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Baltimore Orioles @ Washington Senators

1968-09-12 · Night game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Att: 1069 · night · 2:20

Washington Senators defeated Baltimore Orioles 4–1. Washington Senators put up 3 in the 7th. Frank Bertaina earned the win and Dennis Higgins picked up the save. Frank Howard went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BAL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12
WS2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0		4	5

W: Frank Bertaina L: Dave McNally SV: Dennis Higgins

Umpires — HP: Red Flaherty · 1B: Bob Stewart · 2B: Lou DiMuro · 3B: Marty Springstead · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Buford	4	0	1	0	1	0
Paul Blair	4	1	1	0	0	0
Brooks Robinson	5	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Robinson	4	0	3	1	1	0
Merv Rettenmund	4	0	3	0	1	0
Davey Johnson	4	0	1	0	1	2
Larry Haney	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mark Belanger	4	0	2	0	0	1
Dave McNally	3	0	0	0	0	1
Fred Valentine	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elrod Hendricks	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Del Unser	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Cullen	3	1	0	0	0	0
Frank Howard	4	2	2	3	0	2
Brant Alyea	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ken McMullen	3	0	0	0	0	0
Cap Peterson	2	0	0	0	1	0
Paul Casanova	2	0	0	1	0	0
Ed Brinkman	3	0	2	0	0	1
Frank Bertaina	3	0	0	0	0	2

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave McNally	7.0	5	1	4
Moe Drabowsky	1.0	0	0	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Bertaina	7.1	12	4	4
Dennis Higgins	1.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Buford: 9
Paul Blair: S7
Brooks Robinson: S8.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Frank Robinson: S1.3-H;2-3
Merv Rettenmund: W.1-2
Davey Johnson: K/C
Larry Haney: 4

Bot 1

Del Unser: 7
Tim Cullen: 53
Frank Howard: K

Top 2

Mark Belanger: K/C
Dave McNally: 43
Don Buford: S8
Paul Blair: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Paul Blair: 63

Bot 2

Brant Alyea: 7
Ken McMullen: 9
Cap Peterson: 8

Top 3

Brooks Robinson: 3/FL
Frank Robinson: W
Merv Rettenmund: S7.1-2
Davey Johnson: S/BG.2-3;1-2#
Larry Haney: 5(2)3/GDP

Bot 3

Paul Casanova: 63
Ed Brinkman: K
Frank Bertaina: K/C

Top 4

Mark Belanger: 8
Dave McNally: 13
Don Buford: 63

Bot 4

Del Unser: 7
Tim Cullen: 8
Frank Howard: HR/7
Brant Alyea: 63

Top 5

Paul Blair: 8
Brooks Robinson: 8
Frank Robinson: D7
Merv Rettenmund: S6.2-3#
Davey Johnson: W.1-2
Larry Haney: 8

Bot 5

Ken McMullen: 8
Cap Peterson: 2/FL
Paul Casanova: 8

Top 6

Mark Belanger: S4
Dave McNally: K/C
Don Buford: 54(1)/FO
Paul Blair: 53

Bot 6

Ed Brinkman: D/78#
Frank Bertaina: FC6/DP.2X3(646);BX2(6)
Del Unser: 8

Top 7

Brooks Robinson: 3
Frank Robinson: S8
Merv Rettenmund: S7.1-2
Davey Johnson: 8.2-3
Larry Haney: K

Bot 7

Tim Cullen: HP
Frank Howard: HR/89.1-H
Brant Alyea: D/78#
Ken McMullen: 43.2-3
Cap Peterson: IW
Paul Casanova: 7/SF.3-H
Ed Brinkman: S8.1-3
Frank Bertaina: K

Top 8

Mark Belanger: S8
Fred Valentine: 31.1-2
Don Buford: W
Elrod Hendricks: 9
Brooks Robinson: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Del Unser: 43
Tim Cullen: 5
Frank Howard: K

Top 9

Frank Robinson: 9
Merv Rettenmund: 7
Davey Johnson: K/C