Rebounding from a shutout loss in the opening game, the Senators exploded for 17 hits and defeated the Tigers, 14-4. Ed Brinkman, Mike Epstein, Ken McMullen and Lee Maye rapped three hits apiece, including homers by Epstein and Maye. Del Unser batted in four runs. John Roseboro had three RBIs, two coming on passes with the bases loaded. Norm Cash homered for the Tigers. [The Sporting News]



Washington Senators 14, Detroit Tigers 4
Game Played on Tuesday, April     7, 1970 (Night game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Tigers       2  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   4 11  1
Senators     0  4  1    1  4  2    2  0  x  -  14 17  2


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 2b          3   1   1   0     2   0   .143      Unser cf              5   1   2   4     1   0   .250
Gutierrez ss          5   1   1   0     0   0   .400      Brinkman ss           5   1   3   2     1   0   .667
Kaline rf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .500      Howard lf             4   0   0   0     1   2   .333
Cash 1b               4   1   1   1     0   0   .222        French c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Horton lf             5   0   0   1     0   1   .143      Epstein 1b            6   2   3   2     0   1   .333
Northrup cf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .333      McMullen 3b           5   2   3   0     0   0   .333
Jones 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .167      Maye rf               4   3   3   2     1   0   .750
Freehan c             4   0   2   0     0   1   .429      Nelson 2b             4   2   2   0     1   0   .250
Wilson p              0   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Roseboro c            2   2   1   3     2   0   .500
  Lasher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stroud lf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Szotkiewicz ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cox p                 2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
  Kilkenny p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        H. Allen ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .000
  Robertson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Grzenda p           2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
  Maddox ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Patterson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanley ph          1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000

Totals               36   4  11   2     3   2             Totals               41  14  17  13     8   8

Time of Game: 3:13   Attendance:  3,372
Left on Base: Tigers 10, Senators 11
DP: Tigers 1, Senators 3
Errors: Gutierrez, Brinkman, Cox
Doubles: Freehan (1), Kaline (1), McMullen (1), Brinkman (1)
Triples: Unser (1)
Home Runs: Cash (1), Epstein (1), Maye (1)
GIDP: Cash (1), Gutierrez 2 (2), Howard (1)
Hit by Pitch: Kaline (1,by Cox), Cash (1,by Grzenda)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilson L(0-1)           2.1   7   5   5   4   1   0  17  19.29
Lasher                  0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   0.00
Kilkenny                1.2   4   5   5   1   1   1  10  27.00
Robertson               0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   0.00
Patterson               2     4   4   3   2   4   1  13  13.50
Timmermann              1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   0.00
Totals                  8    17  14  13   8   8   2  49

Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cox W(1-0)              5     9   4   3   2   2   1  26   5.40
Grzenda SV(1)           4     2   0   0   1   0   0  15   0.00
Totals                  9    11   4   3   3   2   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Cox (1), Grzenda (1)
Wild Pitches: Patterson (1)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Emmett Ashford, 3B - Hank Soar


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe singled to right; Gutierrez singled to
pitcher [McAuliffe scored (error by Cox) (no RBI), Gutierrez to
third]; Kaline was hit by a pitch; Cash grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Gutierrez scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Kaline out at second]; Horton was called out on
strikes; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 0.

SENATORS 1ST: Unser walked; Brinkman forced Unser (second to
shortstop); Howard popped to second; Epstein popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Northrup flied out to left; Jones flied out to
center; Freehan doubled to left; Wilson walked; McAuliffe walked
[Freehan to third, Wilson to second]; Gutierrez flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 0.

SENATORS 2ND: McMullen singled to right; Maye singled to right
[McMullen to second]; Nelson singled to shortstop [McMullen to
third, Maye to second]; Roseboro walked [McMullen scored, Maye
to third, Nelson to second]; Cox struck out; Unser singled to
right [Maye scored, Nelson scored, Roseboro to third]; Brinkman
singled to left [Roseboro scored, Unser to second]; Howard
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Brinkman
out at second]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 4.

TIGERS 3RD: Kaline doubled to center; Cash grounded out (first
to pitcher) [Kaline to third]; Horton grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Kaline scored]; Northrup singled to left; Jones grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Senators
4.

SENATORS 3RD: Epstein singled; McMullen doubled to left [Epstein
to third]; Maye grounded out (first unassisted); Nelson walked;
Roseboro walked [Epstein scored, McMullen to third, Nelson to
second]; LASHER REPLACED WILSON (PITCHING); Cox struck out;
Unser grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Tigers 3, Senators 5.

TIGERS 4TH: Freehan singled to center; SZOTKIEWICZ BATTED FOR
LASHER; Szotkiewicz forced Freehan (second to shortstop);
Debut game for Ken Szotkiewicz; McAuliffe flied out to
right; Gutierrez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 3, Senators 5.

SENATORS 4TH: KILKENNY REPLACED SZOTKIEWICZ (PITCHING); Brinkman
flied out to right; Howard struck out; Epstein homered; McMullen
flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Senators 6.

TIGERS 5TH: Kaline flied out to left; Cash homered; Horton lined
to shortstop; Northrup singled to right; Jones singled [Northrup
to second]; Freehan struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Senators 6.

SENATORS 5TH: Maye singled to center; Nelson forced Maye
(shortstop to second); Roseboro grounded out (second to first)
[Nelson to second]; H. ALLEN BATTED FOR COX; H. Allen walked;
Unser tripled to center [Nelson scored, H. Allen scored];
Brinkman doubled to right [Unser scored]; ROBERTSON REPLACED
KILKENNY (PITCHING); Howard walked; Epstein singled to right
[Brinkman scored, Howard to third]; McMullen flied out to left;
4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Senators 10.

TIGERS 6TH: GRZENDA REPLACED H. ALLEN (PITCHING); MADDOX BATTED
FOR ROBERTSON; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first);
Debut game for Elliott Maddox; McAuliffe walked; Gutierrez
grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[McAuliffe out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Senators 10.

SENATORS 6TH: PATTERSON REPLACED MADDOX (PITCHING); Maye walked;
Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Maye to second];
Roseboro singled to center [Maye scored]; On a bunt Grzenda
struck out; Unser reached on an error by Gutierrez [Roseboro to
third, Unser to first]; Patterson threw a wild pitch [Roseboro
scored (unearned), Unser to second]; Brinkman walked; Howard
struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Senators 12.

TIGERS 7TH: STROUD REPLACED ROSEBORO (PLAYING LF); FRENCH
REPLACED HOWARD (PLAYING C ); Kaline popped to second; Cash
flied out to center; Horton popped to catcher in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Senators 12.

SENATORS 7TH: Epstein grounded out (first to pitcher); McMullen
singled; Maye homered [McMullen scored]; Nelson singled to
center; Stroud struck out; Grzenda was called out on strikes; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Senators 14.

TIGERS 8TH: Northrup grounded out (second to first); Jones
popped to second; Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Senators 14.

SENATORS 8TH: TIMMERMANN REPLACED PATTERSON (PITCHING); Unser
grounded out (second to first); Brinkman singled; French
grounded out (first unassisted) [Brinkman to second]; Epstein
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Senators 14.

TIGERS 9TH: STANLEY BATTED FOR TIMMERMANN; Stanley singled;
McAuliffe reached on an error by Brinkman [Stanley to second,
McAuliffe to first]; Gutierrez grounded into a double play
(third to second) [Stanley out at third, McAuliffe out at
second]; Kaline singled to left [Gutierrez to second]; Cash was
hit by a pitch [Gutierrez to third, Kaline to second]; Horton
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers
4, Senators 14.