Jake Gibbs, who made one of his infrequent appearances behind the plate for the Yankees, batted in two runs with a triple in the seventh inning and scored on a sacrifice fly by Thurman Munson to defeat the Senators, 4-2. The Yankees, who were held to three singles in the first six frames, scored their initial run on hits by Jerry Kenney and Danny Cater, around a stolen base, in the fourth.

Cater led off the seventh with a single and stopped at third on a double by Curt Blefary before Gibbs rapped his triple. Ron Klimkowski, in relief, gained his first major league victory as the Yankees ended a four-game losing streak, their longest of the season. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 4, Washington Senators 2
Game Played on Saturday, July      4, 1970 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Senators     1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  0
Yankees      0  0  0    1  0  0    3  0  x  -   4  6  1


Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brinkman ss           3   1   1   0     1   0   .268      Clarke 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .248
Comer cf              2   0   1   0     1   0   .179      Kenney 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .212
  Unser cf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .197      Murcer cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .268
Howard rf             2   0   0   1     1   0   .263      White lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .334
Reichardt lf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .233      Cater 1b              3   1   2   1     0   0   .310
  Maye ph,lf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Blefary rf            3   1   1   0     0   0   .200
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .257        Lyttle rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Epstein 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Gibbs c               2   1   2   2     1   0   .286
Casanova c            3   0   1   0     1   0   .277      Michael ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .226
Cullen 2b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .184      Cumberland p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .071
Cox p                 3   1   1   0     0   2   .182        Klimkowski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Grzenda p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Munson ph           0   0   0   1     0   0   .257
                                                            Aker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .100

Totals               29   2   5   1     4   5             Totals               27   4   6   4     1   3

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 22,994
Left on Base: Senators 5, Yankees 3
DP: Senators 0, Yankees 2
Errors: Kenney
Doubles: Blefary (3)
Triples: Gibbs (1)
Stolen Bases: Kenney (10)
Caught Stealing: Cullen (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Klimkowski 2 (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Howard (3), Munson (3)
GIDP: Howard (10), Epstein (5)


Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cox L(4-6)              6     6   4   4   1   3   0  25   4.50
Grzenda                 2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   5.48
Totals                  8     6   4   4   1   3   0  31

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cumberland              2     3   2   2   3   1   0  11   3.44
Klimkowski W(1-3)       5     2   0   0   1   4   0  17   2.77
Aker SV(11)             2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.03
Totals                  9     5   2   2   4   5   0  34

Balks: Cumberland (1)

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


SENATORS 1ST: Brinkman walked; Comer singled to right [Brinkman
to third]; Howard grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Brinkman scored (no RBI), Comer out at second];
Reichardt grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke flied out to left; Kenney grounded out
(second to first); Murcer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 1, Yankees 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Epstein
flied out to center; Casanova walked; Cullen was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Cater
grounded out (third to first); Blefary popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 1, Yankees 0.

SENATORS 3RD: Cox singled to center; Brinkman singled to center
[Cox to second]; Cumberland balked [Cox to third, Brinkman to
second]; Comer walked; KLIMKOWSKI REPLACED CUMBERLAND
(PITCHING); Howard hit a sacrifice fly to left [Cox scored,
Brinkman to third, Comer to second]; Reichardt struck out;
Rodriguez struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 2, Yankees
0.

YANKEES 3RD: Gibbs singled to left; Michael popped to shortstop;
Klimkowski out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Gibbs to
second]; Clarke grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Senators 2, Yankees 0.

SENATORS 4TH: Epstein flied out to center; Casanova singled to
left; Cullen flied out to left; Cox struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Senators 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: On a bunt Kenney singled to third; Murcer struck
out; Kenney stole second; White struck out; Cater singled to
center [Kenney scored]; Blefary grounded out (first unassisted);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 2, Yankees 1.

SENATORS 5TH: Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Comer
popped to catcher; Howard walked; Reichardt grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Gibbs walked; Michael struck out; Klimkowski out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Gibbs to second]; Clarke
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators
2, Yankees 1.

SENATORS 6TH: Rodriguez popped to second; Epstein grounded out
(second to first); Casanova flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Senators 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Kenney grounded out (second to first); Murcer flied
out to center; White flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 2, Yankees 1.

SENATORS 7TH: Cullen singled to center; On a bunt Cox struck
out; Cullen was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Brinkman flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Cater singled to center; Blefary doubled to right
[Cater to third]; Gibbs tripled to center [Cater scored, Blefary
scored]; Wayne Comer hurt diving for the ball; GRZENDA
REPLACED COX (PITCHING); UNSER REPLACED COMER (PLAYING CF);
Michael grounded out (third to first); MUNSON BATTED FOR
KLIMKOWSKI; Munson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Gibbs scored];
Clarke flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2,
Yankees 4.

SENATORS 8TH: AKER REPLACED MUNSON (PITCHING); LYTTLE REPLACED
BLEFARY (PLAYING RF); Unser grounded out (first to pitcher);
Howard flied out to left; MAYE BATTED FOR REICHARDT; Maye flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 8TH: MAYE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Kenney grounded
out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Murcer popped to third;
White grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 2, Yankees 4.

SENATORS 9TH: Rodriguez reached on an error by Kenney [Rodriguez
to first]; Epstein grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Rodriguez out at second]; Casanova flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2, Yankees 4.