Baltimore Orioles vs New York Yankees
August 8, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1970 at Yankee Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 4, New York Yankees 2

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 4 1 0 0
Blair cf 5 0 2 0
Robinson 3b 4 1 2 1
Powell 1b 2 1 1 2
Rettenmund rf 4 1 2 1
Motton lf 2 0 0 0
  Buford lf 1 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0
Etchebarren c 3 0 0 0
McNally p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 5 0 2 0
Munson c 5 0 4 1
White lf 5 0 0 0
Cater 3b 4 0 1 0
Murcer cf 4 1 1 1
Ellis 1b 3 0 0 0
Woods rf 3 0 0 0
Michael ss 4 0 2 0
Kekich p 1 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 1 1 1 0
  Blefary ph 1 0 0 0
  Klimkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 11 2
Baltimore 003 010 000480
New York 000 110 0002111
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McNally  W (16-7) 9.0 11 2 2 2 7
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
2
7
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Kekich  L (2-3) 2.2 6 3 3 2 1
  Bahnsen   4.1 2 1 1 3 4
  Klimkowski   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
5

  E–Clarke (10).  DP–Baltimore 1, New York 1.  2B–New York Munson (19,off McNally); Cater (24,off McNally).  HR–Baltimore Powell (28,3rd inning off Kekich 1 on, 2 out); Rettenmund (13,3rd inning off Kekich 0 on, 2 out), New York Murcer (18,4th inning off McNally 0 on, 0 out).  SF–B Robinson (4,off Bahnsen).  HBP–Etchebarren (3,by Klimkowski).  CS–Blair (9,2nd base by Kekich/Munson); Motton (1,2nd base by Bahnsen/Munson).  HBP–Klimkowski (3,Etchebarren).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Larry Napp, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:34.  A–47,194.
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