The relief pitching of Bill Lee, who allowed only one hit in the last 3 2/3 innings after replacing Gary Peters, enabled the Red Sox to defeat the Yankees, 4-3. The opening game drew a Yankee Stadium crowd of 21,727.

Peters batted in the first Red Sox run with a double in the second inning. Rico Petrocelll accounted for the next two RBIs with doubles in the third and fifth. After hitting his the second two-bagger, Petrocelli scored what proved to be the winning run on a single by Jerry Moses. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 4, New York Yankees 3
Game Played on Tuesday, April     7, 1970 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Red Sox      0  1  1    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   4 11  1
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   3  7  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Andrews 2b            4   0   0   0     1   1   .000      Clarke 2b             5   0   2   0     0   0   .400
Smith cf              5   0   1   0     0   0   .200      Munson c              3   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Yastrzemski lf        5   1   2   0     0   0   .400      White lf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Scott 1b              4   1   2   0     1   0   .500      Ellis 1b              3   1   1   0     0   1   .333
Petrocelli ss         5   1   2   2     0   0   .400      Cater 3b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .000
T. Conigliaro rf      2   0   1   0     2   1   .500      Murcer cf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .500
Alvarado 3b           3   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Blefary rf            4   0   1   2     0   0   .250
Moses c               3   0   2   1     1   0   .667      Michael ss            2   0   1   0     2   1   .500
Peters p              3   0   1   1     0   0   .333      Stottlemyre p         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lee p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Woods ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Klimkowski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hansen ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Verbanic p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Ward ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Aker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4  11   4     5   3             Totals               33   3   7   3     4   5

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 21,379
Left on Base: Red Sox 10, Yankees 9
DP: Red Sox 0, Yankees 0
Errors: Yastrzemski, Munson
Doubles: Peters (1), Petrocelli 2 (2), Blefary (1)
Triples: Scott (1)
Stolen Bases: Yastrzemski (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Alvarado (1), Munson (1)
Hit by Pitch: Ellis (1,by Peters)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Peters W(1-0)           5.1   6   3   3   2   4   0  25   5.06
Lee SV(1)               3.2   1   0   0   2   1   0  14   0.00
Totals                  9     7   3   3   4   5   0  39

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stottlemyre L(0-1)      5    10   4   4   3   1   0  26   7.20
Klimkowski              1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Verbanic                2     0   0   0   2   2   0   8   0.00
Aker                    1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9    11   4   4   5   3   0  41

Hit by Pitch: Peters (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim Honochick, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - Jake O'Donnell, 3B - George Maloney


RED SOX 1ST: Andrews flied to center; Smith flied to center;
Yastrzemski singled to shortstop; Yastrzemski stole second
[Yastrzemski to third (error by Munson)]; Scott walked;
Petrocelli popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke singled to left; Munson out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Clarke to second]; White grounded out
(third to first) [Clarke to third]; Ellis was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 0.

RED SOX 2ND: T. Conigliaro singled to right; Alvarado forced T.
Conigliaro (third to second); Moses singled to left [Alvarado to
third, Moses out at second (left to shortstop to second)];
Peters doubled [Alvarado scored]; Andrews grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Yankees
0.

YANKEES 2ND: Cater grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer
singled to right; Blefary lined to shortstop; Michael singled to
right [Murcer to third]; Stottlemyre flied out to left; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Yankees 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Smith grounded out (shortstop to first);
Yastrzemski singled to shortstop; Scott singled to left
[Yastrzemski to second]; Petrocelli doubled to left [Yastrzemski
scored, Scott to third]; T. Conigliaro was walked intentionally;
Alvarado lined to third; Moses flied to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Clarke singled to right; Munson walked [Clarke to
second]; White struck out; Ellis forced Munson (shortstop to
second) [Clarke to third]; Cater flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Peters grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews
walked; Smith forced Andrews (catcher to shortstop); Yastrzemski
lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Murcer struck out; Blefary made an out to second;
Michael struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Scott tripled to right; Petrocelli doubled to left
[Scott scored]; T. Conigliaro struck out; Alvarado grounded out
(third to first); Moses singled to left [Petrocelli scored,
Moses out at second (left to second)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 4, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: WOODS BATTED FOR STOTTLEMYRE; Woods popped to
catcher in foul territory; Clarke popped to first in foul
territory; Munson lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
4, Yankees 0.

RED SOX 6TH: KLIMKOWSKI REPLACED WOODS (PITCHING); Peters
grounded out (first unassisted); Andrews grounded out (third to
first); Smith lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: White popped to second; Ellis was hit by a pitch;
Cater walked [Ellis to second]; Murcer singled to left [Ellis
scored, Cater to third (error by Yastrzemski), Murcer to
second]; Blefary doubled [Cater scored, Murcer scored]; LEE
REPLACED PETERS (PITCHING); Michael walked; HANSEN BATTED FOR
KLIMKOWSKI; Hansen lined to center; Clarke grounded out (pitcher
to first); 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Yankees 3.

RED SOX 7TH: VERBANIC REPLACED HANSEN (PITCHING); Yastrzemski
made an out to third; Scott flied out to center; Petrocelli made
an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: Munson grounded out (second to first); White
grounded out (third to first); Ellis singled to left; Cater
forced Ellis (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 4, Yankees 3.

RED SOX 8TH: T. Conigliaro walked; Alvarado out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [T. Conigliaro to second]; Moses walked;
Lee struck out; Andrews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 4, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 8TH: Murcer popped to third in foul territory; Blefary
flied out to center; Michael walked; WARD BATTED FOR VERBANIC;
Ward struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Yankees 3.

RED SOX 9TH: AKER REPLACED WARD (PITCHING); Smith singled to
first; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first) [Smith to
second]; Scott made an out to third; Petrocelli popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Yankees 3.

YANKEES 9TH: Clarke grounded out (third to first); Munson
grounded out (third to first); White grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Yankees 3.