| 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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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