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California Angels @ Washington Senators

1968-08-07 · Night game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Att: 2170 · 2:46

California Angels defeated Washington Senators 4–2. California Angels put up 2 in the 5th. Sammy Ellis earned the win and Andy Messersmith picked up the save. Frank Howard went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CAL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	4	10
WS2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	7

W: Sammy Ellis L: Camilo Pascual SV: Andy Messersmith

Umpires — HP: Jim Honochick · 1B: Al Salerno · 2B: Emmett Ashford · 3B: Bill Valentine · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ed Kirkpatrick	4	1	2	0	1	0
Jim Fregosi	4	0	0	0	0	2
Vic Davalillo	4	0	1	1	0	0
Don Mincher	4	1	2	0	0	1
Rick Reichardt	3	0	1	0	1	1
Chuck Hinton	4	1	2	1	0	0
Buck Rodgers	3	1	1	0	0	1
Bobby Knoop	3	0	1	2	1	1
Sammy Ellis	2	0	0	0	0	1
Roger Repoz	1	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Messersmith	0	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Del Unser	4	0	1	0	0	0
Cap Peterson	4	1	1	1	0	0
Hank Allen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Howard	4	1	2	1	0	1
Mike Epstein	2	0	0	0	2	1
Jim French	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tim Cullen	2	0	1	0	1	0
Ed Brinkman	3	0	1	0	0	0
Camilo Pascual	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Holman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bernie Allen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ken McMullen	1	0	0	0	0	1
Brant Alyea	1	0	0	0	0	0

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sammy Ellis	6.0	6	3	1
Andy Messersmith	3.0	1	0	2

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Camilo Pascual	6.0	7	1	4
Dennis Higgins	1.0	0	0	1
Barry Moore	0.2	3	0	1
Bruce Howard	1.1	0	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ed Kirkpatrick: 43
Jim Fregosi: 1/L
Vic Davalillo: 4

Bot 1

Del Unser: S8
Cap Peterson: SB2
Cap Peterson: 1
Hank Allen: 8/8D
Frank Howard: K

Top 2

Don Mincher: S9
Rick Reichardt: 64(1)3/GDP
Chuck Hinton: 9

Bot 2

Mike Epstein: 6
Jim French: S9
Tim Cullen: CS2(24)
Tim Cullen: 3/FL

Top 3

Buck Rodgers: 8
Bobby Knoop: 53
Sammy Ellis: 7

Bot 3

Ed Brinkman: FLE2
Ed Brinkman: S7
Camilo Pascual: 1/SH.1-2
Del Unser: 3/G.2-3
Cap Peterson: 8

Top 4

Ed Kirkpatrick: E3
Jim Fregosi: K+CS2(26)/DP
Vic Davalillo: 13

Bot 4

Hank Allen: 8
Frank Howard: HR/7
Mike Epstein: W
Jim French: 5/FL
Tim Cullen: S6.1-2
Ed Brinkman: 8

Top 5

Don Mincher: 8
Rick Reichardt: K/C
Chuck Hinton: D/89
Buck Rodgers: S4.2-3
Bobby Knoop: D9.1-H;3-H
Sammy Ellis: K/C

Bot 5

Camilo Pascual: 43
Del Unser: 13
Cap Peterson: HR/7
Hank Allen: 9

Top 6

Ed Kirkpatrick: S9
Jim Fregosi: K
Vic Davalillo: 36(1)/FO
Don Mincher: CS2(26)

Bot 6

Frank Howard: 63
Mike Epstein: W
Jim French: 36(1)/FO
Tim Cullen: W.1-2
Ed Brinkman: 8

Top 7

Don Mincher: D9
Rick Reichardt: W
Chuck Hinton: S7.1-2;2-H
Buck Rodgers: 14/SH.1-2;2-3
Bobby Knoop: K
Roger Repoz: 2

Bot 7

Gary Holman: 6
Del Unser: 163
Cap Peterson: 3/FL

Top 8

Ed Kirkpatrick: S9
Jim Fregosi: PB.1-2
Jim Fregosi: 34/SH.2-3
Vic Davalillo: S9.3-H
Don Mincher: SB2
Don Mincher: K/C
Rick Reichardt: S6.2-3
Chuck Hinton: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Hank Allen: 63
Frank Howard: D8
Mike Epstein: K
Jim French: 13

Top 9

Buck Rodgers: K/C
Bobby Knoop: W
Andy Messersmith: 24/SH.1-2
Ed Kirkpatrick: W
Jim Fregosi: 7

Bot 9

Bernie Allen: 3
Ken McMullen: K
Brant Alyea: 6