Mickey Stanley, who hit a triple and double, scored twice and Mike Kilkenny doled out four singles as the Tigers won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 2-1. The hitting of Roy White and Bobby Murcer, who drove in five runs between them, enabled the Yankees to take the second game, 7-5. Stanley hit his triple in the third inning of the lidlifter and scored on a wild pitch by Mel Stottlemyre. After the Yankees tied the count on singles by Gene Michael and Thurman Munson, around a sacrifice, in their half of the third, Stanley doubled in the fifth, took third on a grounder by Al Kaline and crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by Jim Northrup.

White homered with two men on base in the first inning of the nightcap and Murcer hit a two-run drive that bounced off Ike Brown's glove into the lower seats of the left field stands in the fifth. Dalton Jones had a homer for the Tigers. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 2, New York Yankees 1 (Game 1)

Game Played on Thursday, August 6, 1970 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I

Tigers       0  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  0
Yankees      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          4   0   0   0     1   0   .259      Clarke 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .253
Stanley cf            5   2   2   0     0   1   .268      Munson c              3   0   1   1     1   0   .275
Kaline rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .285      White lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .298
Northrup lf           2   0   1   1     1   0   .269      Cater 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .304
  Maddox lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .232      Murcer cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .247
Cash 1b               3   0   1   0     1   0   .253      Ellis 1b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .248
Wert 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .249      Woods rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Freehan c             3   0   1   0     1   0   .233      Michael ss            3   1   1   0     0   1   .207
Gutierrez ss          4   0   1   0     0   1   .244      Stottlemyre p         2   0   0   0     0   1   .167
Kilkenny p            3   0   0   0     0   1   .069

Totals               32   2   8   1     4   3             Totals               29   1   4   1     3   4

Time of Game: 2:17
Left on Base: Tigers 9, Yankees 5
DP: Tigers 0, Yankees 1
Doubles: Kaline (17), Stanley (12)
Triples: Stanley (5)
Caught Stealing: Munson (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Kilkenny (4), Stottlemyre (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Northrup (3)
GIDP: Wert (6)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kilkenny W(6-2)         9     4   1   1   3   4   0  33   4.64
Totals                  9     4   1   1   3   4   0  33

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stottlemyre L(10-10)    9     8   2   2   4   3   0  38   3.07
Totals                  9     8   2   2   4   3   0  38

Wild Pitches: Stottlemyre 2 (8)

Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - John Rice, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry Barnett


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe lined to center; Stanley struck out;
Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (second to first); Munson
walked; Munson was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
White was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
0, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Northrup singled to center; Cash walked [Northrup to
second]; Wert grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Northrup to third, Cash out at second]; Freehan walked;
Gutierrez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Cater flied out to left; Murcer made an out to
third; Ellis singled to center; Woods popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Yankees 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Kilkenny struck out (catcher to first); McAuliffe
popped to shortstop; Stanley tripled; Stottlemyre threw a wild
pitch [Stanley scored]; Kaline doubled to left; Northrup walked;
Cash flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees
0.

YANKEES 3RD: Michael singled to left; Stottlemyre out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Michael to second]; Clarke
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Michael to third]; Munson
singled to right [Michael scored]; White grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Wert singled to center; Stottlemyre threw a wild
pitch [Wert to second]; Freehan singled to center [Wert to
third, Freehan to second (on throw to home)]; Gutierrez grounded
out (pitcher to first); Kilkenny grounded out (shortstop to
first); McAuliffe lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
1, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Cater grounded out (second to first); Murcer
grounded out (first to pitcher); Ellis singled to left; Woods
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Stanley doubled to left; Kaline grounded out (first
to pitcher) [Stanley to third]; Northrup hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Stanley scored]; Cash grounded out (first unassisted); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Michael struck out; Stottlemyre grounded out (third
to first); Clarke walked; Munson forced Clarke (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Wert grounded out (shortstop to first); Freehan
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gutierrez struck out (catcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: White flied out to right; Cater flied out to
center; Murcer walked; Ellis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Kilkenny made an out to second; McAuliffe walked;
Stanley forced McAuliffe (third to second); Kaline lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Woods grounded out (shortstop to first); Michael
popped to second; Stottlemyre was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 1.

TIGERS 8TH: Northrup grounded out (first to pitcher); Cash
singled to right; Wert forced Cash (pitcher to second); Freehan
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 8TH: MADDOX REPLACED NORTHRUP (PLAYING LF); Clarke
grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson flied out to left;
White flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Yankees 1.

TIGERS 9TH: On a bunt Gutierrez singled to pitcher; Kilkenny out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Gutierrez to second];
McAuliffe grounded out (first to pitcher) [Gutierrez to third];
Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 9TH: Cater grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer
grounded out (first to pitcher); Ellis popped to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Yankees 1.

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