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Washington Senators @ Detroit Tigers

1970-05-22 · Night game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 17572 · night · 2:43

Detroit Tigers defeated Washington Senators 3–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 3rd. Joe Niekro earned the win and Fred Scherman picked up the save. Bernie Allen went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Joe Niekro L: Jim Hannan SV: Fred Scherman

Umpires — HP: Jim Odom · 1B: Ed Runge · 2B: Bill Kunkel · 3B: Bill Haller · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ed Stroud	5	0	1	0	0	2
Lee Maye	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Howard	3	1	1	0	1	1
Mike Epstein	3	0	1	0	1	1
Bernie Allen	2	1	1	1	1	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Brinkman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jim French	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Hannan	2	0	1	0	0	0
Del Unser	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Reichardt	1	0	1	1	0	0
Wayne Comer	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Nelson	1	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mickey Stanley	4	1	2	0	0	0
Dalton Jones	4	0	2	0	0	0
Al Kaline	2	1	0	1	1	0
Jim Northrup	3	1	1	0	1	0
Willie Horton	4	0	3	2	0	1
Bill Freehan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ike Brown	4	0	1	0	0	1
Cesar Gutierrez	3	0	1	0	1	0
Joe Niekro	2	0	0	0	0	1
Fred Scherman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Hannan	6.0	6	3	2
Horacio Pina	2.0	4	0	2

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Niekro	7.0	7	4	4
Fred Scherman	2.0	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ed Stroud: 31
Lee Maye: 31
Frank Howard: W
Mike Epstein: CS2(16)

Bot 1

Mickey Stanley: S8
Dalton Jones: S9.1-2
Al Kaline: 63.2-3;1-2
Jim Northrup: IW
Willie Horton: K
Bill Freehan: 9

Top 2

Mike Epstein: W
Bernie Allen: 4/P
Aurelio Rodriguez: S8.1-2
Ed Brinkman: 7
Jim French: 63

Bot 2

Ike Brown: 13
Cesar Gutierrez: 53
Joe Niekro: K

Top 3

Jim Hannan: 13
Ed Stroud: K/C
Lee Maye: 31

Bot 3

Mickey Stanley: 53
Dalton Jones: 43
Al Kaline: W
Jim Northrup: E3/G.1-3;B-2
Willie Horton: D8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Bill Freehan: 7

Top 4

Frank Howard: K
Mike Epstein: K
Bernie Allen: HR/9D
Aurelio Rodriguez: 63

Bot 4

Ike Brown: 9
Cesar Gutierrez: S7
Joe Niekro: 34/SH.1-2
Mickey Stanley: 63

Top 5

Ed Brinkman: 7/L
Jim French: S4
Jim Hannan: S8.1-3
Ed Stroud: 3/P
Lee Maye: 6/P

Bot 5

Dalton Jones: 31
Al Kaline: 53
Jim Northrup: 3/FL

Top 6

Frank Howard: 13
Mike Epstein: 6/P
Bernie Allen: W
Aurelio Rodriguez: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Willie Horton: S8
Bill Freehan: 4(1)3/GDP
Ike Brown: D8
Cesar Gutierrez: IW
Joe Niekro: 64(1)/FO

Top 7

Ed Brinkman: W
Jim French: 8
Del Unser: 7
Ed Stroud: S7.1-3
Lee Maye: K/C

Bot 7

Mickey Stanley: S8
Dalton Jones: SB2
Dalton Jones: S1/BG.2-3
Al Kaline: 9/SF.3-H
Jim Northrup: CS2(26)
Jim Northrup: S8
Willie Horton: S8.1-3
Bill Freehan: K

Top 8

Frank Howard: S9
Mike Epstein: S7.1-2
Rick Reichardt: S9.2-H;1-2
Aurelio Rodriguez: 8
Ed Brinkman: 7/L
Wayne Comer: 9

Bot 8

Ike Brown: K
Cesar Gutierrez: 63
Fred Scherman: 43

Top 9

Del Unser: 6/P
Ed Stroud: K/C
Dave Nelson: K/C