Baltimore Orioles vs New York Yankees
August 9, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 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 12, New York Yankees 9

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Buford lf 6 3 4 2
Blair cf 6 2 2 0
Powell 1b 4 1 1 1
Robinson B. 3b 6 0 2 0
Crowley rf 5 1 1 3
  Rettenmund ph,rf 1 0 1 1
Hendricks c 5 1 1 1
Johnson 2b 5 1 0 0
Salmon ss 4 2 2 2
  Belanger ss 1 0 0 0
Lopez p 2 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Hardin p 0 0 0 0
  Richert p 0 0 0 0
  Watt p 1 0 0 0
  Robinson F. ph 1 1 1 0
  Leonhard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 12 15 10
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 5 1 1 0
Murcer cf 5 2 1 0
White lf 6 0 0 0
Cater 1b 5 2 3 0
Ellis c 6 1 2 3
Woods rf 3 2 1 1
Michael ss 1 0 1 0
  Ward ph 0 0 0 1
  Baker pr,ss 3 1 2 0
Kenney 3b 4 0 1 2
Kline p 2 0 0 0
  McCormick p 0 0 0 0
  Blefary ph 1 0 1 2
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Waslewski p 0 0 0 0
  Munson ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Lyttle ph 1 0 0 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
  Gibbs ph 1 0 0 0
  Klimkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Kekich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 9 13 9
Baltimore 020 043 000 0312153
New York 000 053 010 009132
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Lopez   4.2 3 4 4 6 6
  Drabowsky   0.2 3 3 3 2 0
  Hardin   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Richert   0.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Watt  W (4-6) 4.0 3 1 1 4 1
  Leonhard  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
13
9
9
13
8
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Kline   4.2 6 5 5 3 5
  McCormick   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Hamilton   0.1 3 3 2 0 0
  Waslewski   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Aker   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Klimkowski  L (4-5) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Kekich   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
15
12
11
4
9

  E–Hendricks (8), Johnson (8), Lopez (4), Cater (12), Kenney (15).  DP–Baltimore 2, New York 1.  2B–Baltimore Buford 2 (10,off Kline,off Hamilton); F Robinson (17,off Klimkowski), New York Clarke (19,off Richert).  3B–New York Baker (1,off Watt).  HR–Baltimore Salmon (4,2nd inning off Kline 1 on, 1 out); Crowley (3,5th inning off Kline 2 on, 2 out); Hendricks (10,5th inning off McCormick 0 on, 2 out), New York Ellis (5,6th inning off Hardin 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Drabowsky (1,off Hamilton).  IBB–Cater (4,by Watt); Kenney (2,by Watt).  SB–White (14,2nd base off Watt/Hendricks).  WP–Richert 2 (2).  IBB–Watt 2 (5,Cater,Kenney).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–3:54.  A–41,610.
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