Thursday, June 25, 2009

McLain makes season debut








After giving up a two run homer in the 1st to Roy White, Detroit's former 30 game winner, Denny McLain, shut down the Yankees through a six inning stint in his return to the team from suspension for his connection to gamblers.



Strat-O-Matic Report








BOXSCORE: 1970 New York Yankees At 1970 Detroit Tigers 7/1/1970



Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG

H.Clarke 2B 4 0 1 0 .247 D.McAuliffe 2B 4 0 2 1 .224

J.Kenney 3B 3 1 1 0 .194 M.Stanley CF 5 0 2 0 .246

B.Murcer CF 4 0 1 0 .245 A.Kaline 1B 4 1 1 0 .266

R.White LF 3 1 2 2 .275 W.Horton LF 2 0 0 0 .350

D.Cater 1B 4 0 0 0 .322 J.Northrup RF 3 0 2 0 .199

C.Blefary RF 4 0 0 0 .151 B.Freehan C 4 0 1 1 .224

T.Munson C 3 0 2 0 .312 D.Wert 3B 4 0 1 0 .200

G.Michael SS 3 0 1 0 .199 C.Gutierrez SS 3 1 1 0 .232

D-J.Lyttle PH 1 0 0 0 .407 D.McLain P 2 1 1 0 .500

G.Waslewski P 2 0 0 0 .167 A-G.Brown PH 1 0 0 0 .240

S.Hamilton P 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Patterson P 0 0 0 0 ----

J.Aker P 0 0 0 0 .000 B-I.Brown PH 0 0 0 0 .263

C-N.Cash PH 1 0 1 1 .235

T.Timmerman P 0 0 0 0 .000

-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---

Totals 32 2 8 2 Totals 33 3 12 3



A-Pinch Hit For McLain In 6th Inning

B-Pinch Hit For Patterson In 8th Inning

C-Pinch Hit For Brown In 8th Inning

D-Pinch Hit For Michael In 9th Inning



Yankees......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 0

Tigers.......... 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 12 0



Yankees (39-35) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA

G.Waslewski 5 9 2 2 3 4 0 103 2.43

S.Hamilton LOSS(0-1) 2 2/3 1 1 1 1 0 0 38 6.75

J.Aker 0 1/3 2 0 0 1 0 0 11 1.66

Totals 8 12 3 3 5 4 0



Tigers (36-36) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA

D.McLain 6 6 2 2 3 4 1 104 3.00

D.Patterson WIN(4-2) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 1.86

T.Timmerman SAVE(7th) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 2.35

Totals 9 8 2 2 3 5 1



ATTENDANCE- 18,917 DATE- Wednesday, July 1st 1970 TIME- Night

UMPIRES- Merlyn Anthony, Red Flaherty, Bob Stewart, Ron Luciano

T- 2:41

LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 6 Tigers:11

DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1 Tigers: 1

DOUBLES- J.Kenney(9th), R.White(13th), D.McAuliffe(11th), A.Kaline(13th),

J.Northrup-2(9th), D.McLain

TRIPLES- C.Gutierrez(4th)

HOME RUNS- R.White(9th)

CAUGHT STEALING- J.Kenney, T.Munson

WALKS- J.Kenney, R.White, T.Munson, D.McAuliffe, W.Horton-2, J.Northrup,

C.Gutierrez

STRIKE OUTS- H.Clarke, B.Murcer, R.White, C.Blefary, G.Michael, B.Freehan-2,

D.Wert, D.McLain

GIDP- G.Brown

WEB GEMS- Bot 8th: Thurman Munson blocked the plate, saving a run!



One run was the difference at Tiger Stadium as the Detroit Tigers defeated the

New York Yankees 3 to 2.



The game was won by Detroit with a run in the bottom of the 8th inning. After

two were out Cesar Gutierrez tripled. Norm Cash came next and he stroked a

one-base hit scoring the run. New York had a chance to come back in the 9th

but they came up short.



The win went to Daryl Patterson(4-2) who allowed no runs in 2 innings.

Patterson was helped out by Tom Timmerman who recorded his 7th save. Steve

Hamilton(0-1) was hit with the loss in relief. He gave up 1 run and 1 hit in

2 and 2/3 innings.













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