Duke Sims, Jack Heidemann and Graig Nettles hit homers to provide the Indians with a 4-2 victory over the Senators. Steve Hargan, with relief help from Rick Austin and Dennis Higgins, picked up his seventh straight victory since being recalled from the minors on July 16. Mike Epstein batted in the Senators' runs with a double. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, Washington Senators 2
Game Played on Thursday, September 3, 1970 (Night game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Indians      0  1  2    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   4  7  1
Senators     0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   2  7  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Foster lf             3   1   0   0     1   0   .268      Stroud cf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .277
Uhlaender cf          3   0   1   0     0   1   .259        Comer ph,cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .217
  Bradford ph,cf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .202      Unser rf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .253
Pinson rf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .290        Grieve ph,rf        1   0   1   0     0   0   .221
Fosse c               2   0   0   0     0   1   .307      Howard lf,1b          2   1   0   0     2   0   .291
  Hinton 1b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Epstein 1b            3   0   2   2     0   1   .248
Sims 1b,c             3   1   1   1     1   0   .262        Reichardt ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .265
Nettles 3b            3   1   1   1     1   1   .233        Casanova c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Leon 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .258      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .246
Heidemann ss          4   1   2   1     0   0   .216      Brinkman ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Hargan p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .179      French c,lf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .216
  Austin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .118      Cullen 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .214
  Higgins p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .273      Hannan p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .138
                                                            Gogolewski p        0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
                                                            B. Allen ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .238
                                                            Grzenda p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Maye ph             0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
                                                            Goossen ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .267
                                                            Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .056
                                                            Shellenback ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .080

Totals               32   4   7   4     3   4             Totals               32   2   7   2     4   4

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance:  5,550
Left on Base: Indians 5, Senators 7
DP: Indians 2, Senators 1
Errors: Nettles
Doubles: Epstein (14)
Home Runs: Sims (18), Heidemann (6), Nettles (22)
Sacrifice Hits: Hargan (8)
GIDP: Leon (9), French (5), Stroud (13)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hargan W(8-2)           6.2   5   2   2   3   2   0  26   3.10
Austin                  0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   4   5.40
Higgins SV(9)           1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   4.18
Totals                  9     7   2   2   4   4   0  36

Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hannan L(9-7)           2.1   3   3   3   1   1   2  11   3.58
Gogolewski              3.2   3   1   1   1   2   1  15   2.45
Grzenda                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.08
Knowles                 2     1   0   0   1   1   0   7   2.06
Totals                  9     7   4   4   3   4   3  36

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Art Frantz, 3B - Nestor Chylak


INDIANS 1ST: Foster grounded out (third to first); Uhlaender
grounded out (second to first); Pinson grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Senators 0.

SENATORS 1ST: Stroud grounded out (first unassisted); Unser
grounded out (first unassisted); Howard grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Senators 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Fosse grounded out (third to first); Sims homered;
Nettles was called out on strikes; Leon flied out to right; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Senators 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Epstein singled to center; Rodriguez singled to
left [Epstein to second]; Brinkman forced Epstein (pitcher to
third) [Rodriguez to second]; French grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Brinkman out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Senators 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Heidemann homered; Hargan lined to second; Foster
walked; Uhlaender singled to first [Foster to second];
GOGOLEWSKI REPLACED HANNAN (PITCHING); Pinson singled to left
[Uhlaender to third, Foster scored]; Debut game for Bill
Gogolewski; Fosse was called out on strikes; Sims walked
[Pinson to second]; Nettles made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 3, Senators 0.

SENATORS 3RD: Cullen grounded out (second to first); Gogolewski
walked; Stroud grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Gogolewski out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3,
Senators 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Leon singled to left; Heidemann forced Leon (third
to second); Hargan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Heidemann to second]; Foster flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 3, Senators 0.

SENATORS 4TH: HINTON REPLACED FOSSE (PLAYING 1B); SIMS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Unser flied out to right; Howard walked;
Epstein struck out; Rodriguez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Senators 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Uhlaender struck out; Pinson popped to catcher in
foul territory; Hinton made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 3, Senators 0.

SENATORS 5TH: Brinkman flied out to center; French grounded out
(third to first); Cullen flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 3, Senators 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Sims grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles
homered; Leon grounded out (shortstop to first); Heidemann
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
4, Senators 0.

SENATORS 6TH: B. ALLEN BATTED FOR GOGOLEWSKI; B. Allen walked;
Stroud struck out; On a bunt Unser singled to pitcher [B. Allen
to second]; Howard forced Unser (third to second) [B. Allen to
third]; Epstein doubled to center [Howard scored, B. Allen
scored]; Rodriguez flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 4, Senators 2.

INDIANS 7TH: GRZENDA REPLACED B. ALLEN (PITCHING); Hargan
grounded out (shortstop to first); Foster grounded out
(shortstop to first); BRADFORD BATTED FOR UHLAENDER; Bradford
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 4, Senators 2.

SENATORS 7TH: BRADFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Brinkman
grounded out (second to first); French singled to left; Cullen
flied out to right; MAYE BATTED FOR GRZENDA; AUSTIN REPLACED
HARGAN (PITCHING); GOOSSEN BATTED FOR MAYE; Goossen made an out
to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Senators 2.

INDIANS 8TH: KNOWLES REPLACED GOOSSEN (PITCHING); Pinson lined
to second; Hinton flied out to right; Sims grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Senators 2.

SENATORS 8TH: COMER BATTED FOR STROUD; Comer grounded out
(shortstop to first); GRIEVE BATTED FOR UNSER; Grieve singled to
third [Grieve to second (error by Nettles)]; Howard was walked
intentionally; REICHARDT BATTED FOR EPSTEIN; HIGGINS REPLACED
AUSTIN (PITCHING); Reichardt was called out on strikes; Rick
Reichardt ejected by HP umpire Russ Goetz; Rodriguez flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Senators 2.

INDIANS 9TH: COMER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); GRIEVE STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); CASANOVA REPLACED REICHARDT (PLAYING C );
FRENCH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); HOWARD CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 1B); Nettles walked; Leon grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Nettles out at second]; Heidemann singled
to right; Higgins was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 4, Senators 2.

SENATORS 9TH: Brinkman grounded out (third to first); French
singled to left; Cullen struck out; SHELLENBACK BATTED FOR
KNOWLES; Shellenback grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Senators 2.