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Detroit Tigers @ Washington Senators

1969-09-12 · Night game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Att: 9398 · 2:17

Washington Senators defeated Detroit Tigers 4–3. Casey Cox earned the win. Jim Northrup went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Casey Cox L: Earl Wilson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Emmett Ashford · 1B: Hank Soar · 2B: Art Frantz · 3B: Merle Anthony · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mickey Stanley	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Tresh	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Northrup	4	2	3	1	0	1
Norm Cash	4	1	2	0	0	1
Willie Horton	4	0	1	0	0	0
Tommy Matchick	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Freehan	4	0	2	1	0	0
Don Wert	4	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Wilson	1	0	0	0	1	1
Gates Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Del Unser	4	1	3	1	0	0
Ed Stroud	3	0	1	1	1	0
Frank Howard	4	0	1	1	0	1
Ken McMullen	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bernie Allen	4	0	1	0	0	0
Brant Alyea	4	0	0	0	0	3
Ed Brinkman	3	1	1	0	1	0
Paul Casanova	4	1	1	0	0	1
Casey Cox	3	1	2	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Wilson	5.2	11	1	4
Pat Dobson	1.1	0	0	1
Bob Reed	1.0	0	1	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Casey Cox	9.0	9	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mickey Stanley: 13
Tom Tresh: 9
Jim Northrup: S9
Norm Cash: S8.1-3
Willie Horton: 9

Bot 1

Del Unser: S9
Ed Stroud: 3/G.1-2
Frank Howard: K/C
Ken McMullen: S7.2-H
Bernie Allen: 7

Top 2

Tommy Matchick: 43
Bill Freehan: 7
Don Wert: 9

Bot 2

Brant Alyea: K
Ed Brinkman: S1
Paul Casanova: K
Casey Cox: S9.1-3
Del Unser: S9.1-2;3-H
Ed Stroud: PB.2-3
Ed Stroud: W.1-2
Frank Howard: 63

Top 3

Earl Wilson: W
Mickey Stanley: 64(1)3/GDP
Tom Tresh: 6/L

Bot 3

Ken McMullen: 7
Bernie Allen: D9
Brant Alyea: 6
Ed Brinkman: 6/L

Top 4

Jim Northrup: K
Norm Cash: 8/8D
Willie Horton: S5
Tommy Matchick: S9.1-3
Bill Freehan: 8

Bot 4

Paul Casanova: 7
Casey Cox: S8
Del Unser: S2/BG.1-2
Ed Stroud: 8/8D.2-3
Frank Howard: S8.1-2;3-H
Ken McMullen: 9

Top 5

Don Wert: 63
Earl Wilson: K
Mickey Stanley: 43

Bot 5

Bernie Allen: 9
Brant Alyea: K
Ed Brinkman: 8

Top 6

Tom Tresh: K
Jim Northrup: HR/8
Norm Cash: K
Willie Horton: 9

Bot 6

Paul Casanova: S7
Casey Cox: 34/SH.1-2
Del Unser: 43.2-3
Ed Stroud: S9.3-H
Frank Howard: 4(1)/FO

Top 7

Tommy Matchick: 7
Bill Freehan: S7
Don Wert: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Ken McMullen: 5/L
Bernie Allen: 43
Brant Alyea: K

Top 8

Gates Brown: 31
Mickey Stanley: 63
Tom Tresh: 6/L

Bot 8

Ed Brinkman: W
Paul Casanova: 4(1)3/GDP
Casey Cox: K/C

Top 9

Jim Northrup: S9
Norm Cash: D9.1-3
Willie Horton: 4
Tommy Matchick: 13.3-H
Bill Freehan: S9.2-H
Don Wert: 63