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Thursday May 7, 1970
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Doling out four scattered singles, Tom Murphy pitched the Angels to an 8-0 victory over the Senators. The Angels piled up 13 hits, including a triple and three singles by Jim Spencer, who had a perfect night at bat. [The Sporting News]


California Angels 8, Washington Senators 0

Game Played on Thursday, May 7, 1970 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Senators     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Angels       0  4  0    0  4  0    0  0  x  -   8 13  1


Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brinkman ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .240      Alomar 2b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .259
Stroud cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .333      Repoz rf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .320
Howard 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .318      Fregosi ss            3   1   0   0     1   0   .324
  Nelson pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .129      Johnson lf            4   2   3   1     0   1   .347
Maye rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .344      Spencer 1b            4   2   4   2     0   0   .367
Reichardt lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .214      McMullen 3b           2   1   1   1     1   1   .224
B. Allen 2b           3   0   2   0     0   0   .302      Johnstone cf          4   1   1   2     0   1   .254
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Azcue c               4   0   1   1     0   1   .261
Roseboro c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Murphy p              4   0   1   0     0   1   .111
Coleman p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .214
  Shellenback p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  French ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .190
  Such p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Unser ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .204
  Hannan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   4   0     2   1             Totals               33   8  13   8     2   7

Time of Game: 2:02   Attendance:  6,301
Left on Base: Senators 5, Angels 4
DP: Senators 3, Angels 2
Errors: B. Allen, Murphy
Triples: Spencer (2)
Sacrifice Flies: McMullen (1)
GIDP: French (2), Reichardt (3), Alomar (2), Azcue (4)


Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman L(1-3)          2.2   8   4   4   1   3   0  15   3.53
Shellenback             1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   4   5.40
Such                    3     4   4   4   1   3   0  14   5.71
Hannan                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.80
Totals                  8    13   8   8   2   7   0  36

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Murphy W(4-2)           9     4   0   0   2   1   0  32   3.65
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2   1   0  32

Wild Pitches: Coleman (3)

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


SENATORS 1ST: Brinkman grounded out (second to first); Stroud
walked; Howard grounded out (third to first) [Stroud to second];
Maye lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar struck out; Repoz grounded out (first
unassisted); Fregosi flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 0, Angels 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Reichardt struck out; B. Allen singled to first;
Rodriguez forced B. Allen (third to second); Roseboro flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Johnson singled to right; Spencer singled to right
[Johnson to second]; Coleman threw a wild pitch [Johnson to
third, Spencer to second]; McMullen walked; Johnstone singled to
center [Johnson scored, Spencer scored, McMullen to third];
Azcue singled to right [McMullen scored, Johnstone to third];
Murphy struck out; Alomar struck out; Repoz singled to catcher
[Johnstone scored, Azcue to second]; Fregosi grounded out
(second to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 0, Angels 4.

SENATORS 3RD: Coleman grounded out (third to first); Brinkman
grounded out (shortstop to first); Stroud grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Angels
4.

ANGELS 3RD: Johnson singled to second; Spencer singled to right
[Johnson out at third (right to shortstop), Spencer out at
second (shortstop to second to first to shortstop)]; McMullen
singled to left; SHELLENBACK REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING);
Johnstone flied out to right; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0,
Angels 4.

SENATORS 4TH: Howard singled to left; Maye forced Howard (second
to shortstop); Reichardt popped to second; B. Allen grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, Angels 4.

ANGELS 4TH: Azcue struck out; Murphy singled to center; Alomar
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0,
Angels 4.

SENATORS 5TH: Rodriguez singled; Roseboro lined to left; FRENCH
BATTED FOR SHELLENBACK; French grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Rodriguez out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Angels 4.

ANGELS 5TH: SUCH REPLACED FRENCH (PITCHING); Repoz singled to
right; Fregosi walked [Repoz to second]; Johnson singled to
right [Repoz scored, Fregosi to third]; Spencer tripled to
center [Fregosi scored, Johnson scored]; McMullen hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Spencer scored]; Johnstone was called out
on strikes; Azcue flied out to right; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 0, Angels 8.

SENATORS 6TH: Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Stroud
grounded out (second to first); Howard grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Angels 8.

ANGELS 6TH: Murphy grounded out (second to first); Alomar popped
to third; Repoz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 0, Angels 8.

SENATORS 7TH: Maye reached on an error by Murphy (assist by
Spencer); Reichardt grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Maye out at second]; B. Allen singled to
center; Rodriguez forced B. Allen (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, Angels 8.

ANGELS 7TH: Fregosi flied out to center; Johnson struck out;
Spencer singled to left; McMullen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Senators 0, Angels 8.

SENATORS 8TH: Roseboro grounded out (first to pitcher); UNSER
BATTED FOR SUCH; Unser flied out to center; Brinkman grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0,
Angels 8.

ANGELS 8TH: HANNAN REPLACED UNSER (PITCHING); Johnstone reached
on an error by B. Allen [Johnstone to first]; Azcue grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Johnstone out
at second]; Murphy grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Angels 8.

SENATORS 9TH: Stroud flied out to left; Howard walked; NELSON
RAN FOR HOWARD; Maye grounded out (first unassisted) [Nelson to
second]; Reichardt grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, Angels 8.



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