Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators
September 5, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1970 at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Washington Senators 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McAuliffe 3b 6 0 1 0
Stanley cf 6 0 0 0
Kaline rf 6 1 0 0
Northrup lf 4 1 2 0
Cash 1b 5 0 1 1
Jones 2b 2 0 0 1
Price c 5 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 3 0 1 0
  Nagelson ph 0 0 0 0
  Maddox ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Kilkenny p 2 0 0 0
  Brown I. ph 1 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Wert ph 1 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Brown G. ph 0 0 0 0
  Timmermann p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 2 5 2
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Brinkman ss 6 0 2 0
Grieve rf 4 0 1 0
  Hannan p 0 0 0 0
  Shellenback p 0 0 0 0
  Maye ph 1 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Pina p 1 0 0 0
Howard 1b 6 0 0 0
Reichardt cf,lf 6 1 2 0
Rodriguez 3b 6 2 2 1
Goossen lf 2 0 0 0
  Stroud pr,cf 3 0 0 0
Casanova c 3 0 1 0
  Epstein ph 0 0 0 0
  French c 1 0 1 1
Cullen 2b 4 0 0 0
  Allen ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Cox p 1 0 0 0
  Comer ph 1 0 1 0
  Grzenda p 0 0 0 0
  Unser ph,rf 3 0 1 0
Totals 49 3 11 2
Detroit 010 100 000 000 00250
Washington 000 000 200 000 013112
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Kilkenny   7.0 5 2 2 2 7
  Scherman   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Hiller   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Timmermann   2.0 3 0 0 1 2
  Reed  L (1-1) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
13.1
11
3
3
3
13
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Cox   6.0 2 2 1 0 2
  Grzenda   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Hannan   1.1 0 0 0 3 1
  Shellenback   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Knowles   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Pina  W (5-2) 2.2 1 0 0 4 1
Totals
14.0
5
2
1
9
4

  E–Brinkman (20), Rodriguez (15).  DP–Detroit 2, Washington 2.  2B–Detroit Northrup (16,off Cox), Washington Reichardt (9,off Kilkenny); Rodriguez (30,off Kilkenny).  3B–Detroit Gutierrez (6,off Grzenda), Washington Casanova (3,off Kilkenny).  SH–Price (1,off Hannan).  SF–Jones (2,off Cox); Cash (5,off Cox).  IBB–Maddox (1,by Shellenback); Epstein (4,by Timmermann).  SB–Rodriguez 2 (15,3rd base off Kilkenny/Price,2nd base off Reed/Price); Reichardt (2,2nd base off Timmermann/Price).  IBB–Timmermann (8,Epstein); Shellenback (4,Maddox).  U-HP–Art Frantz, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–3:34.  A–6,953.
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