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Cleveland Guardians @ New York Yankees

1969-09-30 · Night game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 5815 · 66°F · 2:24

New York Yankees defeated Cleveland Indians 8–2. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 7th. Al Downing earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
NYA	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	2		8	13

W: Al Downing L: Mike Paul SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Kunkel · 1B: John Rice · 2B: Russ Goetz · 3B: Larry Napp · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Cardenal	4	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Brown	4	0	1	0	0	1
Frank Baker	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ken Harrelson	2	1	1	0	2	0
Tony Horton	3	0	1	1	0	0
Ray Fosse	3	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Leon	3	0	1	1	0	0
Vern Fuller	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Paul	2	0	0	0	0	1
Chuck Hinton	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Horace Clarke	4	0	1	1	1	0
Gene Michael	3	1	2	1	2	0
Roy White	4	0	1	0	1	0
Bobby Murcer	3	2	0	0	2	1
Joe Pepitone	4	1	1	1	1	1
Frank Fernandez	3	1	0	0	1	2
Thurman Munson	4	1	3	1	1	0
Bobby Cox	4	1	3	1	1	0
Al Downing	5	1	2	2	0	1
Ron Woods	0	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Paul	5.0	8	5	2
Ron Law	2.0	4	2	3
Larry Burchart	1.0	1	3	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Downing	9.0	6	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jose Cardenal: 63
Larry Brown: 63
Frank Baker: 2/FL

Bot 1

Horace Clarke: 63
Gene Michael: W
Roy White: W.1-2
Bobby Murcer: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Ken Harrelson: W
Tony Horton: 3(B)3(1)/LDP
Ray Fosse: 3/FL

Bot 2

Joe Pepitone: 7
Frank Fernandez: W
Thurman Munson: S7.1-2
Bobby Cox: S7.1-2;2-H
Al Downing: K
Horace Clarke: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Eddie Leon: S7
Vern Fuller: S7.1-2
Mike Paul: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Jose Cardenal: 2/FL
Larry Brown: K/C

Bot 3

Gene Michael: S8
Roy White: 8
Bobby Murcer: 3
Joe Pepitone: D7.1-H;B-3(E1)
Frank Fernandez: K

Top 4

Frank Baker: S9
Ken Harrelson: S7.1-3(E7);B-2
Tony Horton: 8/SF.3-H
Ray Fosse: SB3
Ray Fosse: W
Eddie Leon: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
Vern Fuller: 54(1)/FO

Bot 4

Thurman Munson: S7
Bobby Cox: S8.1-3
Al Downing: 2/FL
Horace Clarke: S7.1-2;3-H
Gene Michael: 9
Roy White: 7/7D

Top 5

Mike Paul: K
Jose Cardenal: 13
Larry Brown: 7

Bot 5

Bobby Murcer: W
Joe Pepitone: 8/L
Frank Fernandez: 2/FL
Thurman Munson: T8.1-H
Bobby Cox: IW
Al Downing: 3/FL

Top 6

Frank Baker: 8
Ken Harrelson: 63
Tony Horton: S9.BX2(96)

Bot 6

Horace Clarke: W
Gene Michael: SB2
Gene Michael: W
Roy White: S6.1-2;2-3
Bobby Murcer: K
Joe Pepitone: K
Frank Fernandez: K

Top 7

Ray Fosse: 3
Eddie Leon: 13
Vern Fuller: 63

Bot 7

Thurman Munson: 13
Bobby Cox: S7
Al Downing: DGR/9.1-3
Horace Clarke: E4.2-3;3-H(NR)
Gene Michael: SB2
Gene Michael: S7.B-2(THH);3-H;2XH(72)
Roy White: 9/9D

Top 8

Chuck Hinton: 8
Jose Cardenal: 63
Larry Brown: D8
Frank Baker: 3/G

Bot 8

Bobby Murcer: W
Joe Pepitone: W.1-2
Ron Woods: 13/SH.1-2;2-3
Thurman Munson: IW
Bobby Cox: 4
Al Downing: S8.1-2;2-H;3-H
Horace Clarke: OA.2X3(25)

Top 9

Ken Harrelson: W
Tony Horton: 5/FL
Ray Fosse: 8/L
Eddie Leon: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Al Downing: 105 pitches

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