Frank Howard and Mike Epstein each hit a two-run homer to carry the Senators to a 5-3 victory over the Twins, who went down to their fifth straight defeat. Ed Stroud singled ahead of Howard's homer in the first. After the Twins tied the score, Lee Maye was safe on an error in the sixth and crossed the plate on a double by Howard. Epstein followed with his circuit clout. [The Sporting News]



Washington Senators 5, Minnesota Twins 3
Game Played on Wednesday, August    12, 1970 (Night game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Twins        0  0  1    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   3  8  1
Senators     2  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  x  -   5  6  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              5   1   1   0     0   0   .295      Stroud cf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .272
Cardenas ss           4   1   1   1     0   1   .265      Maye rf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .272
Killebrew 1b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .296      Howard lf             3   2   2   3     1   0   .284
Manuel rf             3   0   0   0     0   2   .189        Unser pr,lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .237
  Oliva ph,rf         1   0   1   1     0   0   .320      Epstein 1b            4   1   1   2     0   1   .256
Alyea lf              3   0   0   0     1   2   .291      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .235
Renick 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .258      Casanova c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Ratliff c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .270
  Thompson ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .288      Cullen 2b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .201
Quilici 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .217      Hannan p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .160
Tiant p               2   0   1   0     0   0   .429        Grzenda p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Holt ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .252
  Woodson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .190
  Allison ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .185

Totals               35   3   8   2     2   6             Totals               30   5   6   5     1   5

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance:  8,811
Left on Base: Twins 7, Senators 3
DP: Twins 1, Senators 1
Errors: Killebrew, Brinkman
Doubles: Tiant (4), Cardenas (27), Howard (10), Maye (12)
Home Runs: Howard (31), Epstein (15)
GIDP: Tovar (6)
Hit by Pitch: Rodriguez (6,by Tiant)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant L(7-2)            5     5   5   4   0   3   2  22   3.14
Williams                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.06
Woodson                 1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   3.57
Hall                    1     0   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.41
Totals                  8     6   5   4   1   5   2  32

Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hannan W(8-5)           7.1   5   3   2   2   5   0  30   3.43
Grzenda SV(5)           1.2   3   0   0   0   1   0   7   4.81
Totals                  9     8   3   2   2   6   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Tiant (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Johnny Stevens, 3B - Ed Runge


TWINS 1ST: Tovar popped to third in foul territory; Cardenas
struck out; Killebrew popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Senators 0.

SENATORS 1ST: Stroud singled to right; Maye flied out to center;
Howard homered [Stroud scored]; Epstein flied out to center;
Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Senators 2.

TWINS 2ND: Manuel flied out to center; Alyea was called out on
strikes; Renick singled to center; Ratliff grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Senators 2.

SENATORS 2ND: Casanova lined to left; Brinkman lined to second;
Cullen singled; Hannan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
0, Senators 2.

TWINS 3RD: Quilici singled to third; Tiant doubled to left
[Quilici to third]; Tovar popped to shortstop; Cardenas grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Quilici scored]; Killebrew flied out
to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Senators 2.

SENATORS 3RD: Stroud grounded out (pitcher to first); Maye
grounded out (second to first); Howard grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Senators 2.

TWINS 4TH: Manuel struck out; Alyea walked; Renick forced Alyea
(third to second); Ratliff lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Twins 1, Senators 2.

SENATORS 4TH: Epstein struck out; Rodriguez was hit by a pitch;
Casanova forced Rodriguez (pitcher to shortstop); Brinkman
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1,
Senators 2.

TWINS 5TH: Quilici grounded out (second to first); Tiant
grounded out (second to first); Tovar flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Senators 2.

SENATORS 5TH: Cullen grounded out (third to first); Hannan
grounded out (first unassisted); Stroud struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Senators 2.

TWINS 6TH: Cardenas doubled to center; Killebrew grounded out
(third to first); Manuel struck out; Alyea reached on an error
by Brinkman [Cardenas scored (unearned) (no RBI), Alyea to
second]; Renick flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 2, Senators 2.

SENATORS 6TH: Maye reached on an error by Killebrew [Maye to
first]; Howard doubled to center [Maye scored (unearned)];
Epstein homered [Howard scored]; WILLIAMS REPLACED TIANT
(PITCHING); Rodriguez lined to left; Casanova grounded out
(second to first); Brinkman grounded out (third to first); 3 R
(2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Senators 5.

TWINS 7TH: Ratliff flied out to center; Quilici grounded out
(third to first); HOLT BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Holt struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Senators 5.

SENATORS 7TH: WOODSON REPLACED HOLT (PITCHING); Cullen grounded
out (shortstop to first); Hannan struck out; Stroud grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Senators 5.

TWINS 8TH: Tovar singled to left; Cardenas flied out to left;
Killebrew walked [Tovar to second]; OLIVA BATTED FOR MANUEL;
GRZENDA REPLACED HANNAN (PITCHING); Oliva singled to center
[Tovar scored, Killebrew to second]; Alyea struck out; Renick
forced Oliva (second unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins
3, Senators 5.

SENATORS 8TH: OLIVA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Maye doubled to
center; Howard walked; UNSER RAN FOR HOWARD; HALL REPLACED
WOODSON (PITCHING); Epstein popped to catcher in foul territory;
Rodriguez struck out while Maye was out trying to advance to
third (catcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3,
Senators 5.

TWINS 9TH: UNSER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); THOMPSON BATTED
FOR RATLIFF; Thompson singled to center; Quilici forced Thompson
(shortstop to second); ALLISON BATTED FOR HALL; Allison singled
to center [Quilici to second]; Tovar grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Allison out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Senators 5.