Thurman Munson, who was charged with an error on an obstruction play that enabled the Brewers to take the lead in the eighth inning, atoned for his mistake with the winning single as the Yankees rallied for three runs in the ninth to gain a 7-6 victory. Munson collided with Ted Savage during a rundown play between third and home and the umpires allowed Savage to score.

Jerry McNertney homered in the ninth to send the Brewers in front, 6-4. However, in the Yankees' half, Jerry Kenney singled and Bobby Murcer hit for the circuit to tie the score. Roy White doubled and after an intentional pass to Jim Lyttle with one out, Munson looped his single. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 7, Milwaukee Brewers 6
Game Played on Saturday, May       2, 1970 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  3    0  2  1  -   6  9  2
Yankees      4  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   7 14  1


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper 3b             3   1   0   0     2   2   .250      Clarke 2b             4   1   1   0     1   0   .282
Kubiak ss             5   2   3   1     0   0   .243      Kenney 3b             5   2   3   0     0   1   .191
Savage cf             5   1   1   0     0   2   .310      Murcer cf             5   2   2   3     0   1   .250
Walton lf             4   0   1   1     1   3   .326      White lf              5   1   2   2     0   0   .329
Hershberger rf        4   0   1   2     0   0   .261      Cater 1b              5   1   2   0     0   1   .308
Goossen 1b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Blefary rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .167
  Hegan ph,1b         2   0   0   0     0   1   .158        Lyttle rf           0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
McNertney c           4   1   1   1     0   0   .210      Munson c              3   0   1   1     2   0   .193
Kennedy 2b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .357      Michael ss            2   0   2   0     1   0   .244
Pattin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Tepedino ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Morris p            1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000        Hansen ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  Rollins ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .217      Peterson p            3   0   0   0     0   1   .429
  O'Donoghue p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McDaniel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Snyder ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .288        Aker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Gelnar p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Ward ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Bolin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Verbanic p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   6   9   5     4   9             Totals               38   7  14   6     5   4

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance:  7,813
Left on Base: Brewers 7, Yankees 11
DP: Brewers 0, Yankees 0
Errors: Harper, Walton, Munson
Doubles: Murcer (2), Clarke (2), White (7)
Home Runs: McNertney (1), Murcer (4)
Stolen Bases: Kubiak (1), Harper (10)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin                  0.1   5   4   4   1   0   0   6   5.73
Morris                  4.2   5   0   0   3   1   0  22   2.65
O'Donoghue              1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.75
Gelnar L(0-2)           2     3   3   3   0   0   1   9   7.04
Bolin                   0.1   1   0   0   1   1   0   3   6.98
Totals                  8.1  14   7   7   5   4   1  43

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Peterson                5.2   4   3   3   2   5   0  23   4.03
McDaniel                1.2   2   2   1   0   2   0   7   1.32
Aker                    0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.87
Verbanic                0.1   2   1   1   2   0   1   5   5.23
Hamilton W(1-0)         0.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   2   1.54
Totals                  9     9   6   5   4   9   1  40

Wild Pitches: Morris (2), McDaniel (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Ed Runge


BREWERS 1ST: Harper struck out; Kubiak grounded out (shortstop
to first); Savage grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke walked; Kenney singled to left [Clarke to
third]; Murcer doubled to right [Kenney to third, Clarke
scored]; White singled to right [Murcer scored, Kenney scored,
White out at second (right to second to first)]; Cater singled
to left; Blefary singled to right [Cater to second]; MORRIS
REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Munson flied out to left [Cater to
third]; Morris threw a wild pitch [Blefary to second, Cater
scored]; Michael walked; Peterson lined to third; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 4.

BREWERS 2ND: Walton struck out; Hershberger made an out to
second; Goossen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 2ND: Clarke grounded out (shortstop to first); Kenney
singled to left [Kenney to second (error by Walton)]; Murcer
popped to catcher in foul territory; White lined to third; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 4.

BREWERS 3RD: McNertney grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kennedy made an out to shortstop; Morris singled to third;
Harper grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 3RD: Cater grounded out (shortstop to first); Blefary
flied out to left; Munson walked; Michael singled to center
[Munson to third]; Peterson forced Michael (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 4.

BREWERS 4TH: Kubiak lined to second; Savage grounded out
(shortstop to first); Walton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 4TH: Clarke doubled to left; Kenney grounded out (second
to first) [Clarke to third]; Murcer reached on a fielder's
choice [Murcer to second, Clarke out at home (pitcher to third
to catcher)]; White popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 4.

BREWERS 5TH: Hershberger grounded out (shortstop to first);
Goossen flied out to left; McNertney grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 5TH: Cater singled to third [Cater to second (error by
Harper)]; Blefary made an out to third; Munson was walked
intentionally; Michael singled to shortstop [Munson to second,
Cater to third]; Peterson struck out; Clarke flied out to right;
0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 0, Yankees 4.

BREWERS 6TH: Kennedy singled to center; ROLLINS BATTED FOR
MORRIS; Rollins struck out; Harper walked [Kennedy to second];
Kubiak singled to left [Harper to second, Kennedy scored];
Savage struck out; Harper stole third and Kubiak stole second;
Walton walked; Hershberger singled to center [Hershberger to
second (on throw), Kubiak scored, Harper scored, Walton to
third]; HEGAN BATTED FOR GOOSSEN; MCDANIEL REPLACED PETERSON
(PITCHING); Hegan was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Brewers 3, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 6TH: HEGAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); O'DONOGHUE
REPLACED ROLLINS (PITCHING); Kenney struck out; Murcer struck
out; White grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Brewers 3, Yankees 4.

BREWERS 7TH: McNertney grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kennedy grounded out (first unassisted); SNYDER BATTED FOR
O'DONOGHUE; Snyder grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 7TH: GELNAR REPLACED SNYDER (PITCHING); Cater grounded
out (shortstop to first); Blefary grounded out (first
unassisted); Munson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Yankees 4.

BREWERS 8TH: LYTTLE REPLACED BLEFARY (PLAYING RF); Harper was
called out on strikes; Kubiak singled to right; McDaniel threw a
wild pitch [Kubiak to second]; Savage singled to right [Kubiak
to third]; AKER REPLACED MCDANIEL (PITCHING); Walton singled to
left [Savage to third, Kubiak scored]; Savage advanced to home
(error by Munson) and Walton advanced to second; Thurman
Munson called for obstruction; Hershberger grounded out
(third to first); Hegan grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 5, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 8TH: TEPEDINO BATTED FOR MICHAEL; Tepedino grounded out
(shortstop to first); WARD BATTED FOR AKER; Ward lined to
second; Clarke grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 5, Yankees 4.

BREWERS 9TH: HANSEN REPLACED TEPEDINO (PLAYING SS); VERBANIC
REPLACED WARD (PITCHING); McNertney homered; Kennedy walked;
Gelnar forced Kennedy (pitcher to shortstop); Harper walked
[Gelnar to second]; Kubiak singled to left [Harper to second,
Gelnar to third]; HAMILTON REPLACED VERBANIC (PITCHING); Savage
struck out; Walton was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Brewers 6, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 9TH: Kenney singled to first; Murcer homered [Kenney
scored]; White doubled to right; BOLIN REPLACED GELNAR
(PITCHING); Cater struck out; Lyttle was walked intentionally;
Munson singled to right [Lyttle to third, White scored]; 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 6, Yankees 7.