A homer by Fritz Peterson with a man on base in the third inning ignited a seven-run explosion that propelled the Yankees to a 10-4 victory over the Orioles. After Peterson's blow tied the score at 2-2, the Yankees knocked out Mike Cuellar with consecutive singles by Horace Clarke, Bobby Murcer, Roy White and Danny Cater for two more runs. Dave Leonhard, in relief, passed Curt Blefary intentionally to load the bases. Thurman Munson then singled to drive in another pair and John Ellis accounted for the seventh run of the stanza with a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 10, Baltimore Orioles 4
Game Played on Monday, May       18, 1970 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Orioles      1  1  0    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   4 10  0
Yankees      0  0  7    0  1  0    2  0  x  -  10 13  3


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Buford lf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Clarke 2b             5   1   1   0     0   0   .286
Belanger ss           5   1   2   0     0   0   .220      Murcer cf             4   2   2   0     1   1   .248
F. Robinson rf        4   0   3   0     1   0   .382      White lf              5   3   3   0     0   1   .336
Powell 1b             5   0   0   0     0   2   .292      Cater 3b,1b           5   1   3   3     0   1   .295
Blair cf              4   1   0   0     0   0   .265      Woods rf              1   0   0   0     0   1   .273
B. Robinson 3b        4   2   2   1     0   0   .313        Blefary ph,rf       2   1   0   0     1   1   .196
Johnson 2b            4   0   2   1     0   2   .319        Lyttle rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Etchebarren c         3   0   1   1     0   0   .217      Munson c              3   0   2   3     1   0   .247
Cuellar p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .095      Ellis 1b              1   0   0   1     0   1   .095
  Leonhard p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kenney 3b           2   0   0   0     0   1   .192
  Motton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Michael ss            3   1   1   1     1   0   .252
  Lopez p             0   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Peterson p            4   1   1   2     0   0   .304
  Salmon ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .400
  Hardin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   4  10   3     2   5             Totals               35  10  13  10     4   7

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 10,061
Left on Base: Orioles 9, Yankees 6
DP: Orioles 0, Yankees 1
Errors: Kenney 2, Michael
Doubles: Cater (11), Murcer (4)
Home Runs: Peterson (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Etchebarren (2), Ellis (1)
GIDP: Powell (1)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar L(4-3)          2.1   5   6   6   1   3   1  13   5.20
Leonhard                0.2   1   1   1   1   0   0   4  11.12
Lopez                   4     6   3   3   2   3   0  19   2.77
Hardin                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.79
Totals                  8    13  10  10   4   7   1  40

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Peterson W(5-2)         9    10   4   1   2   5   0  40   3.50
Totals                  9    10   4   1   2   5   0  40

Wild Pitches: Leonhard (4)

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Art Frantz


ORIOLES 1ST: Buford grounded out (third to first); Belanger
singled; F. Robinson singled to right [Belanger scored (error by
Michael) (unearned) (no RBI), F. Robinson to second]; Powell
struck out; Blair flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke made an out to shortstop; Murcer popped to
catcher in foul territory; White popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: B. Robinson singled; Johnson singled to center [B.
Robinson to third]; Etchebarren hit a sacrifice fly to center
[B. Robinson scored, Johnson to second]; Cuellar grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Johnson to third]; Buford grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Cater struck out; Woods struck out; Munson flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger flied out to right; F. Robinson walked;
Powell grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [F. Robinson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Ellis struck out; Michael walked; Peterson homered
[Michael scored]; Clarke singled; Murcer singled to second
[Clarke to second]; White singled to third [Clarke to third,
Murcer to second]; Cater singled to right [Clarke scored, Murcer
scored, White to third]; LEONHARD REPLACED CUELLAR (PITCHING);
BLEFARY BATTED FOR WOODS; Leonhard threw a wild pitch [Cater to
second]; Blefary was walked intentionally; Munson singled to
left [White scored, Cater scored, Blefary to third]; Ellis hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Blefary scored]; Michael lined to
center; 7 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Yankees 7.

ORIOLES 4TH: BLEFARY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); KENNEY
REPLACED ELLIS (PLAYING 3B); CATER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
1B); Blair reached on an error by Kenney [Blair to second]; B.
Robinson singled [Blair scored (unearned)]; Johnson was called
out on strikes; Etchebarren singled [B. Robinson to second];
MOTTON BATTED FOR LEONHARD; Motton flied out to left; Buford
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 3, Yankees 7.

YANKEES 4TH: LOPEZ REPLACED MOTTON (PITCHING); Peterson flied
out to left; Clarke grounded out (second to first); Murcer
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Yankees 7.

ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger singled to right; F. Robinson singled to
center [Belanger to second]; Powell grounded out (first
unassisted) [Belanger to third, F. Robinson to second]; Blair
made an out to shortstop; B. Robinson flied out to left; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 3, Yankees 7.

YANKEES 5TH: White singled to left; Cater singled to right
[White to third]; Blefary was called out on strikes; Munson
singled [White scored, Cater to third, Munson out at second
(center to shortstop to second)]; Kenney grounded out (pitcher
to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Yankees 8.

ORIOLES 6TH: Johnson struck out; Etchebarren flied out to left;
Lopez walked; Buford lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 3, Yankees 8.

YANKEES 6TH: Michael grounded out (third to first); Peterson
grounded out (second to first); Clarke grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Yankees 8.

ORIOLES 7TH: Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); F.
Robinson singled to right; Powell struck out; Blair flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Yankees 8.

YANKEES 7TH: Murcer walked; White singled [Murcer to second];
Cater doubled to right [Murcer scored, White to third]; Blefary
made an out to second; Munson was walked intentionally; Kenney
struck out; Michael singled [White scored, Cater to third,
Munson to second]; Peterson grounded out (shortstop to first); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 3, Yankees 10.

ORIOLES 8TH: LYTTLE REPLACED BLEFARY (PLAYING RF); B. Robinson
reached on an error by Kenney [B. Robinson to second]; Johnson
singled to center [B. Robinson scored (unearned)]; Etchebarren
lined to center; SALMON BATTED FOR LOPEZ; Salmon struck out;
Buford forced Johnson (second to shortstop); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, Yankees 10.

YANKEES 8TH: HARDIN REPLACED SALMON (PITCHING); Clarke grounded
out (second to first); Murcer doubled to right; White struck
out; Cater grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 4, Yankees 10.

ORIOLES 9TH: Belanger grounded out (second to first); F.
Robinson grounded out (third to first); Powell grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Yankees
10.