| Breaking News |  | Thursday, May 11th, 1967: St. Louis Whitewashes Dallas
Don Sutton had an impressive outing today. He hurled the St. Louis Maroons to a 5-0 shutout victory over the Dallas Texans, yielding 4 hits with 6 strikeouts and 3 walks.
"He threw strikes and he was always around the plate," the Dallas skipper said. "The ball was doing everything he wanted it to do. We hit some balls hard, but they were all right at the fielders."
On his stats sheet this season Sutton shows a 4-4 record, 8 starts, 58.1 innings, 32 strikeouts and a 4.01 ERA. |
 | Friday, May 5th, 1967: Bruce Sparkles, Blanks Chicago
Bob Bruce pitched a strong game in blanking the Chicago Colts 4-0, allowed no runs on 1 hit, totaled 1 strikeout and gave up 2 walks.
The St. Louis manager said he could tell right away it was going to be a good game for Bruce. "Right from the start, you could see how economical he was," he said. "He threw a lot of strikes."
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| Friday, April 28th, 1967: St. Louis's Sutton Injured
Watching Don Sutton getting helped off the field today at Sportsman's Park, fans of the St. Louis Maroons feared the worst. The news wasn't quite as bad as initially feared, but the starting pitcher will miss 1-2 weeks with dead arm syndrome. "We feel we've dodged a bullet. When you see a guy break down like that, you worry right away," a team spokesman said. Sutton suffered the injury throwing a pitch in the game against the Griffins.
In 1967 Sutton has compiled a 3-3 mark with a 4.56 ERA in 7 starts.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | 1B Frank Torre | dislocated shoulder | 3 weeks | On DL, eligible for return |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 18-23, .439 PCT | | Position in Division | 5th, 7.5 GB | | Record at home | 4-9, .308 PCT | | Record on the road | 14-14, .500 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 1-2, .333 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 3-8, .273 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 6-10, .375 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 12-13, .480 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 10-17, .370 PCT | | Record in May | 8-6, .571 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .271 - 5th in UL | | On-Base Percentage | .339 - 5th in UL | | Slugging Percentage | .403 - 6th in UL | | On-Base + Slugging | .742 - 5th in UL | | Runs Scored | 190 - 8th in UL | | Hits | 393 - 5th in UL | | Extra-Base Hits | 108 - 5th in UL | | Home Runs | 39 - 5th in UL | | Bases-On-Balls | 145 - 7th in UL | | Strikeouts | 226 - 5th in UL | | Stolen Bases | 18 - 6th in UL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.05 - 5th in UL | | Starters' ERA | 4.07 - 7th in UL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.01 - 4th in UL | | Runs allowed | 183 - tied for 4th in UL | | Hits allowed | 373 - 4th in UL | | Opponents AVG | .267 - 5th in UL | | BABIP | .280 - 4th in UL | | Home Runs allowed | 45 - 10th in UL | | Bases-On-Balls | 164 - 8th in UL | | Strikeouts | 180 - 12th in UL |
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