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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