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Monday September 7, 1970
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Jake Gibbs' second double and third hit of the game drove a run home in the seventh inning to enable the Yankees to edge the Senators, 4-3. Roy White, who reached base on a forceout, stole second and scored on the catcher's two-bagger. Bobby Murcer batted in two runs for the Yankees with a single and a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]


New York Yankees 4, Washington Senators 3

Game Played on Monday, September 7, 1970 (Day game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium

Yankees      1  0  2    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   4  9  3
Senators     2  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  3  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Clarke 2b             4   2   1   0     0   0   .248      Brinkman ss           3   1   0   0     2   0   .269
Gibbs c               4   1   3   1     0   0   .321      Grieve rf             1   0   0   0     2   0   .228
White lf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .294        Unser ph,cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .249
Murcer cf             3   0   1   2     0   0   .253      Howard 1b,lf          3   1   1   0     1   1   .296
Cater 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .299      Reichardt cf          2   0   0   0     1   0   .255
Lyttle rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .318        Epstein ph,1b       1   0   0   1     1   0   .246
Baker ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .231      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   1     0   0   .245
Michael 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .226      Goossen lf            3   0   1   0     0   1   .265
Kekich p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .100        Maye ph,rf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .265
  McDaniel p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .174      Casanova c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .232
                                                          Cullen 2b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .216
                                                            B. Allen ph,2b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
                                                          Bosman p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .132
                                                            Comer ph            0   1   0   0     1   0   .218
                                                            Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .053
                                                            Stroud ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
                                                            Grzenda p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4   9   4     0   2             Totals               30   3   3   2     8   3

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 13,632
Left on Base: Yankees 5, Senators 10
DP: Yankees 0, Senators 1
Errors: Clarke, Gibbs, McDaniel, Howard
Doubles: Gibbs 2 (8), Cullen (9), Goossen (6)
Stolen Bases: White (22), Clarke (19), Gibbs (2), Stroud (27)
Sacrifice Hits: Unser (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Murcer (5)
GIDP: Murcer (6)
Hit by Pitch: Howard (2,by Kekich)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kekich W(6-3)           6     3   3   2   5   2   0  27   5.07
McDaniel SV(25)         3     0   0   0   3   1   0  13   1.84
Totals                  9     3   3   2   8   3   0  40

Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bosman L(15-10)         7     9   4   4   0   2   0  30   2.97
Knowles                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.00
Grzenda                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.93
Totals                  9     9   4   4   0   2   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Kekich (1)

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Nestor Chylak


YANKEES 1ST: Clarke flied out to center; Gibbs grounded out
(third to first); White singled to right; White stole second;
Murcer singled [White scored]; Cater singled [Murcer to third];
Lyttle flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Senators 0.

SENATORS 1ST: Brinkman walked; Grieve made an out to shortstop;
Howard singled to left [Brinkman to second]; Reichardt walked
[Brinkman to third, Howard to second]; Rodriguez forced
Reichardt (shortstop to second) [Brinkman scored, Howard scored
(error by Clarke) (unearned) (no RBI), Rodriguez to second];
Goossen struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Senators 2.

YANKEES 2ND: Baker struck out; Michael grounded out (first to
pitcher); Kekich grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Senators 2.

SENATORS 2ND: Casanova grounded out (shortstop to first); Cullen
doubled to left; Bosman was called out on strikes; Brinkman
lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Senators 2.

YANKEES 3RD: Clarke singled to shortstop; Gibbs doubled [Clarke
to third]; White reached on an error by Howard [Gibbs to third,
Clarke scored]; Murcer hit a sacrifice fly to center [Gibbs
scored]; Cater flied out to right; Lyttle grounded out (second
to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Senators 2.

SENATORS 3RD: Grieve walked; Howard lined to center; Reichardt
forced Grieve (third to second); Rodriguez forced Reichardt
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Senators 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Baker flied out to center; Michael made an out to
shortstop; Kekich was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 3, Senators 2.

SENATORS 4TH: Goossen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Casanova grounded out (second to pitcher); Cullen flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Senators 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Clarke flied out to left; Gibbs doubled to left;
White singled to right [Gibbs to third]; Murcer grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [White out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Senators 2.

SENATORS 5TH: Bosman grounded out (second to first); Brinkman
grounded out (second to first); Grieve walked; Howard was hit by
a pitch [Grieve to second]; Reichardt flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Senators 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Cater grounded out (third to first); Lyttle made an
out to shortstop; Baker made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Senators 2.

SENATORS 6TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Goossen doubled to center; Casanova lined to right; Cullen
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Senators 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Michael singled to second; Kekich forced Michael
(third to shortstop); Clarke forced Kekich (second to
shortstop); Clarke stole second; Gibbs singled to right [Clarke
scored]; Gibbs stole second; White flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Senators 2.

SENATORS 7TH: COMER BATTED FOR BOSMAN; Comer walked; MCDANIEL
REPLACED KEKICH (PITCHING); Brinkman walked [Comer to second];
UNSER BATTED FOR GRIEVE; Unser out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Brinkman to second, Comer to third]; Howard was
walked intentionally; EPSTEIN BATTED FOR REICHARDT; Epstein
walked [Comer scored, Brinkman to third, Howard to second];
Rodriguez made an out to second; MAYE BATTED FOR GOOSSEN; Maye
flied out to right; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 4, Senators 3.

YANKEES 8TH: UNSER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); EPSTEIN STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); HOWARD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
MAYE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); KNOWLES REPLACED COMER
(PITCHING); Murcer grounded out (second to first); Cater flied
out to center; Lyttle grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Senators 3.

SENATORS 8TH: Casanova grounded out (shortstop to first); B.
ALLEN BATTED FOR CULLEN; B. Allen popped to catcher in foul
territory; STROUD BATTED FOR KNOWLES; Stroud reached on an error
by McDaniel; Stroud stole second [Stroud to third (error by
Gibbs)]; Brinkman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 4, Senators 3.

YANKEES 9TH: B. ALLEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); GRZENDA
REPLACED STROUD (PITCHING); Baker grounded out (second to
first); Michael grounded out (shortstop to first); McDaniel
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
4, Senators 3.

SENATORS 9TH: Unser made an out to second; Howard struck out;
Epstein grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 4, Senators 3.



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