Giants 3-0 
8th: T.Cline (PR) scores on WP  Giants 4-0 
9th: Javier scores on Cepeda SF   Giants 4-1 

GIANTS WIN ROUND 3 3-1 





ROUND 4 
Best of 7 
Giants v. Pirates 
Giants 1st OPS 1st ERA 20th FLD 
Pirates 6th OPS 3rd ERA 13th FLD 
Pirates are the defending 1966 Gowdy champs


Game 1 
Forbes Field 
G.Perry (SFG) v. Al McBean (PIT) 

SFG 6R 12H 0E
PIT  4R  8H  1E

Scoring (*=RBI)
1st: Mays BB  Hiatt 2B*  Giants 1-0 
1st:  Mota 1B  Stargell SF*  Tied 1-1
2nd: May 1B McBean SF*  Pirates 2-1
3rd: McCovey HR*   Tied 2-2
5th: Hiatt 2B  GDP     Giants 3-2
6th: Davenport 2B  Fuentes 1B*  Giants 4-2
7th: Hiatt 1B  McCovey 1B Brown 1B* Davenport SF*  Giants 6-2
7th: Mazeroski HR*  Giants 6-3
8th: Stargell BB  Alley 2B*  Giants 6-4

W: G.Perry 7IP 7H 4R 4K 
L:  McBean 6IP 11H 6R 3K 
S:  Linzy 
HR: McCovey Mazeroski 

Notes: 
McCovey 2R 3H RBI HR 
Hiatt 2R 3H 1RBI 2 2B
Clemente 2H 
Mazeroski 1R 3H 1RBI HR 


Game 2
Forbes Field 
Giants lead series 1-0 
McCormick (SFG) v. Sisk (PIT) 

Scoring
1st: Davenport 1B McCovey BB Hart 1B* J.Alou 1B*  Giants 2-0 
1st: Pagan 1B Mota 1B*   Giants 2-1 
7th: Davenport 1B  McCovey 1B  Hiatt 3B**      Giants 4-1
8th: Lanier 1B  McCormick HR**  Giants 6-1
8th:  Clemente 1B Mota 1B May 1B** Wills 2B* Alley 1B** Pagan BB  Tied 6-6
9th: Clemente 1B May 1B*  Pirates 7-6

W: Shellenback 
L: Herbel 

Notes 
Pirates score 6 runs in the 8th and 9th against Giants bullpen 
McCormick 7IP 7H 2R 2K 
Davenport, McCovey, Hart and Lanier  each had 3H apiece 
Mota had 4H 
May had 3 RBI 


Game 3 
Candlestick 
Series tied 1-1 
Veale v Marichal 

Scoring 
1st: Clemente 1B  Stargell 2B  Pirates 1-0 
1st: J. Alou 1B Hart BB McCovey 1B* Davenport 1B**  Giants 3-1 
5th: J. Alou 2B McCovey BB Hiatt BB Davenport 1B** Lanier 1B*  Giants 6-1 
6th: Clendenon 2B Wills 1B*  Giants 7-2
7th: Davenport BB Lanier BB J. Alou 1B** Giants 9-2
8th:  McCovey 2B  Fuentes 1B*  Giants 10-2 

W: Marichal 9IP 8H 2R 6K 
L :  Veale 

Notes
Clemente and Wills had 2H apiece 
J. Alou had 2R 4H 2RBI 2B
McCovey had 3R 3H 2RBI 2 2B 
Davenport had 4RBI



Game 4 
Candlestick 
Giants lead series 2-1
McBean v. Sadecki 

PIT 5R 10H 0E
SFG 4R 11H 3E

Scoring
8th: Hart FC McCovey 1B Davenport BB Haller 1B**  Linzy 1B* Giants 3-0 
9th: Sanguillen BB Mazeroski 1B* Clemente 2BE8** Stargell 1B*  Pirates 4-3
9th: Fuentes HR Tied 4-4 
10th: Sanguillen BB scores on WP  Pirates 5-4 

W: Face 
L:  Gibbon 
S:  Blass 
HR Fuentes 

Notes 
Mazeroski and Stargell had 2H apiece 
Giants bullpen gives up 5 runs in last 2 innings
Game goes 10 innings 
Haller had 2 2B 3H and 2RBI


Game 5 
Candlestick 
Series tied 2-2 
Sisk v. G.Perry 

Scoring 
3rd: G.Perry 1B Mays 1B Hart 1B McCovey BB* Haller SF*  Giants 2-0 
8th: M.Alou E6  Mota HR**  Tied 2-2 
10th: Mays HR*  Giants 3-2 

W: G.Perry 10IP 7H 0ER 8K 
L:  S.Blass 

Notes 
Gaylord Perry pitched 10 innings without giving up an ER
Mays hit a walkoff HR 


Game 6 
Forbes Field 
Giants lead series 3-2
Marichal v Veale 

SFG 12R 13H 2E
PIT  11R 20H 0E

Scoring 
1st: Clemente 2E6  Stargell 1B* Alley 2B Wills 1B**   Pirates 3-0 
3rd: Fuentes BB Lanier 1B Mays BB J.Alou BB* McCovey 1B**  Tied 3-3
5th: McCovey BB Hart BB Davenport 2B* Fuentes 1B* Lanier BB Marichal 1B** Mays HR**  Giants 9-2
5th: Mota 1B Clemente 3B* Stargell HR**  Giants 9-5 
6th: J.Alou 1B McCovey HR** Hart 1B Fuentes 1B* Giants 12-5 
6th: May 1B Mazeroski 1B Pagan E1 M.Alou SF* Mota 1B* Clemente HR*** Giants 12-10 
7th: May 2B Mazeroski 1B M.Alou BB Mota 1B* Giants 12-11 

W: Marichal 6IP 13H 6ER 3K 
L:  Veale 
S:  Henry 
HR: W.Mays McCovey Clemente Stargell 

Notes
Giants defeat Pirates, the defending Gowdy champs, 4 games to 2 !!!!
Giants committed 3Es which led to 4 UER
McCovey had 4 RBIs 
Fuentes had 4H and 2RBIs 
Mota, Stargell, Mazeroski and May had 3Hs apiece 
Clemente and Stargell had 3RBIs apiece 
Jerry May missed 2.5 games with an injury 
Giants advance to the World Series against the Phillies for the 1967 Gowdy crown