Royals @ Yankees
August 15, 1970

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Cookie Rojas Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .238
OBP .667 .279
At Bats 2 273
Hits 1 65
• Singles 1 53
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 15
RBI’s 0 21

Mel Stottlemyre Season Stats

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11 10 0
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Yankee Stadium - August 15, 1970
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Out
Mel Stottlemyre
Thurman Munson
Danny Cater
Horace Clarke
Jerry Kenney
Frank Baker
Roy White
Bobby Murcer
Jim Lyttle
Cookie Rojas
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kenney fields it and throws to first for the out.

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Bottom 6 Lyttle hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Rojas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cater hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Rojas catches it and throws to first to double up Murcer.
Bottom 6 Murcer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Spriggs hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Baker fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 6 Bunker hits a popup towards short. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Severson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schaal moves to third.
Top 6 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kenney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kenney fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 White strikes out.
Bottom 5 Munson hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Clarke hits a line drive into right field. Spriggs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Stottlemyre takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cater fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Piniella for the double play.
Top 5 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kenney fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kenney hits a popup towards short. Severson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Lyttle bunts towards the mound. Bunker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Cater hits a ball on the ground towards short. Severson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Spriggs hits a fly ball into right field. Lyttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Schaal tags and scores.
Top 4 Bunker bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 4 Severson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Oliver scores. Schaal moves to third.
Top 4 Schaal hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Oliver moves to third.
Top 4 Oliver hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 White takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Munson hits a line drive into right field. Spriggs picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Spriggs. Stottlemyre scores. Munson moves to third.
Bottom 3 Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bunker fields it and throws to first for the out. Stottlemyre moves to second.
Bottom 3 Stottlemyre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Severson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Kenney takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kirkpatrick is thrown out after the base hit. Rojas scores.
Top 3 Piniella hits a popup towards first. Cater settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kenney fields it and throws to first for the out. Rojas moves to second.
Top 3 Rojas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Baker hits a line drive towards first. Oliver reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bunker fires to first and has Lyttle trapped. There's the throw to Rojas who tags Lyttle for the out.
Bottom 2 Lyttle hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Cater hits a line drive into right field. Spriggs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Spriggs is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Bunker hits a fly ball towards center. Murcer settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Murcer. Severson goes all the way around to score. Bunker moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Severson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Schaal hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke misplays the ball. That's an error on Clarke.
Top 2 Oliver strikes out.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Munson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Clarke hits a line drive into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rojas moves to third. Otis moves to second.
Top 1 Otis hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Rojas moves to second.
Top 1 Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Spriggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.