Stan Bahnsen limited the Twins to four hits while the Yankees collected 12 off Jim Kaat to gain a 5-2 victory. The Twins counted their pair in the second on a walk, a double by Jim Holt and single by Leo Cardenas, but Bobby Murcer tied the score with a bases-loaded single in the home half. The Yankees filled the sacks again in the sixth and scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly by Gene Michael. Two unearned runs in the seventh iced the verdict. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, Minnesota Twins 2
Game Played on Tuesday, June      9, 1970 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Twins        0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  4  2
Yankees      0  2  0    0  0  1    2  0  x  -   5 12  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .290      Clarke 2b             5   0   0   0     0   1   .266
Carew 2b              3   0   0   0     1   3   .385      Murcer cf             4   1   3   2     1   0   .260
Oliva rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .332      White lf              5   1   2   0     0   1   .336
Killebrew 3b          2   1   0   0     2   0   .320      Cater 3b,1b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .306
Reese 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Munson c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .248
Holt lf               3   1   1   0     1   0   .230      Ellis 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .179
Cardenas ss           4   0   1   2     0   1   .265        Kenney pr,3b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Ratliff c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .273      Woods rf              2   1   0   0     2   0   .250
Kaat p                3   0   0   0     0   1   .188      Michael ss            3   1   1   1     0   0   .240
  Zepp p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bahnsen p             4   0   2   0     0   0   .143

Totals               30   2   4   2     4   7             Totals               35   5  12   3     3   2

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 21,857
Left on Base: Twins 5, Yankees 10
DP: Twins 1, Yankees 1
Errors: Killebrew, Ratliff, Murcer
Doubles: Holt (5)
Triples: Ratliff (1)
Stolen Bases: Murcer (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Michael (1)
GIDP: Oliva (7), Munson (2)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat L(5-3)             6    12   5   3   2   2   0  30   3.67
Zepp                    2     0   0   0   1   0   0   9   3.09
Totals                  8    12   5   3   3   2   0  39

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bahnsen W(4-4)          9     4   2   2   4   7   0  34   2.85
Totals                  9     4   2   2   4   7   0  34

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


TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew struck
out; Oliva struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer
singled to center; White struck out; Cater singled to right
[Murcer to third]; Munson lined to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 0, Yankees 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew walked; Reese flied out to left; Holt
doubled [Killebrew to third]; Cardenas singled to left [Holt
scored, Killebrew scored]; Ratliff flied out to center; Kaat
grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Ellis grounded out (third to first); Woods walked;
Michael singled to right [Woods to second]; On a bunt Bahnsen
singled to third [Michael to second, Woods to third]; Clarke
struck out; Murcer singled to right [Bahnsen out at third (right
to first to third), Michael scored, Woods scored]; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 2.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar singled to left [Tovar to second (error by
Murcer)]; Carew struck out; Oliva lined to center; Killebrew
walked; Reese flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2,
Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Cater
singled to left; Munson grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Cater out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 2, Yankees 2.

TWINS 4TH: Holt flied out to left; Cardenas grounded out (second
to first); Ratliff tripled to center; Kaat flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Ellis flied out to left; Woods lined to right;
Michael flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2,
Yankees 2.

TWINS 5TH: Tovar was called out on strikes; Carew struck out;
Oliva grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Bahnsen singled to center; Clarke flied out to
left; Murcer forced Bahnsen (third to shortstop); White singled
to pitcher [Murcer to second]; Cater made an out to first; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 2.

TWINS 6TH: Killebrew flied out to right; Reese lined to right;
Holt walked; Cardenas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
2, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Munson singled to third; Ellis singled to center
[Munson to third]; Woods walked [Ellis to second]; Michael hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Munson scored, Ellis to third]; Bahnsen
made an out to shortstop; Clarke made an out to first; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 3.

TWINS 7TH: Ratliff lined to shortstop; Kaat struck out; Tovar
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: Murcer singled to right; White singled to shortstop
[Murcer to second]; ZEPP REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Cater
grounded out (pitcher unassisted) [White to second, Murcer to
third]; Munson reached on a fielder's choice [Murcer scored
(error by Ratliff) (unearned) (no RBI), White scored (unearned)
(no RBI)]; Ellis reached on an error by Killebrew [Munson to
second]; KENNEY RAN FOR ELLIS; Woods flied out to left; Michael
lined to right; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 5.

TWINS 8TH: KENNEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); CATER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Carew walked; Oliva grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Carew out at
second]; Killebrew flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 8TH: Bahnsen flied out to center; Clarke grounded out
(second to first); Murcer walked; Murcer stole second; White
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 5.

TWINS 9TH: Reese grounded out (first to pitcher); Holt grounded
out (pitcher to first); Cardenas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 5.