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Chicago White Sox @ Washington Senators

1969-08-20 · Night game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Att: 8011 · 2:03

Washington Senators defeated Chicago White Sox 4–1. Washington Senators put up 2 in the 2nd. Dick Bosman earned the win and Darold Knowles picked up the save. Paul Casanova went 3-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Dick Bosman L: Tommy John SV: Darold Knowles

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

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Walt Williams	4	0	1	0	0	1
Luis Aparicio	4	0	2	1	0	0
Gail Hopkins	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Melton	4	0	0	0	0	0
Don Pavletich	4	0	0	0	0	1
Buddy Bradford	3	0	0	0	1	0
Tommy McCraw	3	0	1	0	0	0
Rich Morales	3	0	0	0	0	1
Tommy John	2	0	1	0	0	0
Pete Ward	1	1	1	0	0	0
Woodie Held	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ed Brinkman	5	0	0	0	0	1
Tim Cullen	4	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Howard	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ken McMullen	3	1	1	0	1	0
Brant Alyea	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dick Smith	4	1	1	0	0	0
Del Unser	4	1	3	1	0	0
Paul Casanova	3	0	3	3	1	0
Dick Bosman	3	0	0	0	0	1
Darold Knowles	0	0	0	0	1	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy John	5.0	8	2	3
Danny Murphy	2.0	0	0	0
Gary Bell	1.0	2	1	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Bosman	7.1	6	1	2
Darold Knowles	1.2	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Walt Williams: K
Luis Aparicio: 53
Gail Hopkins: 31

Bot 1

Ed Brinkman: K
Tim Cullen: 13
Frank Howard: K

Top 2

Bill Melton: 5/FL
Don Pavletich: 8
Buddy Bradford: W
Tommy McCraw: 5

Bot 2

Ken McMullen: S8
Brant Alyea: S8.1-2
Dick Smith: 63.1-2;2-3
Del Unser: S5.2-3;3-H
Paul Casanova: S8.1-2;3-H
Dick Bosman: K
Ed Brinkman: 9/L

Top 3

Rich Morales: K/C
Tommy John: S8
Walt Williams: 6(1)/FO
Luis Aparicio: S8.1-3
Gail Hopkins: 43

Bot 3

Tim Cullen: 4/L
Frank Howard: 63
Ken McMullen: 2/FL

Top 4

Bill Melton: 8/8D
Don Pavletich: 9
Buddy Bradford: 53

Bot 4

Brant Alyea: 9
Dick Smith: E5.B-2
Del Unser: 43.2-3
Paul Casanova: IW
Dick Bosman: 4/L

Top 5

Tommy McCraw: S9
Rich Morales: 8
Tommy John: 54(1)/FO
Walt Williams: 5/FL

Bot 5

Ed Brinkman: 63
Tim Cullen: S8
Frank Howard: 53.1-2
Ken McMullen: W
Brant Alyea: 4

Top 6

Luis Aparicio: 53
Gail Hopkins: 13
Bill Melton: 7

Bot 6

Dick Smith: S7
Del Unser: S7.1-2
Paul Casanova: T8.1-H;2-H
Dick Bosman: 9
Ed Brinkman: 13
Tim Cullen: 7

Top 7

Don Pavletich: 4/L
Buddy Bradford: 63
Tommy McCraw: 43

Bot 7

Frank Howard: 3/FL
Ken McMullen: 8
Brant Alyea: 9

Top 8

Rich Morales: 9
Pete Ward: S7
Walt Williams: D/78.1-3
Luis Aparicio: S7.2-3;3-H
Gail Hopkins: K
Bill Melton: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Dick Smith: 8
Del Unser: S1/BG
Paul Casanova: S8.1-3
Darold Knowles: CSH(252).1-2
Darold Knowles: W
Ed Brinkman: 53

Top 9

Don Pavletich: K
Buddy Bradford: 8
Woodie Held: 53

Notes & reviews

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