Playing before a Bat Night crowd of 36,353, the biggest turnout at Anaheim Stadium since July 4, 1967, the Angels piled up 18 hits and walloped the Yankees, 11-3. After the Yankees scored their runs in the second inning, the Angels came back with four on a triple by Alex Johnson, double by Jarvis Tatum and back-to-back homers by Tom Egan and Andy Messersmith. The blow by Messersmith was the first of pitcher's major league career. The Angels kayoed Mike Kekich in the fourth with five straight hits in the five-run frame. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 11, New York Yankees 3
Game Played on Saturday, May       9, 1970 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Yankees      0  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  6  1
Angels       0  4  0    5  0  1    1  0  x  -  11 18  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clarke 2b             3   0   1   2     1   1   .277      Alomar 2b             5   2   3   3     0   0   .276
Kenney 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .167      Repoz cf              5   0   0   0     0   3   .310
Murcer cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .252      Fregosi ss            5   0   1   0     0   1   .309
White lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .330        Oyler ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cater 1b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .286      Johnson lf            5   1   4   1     0   0   .355
  Ellis 1b            1   0   0   0     0   1   .100      McMullen 3b           5   0   1   1     0   0   .223
Blefary rf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .195      Spencer 1b            5   1   1   0     0   1   .377
Michael ss            4   0   0   0     0   2   .248      J. Tatum rf           5   3   4   1     0   0   .450
Gibbs c               3   1   1   0     0   0   .227      Egan c                3   2   2   3     1   0   .250
Kekich p              2   0   0   1     0   1   .250      Messersmith p         3   2   2   1     0   1   .200
  Verbanic p          1   0   1   0     0   0   .333

Totals               32   3   6   3     2   8             Totals               41  11  18  10     1   6

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 36,353
Left on Base: Yankees 4, Angels 8
DP: Yankees 0, Angels 2
Errors: Kekich, Spencer
Doubles: Cater (7), J. Tatum (1), Alomar (3), Johnson (4)
Triples: Johnson (2)
Home Runs: Egan (1), Messersmith (1)
Stolen Bases: Clarke (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Messersmith (2)
GIDP: White (3), Cater (4)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kekich L(0-1)           3    10   9   9   0   2   2  19  14.54
Verbanic                5     8   2   2   1   4   0  24   4.60
Totals                  8    18  11  11   1   6   2  43

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith W(4-3)      9     6   3   3   2   8   0  34   3.40
Totals                  9     6   3   3   2   8   0  34

Wild Pitches: Kekich (1)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Emmett Ashford, 3B - Hank Soar


YANKEES 1ST: Clarke walked; Kenney reached on an error by
Spencer [Clarke to second]; Murcer popped to third in foul
territory; White grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Kenney out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar flied out to center; Repoz struck out;
Fregosi grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Yankees 0, Angels 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Cater doubled to right; Blefary walked; Michael
struck out; Gibbs singled to pitcher [Blefary to second, Cater
to third]; Kekich grounded out (second to first) [Gibbs to
second, Blefary to third, Cater scored]; Clarke singled to right
[Gibbs scored, Blefary scored]; Clarke stole second; Kenney
struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Johnson tripled to center; McMullen grounded out
(second to first); Spencer struck out; J. Tatum doubled to right
[Johnson scored]; Egan homered [J. Tatum scored]; Messersmith
homered; Alomar flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 3, Angels 4.

YANKEES 3RD: Murcer flied out to right; White flied out to
right; Cater flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
3, Angels 4.

ANGELS 3RD: Repoz made an out to second; Fregosi grounded out
(second to first); Johnson singled to left; McMullen forced
Johnson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Angels 4.

YANKEES 4TH: Blefary singled to right; Michael struck out; Gibbs
grounded out (third to first) [Blefary to second]; Kekich struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Angels 4.

ANGELS 4TH: Spencer singled to right; J. Tatum singled to left
[Spencer to second]; Egan singled to right [J. Tatum to second,
Spencer scored]; Messersmith singled to pitcher [Egan to third,
J. Tatum scored (error by Kekich) (no RBI)]; Kekich threw a wild
pitch [Messersmith to second]; Alomar doubled to left
[Messersmith scored, Egan scored]; VERBANIC REPLACED KEKICH
(PITCHING); Repoz struck out; Fregosi made an out to shortstop;
Johnson doubled [Alomar scored]; McMullen grounded out
(shortstop to first); 5 R, 6 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Angels 9.

YANKEES 5TH: Clarke grounded out (pitcher to first); Kenney
grounded out (second to first); Murcer grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Angels 9.

ANGELS 5TH: Spencer popped to first in foul territory; J. Tatum
singled to center; Egan grounded out (pitcher to first) [J.
Tatum to second]; Messersmith struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 3, Angels 9.

YANKEES 6TH: White singled to center; Cater grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [White out at
second]; Blefary grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Angels 9.

ANGELS 6TH: ELLIS REPLACED CATER (PLAYING 1B); Alomar singled to
left; Repoz made an out to third; Fregosi singled to third
[Alomar to second]; Johnson forced Fregosi (pitcher to second)
[Alomar to third]; McMullen singled to second [Johnson to
second, Alomar scored]; Spencer grounded out (first to pitcher);
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Angels 10.

YANKEES 7TH: Michael flied out to left; Gibbs grounded out
(first to pitcher); Verbanic singled to right; Clarke struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Angels 10.

ANGELS 7TH: J. Tatum singled to center; Egan walked [J. Tatum to
second]; Messersmith out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Egan to second, J. Tatum to third]; Alomar singled to right
[Egan to third, J. Tatum scored]; Repoz struck out; Fregosi
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Angels 11.

YANKEES 8TH: OYLER REPLACED FREGOSI (PLAYING SS); Kenney flied
out to left; Murcer struck out; White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Angels 11.

ANGELS 8TH: Johnson singled to left; McMullen flied out to
right; Spencer lined to center; J. Tatum flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Angels 11.

YANKEES 9TH: Ellis was called out on strikes; Blefary flied out
to center; Michael flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 3, Angels 11.