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Minnesota Twins @ Washington Senators

1969-08-16 · Day game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Att: 10866 · 2:46

Washington Senators defeated Minnesota Twins 6–5. Washington Senators put up 3 in the 5th. Darold Knowles earned the win. Frank Howard went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	5	11
WS2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3		6	10

W: Darold Knowles L: Jim Kaat SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Nestor Chylak · 1B: Jake O'Donnell · 2B: Lou DiMuro · 3B: Jerry Neudecker · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Minnesota Twins — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Tovar	5	0	1	0	0	0
Ted Uhlaender	4	1	1	0	0	0
Tony Oliva	4	1	1	0	0	1
Harmon Killebrew	3	1	2	1	1	0
Rich Reese	4	1	1	2	0	0
Graig Nettles	2	1	1	1	0	0
John Roseboro	4	0	1	0	0	1
Leo Cardenas	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Kaat	3	0	1	0	0	1
Rick Renick	2	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Allison	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Del Unser	4	1	1	0	0	2
Ed Brinkman	4	1	2	0	0	0
Frank Howard	3	1	1	3	1	0
Ken McMullen	4	0	1	0	0	0
Brant Alyea	4	1	2	0	0	0
Tim Cullen	4	1	2	0	0	0
Ed Stroud	3	1	1	2	1	1
Paul Casanova	3	0	0	1	0	0
Dick Bosman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Darold Knowles	2	0	0	0	0	1

Minnesota Twins — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Kaat	8.0	10	2	4

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Bosman	5.1	6	1	3
Darold Knowles	3.2	5	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cesar Tovar: 8
Ted Uhlaender: 7
Tony Oliva: 8

Bot 1

Del Unser: K/C
Ed Brinkman: 53
Frank Howard: W
Ken McMullen: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Harmon Killebrew: 7
Rich Reese: 8
Graig Nettles: 43

Bot 2

Brant Alyea: 8/8D
Tim Cullen: D7
Ed Stroud: W
Paul Casanova: 9/L
Dick Bosman: 1/L

Top 3

John Roseboro: S8
Leo Cardenas: 24(1)/FO
Jim Kaat: K
Cesar Tovar: 7

Bot 3

Del Unser: 6/FL
Ed Brinkman: 9
Frank Howard: 63

Top 4

Ted Uhlaender: D/78.B-3(E7)
Tony Oliva: K
Harmon Killebrew: S5.3-H(UR)
Rich Reese: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Ken McMullen: S6
Brant Alyea: S8.1-2
Tim Cullen: 4
Ed Stroud: K
Paul Casanova: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Graig Nettles: HR/9
John Roseboro: K
Leo Cardenas: 63
Jim Kaat: D7
Cesar Tovar: 13

Bot 5

Dick Bosman: 43
Del Unser: S1
Ed Brinkman: S8.1-2
Frank Howard: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Ken McMullen: 53
Brant Alyea: E5
Tim Cullen: 54(1)/FO

Top 6

Ted Uhlaender: 13
Tony Oliva: S9
Harmon Killebrew: W.1-2
Rich Reese: 4
Rick Renick: S8.1-2;2-H
John Roseboro: 5/FL

Bot 6

Ed Stroud: 53
Paul Casanova: 3/FL
Darold Knowles: K/C

Top 7

Leo Cardenas: 5
Jim Kaat: 31
Cesar Tovar: D8
Ted Uhlaender: WP.2-3
Ted Uhlaender: 6

Bot 7

Del Unser: K/C
Ed Brinkman: S9
Frank Howard: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Tony Oliva: 6
Harmon Killebrew: S7
Rich Reese: HR/9.1-H
Rick Renick: 31
John Roseboro: 8

Bot 8

Ken McMullen: 63
Brant Alyea: S6
Tim Cullen: S4.1-2
Ed Stroud: T/78.1-H;2-H
Paul Casanova: 7/SF.3-H
Darold Knowles: 43

Top 9

Leo Cardenas: S8
Bob Allison: 54(1)3/GDP
Cesar Tovar: 7