New York Yankees 8, Detroit Tigers 3 (Game 2)
Game Played on Friday, September 25, 1970 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Tigers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 8 2 Yankees 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 x - 8 11 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McAuliffe ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .236 Baker ss 5 1 3 0 0 2 .218 Stanley cf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .253 Gibbs c 5 2 2 0 0 0 .302 Northrup rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 White lf 4 2 1 0 1 0 .297 Cash 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Murcer cf 3 2 3 1 2 0 .250 Jones 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .228 Lyttle rf 2 0 0 0 1 2 .306 G. Brown lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .243 Woods ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Lamont c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .344 Ward ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .260 Wert 3b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .219 Mitchell pr,rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .133 Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .197 Ellis 3b 4 0 1 3 0 0 .251 Kilkenny p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .077 Blefary 1b 3 0 0 0 2 1 .214 Nagelson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Kenney 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .192 Scherman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Bahnsen p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .149 Timmermann p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McDaniel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Munson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .305 Klimkowski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .053 Totals 34 3 8 3 1 5 Totals 34 8 11 6 7 8 Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 10,575 Left on Base: Tigers 5, Yankees 11 DP: Tigers 0, Yankees 1 Errors: McAuliffe, G. Brown Doubles: Jones (7), Murcer (22) Home Runs: Stanley (13) Stolen Bases: Murcer 2 (15), Blefary (1) Sacrifice Hits: Lyttle (2) Sacrifice Flies: Ellis (3) GIDP: Northrup (12) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro 0.1 3 3 3 2 0 0 6 4.06 Kilkenny 5.2 4 0 0 3 8 0 24 5.16 Scherman L(4-4) 1.1 3 4 2 2 0 0 10 3.25 Timmermann 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 4.03 Totals 8 11 8 5 7 8 0 43 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bahnsen 7 8 3 3 1 5 1 29 3.33 McDaniel W(9-5) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.02 Klimkowski SV(1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.65 Totals 9 8 3 3 1 5 1 35 Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Emmett Ashford, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Hank Soar TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe popped to shortstop in foul territory; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Baker singled to center; Gibbs forced Baker (second to shortstop); White walked [Gibbs to second]; Murcer singled to right [White to third, Gibbs scored]; Lyttle walked [Murcer to second]; Ellis singled to left [Lyttle to second, Murcer scored, White scored]; KILKENNY REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Blefary flied out to right; Kenney was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Yankees 3. TIGERS 2ND: Cash grounded out (second to first); Jones doubled; G. Brown singled to second [Jones to third]; Lamont was called out on strikes; Wert singled to right [G. Brown to third, Jones scored]; Kilkenny grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Yankees 3. YANKEES 2ND: Bahnsen struck out; Baker was called out on strikes; Gibbs singled to left; White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Yankees 3. TIGERS 3RD: McAuliffe singled to second; Stanley was called out on strikes; Northrup grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [McAuliffe out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Yankees 3. YANKEES 3RD: Murcer singled to right; Lyttle was called out on strikes; Ellis made an out to second; Murcer stole second; Blefary walked; Murcer stole third and Blefary stole second; Kenney walked; Bahnsen forced Kenney (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 1, Yankees 3. TIGERS 4TH: Cash lined to second; Jones was called out on strikes; G. Brown grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Yankees 3. YANKEES 4TH: Baker singled to first; Gibbs made an out to second; White singled to third [Baker to second]; Murcer walked [Baker to third, White to second]; Lyttle struck out; Ellis made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 1, Yankees 3. TIGERS 5TH: Lamont grounded out (shortstop to first); Wert singled to center; On a bunt Kilkenny struck out; McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Yankees 3. YANKEES 5TH: Blefary was called out on strikes; Kenney lined to left; Bahnsen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Yankees 3. TIGERS 6TH: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Northrup grounded out (first unassisted); Cash flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Yankees 3. YANKEES 6TH: Baker struck out; Gibbs flied out to right; White flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Yankees 3. TIGERS 7TH: Jones walked; G. Brown flied out to right; Lamont singled to left [Jones to second]; Wert struck out; NAGELSON BATTED FOR KILKENNY; Nagelson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Yankees 3. YANKEES 7TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED NAGELSON (PITCHING); Murcer doubled; Lyttle out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Murcer to third]; Ellis reached on a fielder's choice [Murcer out at home (shortstop to catcher to third to pitcher)]; Blefary walked [Ellis to second]; Kenney forced Ellis (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Yankees 3. TIGERS 8TH: McAuliffe singled to pitcher; Stanley homered [McAuliffe scored]; MCDANIEL REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); Northrup grounded out (first unassisted); Cash flied out to left; Jones grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Yankees 3. YANKEES 8TH: MUNSON BATTED FOR MCDANIEL; Munson flied out to center; Baker singled to center; Gibbs singled to left [Baker to second]; White reached on an error by McAuliffe [White to second (on throw), Gibbs scored (no RBI), Baker scored (no RBI)]; Murcer was walked intentionally; WOODS BATTED FOR LYTTLE; TIMMERMANN REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING); WARD BATTED FOR WOODS; Ward singled to left [White scored (unearned), Murcer scored (unearned), Ward to third (error by G. Brown)]; MITCHELL RAN FOR WARD; Ellis hit a sacrifice fly to center [Mitchell scored (unearned)]; Blefary grounded out (pitcher to first); 5 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Yankees 8. TIGERS 9TH: MITCHELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); KLIMKOWSKI REPLACED MUNSON (PITCHING); G. Brown made an out to second; Lamont grounded out (first unassisted); Wert flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Yankees 8.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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