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Washington Senators @ Detroit Tigers

1970-08-04 · Night game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 19016 · night · 2:25

Washington Senators defeated Detroit Tigers 4–1. Washington Senators put up 3 in the 1st. Jackie Brown earned the win and Darold Knowles picked up the save. Aurelio Rodriguez went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jackie Brown L: Denny McLain SV: Darold Knowles

Umpires — HP: Merle Anthony · 1B: Bob Stewart · 2B: Ron Luciano · 3B: Red Flaherty · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ed Stroud	5	0	2	0	0	0
Del Unser	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Howard	4	1	0	0	1	0
Mike Epstein	2	1	1	0	2	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	4	1	2	3	0	0
Bernie Allen	3	1	2	1	1	0
Ed Brinkman	4	0	0	0	0	1
John Roseboro	4	0	2	0	0	1
Jackie Brown	3	0	0	0	0	2
Darold Knowles	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Grieve	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mickey Stanley	3	0	2	0	1	0
Ike Brown	1	0	0	0	0	1
Al Kaline	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Northrup	3	1	0	0	1	1
Don Wert	3	0	1	0	1	0
Elliott Maddox	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Price	3	0	0	1	0	1
Cesar Gutierrez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Denny McLain	2	0	0	0	0	2
Dick McAuliffe	2	0	0	0	1	1
Russ Nagelson	1	0	0	0	0	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jackie Brown	5.1	2	3	6
Darold Knowles	3.2	1	1	4

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Denny McLain	8.0	9	4	5
John Hiller	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ed Stroud: 3/G
Del Unser: 5/FL
Frank Howard: W
Mike Epstein: D9.1-3
Aurelio Rodriguez: HR/7.3-H;2-H
Bernie Allen: S9
Ed Brinkman: 43

Bot 1

Mickey Stanley: 63
Ike Brown: K
Al Kaline: 53

Top 2

John Roseboro: S8
Jackie Brown: 5/P
Ed Stroud: 36(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Jim Northrup: W
Don Wert: S8.1-2
Elliott Maddox: 8.2-3
Jim Price: 7/SF.3-H
Cesar Gutierrez: 54(1)/FO

Top 3

Del Unser: 8
Frank Howard: 6/P
Mike Epstein: W
Aurelio Rodriguez: S9.1-3
Bernie Allen: W.1-2
Ed Brinkman: 2/FL

Bot 3

Denny McLain: K
Mickey Stanley: S7
Dick McAuliffe: K/C
Al Kaline: 43

Top 4

John Roseboro: D7
Jackie Brown: K/BF
Ed Stroud: S1.2-3
Del Unser: 6/FL
Frank Howard: 3/G

Bot 4

Jim Northrup: 43
Don Wert: 63
Elliott Maddox: 63

Top 5

Mike Epstein: W
Aurelio Rodriguez: 13.1-2
Bernie Allen: 9
Ed Brinkman: K

Bot 5

Jim Price: K
Cesar Gutierrez: 63
Denny McLain: K

Top 6

John Roseboro: 63
Jackie Brown: K
Ed Stroud: S8
Del Unser: SB2
Del Unser: 43

Bot 6

Mickey Stanley: W
Dick McAuliffe: W.1-2
Al Kaline: K/C
Jim Northrup: K
Don Wert: 7

Top 7

Frank Howard: 7
Mike Epstein: 8
Aurelio Rodriguez: 63

Bot 7

Elliott Maddox: 9
Jim Price: 7
Cesar Gutierrez: 4/L

Top 8

Bernie Allen: HR/9
Ed Brinkman: 43
John Roseboro: K
Darold Knowles: K

Bot 8

Russ Nagelson: K
Mickey Stanley: S9
Dick McAuliffe: 7
Al Kaline: K

Top 9

Ed Stroud: 8
Tom Grieve: 63
Frank Howard: 9

Bot 9

Jim Northrup: 43
Don Wert: W
Elliott Maddox: PB.1-2
Elliott Maddox: K/C
Jim Price: 7

Notes & reviews

George Brunet injured his shoulder warming up

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