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New York Yankees @ Detroit Tigers

1970-09-18 · Night game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 11202 · 66°F · 2:19

New York Yankees defeated Detroit Tigers 5–0. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 1st. Ron Klimkowski earned the win. John Ellis went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ron Klimkowski L: Mike Kilkenny SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Kunkel · 1B: Ed Runge · 2B: Jim Odom · 3B: Bill Haller · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Horace Clarke	5	1	0	0	0	1
Thurman Munson	3	1	2	1	1	0
Roy White	3	1	0	0	1	1
Danny Cater	4	1	2	1	0	1
John Ellis	4	1	1	3	0	2
Bobby Murcer	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ron Woods	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gene Michael	3	0	0	0	1	3
Ron Klimkowski	4	0	1	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Dick McAuliffe	4	0	0	1
Mickey Stanley	4	0	0	1
Gates Brown	4	1	0	0
Jim Northrup	3	0	1	0
Norm Cash	4	1	0	1
Dalton Jones	3	1	1	0
Jim Price	3	0	0	0
Ken Szotkiewicz	2	0	1	1
Kevin Collins	1	0	0	0
Russ Nagelson	0	0	1	0
Ike Brown	1	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ron Klimkowski	9.0	3	4	5

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Kilkenny	0.1	2	2	0
Bob Reed	2.2	2	0	4
Norm McRae	2.0	0	1	0
Daryl Patterson	2.0	1	0	4
Fred Scherman	2.0	2	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Horace Clarke: 9
Thurman Munson: W
Roy White: W.1-2
Danny Cater: S9.1-3;2-H
John Ellis: HR/78.3-H;1-H
Bobby Murcer: 43
Ron Woods: 63

Bot 1

Dick McAuliffe: 51
Mickey Stanley: 13
Gates Brown: 43

Top 2

Gene Michael: K
Ron Klimkowski: S9
Horace Clarke: 36(1)/FO
Thurman Munson: SB2
Thurman Munson: D/78.2-H
Roy White: K

Bot 2

Jim Northrup: 43
Norm Cash: 43
Dalton Jones: W
Jim Price: 53

Top 3

Danny Cater: K
John Ellis: K
Bobby Murcer: 43

Bot 3

Ken Szotkiewicz: 43
Kevin Collins: 43
Dick McAuliffe: 3/G

Top 4

Ron Woods: 4
Gene Michael: W
Ron Klimkowski: 3(B)4(1)/DP

Bot 4

Mickey Stanley: K
Gates Brown: 4/9
Jim Northrup: 2/FL

Top 5

Horace Clarke: 43
Thurman Munson: 8
Roy White: 5/FL

Bot 5

Norm Cash: K/C
Dalton Jones: D9
Jim Price: 6
Ken Szotkiewicz: W
Russ Nagelson: W.2-3;1-2
Dick McAuliffe: 6

Top 6

Danny Cater: S8
John Ellis: K
Bobby Murcer: 9
Ron Woods: 8

Bot 6

Mickey Stanley: 6/L
Gates Brown: S8
Jim Northrup: 46(1)/FO
Norm Cash: S9.1-3(TH2)
Dalton Jones: 6

Top 7

Gene Michael: K
Ron Klimkowski: K
Horace Clarke: K/C

Bot 7

Jim Price: 53
Ken Szotkiewicz: K
Ike Brown: K

Top 8

Thurman Munson: D7
Roy White: 8/L
Danny Cater: 9
John Ellis: 4

Bot 8

Dick McAuliffe: K
Mickey Stanley: 9/L
Gates Brown: 8

Top 9

Bobby Murcer: W
Ron Woods: S7.1-2
Gene Michael: K
Ron Klimkowski: WP.1-2;2-3
Ron Klimkowski: FC1.3XH(1)
Horace Clarke: 2/FL

Bot 9

Jim Northrup: W
Norm Cash: 46(1)3/GDP
Dalton Jones: 43

Notes & reviews

Ken Szotkiewicz left with pulled muscle

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