An error by Mike Epstein on a disputed play enabled the Tigers to defeat the Senators, 3-2. Al Kaline walked with two out in the third inning. Jim Northrup followed with a grounder down the first base line and Epstein let the ball get past him, thinking it was foul. The umpire ruled otherwise. Willie Horton then capitalized on the situation with a double, driving in Kaline and Northrup. The Tigers added the decisive run in the seventh on a single by Mickey Stanley, a stolen base, a safe bunt by Dalton Jones and a sacrifice fly by Kaline. Bernie Allen homered for the Nats. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 3, Washington Senators 2
Game Played on Friday, May       22, 1970 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Senators     0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  8  1
Tigers       0  0  2    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   3 10  0


Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stroud cf,rf          5   0   1   0     0   2   .295      Stanley cf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .305
Maye rf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .276      Jones 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .217
  Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wert 3b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .203
  Nelson ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .146      Kaline 1b             2   1   0   1     1   0   .323
Howard lf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .258      Northrup rf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .312
Epstein 1b            3   0   1   0     1   1   .260      Horton lf             4   0   3   2     0   1   .311
B. Allen 2b           2   1   1   1     1   0   .286      Freehan c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .252
  Reichardt ph        1   0   1   1     0   0   .283      I. Brown 2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .364
  Casanova c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .159      Gutierrez ss          3   0   1   0     1   0   .274
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .248      Niekro p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .211
Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .225        Scherman p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
French c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .184
  Comer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .074
  Cullen 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .118
Hannan p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .500
  Unser ph,cf         2   0   0   0     0   0   .182

Totals               34   2   8   2     4   6             Totals               31   3  10   3     3   4

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 17,572
Left on Base: Senators 9, Tigers 9
DP: Senators 1, Tigers 0
Errors: Epstein
Doubles: Horton (8), I. Brown (2)
Home Runs: B. Allen (4)
Stolen Bases: Stanley (5)
Caught Stealing: Howard (1), Jones (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Niekro (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Kaline (3)
GIDP: Freehan (4)


Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hannan L(0-1)           6     6   2   0   3   2   0  27   1.32
Pina                    2     4   1   1   0   2   0   9   2.11
Totals                  8    10   3   1   3   4   0  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro W(4-3)           7     7   2   2   4   4   1  31   3.39
Scherman SV(1)          2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   6.00
Totals                  9     8   2   2   4   6   1  38

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Ed Runge, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Haller


SENATORS 1ST: Stroud grounded out (first to pitcher); Maye
grounded out (first to pitcher); Howard walked; Howard was
caught stealing second (pitcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Stanley singled to center; Jones singled to right
[Stanley to second]; Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Stanley to third, Jones to second]; Northrup was walked
intentionally; Horton struck out; Freehan flied out to right; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Epstein walked; B. Allen popped to second;
Rodriguez singled to center [Epstein to second]; Brinkman flied
out to left; French grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: I. Brown grounded out (pitcher to first); Gutierrez
grounded out (third to first); Niekro struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 0.

SENATORS 3RD: Hannan grounded out (pitcher to first); Stroud was
called out on strikes; Maye grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Jones
grounded out (second to first); Kaline walked; Northrup reached
on an error by Epstein [Kaline to third, Northrup to second];
Horton doubled to center [Kaline scored (unearned), Northrup
scored (unearned)]; Freehan flied out to left; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, Tigers 2.

SENATORS 4TH: Howard struck out; Epstein struck out; B. Allen
homered; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: I. Brown flied out to right; Gutierrez singled to
left; Niekro out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Gutierrez to second]; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 1, Tigers 2.

SENATORS 5TH: Brinkman lined to left; French singled to second;
Hannan singled to center [French to third]; Stroud popped to
first; Maye popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators
1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Jones grounded out (first to pitcher); Kaline
grounded out (third to first); Northrup popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 1, Tigers 2.

SENATORS 6TH: Howard grounded out (pitcher to first); Epstein
popped to shortstop; B. Allen walked; Rodriguez forced B. Allen
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 1, Tigers
2.

TIGERS 6TH: Horton singled to center; Freehan grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Horton out at second]; I. Brown
doubled to center; Gutierrez was walked intentionally; Niekro
forced Gutierrez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Senators 1, Tigers 2.

SENATORS 7TH: Brinkman walked; French flied out to center; UNSER
BATTED FOR HANNAN; Unser flied out to left; Stroud singled to
left [Brinkman to third]; Maye was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: UNSER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); PINA REPLACED
MAYE (PITCHING); STROUD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Stanley
singled to center; Stanley stole second; On a bunt Jones singled
to pitcher [Stanley to third]; Kaline hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Stanley scored]; Jones was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Northrup singled to center; Horton
singled to center [Northrup to third]; Freehan struck out; 1 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 1, Tigers 3.

SENATORS 8TH: WERT REPLACED JONES (PLAYING 3B); Howard singled
to right; Epstein singled to left [Howard to second]; SCHERMAN
REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); REICHARDT BATTED FOR B. ALLEN;
Reichardt singled to right [Howard scored, Epstein to second];
Rodriguez flied out to center; Brinkman lined to left; COMER
BATTED FOR FRENCH; Comer flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Senators 2, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: CASANOVA REPLACED REICHARDT (PLAYING C ); CULLEN
REPLACED COMER (PLAYING 2B); I. Brown struck out; Gutierrez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Scherman grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2, Tigers 3.

SENATORS 9TH: Unser popped to shortstop; Stroud was called out
on strikes; NELSON BATTED FOR PINA; Nelson was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2, Tigers 3.