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Yankees 7 @ Indians 3
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 5, 1970

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees, played on August 5, 1970 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The home team Indians were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 7 to 3.

Game Summary

DateAugust 5, 1970 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 7 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 7
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 3 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 5
Runs: 3
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherFritz Peterson  
Losing PitcherSam McDowell  
SaveLindy McDaniel  
Game Winning RBIThurman Munson 

Game Info

DateAugust 5, 1970 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherFritz Peterson  
Home Starting PitcherSam McDowell  
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance19,335 
Time of Game2 hours 45 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ed Runge
1B: Bill Kunkel
2B: Bill Haller
3B: Jim Odom

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Horace Clarke  Second Baseman 
Thurman Munson  Catcher 
Roy White  Left Fielder 
Danny Cater  Right Fielder 
Ron Hansen  Third Baseman 
John Ellis  First Baseman 
Ron Woods  Center Fielder 
Gene Michael  Shortstop 
Fritz Peterson  Pitcher 
Ralph Houk  Manager 

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Larry Brown  Shortstop 
Vada Pinson  Right Fielder 
Roy Foster  Left Fielder 
Ray Fosse  Catcher 
Tony Horton  First Baseman 
Buddy Bradford  Center Fielder 
Eddie Leon  Second Baseman 
Graig Nettles  Third Baseman 
Sam McDowell  Pitcher 
Alvin Dark  Manager 

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Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 5, 1970

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         Game of 8/5/1970 -- New York at Cleveland (N)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Clarke H, 2b          5  1  1  0   Brown L, ss           3  1  2  0   
Munson T, c           5  1  1  2   Pinson V, rf          4  0  0  0   
White R, lf           2  0  0  0   Foster R, lf          2  0  0  0   
Cater D, rf-3b-1b     4  2  1  0   Uhlaender T, lf       2  0  0  0   
Hansen R, 3b          1  0  0  0   Fosse R, c            4  1  2  3   
Murcer B, cf          3  2  2  2   Horton T, 1b          4  0  1  0   
Ellis J, 1b           4  0  2  0   Bradford B, cf        4  0  0  0   
Kenney J, pr-3b       1  0  0  0   Leon E, 2b            4  0  2  0   
Woods R, cf-rf        3  0  1  0   Nettles G, 3b         4  0  0  0   
Ward P, ph            1  0  1  1   McDowell S, p         1  0  0  0   
Lyttle J, pr-rf       0  1  0  0   Colbert V, p          0  0  0  0   
Michael G, ss         4  0  2  1   Rollins R, ph         1  1  1  0   
Peterson F, p         2  0  0  0   Austin R, p           0  0  0  0   
Aker J, p             1  0  0  0   Hinton C, ph          1  0  1  0   
McDaniel L, p         1  0  0  0   Higgins D, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Mingori S, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Lasher F, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  7 11  6                        34  3  9  3

New York         000 040 003 --  7
Cleveland        000 003 000 --  3

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Peterson F (W)        5.2  5  3  3  0  5
Aker J                1.2  1  0  0  0  2
McDaniel L (S)        1.2  3  0  0  0  1

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
McDowell S (L)        4.2  5  4  4  6  4
Colbert V             1.1  1  0  0  1  1
Austin R              2.0  1  0  0  0  1
Higgins D             0.1  1  1  1  0  0
Mingori S             0.1  1  1  1  0  0
Lasher F              0.1  2  1  0  0  1

E -- Michael G, Fosse R
DP -- New York 2
LOB -- New York 11, Cleveland 5
2B -- Leon E
HR -- Munson T, Murcer B, Fosse R
SH -- Brown L
HBP -- by McDowell S (Peterson F)
T -- 2:45
A -- 19335

    

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