Jim French, the Senators' 21st player in the game, drove in a run with a single in the 14th inning to beat the Tigers, 3-2. Aurelio Rodriguez led off with a single, stole second, advanced on an infield out and counted on French's hit. [The Sporting News]



Washington Senators 3, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Saturday, September 5, 1970 (Night game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Tigers       0  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   2  5  0
Senators     0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   3 11  2


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McAuliffe 3b          6   0   1   0     1   1   .244      Brinkman ss           6   0   2   0     0   0   .269
Stanley cf            6   0   0   0     1   1   .253      Grieve rf             4   0   1   0     0   3   .213
Kaline rf             6   1   0   0     0   0   .271        Hannan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .138
Northrup lf           4   1   2   0     2   0   .279        Shellenback p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .080
Cash 1b               5   0   1   1     0   1   .252        Maye ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Jones 2b              2   0   0   1     3   0   .219        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .053
Price c               5   0   0   0     0   0   .186        Pina p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Gutierrez ss          3   0   1   0     0   0   .247      Howard 1b             6   0   0   0     0   2   .289
  Nagelson ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .150      Reichardt cf,lf       6   1   2   0     0   2   .262
  Maddox ph,ss        2   0   0   0     1   1   .226      Rodriguez 3b          6   2   2   1     0   2   .248
Kilkenny p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .086      Goossen lf            2   0   0   0     1   0   .258
  I. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .296        Stroud pr,cf        3   0   0   0     0   2   .275
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Casanova c            3   0   1   0     1   0   .240
  Wert ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .230        Epstein ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .247
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        French c            1   0   1   1     0   0   .221
  G. Brown ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .250      Cullen 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .209
  Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        B. Allen ph,2b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .240
  Collins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Cox p                 1   0   0   0     0   0   .107
  Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Comer ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .220
                                                            Grzenda p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Unser ph,rf         3   0   1   0     0   0   .253

Totals               44   2   5   2     9   4             Totals               49   3  11   2     3  13

Time of Game: 3:34   Attendance:  6,953
Left on Base: Tigers 12, Senators 9
DP: Tigers 2, Senators 2
Errors: Brinkman, Rodriguez
Doubles: Northrup (16), Reichardt (9), Rodriguez (30)
Triples: Gutierrez (6), Casanova (3)
Stolen Bases: Rodriguez 2 (15), Reichardt (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Price (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Jones (2), Cash (5)
GIDP: Cash (14), Kaline (15), Cullen (10), Casanova (5)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kilkenny                7     5   2   2   2   7   0  26   4.64
Scherman                2     0   0   0   0   3   0   6   3.40
Hiller                  2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   3.19
Timmermann              2     3   0   0   1   2   0  10   3.87
Reed L(1-1)             0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   3   6.08
Totals                 13.1  11   3   3   3  13   0  52

Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cox                     6     2   2   1   0   2   0  21   4.42
Grzenda                 2     2   0   0   0   0   0   7   4.94
Hannan                  1.1   0   0   0   3   1   0   6   3.54
Shellenback             1.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   6   3.16
Knowles                 0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.02
Pina W(5-2)             2.2   1   0   0   4   1   0  13   2.34
Totals                 14     5   2   1   9   4   0  56

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


TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe struck out; Stanley grounded out (third to
first); Kaline flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Senators 0.

SENATORS 1ST: Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); Grieve
struck out; Howard flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Senators 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Northrup doubled to right; Cash grounded out (first
to pitcher) [Northrup to third]; Jones hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Northrup scored]; Price made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Senators 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Reichardt struck out; Rodriguez struck out;
Goossen grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Senators 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Gutierrez flied out to left; Kilkenny grounded out
(shortstop to first); McAuliffe singled to right; Stanley flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Senators 0.

SENATORS 3RD: Casanova walked; Cullen grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Casanova out at second]; Cox
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Senators 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Kaline reached on an error by Rodriguez [Kaline to
second]; Northrup grounded out (second to first) [Kaline to
third]; Cash hit a sacrifice fly to center [Kaline scored
(unearned)]; Jones grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 0.

SENATORS 4TH: Brinkman grounded out (third to first); Grieve
singled to left; Howard was called out on strikes; Reichardt
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Senators 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Price grounded out (third to first); Gutierrez
grounded out (second to first); Kilkenny grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 0.

SENATORS 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Goossen
grounded out (first unassisted); Casanova tripled; Cullen struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 0.

TIGERS 6TH: McAuliffe grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley
was called out on strikes; Kaline flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 0.

SENATORS 6TH: COMER BATTED FOR COX; Comer singled to third;
Brinkman flied out to left; Grieve struck out; Howard struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 0.

TIGERS 7TH: GRZENDA REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Northrup singled
to center; Cash grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Northrup out at second]; Jones made an out to third;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 0.

SENATORS 7TH: Reichardt doubled; Rodriguez doubled to left
[Reichardt scored]; Rodriguez stole third; Goossen walked;
STROUD RAN FOR GOOSSEN; Casanova grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Rodriguez scored, Stroud out at
second]; Cullen made an out to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 2, Senators 2.

TIGERS 8TH: STROUD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); REICHARDT
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Price flied out to right;
Gutierrez tripled to center; I. BROWN BATTED FOR KILKENNY; I.
Brown grounded out (second to first); McAuliffe flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 2.

SENATORS 8TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED I. BROWN (PITCHING); UNSER
BATTED FOR GRZENDA; Unser grounded out (first to pitcher);
Brinkman grounded out (second to first); Grieve was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 2.

TIGERS 9TH: UNSER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HANNAN REPLACED
GRIEVE (PITCHING); Stanley walked; Kaline grounded into a double
play (second to first) [Stanley out at second]; Northrup walked;
Cash struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 2.

SENATORS 9TH: Howard grounded out (shortstop to first);
Reichardt was called out on strikes; Rodriguez was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 2.

TIGERS 10TH: Jones walked; Price out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Jones to second]; NAGELSON BATTED FOR GUTIERREZ;
SHELLENBACK REPLACED HANNAN (PITCHING); MADDOX BATTED FOR
NAGELSON; Maddox was walked intentionally; WERT BATTED FOR
SCHERMAN; Wert made an out to shortstop; McAuliffe flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 2.

SENATORS 10TH: HILLER REPLACED WERT (PITCHING); MADDOX STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); Stroud struck out; Casanova grounded out
(second to first); Cullen flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 2.

TIGERS 11TH: Stanley flied out to center; Kaline grounded out
(shortstop to first); Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 2.

SENATORS 11TH: Unser grounded out (first unassisted); Brinkman
singled to center; MAYE BATTED FOR SHELLENBACK; Maye flied out
to left; Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 2.

TIGERS 12TH: KNOWLES REPLACED MAYE (PITCHING); Cash grounded out
(second to first); Jones walked; Price reached on an error by
Brinkman [Jones to third]; PINA REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING);
Maddox struck out; G. BROWN BATTED FOR HILLER; G. Brown walked
[Price to second]; McAuliffe flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
3 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 2.

SENATORS 12TH: TIMMERMANN REPLACED G. BROWN (PITCHING);
Reichardt singled to center; Reichardt stole second; Rodriguez
flied out to left; Stroud struck out; EPSTEIN BATTED FOR
CASANOVA; Epstein was walked intentionally; B. ALLEN BATTED FOR
CULLEN; B. Allen grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 2.

TIGERS 13TH: B. ALLEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); FRENCH
REPLACED EPSTEIN (PLAYING C ); Stanley grounded out (shortstop
to first); Kaline made an out to shortstop; Northrup walked; On
a bunt Cash singled to first [Northrup to second]; Jones walked
[Northrup to third, Cash to second]; Price grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 2.

SENATORS 13TH: Unser singled to left; Brinkman singled to left
[Unser to second]; On a bunt Pina struck out; Howard popped to
catcher in foul territory; Reichardt made an out to second; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 2.

TIGERS 14TH: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); COLLINS
BATTED FOR TIMMERMANN; Collins flied out to left; McAuliffe
walked; Stanley forced McAuliffe (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 2.

SENATORS 14TH: REED REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Rodriguez
singled to right; Rodriguez stole second; Stroud grounded out
(second to first) [Rodriguez to third]; French singled to right
[Rodriguez scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Senators 3.