| The Yankees smashed four homers, each with a man on base, to trounce the Twins, 11-3, behind the six-hit pitching of Doc Medich, who turned in the first complete game of his major league career. Bobby Murcer whacked two of the Yankees' blows and Matty Alou and Graig Nettles hit one apiece. Alou's homer was his first with the Yankees and was one of the veteran outfielder's four hits in the game. [The Sporting News] |
New York Yankees 11, Minnesota Twins 3
Game Played on Saturday, April 28, 1973 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Twins 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 - 3 6 1 Yankees 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 3 x - 11 14 2 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hisle cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .311 Clarke 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .246 Carew 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .264 White lf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .194 Killebrew 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .162 M. Alou rf 5 3 4 2 0 0 .333 Oliva dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Swoboda rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .056 Darwin rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Murcer cf 5 2 3 5 0 1 .297 Adams pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Hart dh 5 1 1 0 0 2 .345 Braun 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .313 F. Alou 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Thompson ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 .188 Nettles 3b 2 2 1 2 2 0 .158 Mitterwald c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .207 Munson c 4 1 3 0 0 1 .383 Holt lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .357 Michael ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .196 Kaat p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Medich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Decker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Strickland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sanders p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 3 6 3 0 6 Totals 39 11 14 11 2 6 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 6,461 Left on Base: Twins 5, Yankees 6 DP: Twins 0, Yankees 0 Errors: Braun, Nettles, Michael Doubles: M. Alou 2 (4) Triples: Hisle (3) Home Runs: Braun (1), Murcer 2 (3), M. Alou (1), Nettles (3) Sacrifice Flies: Carew (4), Thompson (2) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kaat L(3-1) 5 6 4 4 1 4 2 22 4.60 Decker 2 5 4 4 0 1 2 11 7.20 Strickland 0.2 3 3 2 1 0 0 7 27.00 Sanders 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.40 Totals 8 14 11 10 2 6 4 41 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Medich W(2-0) 9 6 3 2 0 6 1 35 3.38 Totals 9 6 3 2 0 6 1 35 Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Frank Umont TWINS 1ST: Hisle struck out; Carew grounded out (second to first); Killebrew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Clarke popped to third; White grounded out (catcher to first); M. Alou doubled to center; Murcer homered [M. Alou scored]; Hart grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 2. TWINS 2ND: Oliva grounded out (shortstop to first); Darwin reached on an error by Michael; Braun flied out to right; Thompson popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 2. YANKEES 2ND: F. Alou flied out to left; Nettles flied out to right; Munson singled to center; Michael grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 2. TWINS 3RD: Mitterwald was called out on strikes; Holt grounded out (second to first); Hisle grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 2. YANKEES 3RD: Clarke popped to pitcher; White singled to center; M. Alou homered [White scored]; Murcer flied out to left; Hart struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 4. TWINS 4TH: Carew lined to second; Killebrew struck out; Oliva popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 4. YANKEES 4TH: F. Alou lined to second; Nettles walked; Munson struck out; Michael popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 4. TWINS 5TH: Darwin grounded out (shortstop to first); Braun flied out to left; Thompson singled to center; Mitterwald struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 4. YANKEES 5TH: Clarke grounded out (first unassisted); White struck out; M. Alou doubled to right; Murcer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 4. TWINS 6TH: Holt flied out to center; Hisle tripled to center; Carew hit a sacrifice fly to left [Hisle scored]; Killebrew singled to left; Oliva grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 4. YANKEES 6TH: DECKER REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Hart singled to center; F. Alou flied out to left; Nettles homered [Hart scored]; Munson singled to center; Michael forced Munson (second to shortstop); Clarke struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Yankees 6. TWINS 7TH: Darwin struck out; Braun homered; Thompson grounded out (third to first); Mitterwald flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Yankees 6. YANKEES 7TH: White grounded out (first unassisted); M. Alou singled to right; Murcer homered [M. Alou scored]; Hart flied out to left; F. Alou grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Yankees 8. TWINS 8TH: Holt flied out to left; Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew singled to right; Killebrew forced Carew (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Yankees 8. YANKEES 8TH: STRICKLAND REPLACED DECKER (PITCHING); Nettles walked; Munson singled to left [Nettles to third]; Michael singled to right [Nettles scored, Munson to third]; Clarke flied out to center; White reached on an error by Braun [Munson scored (RBI), Michael to second]; M. Alou popped to first in foul territory; Murcer singled to center [Michael scored (unearned), White to second]; SANDERS REPLACED STRICKLAND (PITCHING); Hart struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Yankees 11. TWINS 9TH: SWOBODA REPLACED M. ALOU (PLAYING RF); Oliva grounded out (second to first); Darwin reached on an error by Nettles; ADAMS RAN FOR DARWIN; Braun singled to right [Adams to third]; Thompson hit a sacrifice fly to left [Adams scored (unearned)]; Mitterwald popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Yankees 11.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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