| With two out in the eighth inning, Bob Oliver walked and Bill Sorrell followed with a homer to give the Royals a 4-3 victory over the Senators. Oliver drove in a run with a double in the fourth, but the Nats held a 3-1 lead before the Royals added an unearned run in the seventh. [The Sporting News] |
Kansas City Royals 4, Washington Senators 3
Game Played on Sunday, August 30, 1970 (Day game) at Municipal Stadium
Senators 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 3 7 1 Royals 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 x - 4 7 2 Senators AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Stroud cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .281 Spriggs rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .284 Unser rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .251 Rojas 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Howard lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .292 Kirkpatrick cf,c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .234 Epstein 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Oliver 1b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .261 Reichardt ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .268 Sorrell lf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .276 Rodriguez 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .240 Schaal 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .266 Brinkman ss 1 1 1 0 1 0 .273 Matchick ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .212 Casanova c 2 0 1 1 0 0 .241 Rodriguez c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .242 Cullen 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Coleman p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .096 Drago p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .048 Goossen ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .269 Otis ph,cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .288 Pina p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 28 3 7 2 2 4 Totals 30 4 7 3 4 4 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 9,049 Left on Base: Senators 2, Royals 6 DP: Senators 0, Royals 5 Errors: Casanova, Oliver, Rodriguez Doubles: Rodriguez (28), Oliver (20) Home Runs: Sorrell (3) Sacrifice Hits: Brinkman (1) Sacrifice Flies: Casanova (4) GIDP: Rodriguez 2 (18), Casanova (4), Cullen (8), Unser (4) Senators IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Coleman 7 5 2 1 3 4 0 28 3.70 Pina L(4-2) 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 6 2.47 Totals 8 7 4 3 4 4 1 34 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Drago 7 5 3 2 2 3 0 26 3.94 Burgmeier W(5-5) 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.17 Totals 9 7 3 2 2 4 0 32 Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Ed Runge SENATORS 1ST: Stroud grounded out (shortstop to first); Unser walked; Unser was picked off first but was safe on an error by Rodriguez [Unser to second]; Howard singled to center [Unser scored (unearned)]; Epstein reached on an error by Oliver [Howard to third, Epstein to first]; Rodriguez grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Epstein out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Senators 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Spriggs singled to center; Rojas flied out to center; Kirkpatrick forced Spriggs (second to shortstop); Oliver struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 1, Royals 0. SENATORS 2ND: Brinkman walked; Casanova grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Brinkman out at second]; Cullen grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Sorrell struck out; Schaal grounded out (second to first); Matchick grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 1, Royals 0. SENATORS 3RD: Coleman was called out on strikes; Stroud struck out; Unser popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); Drago popped to second; Spriggs was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 1, Royals 0. SENATORS 4TH: Howard grounded out (second to first); Epstein flied out to left; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Rojas flied out to left; Kirkpatrick walked; Oliver doubled [Kirkpatrick scored]; Sorrell flied out to right [Oliver to third]; Schaal struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 1, Royals 1. SENATORS 5TH: Brinkman singled to shortstop; Casanova singled to center [Brinkman to third]; Cullen grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Brinkman scored, Casanova out at second]; Coleman grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 2, Royals 1. ROYALS 5TH: Matchick walked; Rodriguez popped to third; Drago forced Matchick (first to shortstop); Spriggs walked [Drago to second]; Rojas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Senators 2, Royals 1. SENATORS 6TH: Stroud grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Unser singled to catcher; Howard grounded out (second to first) [Unser to second]; Epstein grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 2, Royals 1. ROYALS 6TH: Kirkpatrick flied out to left; Oliver flied out to right; Sorrell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 2, Royals 1. SENATORS 7TH: Rodriguez doubled to left; Brinkman out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Rodriguez to third]; Casanova hit a sacrifice fly to left [Rodriguez scored]; Cullen struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 3, Royals 1. ROYALS 7TH: Schaal flied out to left; Matchick singled to left; Rodriguez singled to right [Matchick scored (error by Casanova) (unearned) (no RBI), Rodriguez out at third (right to third)]; OTIS BATTED FOR DRAGO; Otis singled to center; Spriggs flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Senators 3, Royals 2. SENATORS 8TH: OTIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); KIRKPATRICK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); BURGMEIER REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PITCHING); GOOSSEN BATTED FOR COLEMAN; Goossen singled to center; Stroud was called out on strikes; Unser grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [Goossen out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 3, Royals 2. ROYALS 8TH: PINA REPLACED GOOSSEN (PITCHING); Rojas grounded out (pitcher to third to first); Kirkpatrick popped to second; Oliver walked; Sorrell homered [Oliver scored]; Schaal singled to center; Matchick grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 3, Royals 4. SENATORS 9TH: Howard grounded out (second to first); REICHARDT BATTED FOR EPSTEIN; Reichardt singled to shortstop; Rodriguez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Reichardt out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 3, Royals 4.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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