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Sunday August 23, 1970
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New York Yankees 7, Chicago White Sox 5 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, August 23, 1970 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Yankees      0  1  2    0  2  0    1  0  1  -   7 14  0
White Sox    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  3  -   5 14  2


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Baker ss              3   0   2   0     2   0   .282      McCraw 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .230
Gibbs c               5   1   2   0     0   0   .300        Wood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .133
White lf              4   2   1   0     1   0   .289        Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Murcer cf             4   1   1   1     1   1   .250        Weaver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Ward 1b               4   2   1   0     1   2   .257      Aparicio ss           4   1   3   0     1   0   .321
Lyttle rf             4   1   4   3     0   0   .373      May lf                5   1   2   0     0   0   .291
Michael 2b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .216      Melton rf             5   1   1   1     0   1   .267
Kenney 3b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .201      Josephson c           5   1   2   1     0   0   .324
Kekich p              4   0   0   1     0   0   .125      O'Brien 3b            5   1   2   3     0   1   .253
  McDaniel p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Berry cf              4   0   1   0     1   0   .283
                                                          Knoop 2b              3   0   2   0     1   0   .222
                                                          Miller p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .179
                                                            Crider p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .095
                                                            Blanco ph,1b        2   0   1   0     0   0   .183

Totals               38   7  14   7     5   3             Totals               40   5  14   5     3   2

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 17,200
Left on Base: Yankees 11, White Sox 11
DP: Yankees 1, White Sox 2
Errors: McCraw 2
Doubles: Lyttle (5), Gibbs (6), Aparicio (27)
Home Runs: Josephson (3), Melton (25), O'Brien (6)
Stolen Bases: White (17), Lyttle (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Lyttle (2), Michael (3)
GIDP: Michael (7), Berry (16)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kekich W(3-3)           7.2  11   2   2   2   2   2  35   6.01
McDaniel SV(19)         1.1   3   3   3   1   0   1   8   2.00
Totals                  9    14   5   5   3   2   3  43

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Miller L(5-8)           4.2   6   5   2   4   2   0  24   4.48
Crider                  2.1   4   1   1   1   0   0  12   4.11
Wood                    1     2   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.88
Weaver                  1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   4.10
Totals                  9    14   7   4   5   3   0  45

Wild Pitches: Miller (4)

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


YANKEES 1ST: Baker walked; Gibbs grounded out (first unassisted)
[Baker to second]; White grounded out (second to first) [Baker
to third]; Murcer walked; Ward struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Yankees 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: McCraw grounded out (third to first); Aparicio
popped to first in foul territory; May popped to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, White Sox 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Lyttle singled to right; Michael singled to center
[Lyttle to third]; Kenney reached on a fielder's choice [Lyttle
stayed at third, Michael out at third (pitcher to third to
catcher), Kenney to second]; Kekich grounded out (pitcher
unassisted) [Lyttle scored, Kenney to third]; Baker walked;
Gibbs grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton struck out; Josephson homered; O'Brien
grounded out (third to first); Berry walked; Knoop forced Berry
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, White
Sox 1.

YANKEES 3RD: White walked; White stole second; Murcer singled to
right [White scored]; Ward reached on an error by McCraw [Murcer
to third, Ward to first]; Lyttle hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Murcer scored (unearned)]; Michael grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Ward out at second]; 2 R (1
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Miller flied out to center; McCraw popped to
shortstop; Aparicio singled to left; May singled to left
[Aparicio to second]; Melton popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 3, White Sox 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Kenney singled to right [Kenney out at second
(right to shortstop)]; Kekich grounded out (pitcher to first);
Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 3, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Josephson popped to first in foul territory;
O'Brien flied out to right; Berry singled to left; Knoop walked
[Berry to second]; Miller grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, White Sox 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Gibbs singled to center; White reached on an error
by McCraw [Gibbs to second, White to first]; Miller threw a wild
pitch [Gibbs to third, White to second]; Murcer popped to first
in foul territory; Ward struck out; Lyttle doubled to center
[Gibbs scored (unearned), White scored (unearned)]; CRIDER
REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); Michael grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: McCraw grounded out (second to first); Aparicio
singled to left; May flied out to right; Melton popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5,
White Sox 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Kenney made an out to second; Kekich grounded out
(second to first); Baker singled to right; Gibbs doubled to
right [Baker to third]; White flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Yankees 5, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Josephson flied out to center; O'Brien singled to
right; Berry grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [O'Brien out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
5, White Sox 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Murcer flied out to center; Ward walked; Lyttle
singled to left [Ward to second]; Michael forced Lyttle (first
to shortstop) [Ward to third]; Kenney singled to left [Ward
scored, Michael to second]; Kekich flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 6, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Knoop singled to right; BLANCO BATTED FOR CRIDER;
Blanco made an out to third; McCraw flied out to center;
Aparicio doubled to left [Knoop to third]; May grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 6, White Sox 1.

YANKEES 8TH: BLANCO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); WOOD REPLACED
MCCRAW (PITCHING); Baker singled to left; Gibbs forced Baker
(second to shortstop); White singled to shortstop [Gibbs to
second]; Murcer struck out while Gibbs was out trying to advance
to third (catcher to third); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 6,
White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Melton homered; Josephson singled to second;
O'Brien struck out; Berry flied out to right; Knoop singled to
center [Josephson to second]; MCDANIEL REPLACED KEKICH
(PITCHING); Blanco singled to center [Josephson to third, Knoop
to second]; HOPKINS BATTED FOR WOOD; Hopkins flied out to left;
1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 6, White Sox 2.

YANKEES 9TH: WEAVER REPLACED HOPKINS (PITCHING); Ward singled to
center; Lyttle singled to right [Ward to third]; Lyttle stole
second; Michael hit a sacrifice fly to right [Ward scored];
Kenney lined to left; McDaniel grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 7, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Aparicio walked; May singled to right [Aparicio
to second]; Melton popped to shortstop; Josephson popped to
shortstop; O'Brien homered [Aparicio scored, May scored]; Berry
grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 7,
White Sox 5.



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