Joe Coleman pitched 7 1/3 innings and gained his first victory since August 8 when the Senators edged the Indians, 5-4. The Senators built up a 5-0 lead with the aid of a two-run homer in the first inning by Mike Epstein, who also tripled and scored in the third. The Indians counted twice in the seventh and chased Coleman in the eighth when Roy Foster and Chuck Hinton hit homers. Joe Grzenda finished. [The Sporting News]



Washington Senators 5, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Wednesday, September 9, 1970 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Senators     2  1  1    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   5 11  1
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    2  2  0  -   4  6  1


Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stroud cf             5   0   2   1     0   2   .280      Uhlaender cf          3   0   0   1     1   0   .259
Unser rf              4   0   1   1     1   1   .253      Leon 2b               3   0   0   0     0   3   .260
Howard lf             4   1   0   0     1   2   .294        Austin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .118
Epstein 1b            5   2   2   2     0   2   .248        Ford ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .133
B. Allen 3b           2   0   2   1     1   0   .244        Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Comer ph,3b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .215        Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brinkman ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .268        Fuller ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Casanova c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Pinson rf,1b          3   0   1   0     1   1   .285
Cullen 2b             3   2   2   0     1   0   .220      Foster lf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .267
Coleman p             3   0   1   0     0   2   .105      Sims c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .252
  Grzenda p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Harrelson 1b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .235
                                                            Hinton 1b,3b        1   1   1   1     0   0   .331
                                                          Nettles 3b            2   1   0   0     0   0   .233
                                                            Bradford ph,rf      1   0   0   0     0   1   .205
                                                          Brown ss              4   1   2   0     0   0   .298
                                                          Hand p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .154
                                                            Lasher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Camilli ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
                                                            Rittwage p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lowenstein ph,2b    3   0   1   1     0   0   .143

Totals               36   5  11   5     4  10             Totals               33   4   6   4     3   7

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance:  3,138
Left on Base: Senators 9, Indians 7
DP: Senators 0, Indians 0
Errors: Comer, Foster
Doubles: Cullen (10), Brown (4)
Triples: Epstein (3)
Home Runs: Epstein (17), Foster (20), Hinton (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Coleman (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Uhlaender (7)
Hit by Pitch: Nettles (3,by Coleman)


Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman W(7-9)          7.1   6   4   3   3   6   2  33   3.60
Grzenda SV(6)           1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   4.83
Totals                  9     6   4   3   3   7   2  38

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hand L(6-11)            2     4   4   4   4   3   1  14   3.71
Lasher                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.10
Rittwage                2     2   0   0   0   4   0   8   3.38
Austin                  2     2   1   1   0   2   0   8   5.34
Hennigan                0.2   3   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.18
Mingori                 1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.55
Totals                  9    11   5   5   4  10   1  41

Passed Balls: Sims (3)
Hit by Pitch: Coleman (4)
Wild Pitches: Coleman (11)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Marty Springstead


SENATORS 1ST: Stroud struck out; Unser struck out; Howard
walked; Epstein homered [Howard scored]; B. Allen walked;
Brinkman was called out on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Senators 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender grounded out (first unassisted); Leon was
called out on strikes; Pinson walked; Foster forced Pinson
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 2,
Indians 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Casanova grounded out (first to pitcher); Cullen
walked; Coleman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Cullen to second]; Stroud singled to center [Cullen scored];
Unser walked [Stroud to second]; Howard flied out to center; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Sims grounded out (second to first); Harrelson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 3, Indians 0.

SENATORS 3RD: Epstein tripled to right; B. Allen singled to
center [Epstein scored]; LASHER REPLACED HAND (PITCHING);
Brinkman grounded out (third to first) [B. Allen to second];
Casanova grounded out (shortstop to first) [B. Allen to third];
Cullen flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 4,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Brown doubled to left; CAMILLI BATTED FOR LASHER;
Camilli walked; Uhlaender flied out to center; Leon struck out;
Pinson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Senators 4, Indians 0.

SENATORS 4TH: RITTWAGE REPLACED CAMILLI (PITCHING); Coleman was
called out on strikes; Stroud was called out on strikes; Unser
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Foster grounded out (third to first); Sims grounded
out (second to first); Harrelson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Senators 4, Indians 0.

SENATORS 5TH: Howard was called out on strikes; Epstein struck
out; B. Allen singled to right; Sims allowed a passed ball [B.
Allen to second]; Brinkman singled to shortstop [B. Allen to
third]; Casanova forced Brinkman (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); On a bunt
Brown singled to third; LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR RITTWAGE;
Lowenstein flied out to right; Uhlaender walked [Brown to
second]; Leon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 4,
Indians 0.

SENATORS 6TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); AUSTIN
REPLACED LEON (PITCHING); Cullen doubled to center; On a bunt
Coleman struck out; Stroud grounded out (second to first)
[Cullen to third]; Unser singled to right [Cullen scored];
Howard struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 5, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Pinson singled to left; Foster flied out to right;
Sims struck out; Harrelson forced Pinson (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 5, Indians 0.

SENATORS 7TH: HINTON REPLACED HARRELSON (PLAYING 1B); Epstein
lined to right; COMER BATTED FOR B. ALLEN; Comer lined to
second; Brinkman popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 5, Indians 0.

INDIANS 7TH: COMER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Nettles was hit
by a pitch; Brown reached on an error by Comer [Nettles to
second, Brown to first]; Lowenstein singled to left [Nettles
scored, Brown to second]; Coleman threw a wild pitch [Brown to
third, Lowenstein to second]; Uhlaender hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Brown scored (unearned)]; FORD BATTED FOR AUSTIN; Ford
grounded out (second to first); Pinson struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 5, Indians 2.

SENATORS 8TH: HENNIGAN REPLACED FORD (PITCHING); Casanova flied
out to right; Cullen singled to left [Cullen to second (error by
Foster)]; Coleman singled to right [Cullen out at home (right to
catcher)]; Stroud singled to right [Coleman to second]; MINGORI
REPLACED HENNIGAN (PITCHING); Unser popped to third; 0 R, 3 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Senators 5, Indians 2.

INDIANS 8TH: Foster homered; Sims flied out to center; Hinton
homered; GRZENDA REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); BRADFORD BATTED
FOR NETTLES; Bradford struck out; Brown grounded out (shortstop
to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 5, Indians 4.

SENATORS 9TH: PINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); HINTON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); BRADFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
RF); Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); Epstein was
called out on strikes; Comer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 5, Indians 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Lowenstein lined to left; Uhlaender popped to
second; FULLER BATTED FOR MINGORI; Fuller popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 5, Indians 4.