Tuesday May 12, 1970
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Building up a 9-0 lead, the Yankees were able to beat the Brewers, 9-5, in a game stopped by rain after two out in the last half of the ninth inning. Jerry Kenney, who had a triple and two singles, batted in two runs for the Yankees. Curt Blefary also accounted for two RBIs. Phil Roof and Max Alvis homered in the eighth when the Brewers started their comeback with four runs. Another scored in the ninth before rain halted play. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 9, Milwaukee Brewers 5

Game Played on Tuesday, May 12, 1970 (Night game) at County Stadium

Yankees 1 0 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 - 9 10 2 Brewers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 - 5 12 3 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Clarke 2b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .287 Harper 3b,2b 5 2 1 0 0 0 .248 Kenney 3b 5 1 3 2 0 0 .202 Hegan 1b 5 1 3 1 0 1 .229 Murcer cf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .246 Savage rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .311 White lf 5 1 0 1 0 1 .319 Hovley ph,rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Cater 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .280 Walton lf 5 0 1 1 0 4 .328 Blefary rf 4 0 1 2 1 1 .200 Allen cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Lyttle rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kubiak ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Michael ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .239 Kennedy 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Gibbs c 2 2 0 0 2 1 .208 Snyder ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .298 Peterson p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Locker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McDaniel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roof c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .147 Krausse p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 O'Donoghue p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Goossen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Alvis ph,3b 2 1 2 1 0 0 .167 Totals 34 9 10 7 5 5 Totals 40 5 12 4 0 6 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 5,382 Left on Base: Yankees 6, Brewers 9 DP: Yankees 1, Brewers 1 Errors: Cater, Michael, Hegan, Kubiak 2 Doubles: Cater (9), Harper (10), Hegan (2), Walton (5) Triples: Kenney (3) Home Runs: Roof (1), Alvis (1) Stolen Bases: Kenney (3) Sacrifice Hits: Peterson 2 (2) Sacrifice Flies: Cater (1) GIDP: Kenney (3), Savage (1) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Peterson W(4-2) 7 7 4 4 0 5 2 29 3.93 McDaniel SV(3) 1.2 5 1 1 0 1 0 11 1.29 Totals 8.2 12 5 5 0 6 2 40 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Krausse L(3-6) 4.2 6 6 2 3 2 0 23 4.76 O'Donoghue 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.40 Pattin 3 3 3 2 2 1 0 15 6.00 Locker 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2.89 Totals 9 10 9 4 5 5 0 42 Passed Balls: Gibbs (1) Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Marty Springstead YANKEES 1ST: Clarke singled; Kenney popped to third in foul territory; Murcer singled to right [Clarke to third]; White grounded out (first to pitcher) [Murcer to second, Clarke scored]; Cater grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Harper flied out to center; Hegan singled to left; Savage grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Hegan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Brewers 0. YANKEES 2ND: Blefary grounded out (first unassisted); Michael flied out to center; Gibbs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Walton struck out; Allen flied out to left; Kubiak reached on an error by Michael; Kennedy grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Brewers 0. YANKEES 3RD: Peterson made an out to first; Clarke singled to center; Kenney grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Clarke out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Roof grounded out (shortstop to first); Krausse grounded out (second to first); Harper flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Brewers 0. YANKEES 4TH: Murcer singled to center; White struck out; Cater doubled to right [Murcer to third]; Blefary was walked intentionally; Michael forced Blefary (first to shortstop) [Murcer scored, Cater scored (error by Kubiak) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Gibbs was walked intentionally [Michael to second]; Peterson lined to center; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 3, Brewers 0. BREWERS 4TH: Hegan flied out to left; Savage grounded out (third to first); Walton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Brewers 0. YANKEES 5TH: Clarke grounded out (second to first); Kenney singled to shortstop; Kenney stole second; Murcer walked; White reached on an error by Hegan [Murcer to second, Kenney to third]; Cater hit a sacrifice fly to left [White to second, Murcer to third, Kenney scored (unearned)]; O'DONOGHUE REPLACED KRAUSSE (PITCHING); Blefary singled to right [White scored (unearned), Murcer scored (unearned), Blefary out at second (right to shortstop)]; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 6, Brewers 0. BREWERS 5TH: Allen reached on an error by Cater; Kubiak flied out to center; Kennedy forced Allen (shortstop to second); Roof singled to left [Kennedy to third]; GOOSSEN BATTED FOR O'DONOGHUE; Goossen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 6, Brewers 0. YANKEES 6TH: PATTIN REPLACED GOOSSEN (PITCHING); Michael struck out; Gibbs walked; Peterson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Gibbs to second]; Clarke walked; Kenney tripled to right [Clarke scored, Gibbs scored]; Murcer popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 8, Brewers 0. BREWERS 6TH: Harper flied out to left; Hegan struck out; Savage flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 8, Brewers 0. YANKEES 7TH: White grounded out (second to first); Cater grounded out (shortstop to first); Blefary made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 8, Brewers 0. BREWERS 7TH: Walton struck out; Allen made an out to catcher; On a bunt Kubiak singled to third; Kennedy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 8, Brewers 0. YANKEES 8TH: Michael singled to center; Gibbs forced Michael (first to shortstop); Peterson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Gibbs to second]; Clarke reached on an error by Kubiak [Gibbs scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Kenney singled to center [Clarke to third]; Murcer grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 9, Brewers 0. BREWERS 8TH: Roof homered; ALVIS BATTED FOR PATTIN; Alvis homered; Harper doubled to left; Hegan doubled to left [Harper scored]; HOVLEY BATTED FOR SAVAGE; MCDANIEL REPLACED PETERSON (PITCHING); Hovley grounded out (pitcher to first) [Hegan to third]; Walton struck out but Hegan advanced to home and Walton advanced to first on a passed ball; Allen singled to center [Walton to second]; Kubiak flied out to left; SNYDER BATTED FOR KENNEDY; Snyder singled to shortstop [Allen to second, Walton to third]; Roof forced Snyder (shortstop to second); 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Yankees 9, Brewers 4. YANKEES 9TH: HOVLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); LOCKER REPLACED SNYDER (PITCHING); ALVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); HARPER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); White lined to left; Cater was called out on strikes; Blefary was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 9, Brewers 4. BREWERS 9TH: LYTTLE REPLACED BLEFARY (PLAYING RF); Alvis singled; Harper forced Alvis (third to second); Hegan singled to center [Harper to second]; Hovley forced Hegan (second to shortstop) [Harper to third]; Walton doubled to left [Harper scored, Hovley to third]; Game called at 11:07 after 34 minute rain delay; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 9, Brewers 5.

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