Yankees @ Twins
August 18, 1970

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Top 5	R	H	E
Yankees	6	8	0
Twins	6	6	1

Top 5	R	H	E
Yankees	7	9	0
Twins	6	6	1

John Ellis Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	1.000	.248
OBP	1.000	.311
At Bats	2	145
Hits	2	36
• Singles	1	23
• Doubles	0	7
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	1	6
Walks	0	12
RBI’s	1	19

Dick Woodson Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	2	1

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Metropolitan Stadium - August 18, 1970

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Double

Dick Woodson

Tom Tischinski

Harmon Killebrew

Danny Thompson

Rick Renick

Leo Cardenas

Brant Alyea

Cesar Tovar

Tony Oliva

John Ellis

Bobby Murcer

Count: - , 2 Outs

Ellis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oliva. Ellis reaches second base with a double. Murcer scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 5 Murcer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alyea who is chasing the ball. Murcer reaches third base with a triple. White scores.

Top 5 Cater hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Oliva settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 There goes White. The throw from Tischinski and he is safe. White steals second.

Top 5 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 5 Dick Woodson now pitching. Michael strikes out.

Bottom 4 Alyea hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cater fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 4 Steve Hamilton now pitching. Oliva hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tovar scores. Thompson scores. Killebrew moves to second.

Bottom 4 Killebrew takes first base on ball four. Tovar moves to third. Thompson moves to second.

Bottom 4 Gary Waslewski now pitching. Thompson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tischinski scores. Tovar moves to second.

Bottom 4 Tovar takes first base on ball four. Tischinski moves to second.

Bottom 4 Frank Quilici pinch hits for Pete Hamm. Quilici is called out on strikes.

Bottom 4 Tischinski takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Cardenas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Clarke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Clarke hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Kekich hits a popup towards third. Renick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Gibbs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Renick hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Alyea strikes out.

Bottom 3 Oliva hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Pete Hamm now pitching. Woods hits a fly ball into left field. Alyea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Ellis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. That run is unearned.

Top 3 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Killebrew scoops it up and throws to first, with Kaat covering, for the out.

Top 3 Cater hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 3 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kaat fields it and throws to first for the out. Michael moves to second.

Top 3 Michael hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play.

Bottom 2 Killebrew hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cater fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 2 Thompson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaat scores. Tovar moves to second.

Bottom 2 Tovar hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Tischinski scores. Kaat moves to second.

Bottom 2 Kaat takes first base on ball four. Tischinski moves to second.

Bottom 2 Tischinski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cater fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 2 Cardenas strikes out.

Bottom 2 Renick hits a popup towards short. Michael settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Clarke hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Gibbs trying to get to home. Tovar throws the ball in to Tischinski who tags Gibbs who's trying to score from second, for the out.

Top 2 Kekich hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cardenas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gibbs moves to second.

Top 2 Gibbs hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Ellis scores. Woods scores.

Top 2 Woods hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alyea. Woods reaches second base with a double. Ellis moves to third.

Top 2 Ellis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. Tovar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Alyea is called out on strikes.

Bottom 1 Oliva hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Tovar scores.

Bottom 1 Killebrew strikes out.

Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Tovar moves to third.

Bottom 1 Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 There goes Tovar. The throw from Gibbs and he is safe. Tovar steals second.

Bottom 1 Tovar takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Cater hits a popup towards short. Cardenas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 White strikes out.

Top 1 Michael is called out on strikes.

Top 1 There goes Clarke. The throw from Tischinski and he is safe. Clarke steals second.

Top 1 Clarke takes first base on ball four.

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Ellis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oliva. Ellis reaches second base with a double. Murcer scores.

Yankees @ Twins
August 18, 1970