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California Angels @ Washington Senators

1970-04-26 · Day game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Att: 11346 · 2:13

California Angels defeated Washington Senators 3–2. Tom Murphy earned the win and Paul Doyle picked up the save. Mike Epstein went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Tom Murphy L: Casey Cox SV: Paul Doyle

Umpires — HP: Jake O'Donnell · 1B: George Maloney · 2B: Jim Honochick · 3B: Frank Umont · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Sandy Alomar	4	1	2	1	0
Jim Fregosi	4	0	1	0	2
Jay Johnstone	3	0	0	1	0
Alex Johnson	4	0	0	0	0
Jim Spencer	4	0	1	0	0
Bill Voss	4	0	0	0	1
Joe Azcue	3	1	2	0	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	3	1	2	0	0
Tom Murphy	1	0	0	1	0
Rick Reichardt	1	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ed Brinkman	3	0	0	0	1	2
Ed Stroud	4	0	1	0	0	1
Frank Howard	3	1	0	0	1	2
Mike Epstein	4	1	2	2	0	2
Lee Maye	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ken McMullen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bernie Allen	3	0	1	0	1	1
John Roseboro	3	0	1	0	1	0
Casey Cox	3	0	1	0	0	1
Hank Allen	1	0	0	0	0	1

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Murphy	7.1	6	4	9
Paul Doyle	1.2	0	0	2

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Casey Cox	7.1	8	0	2
Darold Knowles	1.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sandy Alomar: S6
Jim Fregosi: S7.1-3
Jay Johnstone: 54(1)/FO.3-H
Alex Johnson: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Ed Brinkman: W
Ed Stroud: PB.1-2
Ed Stroud: 43.2-3
Frank Howard: FC5.3XH(52);B-1
Mike Epstein: K

Top 2

Jim Spencer: 6/P
Bill Voss: 43
Joe Azcue: S8
Aurelio Rodriguez: S8.1-2
Tom Murphy: 43

Bot 2

Lee Maye: 9
Ken McMullen: 53
Bernie Allen: S9
John Roseboro: S9.1-2
Casey Cox: K/C

Top 3

Sandy Alomar: 53
Jim Fregosi: K
Jay Johnstone: 43

Bot 3

Ed Brinkman: K
Ed Stroud: K/C
Frank Howard: K

Top 4

Alex Johnson: 63
Jim Spencer: 31
Bill Voss: 7

Bot 4

Mike Epstein: D8
Lee Maye: K
Ken McMullen: 7
Bernie Allen: 43

Top 5

Joe Azcue: S8
Aurelio Rodriguez: S9.1-3
Tom Murphy: 9/SF/NDP.3-H;1X2(9634)
Sandy Alomar: 53

Bot 5

John Roseboro: 9
Casey Cox: S9/G
Ed Brinkman: K
Ed Stroud: S9.1-2
Frank Howard: K

Top 6

Jim Fregosi: K/C
Jay Johnstone: 43
Alex Johnson: 8

Bot 6

Mike Epstein: K/C
Lee Maye: 41
Ken McMullen: 53

Top 7

Jim Spencer: S8
Bill Voss: 36(1)3/GDP
Joe Azcue: 8

Bot 7

Bernie Allen: W
John Roseboro: W.1-2
Casey Cox: 15(2)/FO.1-2;B-1
Ed Brinkman: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Aurelio Rodriguez: E5/G.B-1
Tom Murphy: 14/SH.1-2
Sandy Alomar: D8.2-H(UR)
Jim Fregosi: E6/G.B-1
Rick Reichardt: 6(B)4(2)/LDP

Bot 8

Ed Stroud: 3/G
Frank Howard: W
Mike Epstein: HR/9D.1-H
Lee Maye: 63
Ken McMullen: 9

Top 9

Alex Johnson: 8
Jim Spencer: 2/FL
Bill Voss: K

Bot 9

Bernie Allen: K
John Roseboro: 43
Hank Allen: K

Notes & reviews

Senators Coach Nellie Fox ejected by HP umpire Jake O'Donnell sometime in the seventh

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