New York Yankees 7, Detroit Tigers 5 (Game 2)
Game Played on Thursday, August 6, 1970 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Tigers 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 9 0 Yankees 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 x - 7 10 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Jones 2b 4 2 1 1 1 1 .226 Clarke 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .253 Stanley cf 4 1 3 2 1 0 .274 Gibbs c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .268 G. Brown lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Murcer cf 3 2 1 2 1 1 .248 I. Brown ph,lf 2 0 0 1 0 0 .273 White lf 3 1 1 3 1 0 .298 Northrup ph,lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Ward 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .267 Cash 1b 2 0 1 0 3 0 .255 Cater ph,1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .302 Nagelson rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .135 Blefary rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .215 Wert 3b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .248 Lyttle pr,rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286 Price c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Kenney 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .207 Freehan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Michael ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 .211 Gutierrez ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .244 Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .137 Niekro p 1 1 1 0 0 0 .167 Hamilton p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hiller p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ellis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Patterson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Klimkowski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McAuliffe ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Munson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Timmermann p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McDaniel p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .158 Totals 36 5 9 5 6 2 Totals 33 7 10 6 4 3 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 22,434 Left on Base: Tigers 11, Yankees 6 DP: Tigers 1, Yankees 0 Doubles: Gibbs (4), Clarke (18), Kenney (9), Blefary (6) Home Runs: Jones (3), White (14), Murcer (17) Sacrifice Hits: Nagelson (1) GIDP: Munson (10) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro 1.2 3 3 3 3 1 1 11 3.42 Hiller L(5-4) 3.1 4 3 3 1 2 1 15 3.36 Patterson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.17 Timmermann 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 6 4.15 Totals 8 10 7 7 4 3 2 37 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bahnsen 1.1 4 4 4 3 0 1 11 3.42 Hamilton 2.2 4 1 1 1 1 0 14 2.32 Klimkowski W(4-4) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.06 McDaniel SV(15) 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 12 1.61 Totals 9 9 5 5 6 2 1 43 Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Larry Napp TIGERS 1ST: Jones homered; Stanley walked; G. Brown lined to left; Cash walked [Stanley to second]; Nagelson forced Cash (second to shortstop) [Stanley to third]; Wert singled to right [Nagelson to third, Stanley scored]; Price forced Wert (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 2, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (pitcher to first); Gibbs singled to left; Murcer walked [Gibbs to second]; White homered [Gibbs scored, Murcer scored]; Ward walked; Blefary flied out to center; Kenney was called out on strikes; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Yankees 3. TIGERS 2ND: Gutierrez lined to left; Niekro singled to center; Jones walked [Niekro to second]; Stanley singled to center [Niekro scored, Jones to third]; HAMILTON REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); I. BROWN BATTED FOR G. BROWN; I. Brown reached on a fielder's choice [Jones scored, Stanley to second]; Cash walked [Stanley to third, I. Brown to second]; Nagelson struck out; Wert flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 4, Yankees 3. YANKEES 2ND: I. BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Michael lined to first; Hamilton grounded out (pitcher to first); Clarke walked; Gibbs doubled to left [Clarke to third]; HILLER REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Murcer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 4, Yankees 3. TIGERS 3RD: Price singled to center; Gutierrez singled to center [Price to second]; On a bunt Hiller forced Price (pitcher to third) [Gutierrez to second]; Jones lined to right [Gutierrez to third]; Stanley singled to left [Gutierrez scored, Hiller to second]; I. Brown flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Yankees 3. YANKEES 3RD: White made an out to second; CATER BATTED FOR WARD; Cater grounded out (third to first); Blefary flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Yankees 3. TIGERS 4TH: CATER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Cash singled to second; Nagelson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Cash to second]; Wert popped to catcher in foul territory; Price popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Yankees 3. YANKEES 4TH: Kenney popped to third in foul territory; Michael flied out to center; ELLIS BATTED FOR HAMILTON; Ellis lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Yankees 3. TIGERS 5TH: KLIMKOWSKI REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); Gutierrez grounded out (third to first); Hiller grounded out (third to first); Jones struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Yankees 3. YANKEES 5TH: Clarke doubled to right; Gibbs struck out; Murcer homered [Clarke scored]; White walked; Cater lined to third; Blefary flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Yankees 5. TIGERS 6TH: Stanley grounded out (second to first); NORTHRUP BATTED FOR I. BROWN; Northrup flied out to left; Cash grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Yankees 5. YANKEES 6TH: NORTHRUP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Kenney doubled to left; On a bunt Michael singled to pitcher [Kenney to third]; PATTERSON REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING); MUNSON BATTED FOR KLIMKOWSKI; Munson grounded into a double play (second to first) [Kenney scored (no RBI), Michael out at second]; Clarke grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Yankees 6. TIGERS 7TH: MCDANIEL REPLACED MUNSON (PITCHING); Nagelson walked; Wert flied out to left; Price popped to first in foul territory; Gutierrez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Yankees 6. YANKEES 7TH: Gibbs flied out to right; Murcer lined to left; White grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Yankees 6. TIGERS 8TH: MCAULIFFE BATTED FOR PATTERSON; McAuliffe flied out to right; On a bunt Jones made an out to catcher; Stanley singled to center; Northrup grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Yankees 6. YANKEES 8TH: TIMMERMANN REPLACED MCAULIFFE (PITCHING); Cater grounded out (shortstop to first); Blefary doubled to left; LYTTLE RAN FOR BLEFARY; Kenney grounded out (shortstop to first) [Lyttle to third]; Michael singled to center [Lyttle scored]; McDaniel singled to center [Michael to second]; Clarke forced McDaniel (second to shortstop); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Yankees 7. TIGERS 9TH: LYTTLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Cash walked; Nagelson flied out to center; Wert lined to right; FREEHAN BATTED FOR PRICE; Freehan forced Cash (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Yankees 7.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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