New York Yankees vs Minnesota Twins
August 20, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1970 at Metropolitan Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 4, Minnesota Twins 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 5 0 0 0
Baker ss 3 0 0 0
  Woods ph 1 0 0 0
  Michael ss 0 0 0 0
White lf 4 1 1 0
Murcer cf 5 0 1 1
Ellis 1b 4 1 1 0
Lyttle rf 4 1 2 0
Gibbs c 4 0 0 1
Kenney 3b 3 1 0 0
Stottlemyre p 2 0 1 2
  McDaniel p 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 4 7 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Tovar lf 3 0 0 0
  Renick ph 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
Thompson 2b,3b 4 0 1 0
Oliva rf 4 0 1 0
Killebrew 3b 4 0 2 0
  Quilici pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Reese 1b 4 1 3 0
Holt cf 3 0 0 0
Cardenas ss 3 1 1 2
Mitterwald c 4 1 1 1
Zepp p 2 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Manuel ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
New York 000 100 300470
Minnesota 010 100 100391
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Stottlemyre  W (12-10) 7.0 7 3 3 1 3
  McDaniel  SV (17) 2.0 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Zepp  L (6-3) 6.1 4 4 4 3 1
  Hall   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Perranoski   2.0 3 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
5

  E–Reese (8).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Murcer (16,off Zepp); Ellis (9,off Zepp); Lyttle (3,off Zepp); McDaniel (1,off Perranoski), Minnesota Oliva (24,off Stottlemyre).  3B–New York Stottlemyre (2,off Zepp), Minnesota Reese (3,off Stottlemyre).  HR–Minnesota Cardenas (9,4th inning off Stottlemyre 0 on, 2 out); Mitterwald (12,7th inning off Stottlemyre 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–White (11,by Perranoski).  SF–Cardenas (2,off Stottlemyre).  SB–Kenney (17,2nd base off Zepp/Mitterwald); Clarke (16,2nd base off Perranoski/Mitterwald).  WP–Stottlemyre (9).  IBB–Perranoski (6,White).  U-HP–John Rice, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–2:33.  A–24,794.
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