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New York Yankees @ Cleveland Guardians

1969-06-29 · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 26061 · 71°F, dry · 2:51

New York Yankees defeated Cleveland Indians 6–3. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 4th. Bill Burbach earned the win and Jack Aker picked up the save. Billy Cowan went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	6	8
CLE	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	8

W: Bill Burbach L: Mike Paul SV: Jack Aker

Umpires — HP: Emmett Ashford · 1B: Art Frantz · 2B: Hank Soar · 3B: Merle Anthony · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Horace Clarke	5	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Woods	2	0	0	0	3	0
Bobby Murcer	4	1	1	0	1	1
Joe Pepitone	1	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Fernandez	3	2	2	1	1	0
Bobby Cox	5	1	1	0	0	2
Bill Robinson	3	0	0	0	1	1
Gene Michael	4	1	1	2	0	0
Mike Kekich	1	0	0	0	0	1
Len Boehmer	4	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Cowan	1	1	1	2	0	0
Bill Burbach	1	0	0	0	1	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Cardenal	2	1	1	0	3	0
Larry Brown	5	1	0	0	0	1
Cap Peterson	5	0	3	2	0	0
Tony Horton	5	0	1	0	0	1
Ken Harrelson	4	0	2	1	1	0
Zoilo Versalles	4	0	0	0	1	1
Vern Fuller	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Suarez	1	1	1	0	3	0
Mike Paul	1	0	0	0	0	1
Russ Snyder	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Klimchock	1	0	0	0	0	0
Richie Scheinblum	2	0	0	0	0	2
Chuck Hinton	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Kekich	3.0	5	2	2
Bill Burbach	4.1	2	6	2
Jack Aker	1.2	1	0	2

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Paul	3.1	5	2	3
Horacio Pina	0.2	0	1	1
Ron Law	2.0	1	1	1
Larry Burchart	2.0	2	0	0
Gary Kroll	1.0	0	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Horace Clarke: 8/F8
Ron Woods: 4/P4D
Bobby Murcer: K/C

Bot 1

Jose Cardenal: 23/G2
Larry Brown: 6/L
Cap Peterson: S8/G
Tony Horton: K

Top 2

Joe Pepitone: S8/L8
Frank Fernandez: S8/L89.1-3;B-2(E8)
Bobby Cox: K
Bill Robinson: IW
Gene Michael: 4/P
Mike Kekich: K/C

Bot 2

Ken Harrelson: S7/L78
Zoilo Versalles: SB2
Zoilo Versalles: 63
Vern Fuller: SB3
Vern Fuller: 2/BP/FL
Ken Suarez: IW
Mike Paul: K

Top 3

Horace Clarke: 63
Ron Woods: W
Bobby Murcer: 8/F8D
Len Boehmer: 2/FL/23F#

Bot 3

Jose Cardenal: D7/L7
Larry Brown: 4E3.2-3
Cap Peterson: S7/L7.3-H;1-2
Tony Horton: 64(1)/FO.2-3
Ken Harrelson: D7/L7.3-H(UR);1-3
Zoilo Versalles: IW
Vern Fuller: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Frank Fernandez: HP
Bobby Cox: D7/L7D.1-3
Bill Robinson: 5/P2
Gene Michael: DGR/L7D.3-H;2-H
Billy Cowan: HR/L7D.2-H
Horace Clarke: K/C
Ron Woods: W
Bobby Murcer: 4/P4D

Bot 4

Ken Suarez: W
Russ Snyder: 7/F7S
Jose Cardenal: W.1-2
Larry Brown: 7/L7S
Cap Peterson: 8/F8D

Top 5

Len Boehmer: 7/F7LS
Frank Fernandez: HR/F7D
Bobby Cox: 7/F
Bill Robinson: K/C

Bot 5

Tony Horton: S9/G3
Ken Harrelson: 7/F78
Zoilo Versalles: K/C
Vern Fuller: 5/FL

Top 6

Gene Michael: 43
Bill Burbach: W
Horace Clarke: 6/P5DF
Ron Woods: 9/F89

Bot 6

Ken Suarez: W
Lou Klimchock: 8/F89S
Jose Cardenal: W.1-2
Larry Brown: 5(B)4(2)/LDP

Top 7

Bobby Murcer: S8/L
Len Boehmer: D9/L9L.1-H
Frank Fernandez: 53
Bobby Cox: CS3(25)
Bobby Cox: 8/F89

Bot 7

Cap Peterson: 9/F9
Tony Horton: 9/L9
Ken Harrelson: W
Zoilo Versalles: E5/G.1-2
Richie Scheinblum: K/C

Top 8

Bill Robinson: 63
Gene Michael: 3/G
Bill Burbach: 23/G2

Bot 8

Ken Suarez: S7/L7
Chuck Hinton: WP.1-2
Chuck Hinton: 43/G4M.2-3
Jose Cardenal: W
Larry Brown: K
Cap Peterson: S7/G5.3-H;1-2
Tony Horton: 7/F7D

Top 9

Horace Clarke: 8/L8
Ron Woods: W
Bobby Murcer: W.1-2
Len Boehmer: 7/F7
Frank Fernandez: W.2-3;1-2
Bobby Cox: K

Bot 9

Ken Harrelson: 63
Zoilo Versalles: 4/L
Richie Scheinblum: K

Notes & reviews

Pepitone ejected by Umpire Ashford after asking for timeout Instead of granting time; Ashford called a strike; enraging Pepitone who grabbed him and had to be restrained. Boehmer pinch hit with 0-1 count.

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