New York Yankees 8, Baltimore Orioles 5 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, April 19, 1970 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
Yankees 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 2 - 8 17 0 Orioles 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 12 2 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Clarke 2b 6 0 5 1 0 0 .304 Buford lf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .211 Michael ss 6 1 0 0 0 1 .317 Salmon ss 3 1 2 2 2 0 .667 Murcer cf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .200 Crowley 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .200 White lf 3 1 2 0 2 1 .351 Rettenmund rf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .273 Blefary rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .212 Blair cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .308 Lyttle rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Robinson 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .310 Ward 1b 3 1 1 2 0 1 .222 Johnson 2b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .405 Cater ph,1b 2 1 1 0 0 1 .268 Etchebarren c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .267 Kenney 3b 4 1 3 1 1 0 .185 Hardin p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gibbs c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .286 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Klimkowski p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 May ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 Verbanic p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Leonhard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Aker p 2 0 1 1 0 1 .333 Richert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hendricks ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .208 Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Powell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .150 Totals 41 8 17 7 4 7 Totals 34 5 12 5 6 2 Time of Game: 3:03 Attendance: 19,213 Left on Base: Yankees 12, Orioles 8 DP: Yankees 4, Orioles 1 Errors: Rettenmund, Johnson Doubles: B. Robinson (3), Johnson (4), Buford (2) Triples: Ward (1) Home Runs: Etchebarren (1), Salmon (1) Caught Stealing: Clarke (2), Blair (3) Sacrifice Hits: Klimkowski (1) Sacrifice Flies: Gibbs (1) GIDP: Blefary (2), Salmon (1) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Klimkowski 3 6 2 2 1 0 0 13 2.70 Verbanic W(1-0) 3.2 2 0 0 5 1 0 16 3.00 Aker SV(2) 2.1 4 3 3 0 1 2 11 5.40 Totals 9 12 5 5 6 2 2 40 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hardin L(0-1) 3 6 4 3 1 2 0 15 3.24 Lopez 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 0.00 Leonhard 1.1 3 2 2 2 1 0 9 19.29 Richert 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0.00 Hall 2 6 2 2 0 2 0 12 2.57 Totals 9 17 8 7 4 7 0 47 Wild Pitches: Leonhard (2) Umpires: HP - Frank Umont, 1B - Jake O'Donnell, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jim Honochick YANKEES 1ST: Clarke singled to center; Clarke was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Michael struck out; Murcer lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Buford singled to right; Salmon grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Buford out at second]; Crowley grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. YANKEES 2ND: White walked; Blefary grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [White out at second]; Ward grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: On a bunt Rettenmund singled; Blair grounded out (catcher unassisted) [Rettenmund to second]; B. Robinson doubled to left [Rettenmund scored]; Johnson singled to left [B. Robinson scored]; Etchebarren lined into a double play (third to first) [Johnson out at first]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Orioles 2. YANKEES 3RD: Kenney flied out to left; Gibbs singled to left; Klimkowski struck out; Clarke singled to right [Gibbs to second]; Michael reached on an error by Johnson (assist by Salmon) [Gibbs scored (unearned) (no RBI), Clarke to third, Michael to second]; Murcer lined to second; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 3RD: Hardin made an out to pitcher; Buford walked; Salmon singled to center [Buford to second]; Crowley lined into a double play (second to first) [Salmon out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Orioles 2. YANKEES 4TH: White singled to right; Blefary singled to right [White to third, Blefary to second (error by Rettenmund)]; Ward tripled to left [White scored, Blefary scored]; LOPEZ REPLACED HARDIN (PITCHING); Kenney walked; Gibbs hit a sacrifice fly to center [Ward scored]; Klimkowski out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Kenney to second]; Clarke flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 4TH: Rettenmund singled to center; VERBANIC REPLACED KLIMKOWSKI (PITCHING); Blair grounded out (pitcher to first) [Rettenmund to second]; B. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson walked; Etchebarren grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 2. YANKEES 5TH: Michael flied out to center; Murcer lined to shortstop; White singled to right; Blefary flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 5TH: MAY BATTED FOR LOPEZ; May walked; Buford lined into a double play (first unassisted) [May out at first]; Salmon walked; Crowley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 2. YANKEES 6TH: LEONHARD REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Ward struck out; Kenney singled to right; Gibbs grounded out (pitcher to first) [Kenney to second]; Verbanic grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 6TH: Rettenmund grounded out (shortstop to first); Blair walked; Blair was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); B. Robinson out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 4, Orioles 2. YANKEES 7TH: Clarke singled to center; Michael forced Clarke (shortstop to second); Leonhard threw a wild pitch [Michael to third]; Murcer singled [Michael scored]; White walked [Murcer to second]; Blefary walked [Murcer to third, White to second]; RICHERT REPLACED LEONHARD (PITCHING); CATER BATTED FOR WARD; Cater struck out; Kenney singled [Murcer scored, White to third, Blefary to second]; Gibbs was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Yankees 6, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 7TH: CATER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Johnson doubled to left; Etchebarren grounded out (shortstop to first); HENDRICKS BATTED FOR RICHERT; Hendricks singled [Johnson to third]; Buford made an out to second; Salmon walked [Hendricks to second]; AKER REPLACED VERBANIC (PITCHING); Crowley grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Yankees 6, Orioles 2. YANKEES 8TH: HALL REPLACED HENDRICKS (PITCHING); Aker was called out on strikes; Clarke singled to left; Michael forced Clarke (first to shortstop); Murcer singled to center [Michael to third]; White struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 6, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 8TH: Rettenmund grounded out (shortstop to first); Blair singled to left; B. Robinson flied out to center; Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 6, Orioles 2. YANKEES 9TH: Blefary grounded out (pitcher to first); Cater singled to right; Kenney singled to center [Cater to second]; Gibbs flied out to right [Cater to third, Kenney to second]; Aker singled to left [Cater scored, Kenney to third]; Clarke singled to center [Kenney scored, Aker to second]; Michael forced Clarke (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 8, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 9TH: LYTTLE REPLACED BLEFARY (PLAYING RF); Etchebarren homered; POWELL BATTED FOR HALL; Powell grounded out (second to first); Buford doubled to right; Salmon homered [Buford scored]; Crowley grounded out (first unassisted); Rettenmund struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 8, Orioles 5.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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