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Minnesota Twins @ Washington Senators

1969-05-28 · Night game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Att: 4372 · 2:27

Washington Senators defeated Minnesota Twins 4–3. Washington Senators put up 2 in the 1st. Dennis Higgins earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Dennis Higgins L: Jim Kaat SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Napp · 1B: Bill Kunkel · 2B: John Rice · 3B: Russ Goetz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Leo Cardenas	4	0	0	0	1	0
Rod Carew	3	1	2	0	2	1
Harmon Killebrew	4	0	1	0	1	0
Tony Oliva	4	0	1	1	1	1
George Mitterwald	4	1	1	0	0	2
Cesar Tovar	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bob Allison	4	0	2	2	0	0
Ted Uhlaender	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jim Kaat	4	0	0	0	0	2
Charlie Manuel	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ed Brinkman	5	1	1	0	0	1
Hank Allen	5	1	2	0	0	0
Frank Howard	4	1	2	1	1	1
Brant Alyea	4	0	1	1	0	2
Ken McMullen	3	0	1	1	0	0
Dick Billings	3	0	0	0	1	1
Tim Cullen	4	0	1	0	0	0
Paul Casanova	3	0	1	0	1	1
Frank Bertaina	2	0	1	0	0	0
Bernie Allen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Epstein	0	0	0	0	1	0

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Kaat	8.2	10	4	6

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Bertaina	5.1	6	4	3
Jim Shellenback	0.2	0	0	0
Dennis Higgins	3.0	3	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Leo Cardenas: 63
Rod Carew: W
Harmon Killebrew: 9
Tony Oliva: 7

Bot 1

Ed Brinkman: S7
Hank Allen: 3/G.1-2
Frank Howard: WP.2-3
Frank Howard: W
Brant Alyea: D7.3-H;1-3
Ken McMullen: 7/SF.3-H
Dick Billings: 53

Top 2

George Mitterwald: 63
Cesar Tovar: K
Bob Allison: 63

Bot 2

Tim Cullen: 5/FL
Paul Casanova: S8
Frank Bertaina: PB.1-2
Frank Bertaina: 6/L
Ed Brinkman: 8

Top 3

Ted Uhlaender: W
Jim Kaat: K/C
Leo Cardenas: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Hank Allen: D7
Frank Howard: PO2(E2).2-H(NR)#
Frank Howard: K
Brant Alyea: K/C
Ken McMullen: S8
Dick Billings: W.1-2
Tim Cullen: 8/L

Top 4

Rod Carew: S4/BG
Harmon Killebrew: S7.1-2
Tony Oliva: D9.2-H;1-3
George Mitterwald: K
Cesar Tovar: 5/L
Bob Allison: 63

Bot 4

Paul Casanova: K
Frank Bertaina: S7
Ed Brinkman: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Ted Uhlaender: 1/L
Jim Kaat: 2/G
Leo Cardenas: W
Rod Carew: W.1-2
Harmon Killebrew: 8

Bot 5

Hank Allen: 63
Frank Howard: 43
Brant Alyea: 8

Top 6

Tony Oliva: 63
George Mitterwald: S7
Cesar Tovar: D7.1-3
Bob Allison: D9.3-H;2-H
Ted Uhlaender: 3
Jim Kaat: 43

Bot 6

Ken McMullen: 63
Dick Billings: K
Tim Cullen: S7
Paul Casanova: WP.1-2
Paul Casanova: IW
Bernie Allen: 43

Top 7

Leo Cardenas: 8
Rod Carew: K
Harmon Killebrew: W
Tony Oliva: K

Bot 7

Ed Brinkman: 7/L
Hank Allen: 4/P
Frank Howard: S4
Brant Alyea: K

Top 8

George Mitterwald: K/C
Cesar Tovar: 3/P
Bob Allison: S8
Ted Uhlaender: S7.1-2
Jim Kaat: WP.2-3;1-2
Jim Kaat: K

Bot 8

Ken McMullen: 13
Dick Billings: 13
Tim Cullen: 63

Top 9

Leo Cardenas: 63
Rod Carew: D7
Harmon Killebrew: 63.2-3
Tony Oliva: IW
Charlie Manuel: 8/L

Bot 9

Paul Casanova: 8
Mike Epstein: W
Ed Brinkman: K/C
Hank Allen: S8.1-3
Frank Howard: S7.3-H;1-2