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Cleveland Guardians @ Washington Senators

1970-08-31 · Night game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Att: 7379 · night · 2:29

Washington Senators defeated Cleveland Indians 5–4. Washington Senators put up 4 in the 5th. Casey Cox earned the win and Darold Knowles picked up the save. Graig Nettles went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	4	13
WS2	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0		5	6

W: Casey Cox L: Steve Dunning SV: Darold Knowles

Umpires — HP: Don Denkinger · 1B: Art Frantz · 2B: Nestor Chylak · 3B: Russ Goetz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ted Uhlaender	4	0	1	0	0	1
Roy Foster	3	0	0	0	1	1
Vada Pinson	5	1	3	2	0	0
Ray Fosse	5	0	2	0	0	0
Duke Sims	3	0	1	0	0	0
Graig Nettles	3	1	2	2	0	0
Eddie Leon	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jack Heidemann	4	0	1	0	0	1
Steve Dunning	2	0	0	0	0	0
Vern Fuller	1	1	1	0	0	0
Chuck Hinton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Camilli	1	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Bradford	1	1	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ed Stroud	4	1	1	1	0	1
Del Unser	3	1	1	1	0	0
Frank Howard	3	1	1	2	1	0
Mike Epstein	3	0	0	0	0	3
Aurelio Rodriguez	4	1	2	1	0	1
Ed Brinkman	3	0	1	0	1	1
Jim French	2	1	0	0	1	1
Tim Cullen	3	0	0	0	0	1
Casey Cox	1	0	0	0	0	0
Darold Knowles	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Reichardt	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Dunning	5.0	5	2	4
Fred Lasher	1.0	0	1	1
Steve Mingori	1.0	0	0	3
Dean Chance	1.0	1	0	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Casey Cox	6.0	9	1	2
Darold Knowles	3.0	4	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ted Uhlaender: 8
Roy Foster: W
Vada Pinson: 2/FL
Ray Fosse: DGR/8.1-3
Duke Sims: 4/P

Bot 1

Ed Stroud: 63
Del Unser: 43
Frank Howard: 3/P

Top 2

Graig Nettles: S7
Eddie Leon: 54(1)3/GDP
Jack Heidemann: S9
Steve Dunning: 53

Bot 2

Mike Epstein: K
Aurelio Rodriguez: HR/7
Ed Brinkman: S5
Jim French: CS2(2634)#
Jim French: K

Top 3

Ted Uhlaender: 8
Roy Foster: 53
Vada Pinson: S8
Ray Fosse: 13

Bot 3

Tim Cullen: 9
Casey Cox: 43
Ed Stroud: 8

Top 4

Duke Sims: S9
Graig Nettles: 46(1)3/GDP
Eddie Leon: K

Bot 4

Del Unser: 7
Frank Howard: W
Mike Epstein: HP.1-2
Aurelio Rodriguez: 3/FL
Ed Brinkman: K

Top 5

Jack Heidemann: 53
Steve Dunning: 13
Ted Uhlaender: S3
Roy Foster: SB2
Roy Foster: K

Bot 5

Jim French: W
Tim Cullen: 4/P
Casey Cox: 14/SH.1-2
Ed Stroud: D7.2-H;B-3(E7)
Del Unser: S9.3-H
Frank Howard: HR/7.1-H
Mike Epstein: K

Top 6

Vada Pinson: D7
Ray Fosse: 63
Duke Sims: 43.2-3
Graig Nettles: HR/8.3-H
Eddie Leon: D9
Jack Heidemann: 63

Bot 6

Aurelio Rodriguez: K
Ed Brinkman: W
Jim French: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Vern Fuller: D7
Ted Uhlaender: WP.2-3
Ted Uhlaender: K
Roy Foster: HP
Vada Pinson: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Ray Fosse: S7.1-2
Chuck Hinton: 9

Bot 7

Tim Cullen: K
Darold Knowles: HP
Ed Stroud: K
Rick Reichardt: K

Top 8

Larry Brown: 5/L
Eddie Leon: 9
Jack Heidemann: K

Bot 8

Frank Howard: 63
Mike Epstein: K
Aurelio Rodriguez: S7
Ed Brinkman: SB2
Ed Brinkman: 8

Top 9

Lou Camilli: 8
Buddy Bradford: D7
Roy Foster: 43.2-3
Vada Pinson: S9.3-H
Ray Fosse: 8/8D