The Senators were deprived of a possible 7-5 victory in their last appearance in Washington when unruly fans, in hunt of souvenirs, swarmed onto the field with two out in the ninth inning, forcing the umpires to forfeit the game to the Yankees, 9-0. Homers by Rusty Torres, Bobby Murcer and Roy White paced the Yankees to a 5-1 lead before Frank Howard hit for the circuit to spark a four-run rally by the Senators in the sixth.

Dave Nelson and Tom Ragland were safe on errors in the eighth and Tommy McCraw broke the tie with a single, scoring Nelson. Elliott Maddox followed with a sacrifice fly to allow Ragland to cross the plate. All individual performances in the game went into the official records, except that no pitcher was credited with the victory or charged with the defeat. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, Washington Senators 7
Game Played on Thursday, September 30, 1971 (Night game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Yankees      2  2  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   5  9  5
Senators     0  1  0    0  0  4    0  2  x  -   7 11  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
BATTINGTotals               32   5   9   5     3   5             Totals               33   7  11   5     3   3

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 14,460
Left on Base: Yankees 6, Senators 6
DP: Yankees 3, Senators 1
Errors: Hansen, Baker 2, Michael, Aker
Doubles: White (22), Maddox (8)
Home Runs: Torres (2), Murcer (25), White (19), Howard (26)
Stolen Bases: Nelson (17)
Caught Stealing: Torres (1), McCraw (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Kekich (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Maddox (2)
GIDP: Hansen (6), Billings (5), Bosman (1), Harrah (8)
Hit by Pitch: Ellis (6,by Bosman)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kekich                  5     7   4   3   2   1   1  23   4.08
Aker                    3     4   3   1   1   2   0  14   2.57
Totals                  8    11   7   4   3   3   1  37

Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bosman                  5     8   5   5   2   3   3  25   3.73
Pina                    1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   3.59
Lindblad                2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.80
Grzenda                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.92
Totals                  8.2   9   5   5   3   5   3  37

Hit by Pitch: Bosman (5)

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Jake O'Donnell, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Lou DiMuro


YANKEES 1ST: the last American League game at RFK Stadium;
the Senators had already announced that they were moving to
Texas after the season and the fans were upset; Murcer flied
out to center; Clarke grounded out (second to first); Torres
homered; White doubled to left; Ellis singled to left [White
scored]; Munson struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Senators 0.

SENATORS 1ST: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
singled to shortstop; Howard walked [Harrah to second]; Billings
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Howard
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Senators 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Hansen struck out; Baker walked; Kekich out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Baker to second]; Murcer
homered [Baker scored]; Clarke grounded out (second to first); 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Senators 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Burroughs popped to shortstop; Nelson singled to
left; Unser reached on a fielder's choice [Nelson to second
(error by Baker; assist by Kekich)]; Ragland reached on an error
by Baker [Nelson scored (unearned) (no RBI), Unser to second,
Ragland to first]; Bosman grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Ragland out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Senators 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Torres singled to second; Torres was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); White walked; Ellis was
hit by a pitch [White to second]; Munson struck out; Hansen
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Senators
1.

SENATORS 3RD: Maddox flied out to center; Harrah popped to first
in foul territory; Howard popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 4, Senators 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Baker grounded out (second to first); Kekich flied
out to right; Murcer grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Senators 1.

SENATORS 4TH: Billings singled to left; Burroughs flied out to
left; Nelson was called out on strikes; Unser flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Senators 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Clarke grounded out (second to first); Torres
popped to catcher in foul territory; White homered; Ellis
singled to left; Munson singled to center [Ellis to second];
Hansen forced Munson (third to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 5, Senators 1.

SENATORS 5TH: Ragland singled to center; CASANOVA BATTED FOR
BOSMAN; Casanova walked [Ragland to second]; Maddox flied out to
right; Harrah grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Casanova out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5,
Senators 1.

YANKEES 6TH: PINA REPLACED CASANOVA (PITCHING); Baker struck
out; Kekich grounded out (first to pitcher); Murcer walked;
Clarke flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5,
Senators 1.

SENATORS 6TH: Howard homered; Billings singled to right;
Burroughs singled to left [Billings to second]; AKER REPLACED
KEKICH (PITCHING); On a bunt Nelson singled to pitcher [Billings
scored (error by Aker) (no RBI), Burroughs to third]; Unser
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Burroughs scored, Nelson to
second]; Ragland struck out; MINCHER BATTED FOR PINA; Mincher
was walked intentionally; Maddox doubled to left [Nelson scored,
Mincher out at home (left to shortstop to catcher)]; 4 R, 5 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Senators 5.

YANKEES 7TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED MINCHER (PITCHING); Torres flied
out to center; White was called out on strikes; Ellis flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Senators 5.

SENATORS 7TH: Harrah flied out to left; Howard popped to catcher
in foul territory; Billings singled to left; Burroughs grounded
out (third to first); fans come onto field; game delayed;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Senators 5.

YANKEES 8TH: On a bunt Munson singled to pitcher; Hansen
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Munson out at second]; MICHAEL BATTED FOR BAKER; Michael
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5,
Senators 5.

SENATORS 8TH: MICHAEL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Nelson
reached on an error by Michael [Nelson to first]; Nelson stole
second; Unser struck out; Ragland reached on an error by Hansen
[Nelson stayed at second, Ragland to first]; MCCRAW BATTED FOR
LINDBLAD; McCraw singled to right [Nelson scored (unearned),
Ragland to third]; Maddox hit a sacrifice fly to right [Ragland
scored (unearned)]; McCraw was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Senators 7.

YANKEES 9TH: MCCRAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); GRZENDA
REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); ALOU BATTED FOR AKER; Alou grounded
out (pitcher to first); fans come onto field; game
delayed; Murcer grounded out (pitcher to first); fans
come onto field; game forfeited to the Yankees; statistics count
but there is no winning or losing pitcher since the Senators
were ahead at the time of the forfeit; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Yankees 5, Senators 7.