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Bert Blyleven, who had won four straight games this year and 10 in a row over two seasons, was stopped on his streak when the Yankees defeated the Twins, 5-3. Gene Michael batted in a run with a triple and scored himself on an error to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead in the fifth. New York Yankees 5, Minnesota Twins 3Game Played on Monday, May 8, 1972 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumYankees 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 - 5 9 1
Twins 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 3 9 1
Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Clarke 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .246 Tovar rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .246
Callison rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .205 Thompson ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 .358
Murcer cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227 Carew 2b 5 0 2 1 0 1 .277
White lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .254 Killebrew 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .296
Blomberg 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Monzon pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Munson c 3 1 1 0 1 1 .298 Mitterwald c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
McKinney 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .182 Braun 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .455
Lanier 3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .143 Darwin cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .339
Michael ss 4 2 2 1 0 0 .244 Nettles lf 3 0 2 1 1 1 .250
Stottlemyre p 3 0 1 1 0 0 .182 Roof c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .154
Lyle p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Reese ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Renick ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Blyleven p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Manuel ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Corbin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Brye ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .163
Totals 35 5 9 4 1 5 Totals 36 3 9 3 2 6
Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 15,596
Left on Base: Yankees 4, Twins 9
DP: Yankees 0, Twins 0
Errors: Michael, Carew
Doubles: Stottlemyre (1)
Triples: Michael (2), Carew (1), Brye (2)
Home Runs: Callison (1)
Stolen Bases: White (3), Munson (1)
Caught Stealing: Lanier (1)
Hit by Pitch: Tovar (5,by Stottlemyre)
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Stottlemyre W(2-3) 7.2 8 2 2 2 4 0 34 2.70
Lyle SV(2) 1.1 1 1 1 0 2 0 5 2.16
Totals 9 9 3 3 2 6 0 39
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Blyleven L(4-1) 7 7 4 3 0 4 1 28 2.56
Corbin 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 8 1.29
Totals 9 9 5 4 1 5 1 36
Hit by Pitch: Stottlemyre (1)
Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Jim Evans
YANKEES 1ST: Clarke popped to third in foul territory; Callison
flied out to center; Murcer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Tovar made an out to shortstop; Thompson flied out to
center; Carew singled to right; Killebrew walked [Carew to
second]; Braun grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 0.
YANKEES 2ND: White lined to right; Blomberg grounded out (first
unassisted); Munson singled to left; McKinney grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 2ND: Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles
singled to center; Roof reached on an error by Michael [Nettles
to second]; On a bunt Blyleven forced Nettles (catcher to third)
[Roof to second]; Tovar forced Roof (third unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 0.
YANKEES 3RD: Michael flied out to left; Stottlemyre grounded out
(shortstop to first); Clarke singled to center; Callison flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 0.
TWINS 3RD: Thompson singled to pitcher; Carew tripled [Thompson
scored]; Killebrew made an out to third; Braun grounded out
(first unassisted); Darwin struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 0, Twins 1.
YANKEES 4TH: Murcer lined to center; White struck out; Blomberg
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 1.
TWINS 4TH: Nettles struck out (catcher to first); Roof grounded
out (second to first); Blyleven singled; Tovar made an out to
first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Twins 1.
YANKEES 5TH: Munson struck out; McKinney singled to center;
Michael tripled [McKinney scored, Michael scored (error by
Carew) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Stottlemyre grounded out (pitcher
to first); Clarke flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0
LOB. Yankees 2, Twins 1.
TWINS 5TH: Thompson singled to center; Thompson was out trying
to advance to second (catcher to shortstop); Carew flied out to
left; Killebrew flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Twins 1.
YANKEES 6TH: Callison homered; Murcer popped to second in foul
territory; White grounded out (second to first); Blomberg
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees
3, Twins 1.
TWINS 6TH: Braun grounded out (pitcher to first); Darwin struck
out; Nettles walked; Roof forced Nettles (shortstop unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Twins 1.
YANKEES 7TH: Munson flied out to right; McKinney grounded out
(shortstop to first); Michael singled to right; Stottlemyre
doubled [Michael scored]; Clarke lined to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Yankees 4, Twins 1.
TWINS 7TH: LANIER REPLACED MCKINNEY (PLAYING 3B); MANUEL BATTED
FOR BLYLEVEN; Manuel lined to center; Tovar was hit by a pitch;
Thompson grounded out (second to first) [Tovar to second]; Carew
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 4, Twins 1.
YANKEES 8TH: CORBIN REPLACED MANUEL (PITCHING); Callison flied
out to center; Murcer lined to center; White singled to right;
White stole second; Blomberg grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Twins 1.
TWINS 8TH: Killebrew singled to left; MONZON RAN FOR KILLEBREW;
Braun grounded out (second to first) [Monzon to second]; Darwin
struck out; Nettles singled to right [Monzon scored]; REESE
BATTED FOR ROOF; LYLE REPLACED STOTTLEMYRE (PITCHING); RENICK
BATTED FOR REESE; Renick forced Nettles (second unassisted); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Twins 2.
YANKEES 9TH: MITTERWALD REPLACED MONZON (PLAYING C ); RENICK
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Munson walked; Munson stole second;
Lanier singled to right [Munson scored]; Lanier was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Michael popped to first
in foul territory; Lyle was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Yankees 5, Twins 2.
TWINS 9TH: BRYE BATTED FOR CORBIN; Brye tripled; Tovar struck
out; Thompson grounded out (second to first) [Brye scored];
Carew struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 5, Twins 3.
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