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Batting in succession, Bobby Murcer tripled, Roy White doubled and Danny Cater homered as the Yankees scored three runs in the fifth inning to defeat the Royals, 5-3. A homer by Amos Otis had helped the Royals to a 3-2 lead before the Yankees' extra-base barrage. [The Sporting News] New York Yankees 5, Kansas City Royals 3Game Played on Wednesday, June 3, 1970 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium IRoyals 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0 Yankees 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 x - 5 10 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Kelly rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Clarke 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .272 Hernandez ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Kenney 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .213 Otis cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .286 Murcer cf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .241 Oliver 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .296 White lf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .330 Piniella lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .345 Cater 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .310 Keough 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .330 Blefary rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .197 Severson 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .261 Woods rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Munson c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Rodriguez c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .267 Michael ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Drago p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .053 Kekich p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Burgmeier p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Aker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Totals 34 3 8 3 1 7 Totals 34 5 10 5 0 5 Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 6,891 Left on Base: Royals 5, Yankees 5 DP: Royals 0, Yankees 1 Errors: Aker Doubles: White (16) Triples: Murcer (1) Home Runs: Otis (6), Cater (4) GIDP: Rodriguez (5) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Drago L(3-4) 4.1 10 5 5 0 3 1 23 4.92 Burgmeier 3.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 3.38 Totals 8 10 5 5 0 5 1 34 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kekich W(2-1) 6 7 3 3 1 5 1 25 7.96 Aker SV(10) 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 1.87 Totals 9 8 3 3 1 7 1 35 Wild Pitches: Aker (1) Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - Jake O'Donnell ROYALS 1ST: Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); Hernandez struck out; Otis homered; Oliver struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Clarke singled to right; 20 minute rain delay starting at 8:16 PM; Kenney singled to center [Clarke to second]; Murcer struck out; White flied out to center [Clarke to third]; Cater forced Kenney (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. ROYALS 2ND: Piniella struck out; Keough grounded out (shortstop to first); Severson singled to right; Rodriguez made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Blefary grounded out (second to first); Munson was called out on strikes; Michael grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. ROYALS 3RD: Drago struck out; Kelly grounded out (pitcher to first); Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Kekich struck out; Clarke singled to second; Kenney grounded out (pitcher unassisted) [Clarke to second]; Murcer singled to right [Clarke scored, Murcer to second (on throw to home)]; White singled to right [Murcer scored]; Cater forced White (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 2. ROYALS 4TH: Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver singled to center; Piniella singled to right [Oliver to third]; Keough singled to right [Piniella to second, Oliver scored]; Severson popped to first in foul territory; Rodriguez singled to center [Keough out at third (center to first to third), Piniella scored]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 2. YANKEES 4TH: Blefary singled to right; Munson popped to first in foul territory; Michael lined to center; Kekich singled to right [Blefary to second]; Clarke grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 2. ROYALS 5TH: Drago struck out; Kelly grounded out (second to first); Hernandez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 2. YANKEES 5TH: Kenney grounded out (second to first); Murcer tripled to right; White doubled [Murcer scored]; Cater homered [White scored]; BURGMEIER REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); Blefary struck out; Munson grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 5. ROYALS 6TH: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver singled to left; Piniella lined to right; Keough forced Oliver (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 5. YANKEES 6TH: Michael lined to center; Kekich grounded out (second to first); Clarke made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 5. ROYALS 7TH: WOODS REPLACED BLEFARY (PLAYING RF); Severson walked; AKER REPLACED KEKICH (PITCHING); Rodriguez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Severson out at second]; Burgmeier struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 5. YANKEES 7TH: Kenney grounded out (pitcher to first); Murcer flied out to center; White was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 5. ROYALS 8TH: Kelly grounded out (first unassisted); Hernandez reached on an error by Aker; Otis forced Hernandez (shortstop to second); Oliver flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 5. YANKEES 8TH: Cater lined to right; Woods grounded out (pitcher to first); Munson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 5. ROYALS 9TH: Piniella struck out; Keough singled to left; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR SEVERSON; Kirkpatrick lined to second; Aker threw a wild pitch [Keough to second]; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 5. |
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