Aurelio Rodriguez had the biggest day of his major league career with five hits, including two homers, to lead the Senators to 8-4 and 5-3 victories over the White Sox in their first sweep of a doubleheader this season. Darold Knowles, who finished both games, picked up his 11th and 12th saves.

Rodriguez started his hitting with a homer in the second inning of the lidlifter. Frank Howard rapped a round-tripper with two men on base in the fifth. Rodriguez collected four straight hits, including his second homer of the day, and drove in three runs in the nightcap. [The Sporting News]



Washington Senators 8, Chicago White Sox 4 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, June      14, 1970 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Senators     0  1  0    1  3  1    0  0  2  -   8 12  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  3  0  -   4  9  0


Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf              5   2   1   0     0   0   .242      Williams rf           4   1   2   0     0   0   .255
Maye rf               4   1   1   0     1   0   .272      Aparicio ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .324
  Stroud rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .300      May lf                4   2   2   2     0   0   .298
Howard lf             3   1   1   3     2   0   .262      Melton 3b             4   0   2   2     0   0   .295
  Comer lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .164      Herrmann c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .272
Epstein 1b            3   1   3   1     1   0   .278        Josephson ph,c      0   0   0   0     1   0   .326
B. Allen 2b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .268      McCraw 1b             2   0   0   0     1   1   .283
  Cullen ph,2b        2   0   0   0     0   0   .170        Blanco ph,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .185
Rodriguez 3b          5   2   1   1     0   1   .272      O'Brien 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .262
Brinkman ss           4   1   3   2     1   0   .242      Berry cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .272
French c              4   0   1   1     1   1   .250      Horlen p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .121
Bosman p              4   0   1   0     0   1   .133        Secrist p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sisk p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Matias ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .191
                                                            Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .328
                                                            Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Knoop ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .205

Totals               36   8  12   8     6   3             Totals               34   4   9   4     2   3

Time of Game: 2:46
Left on Base: Senators 9, White Sox 5
DP: Senators 2, White Sox 0
Doubles: Brinkman (8), Williams (10), Berry (4), May (11)
Triples: May (3)
Home Runs: Rodriguez (7), Howard (18)
Stolen Bases: Brinkman (4), Epstein (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Cullen (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Epstein (4)
GIDP: O'Brien (5)


Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bosman W(6-5)           7     5   1   1   1   3   0  25   3.57
Pina                    0.2   4   3   3   0   0   0   6   2.70
Knowles SV(11)          1.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   1.65
Totals                  9     9   4   4   2   3   0  36

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Horlen L(5-7)           4     8   5   5   2   0   2  22   4.27
Secrist                 1.2   1   1   1   3   2   0   9   3.86
Sisk                    0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.40
Johnson                 2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   8.69
Murphy                  1     2   2   2   1   0   0   5   5.40
Totals                  9    12   8   8   6   3   2  44

Balks: Murphy (1)

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


SENATORS 1ST: Unser grounded out (catcher to first); Maye lined
to second; Howard walked; Epstein singled to left [Howard to
third]; B. Allen forced Epstein (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams doubled to left; Aparicio grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Williams to third]; May reached on a
fielder's choice that turned into a double play [Williams out at
home (pitcher to third), May out at second (third to second)]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, White Sox 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Rodriguez homered; Brinkman lined to shortstop;
French grounded out (second to first); Bosman grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 1, White Sox
0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton grounded out (shortstop to first);
Herrmann flied out to center; McCraw was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 1, White Sox 0.

SENATORS 3RD: Unser flied out to center; Maye grounded out
(second to first); Howard popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Senators 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: O'Brien struck out; Berry flied out to left;
Horlen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 1, White Sox 0.

SENATORS 4TH: Epstein singled to right; B. Allen popped to
third; Rodriguez grounded out (catcher to first) [Epstein to
second]; Brinkman singled to center [Epstein scored]; Brinkman
stole second; French walked; Bosman grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 2, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Williams popped to shortstop; Aparicio grounded
out (second to first); May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2, White Sox 0.

SENATORS 5TH: Unser singled to right; Maye singled to right
[Unser to third]; Howard homered [Unser scored, Maye scored];
Epstein singled to center; SECRIST REPLACED HORLEN (PITCHING);
CULLEN BATTED FOR B. ALLEN; Cullen popped to second; Rodriguez
struck out; Epstein stole second; Brinkman walked; French was
called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 5, White
Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: CULLEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Melton popped
to first in foul territory; Herrmann singled to right; McCraw
flied out to center; O'Brien flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Senators 5, White Sox 0.

SENATORS 6TH: Bosman singled to center; Unser forced Bosman
(pitcher to shortstop) [Unser to first]; Maye walked [Unser to
second]; Howard walked [Unser to third, Maye to second]; Epstein
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Unser scored, Maye to third]; SISK
REPLACED SECRIST (PITCHING); Cullen forced Howard (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 6, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Berry doubled to left; MATIAS BATTED FOR SISK;
Matias was called out on strikes; Williams flied out to center;
Aparicio grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Senators 6, White Sox 0.

SENATORS 7TH: JOHNSON REPLACED MATIAS (PITCHING); Rodriguez
popped to first in foul territory; Brinkman singled to left;
French popped to third in foul territory; Bosman struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 6, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: May tripled to right; Melton singled to right
[May scored]; Herrmann popped to shortstop; McCraw walked
[Melton to second]; O'Brien grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [McCraw out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Senators 6, White Sox 1.

SENATORS 8TH: Unser grounded out (second to first); Maye
grounded out (second to first); Howard flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 6, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: PINA REPLACED BOSMAN (PITCHING); COMER REPLACED
HOWARD (PLAYING LF); STROUD REPLACED MAYE (PLAYING RF); Berry
flied out to left; HOPKINS BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Hopkins grounded
out (second to first); Williams singled to left; Aparicio
singled to left [Williams to second]; May doubled to center
[Williams scored, Aparicio scored]; Melton singled to right [May
scored]; KNOWLES REPLACED PINA (PITCHING); JOSEPHSON BATTED FOR
HERRMANN; Josephson walked [Melton to second]; BLANCO BATTED FOR
MCCRAW; Blanco popped to second; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators
6, White Sox 4.

SENATORS 9TH: MURPHY REPLACED HOPKINS (PITCHING); JOSEPHSON
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); BLANCO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B);
Epstein walked; Cullen out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
second) [Epstein to second]; Murphy balked [Epstein to third];
Rodriguez reached on a fielder's choice [Epstein out at home
(third to catcher)]; Brinkman doubled to left [Rodriguez
scored]; French singled to right [Brinkman scored, French out at
second (right to first to shortstop)]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 8, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: O'Brien grounded out (third to first); Berry
grounded out (first to pitcher); KNOOP BATTED FOR MURPHY; Knoop
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 8, White Sox 4.