Getting a six-hitter from John Cumberland, who pitched his first complete game of the season, the Yankees defeated the White Sox, 3-1. Cumberland gave up a run in the first inning on a walk to Walt Williams, a single by Carlos May and a sacrifice fly by Bill Melton.

The Yankees went ahead with two in the second on singles by Danny Cater, Curt Blefary, Thurman Munson and Gene Michael. An extra run counted in the third on a single by Bobby Murcer, a stolen base and a single by Roy White. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 3, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Saturday, June      6, 1970 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
White Sox    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0
Yankees      0  2  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   3  8  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Williams rf           3   1   0   0     1   0   .265      Clarke 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .266
  Wood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kenney 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .207
Aparicio ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .337      Murcer cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .254
May lf                4   0   2   0     0   1   .305      White lf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .333
Melton 3b             3   0   0   1     0   1   .286      Cater 1b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .305
Josephson c           4   0   1   0     0   0   .312      Blefary rf            3   1   1   0     0   0   .203
McCraw 1b,rf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .298        Woods rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Knoop 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .205      Munson c              3   0   1   1     0   0   .248
Berry cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .250      Michael ss            3   0   1   1     0   1   .232
Horlen p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .138        Hansen ph,ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Blanco ph,1b        1   0   0   0     0   1   .211      Cumberland p          3   0   0   0     0   1   .071

Totals               32   1   6   1     2   4             Totals               31   3   8   3     0   2

Time of Game: 1:57   Attendance: 10,384
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Yankees 4
DP: White Sox 1, Yankees 0
Stolen Bases: Murcer (4), Kenney (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Melton (3)
GIDP: Kenney (4)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Horlen L(5-6)           6     7   3   3   0   0   0  24   3.87
Wood                    2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   3.41
Totals                  8     8   3   3   0   2   0  31

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cumberland W(2-3)       9     6   1   1   2   4   0  35   3.38
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   4   0  35

Umpires: HP - Jake O'Donnell, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Frank Umont


WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams walked; Aparicio flied to center; May
singled to center [Williams to third]; Melton hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Williams scored]; Josephson flied to left; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke flied to left; Kenney lined to shortstop;
Murcer grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Yankees 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: McCraw flied to center; Knoop singled to right;
Berry singled to center [Knoop to second]; Horlen flied to
right; Williams flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: White lined to right; Cater singled to left;
Blefary singled to center [Cater to third]; Munson singled to
left [Cater scored, Blefary to third]; Michael singled to right
[Blefary scored, Munson to second]; On a bunt Cumberland forced
Michael (first to shortstop) [Munson to third, Cumberland to
first]; Clarke flied to right; 53 minute rain delay starting
at 2:44 PM; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Yankees 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Aparicio flied to left; May struck out; Melton
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: Kenney flied to center; Murcer singled to left;
Murcer stole second; White singled to center [Murcer scored];
Cater lined to center; Blefary flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 1, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Josephson singled to center; McCraw popped to
catcher in foul territory; Knoop flied to center; Berry struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Michael
grounded out (second to first); Cumberland lined to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Horlen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Williams grounded out (second to first); Aparicio walked; May
singled to left [Aparicio to third]; Melton flied to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Clarke singled to center; Kenney grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Clarke out at
second]; Murcer lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Josephson grounded out (second to first); McCraw
grounded out (first to pitcher); Knoop popped to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: White grounded out (first to pitcher); Cater
grounded out (third to first); Blefary flied to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: WOODS REPLACED BLEFARY (PLAYING RF); Berry lined
to left; BLANCO BATTED FOR HORLEN; Blanco was called out on
strikes; Williams lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: BLANCO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MCCRAW CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); WOOD REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING);
Munson grounded out (third to first); HANSEN BATTED FOR MICHAEL;
Hansen was called out on strikes (strikeout was charged to
Michael); Gene Michael ejected by HP umpire Jake O'Donnell on
1-2 count for arguing balls and strikes; Cumberland struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: HANSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Aparicio
grounded out (third to first); May grounded out (second to
first); Melton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 1, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 8TH: Clarke popped to catcher in foul territory; Kenney
singled to center; Kenney stole second; Murcer grounded out
(second to first) [Kenney to third]; White grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Josephson grounded out (third to first); McCraw
grounded out (second to first); Knoop singled to left; Berry
flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Yankees 3.