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Friday August 28, 1970
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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.



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