Catfish Hunter aided his own cause with a bases-loaded triple as the Athletics ended their five-game losing streak by defeating the Senators, 12-5. Rick Monday, Felipe Alou and Don Mincher singled and Dick Green homered to give the A's four runs in the fourth inning.

Hunter hit his triple in the sixth and scored himself on a sacrifice fly by Bert Campaneris. Hunter left the game after surrendering a homer to Aurelio Rodriguez in the Senators' half of the sixth. Mudcat Grant, who pitched the rest of the way, gave up a homer by Lee Maye in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 12, Washington Senators 5
Game Played on Friday, May       1, 1970 (Night game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
A's          0  0  0    4  0  4    0  1  3  -  12 15  2
Senators     0  0  0    2  1  1    1  0  0  -   5  9  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   0   0   1     0   2   .200      Brinkman ss           4   1   3   0     1   0   .275
Rudi lf               4   0   3   1     1   0   .400      Stroud cf             5   0   1   1     0   1   .358
  Tartabull cf        1   0   1   2     0   0   .333      Howard lf             5   1   0   0     0   1   .343
Monday cf             5   1   2   0     0   1   .333      Epstein 1b            4   1   1   0     0   2   .286
  Fernandez c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Maye rf               4   1   2   2     0   0   .340
Bando 3b              5   0   0   0     0   2   .143      Rodriguez 3b          4   1   2   2     0   0   .259
Alou rf,lf            4   3   3   1     1   0   .299      B. Allen 2b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .268
Mincher 1b            5   3   2   0     0   1   .250      Roseboro c            3   0   0   0     1   1   .222
Duncan c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .245        Grzenda p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jackson rf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .145      Cox p                 1   0   0   0     0   1   .154
Green 2b              3   4   2   3     2   0   .233        Such p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hunter p              3   1   1   3     0   0   .200        Unser ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .222
  Grant p             0   0   0   1     1   0   .000        Hannan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            French ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .231

Totals               39  12  15  12     5   7             Totals               35   5   9   5     3   7

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 11,014
Left on Base: A's 8, Senators 7
DP: A's 1, Senators 0
Errors: Bando, Green, Howard
Doubles: Duncan (3), Rudi 2 (2), Alou (4), Mincher (5), Tartabull (1), Epstein (4)
Triples: Hunter (1)
Home Runs: Green (2), Rodriguez (3), Maye (3)
Stolen Bases: Monday (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Duncan (1), Grant (1), Cox (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Campaneris (1)
GIDP: Stroud (3)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(4-2)           5.1   6   4   2   3   5   1  26   2.03
Grant SV(1)             3.2   3   1   1   0   2   1  13   0.79
Totals                  9     9   5   3   3   7   2  39

Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cox L(3-2)              5.1   9   8   6   1   2   1  27   4.81
Such                    0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.40
Hannan                  2     4   1   1   0   3   0  10   4.50
Grzenda                 1     2   3   3   3   2   0   7   3.27
Totals                  9    15  12  10   5   7   1  47

Umpires: HP - Bob Stewart, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - Red Flaherty


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rudi singled to left; Monday struck out; Bando grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Senators
0.

SENATORS 1ST: Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Stroud
was called out on strikes; Howard popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Senators 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Alou grounded out (third to first); Mincher
grounded out (second to first); Duncan doubled to left; Green
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
0, Senators 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Epstein struck out; Maye grounded out (first to
pitcher); Rodriguez popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Senators 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Hunter flied to center; Campaneris lined to
center; Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Senators 0.

SENATORS 3RD: B. Allen walked; Roseboro struck out; Cox out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [B. Allen to second]; Brinkman
walked; Stroud lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
0, Senators 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Monday singled to left; Monday stole second;
Bando struck out; Alou singled to right [Monday scored]; Mincher
singled to right [Alou to third]; Duncan popped to second; Green
homered [Alou scored, Mincher scored]; Hunter grounded out
(second to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Senators
0.

SENATORS 4TH: Howard reached on an error by Green [Howard to
first]; Epstein doubled to left [Howard to third]; Maye singled
to right [Howard scored (unearned), Epstein to third]; Rodriguez
singled [Epstein scored, Maye to second]; B. Allen grounded out
(first unassisted) [Maye to third, Rodriguez to second];
Roseboro flied out to left; Cox struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Senators 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Campaneris flied out to left; Rudi doubled to
left; Monday grounded out (shortstop to first) [Rudi to third];
Bando grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 4, Senators 2.

SENATORS 5TH: Brinkman singled to third [Brinkman to second
(error by Bando)]; Stroud singled to center [Brinkman scored
(unearned), Stroud to second (on throw to home)]; Howard
grounded out (third to first) [Stroud to third]; Epstein struck
out; Maye grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Senators 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Alou singled to center; Mincher reached on an
error by Howard [Alou to second, Mincher to first]; Duncan out
on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Alou to third, Mincher to
second]; Green was walked intentionally; Hunter tripled to
center [Alou scored, Mincher scored (unearned), Green scored];
SUCH REPLACED COX (PITCHING); Campaneris hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Hunter scored (unearned)]; Rudi walked; Monday grounded
out (shortstop to first); 4 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 8, Senators 3.

SENATORS 6TH: Rodriguez homered; B. Allen popped to first in
foul territory; Roseboro walked; UNSER BATTED FOR SUCH; GRANT
REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Unser was called out on strikes;
Brinkman singled to right [Roseboro to second]; Stroud grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 8,
Senators 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: HANNAN REPLACED UNSER (PITCHING); Bando grounded
out (third to first); Alou doubled to center; Mincher struck
out; Duncan popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
8, Senators 4.

SENATORS 7TH: Howard was called out on strikes; Epstein lined to
center; Maye homered; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 8, Senators 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Green singled to third; Grant out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Green to second]; Campaneris struck
out; Rudi doubled to center [Green scored]; Monday singled to
pitcher [Rudi to third]; Bando struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Athletics 9, Senators 5.

SENATORS 8TH: JACKSON REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING RF); ALOU CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); FERNANDEZ REPLACED MONDAY (PLAYING C );
TARTABULL REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING CF); B. Allen flied out to
left; Roseboro flied out to left; FRENCH BATTED FOR HANNAN;
French grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 9, Senators 5.

ATHLETICS 9TH: GRZENDA REPLACED ROSEBORO (PITCHING); FRENCH
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Alou walked; Mincher doubled to
left [Alou to third]; Jackson struck out; Green was walked
intentionally; Grant walked [Alou scored, Mincher to third,
Green to second]; Campaneris struck out; Tartabull doubled to
center [Mincher scored, Green scored, Tartabull out at third
(center to shortstop to third)]; Jose Tartabull out at 3B
before Jim Grant touched HP; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 12, Senators 5.

SENATORS 9TH: Brinkman singled to left; Stroud grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Brinkman out at
second]; Howard grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 12, Senators 5.