Kansas City Royals 3, Washington Senators 1 (Game 2)
Game Played on Friday, August 28, 1970 (Night game) at Municipal Stadium
Senators 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 Royals 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 x - 3 7 0 Senators AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brinkman ss 4 1 0 0 0 0 .272 Spriggs rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .295 Comer cf 3 0 2 0 1 1 .227 Rojas 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Howard 1b,lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .287 Otis cf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .286 Reichardt lf 3 0 1 1 0 2 .264 Piniella lf 3 1 1 2 0 0 .303 Epstein ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Oliver 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .263 Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Schaal 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Grieve rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .212 Matchick ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .209 Casanova c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .243 Martinez c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cullen 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .210 Rooker p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .214 Hannan p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .138 Abernathy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Goossen ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Burgmeier p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Brown p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Maye ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Grzenda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 1 7 1 2 7 Totals 28 3 7 3 2 2 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 9,317 Left on Base: Senators 6, Royals 3 DP: Senators 2, Royals 1 Doubles: Grieve (3) Triples: Spriggs (2), Otis (8) Home Runs: Piniella (10) Caught Stealing: Rodriguez (4), Spriggs (3) GIDP: Howard (20), Schaal (9), Martinez (1) Senators IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hannan L(9-6) 5 4 2 2 2 0 1 18 3.41 Brown 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 8 4.40 Grzenda 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 4.92 Totals 8 7 3 3 2 2 1 30 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rooker W(8-14) 7.2 6 1 1 2 4 0 29 3.83 Abernathy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.51 Burgmeier SV(1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 3.28 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 7 0 34 Balks: Hannan (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ed Runge, 2B - Jim Odom, 3B - Bill Kunkel SENATORS 1ST: Brinkman grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Comer singled to third; Howard grounded into a double play (second to first) [Comer out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: On a bunt Spriggs singled to pitcher; Rojas flied out to right; Otis flied out to center; Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 0, Royals 0. SENATORS 2ND: Reichardt struck out; Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); Grieve doubled to right; Casanova popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Oliver walked; Schaal grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Oliver out at second]; Matchick flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 0, Royals 0. SENATORS 3RD: Cullen walked; Hannan struck out; Brinkman flied out to right; Comer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Martinez popped to second; Rooker singled to left; Spriggs forced Rooker (shortstop to second); Spriggs was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 0, Royals 0. SENATORS 4TH: Howard grounded out (second to first); Reichardt struck out; Rodriguez singled to left; Rodriguez was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis walked; Hannan balked [Otis to second]; Piniella homered [Otis scored]; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Schaal popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 0, Royals 2. SENATORS 5TH: Grieve flied out to left; Casanova flied out to center; Cullen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 5TH: Matchick singled to center; Martinez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Matchick out at second]; Rooker popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 0, Royals 2. SENATORS 6TH: GOOSSEN BATTED FOR HANNAN; Goossen singled to right; Brinkman forced Goossen (pitcher to second); Comer singled to center [Brinkman to second]; Howard lined to left; Reichardt singled to center [Brinkman scored, Comer to third]; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Senators 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 6TH: BROWN REPLACED GOOSSEN (PITCHING); Spriggs tripled; Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis tripled [Spriggs scored]; Piniella reached on a fielder's choice [Otis out at home (third to catcher)]; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 1, Royals 3. SENATORS 7TH: Grieve popped to first; Casanova popped to first in foul territory; Cullen popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 1, Royals 3. ROYALS 7TH: Schaal flied out to center; Matchick flied out to left; Martinez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 1, Royals 3. SENATORS 8TH: MAYE BATTED FOR BROWN; Maye flied out to left; Brinkman popped to shortstop; Comer walked; ABERNATHY REPLACED ROOKER (PITCHING); Howard singled to left [Comer to second]; EPSTEIN BATTED FOR REICHARDT; BURGMEIER REPLACED ABERNATHY (PITCHING); Epstein struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Senators 1, Royals 3. ROYALS 8TH: EPSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); HOWARD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); GRZENDA REPLACED MAYE (PITCHING); Burgmeier grounded out (shortstop to first); Spriggs was called out on strikes; Rojas singled to pitcher; Otis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 1, Royals 3. SENATORS 9TH: Rodriguez flied out to center; Grieve was called out on strikes; Casanova was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 1, Royals 3.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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