New York Yankees 2, Minnesota Twins 1 (Game 2)
Game Played on Friday, August 28, 1970 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Twins 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Yankees 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 4 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tovar lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .288 Clarke 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .248 Thompson 2b,3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Baker ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .255 Killebrew 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .286 White lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .295 Quilici pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Murcer cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .252 Oliva cf,rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .320 Lyttle rf 0 0 0 0 3 0 .355 Alyea rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Woods ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Holt cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Ward 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Reese 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .271 Cater ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .300 Cardenas ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Gibbs c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .284 Mitterwald c 3 0 1 1 0 2 .205 Munson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Tiant p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .419 Kenney 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .198 Allison ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Michael ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Perranoski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 Kekich p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .115 Totals 31 1 5 1 3 7 Totals 26 2 4 1 6 1 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 25,824 Left on Base: Twins 6, Yankees 6 DP: Twins 2, Yankees 0 Errors: Reese Doubles: Killebrew (17), Murcer (19) Stolen Bases: Clarke (17) Caught Stealing: Killebrew (1), White (8) Sacrifice Hits: Kekich (1), Woods (3) GIDP: White (12), Ward (1) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tiant 7 4 1 1 5 1 0 27 3.29 Perranoski L(7-6) 1.2 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 2.34 Totals 8.2 4 2 1 6 1 0 34 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kekich W(4-3) 9 5 1 1 3 7 0 34 5.45 Totals 9 5 1 1 3 7 0 34 Wild Pitches: Tiant (1), Perranoski (1) Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Don Denkinger TWINS 1ST: Tovar flied out to center; Thompson made an out to first; Killebrew made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (first to pitcher); Baker struck out; White walked; White was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. TWINS 2ND: Oliva grounded out (shortstop to first); Alyea grounded out (third to first); Reese walked; Cardenas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Murcer popped to catcher in foul territory; Lyttle walked; Ward grounded out (second to first) [Lyttle to second]; Gibbs walked; Kenney flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. TWINS 3RD: Mitterwald struck out; Tiant struck out; Tovar struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Kekich lined to right; Clarke singled to center; Clarke stole second; Tiant threw a wild pitch [Clarke to third]; Baker singled to right [Clarke scored]; White grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Baker out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 1. TWINS 4TH: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Killebrew walked; Oliva flied out to left; Killebrew was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 4TH: Murcer popped to second; Lyttle walked; Ward made an out to shortstop; Gibbs grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 1. TWINS 5TH: Alyea popped to shortstop; Reese singled to center; Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first) [Reese to second]; Mitterwald singled to left [Reese scored]; Tiant singled to left [Mitterwald to third]; Tovar flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 1. YANKEES 5TH: Kenney singled to right; Kekich out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Kenney to second]; Clarke flied out to center; Baker grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 1. TWINS 6TH: Thompson flied out to left; Killebrew flied out to right; Oliva grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 1. YANKEES 6TH: White lined to center; Murcer doubled to right; Lyttle walked; Ward grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Lyttle out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 1. TWINS 7TH: Alyea made an out to third; Reese lined to right; Cardenas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 1. YANKEES 7TH: HOLT REPLACED ALYEA (PLAYING CF); OLIVA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Gibbs popped to second; Kenney flied out to left; Kekich grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 1. TWINS 8TH: Mitterwald struck out; ALLISON BATTED FOR TIANT; Allison was called out on strikes; Tovar singled to first; Thompson popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 1. YANKEES 8TH: PERRANOSKI REPLACED ALLISON (PITCHING); Clarke grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker grounded out (second to first); White grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 1. TWINS 9TH: Killebrew doubled to left; QUILICI RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Oliva was walked intentionally; Holt struck out; Reese made an out to shortstop; Cardenas flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 1. YANKEES 9TH: QUILICI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); THOMPSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Murcer reached on an error by Reese [Murcer to first]; WOODS BATTED FOR LYTTLE; Woods out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Murcer to second]; CATER BATTED FOR WARD; Cater was walked intentionally; MUNSON BATTED FOR GIBBS; Munson forced Cater (shortstop to second) [Murcer to third]; MICHAEL BATTED FOR KENNEY; Perranoski threw a wild pitch [Murcer scored (unearned), Munson to second]; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 2.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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