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Saturday April 28, 1973
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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.



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