| Jake Gibbs hit two homers in a game for the first time in his major league career and Jim Lyttle connected for his first circuit clout in a big-time uniform to feature the Yankees' 7-1 victory over the White Sox. Mel Stottlemyre also hit a homer to go along with his pitching performance. [The Sporting News] |
New York Yankees 7, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Tuesday, August 11, 1970 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
White Sox 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 Yankees 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 x - 7 14 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Morales 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .157 Clarke 2b 5 1 3 0 0 0 .260 Aparicio ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .313 Baker ss 4 0 3 2 1 0 .500 May lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .300 White lf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .292 Melton rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .266 Murcer cf 3 1 0 0 2 1 .246 Josephson c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .308 Cater 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .308 Hopkins 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .289 Lyttle rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .316 Berry cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .278 Kenney 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .205 Knoop 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Gibbs c 4 2 2 2 0 0 .259 Janeski p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .078 Stottlemyre p 3 2 1 1 1 0 .175 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Weaver p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blanco ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .186 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Totals 32 1 7 1 2 4 Totals 34 7 14 7 6 2 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 13,454 Left on Base: White Sox 6, Yankees 9 DP: White Sox 1, Yankees 2 Doubles: Hopkins (8) Home Runs: Gibbs 2 (5), Lyttle (1), Stottlemyre (2) Stolen Bases: Clarke (13), Baker (1) Caught Stealing: Baker (1) GIDP: Knoop (5), Aparicio (9), Cater (14) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Janeski L(8-12) 4.2 9 5 5 4 1 3 25 4.86 Murphy 0.2 3 1 1 2 0 0 6 4.92 Weaver 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.15 Wood 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 5 3.07 Totals 8 14 7 7 6 2 4 40 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stottlemyre W(11-10) 9 7 1 1 2 4 0 34 2.97 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 4 0 34 Passed Balls: Josephson 2 (7) Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - Bob Stewart, 3B - Ron Luciano WHITE SOX 1ST: Morales popped to catcher in foul territory; Aparicio flied out to right; May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (second to first); Baker singled to center; White walked [Baker to second]; Murcer popped to shortstop; Cater singled to shortstop [Baker to third, White to second]; Lyttle lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton struck out; Josephson popped to shortstop; Hopkins walked; Berry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Kenney lined to center; Gibbs homered; Stottlemyre flied out to right; Clarke singled to center; Clarke stole second; Baker singled to center [Clarke scored]; Baker stole second; White flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 2. WHITE SOX 3RD: Knoop grounded out (shortstop to first); Janeski made an out to third; Morales flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 2. YANKEES 3RD: Murcer lined to center; Cater struck out; Lyttle homered; Kenney popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 3. WHITE SOX 4TH: Aparicio grounded out (second to first); May grounded out (second to first); Melton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 3. YANKEES 4TH: Gibbs homered; Stottlemyre grounded out (shortstop to first); Clarke popped to shortstop; Baker walked; Baker was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Yankees 4. WHITE SOX 5TH: Josephson grounded out (shortstop to first); Hopkins doubled; Berry singled to right [Hopkins scored]; Knoop lined to right; Janeski forced Berry (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 4. YANKEES 5TH: White made an out to third; Murcer walked; Cater singled to right [Murcer to third]; Lyttle singled to right [Murcer scored, Cater out at third (right to third)]; Josephson allowed a passed ball [Lyttle to second]; Rain delay with 2-1 count on Kenney; MURPHY REPLACED JANESKI (PITCHING); Kenney walked (walk was charged to Janeski); Gibbs grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 5. WHITE SOX 6TH: Morales walked; Aparicio singled to left [Morales to second]; May forced Aparicio (pitcher to shortstop) [Morales to third]; Melton struck out; Josephson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 5. YANKEES 6TH: Stottlemyre walked; Clarke singled to right [Stottlemyre to second]; Baker singled to center [Stottlemyre scored, Clarke out at third (center to first to shortstop), Baker to second (on throw to 3b)]; White singled to first [Baker to third]; Murcer walked [White to second]; WEAVER REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); Cater grounded into a double play (third to catcher to first) [Baker out at home]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 6. WHITE SOX 7TH: Hopkins grounded out (second to first); Berry singled to center; Knoop grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Berry out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 6. YANKEES 7TH: Lyttle popped to second; Kenney grounded out (shortstop to first); Gibbs grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 6. WHITE SOX 8TH: BLANCO BATTED FOR WEAVER; Blanco singled to left; Morales forced Blanco (second to shortstop); Aparicio grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Morales out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 6. YANKEES 8TH: WOOD REPLACED BLANCO (PITCHING); Stottlemyre homered; Clarke singled to left; Josephson allowed a passed ball [Clarke to second]; Baker grounded out (second to first); White made an out to second; Murcer struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 7. WHITE SOX 9TH: May singled to shortstop; Melton forced May (shortstop to second); Josephson struck out; Hopkins singled to left [Melton to second]; Berry forced Hopkins (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Yankees 7.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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