1969 AL season opener: NY at Was.

April 7, 1969 The 1969 AL season opened in Washighton today and the hometown Senators defeated the New York Yankees in dramtic fashion. Washington 1st baseman Mike Epstein hit a 2-run homerun in the bottom of the 9th to win the game for the Senators 5-4. It was Epstein's 2nd hr of the game.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1969 New York Yankees At 1969 Washington Senators          4/7/1969



 



  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Senators           AB  R  H RBI AVG



  H.Clarke 2B         4  1  1  0 .250     D.Unser CF          5  0  1  0 .200  



  J.Kenney CF         4  1  1  0 .250     E.Stroud RF         5  0  1  0 .200  



  B.Murcer 3B         4  1  1  1 .250     F.Howard LF         5  2  3  0 .600  



  R.White LF          4  0  0  0 .000     M.Epstein 1B        4  2  2  3 .500  



  J.Pepitone 1B       3  1  1  1 .333     K.McMullen 3B       4  1  2  0 .500  



  T.Tresh SS          4  0  1  2 .250     T.Cullen 2B         4  0  1  0 .250  



  B.Robinson RF       4  0  0  0 .000     E.Brinkman SS       2  0  2  01.000  



  J.Gibbs C           2  0  0  0 .000     P.Casanova C        2  0  0  1 .000  



  M.Stottlemyre P     3  0  0  0 .000   B-B.Alyea PH          1  0  1  01.000  



                                        D-J.French C          0  0  0  0 ----  



                                          C.Pascual P         2  0  0  0 .000  



                                        A-B.Allen PH          1  0  0  0 .000  



                                          B.Humphreys P       0  0  0  0 ----  



                                        C-H.Allen PH          1  0  0  0 .000  



                                          D.Bosman P          0  0  0  0 ----  



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         Totals      32  4  5  4                 Totals      36  5 13  4



 



A-Pinch Hit For Pascual In 7th Inning



B-Pinch Hit For Casanova In 8th Inning



C-Pinch Hit For Humphreys In 8th Inning



D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Alyea In 9th Inning



 



Yankees......... 0 0 0  2 0 2  0 0 0  -  4  5  1



Senators........ 0 1 0  1 0 1  0 0 2  -  5 13  0



 



Yankees (0-1)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA



M.Stottlemyr LOSS(0-1)    8 2/3  13   5   4   3   2   2 162   4.15



Totals                    8 2/3  13   5   4   3   2   2



 



Senators (1-0)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA



C.Pascual                 7       5   4   4   2   8   2 128   5.14



B.Humphreys               1       0   0   0   0   1   0  12   0.00



D.Bosman WIN(1-0)         1       0   0   0   0   0   0   9   0.00



Totals                    9       5   4   4   2   9   2



 



ATTENDANCE- 18,187 DATE- Monday, April 7th 1969 TIME- Day 



UMPIRES- Jim Honochick, Frank Umont, Bill Haller, Ron Luciano



T- 2:50



LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 3  Senators: 9



DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 2  Senators: 0



ERRORS- B.Robinson



DOUBLES- H.Clarke(1st)



HOME RUNS- B.Murcer(1st), J.Pepitone(1st), M.Epstein-2(2nd)



STOLEN BASES- J.Kenney(1st)



SACRIFICE FLIES- P.Casanova



WALKS- J.Pepitone, J.Gibbs, M.Epstein, E.Brinkman-2



STRIKE OUTS- H.Clarke, B.Murcer-2, R.White-2, T.Tresh, B.Robinson,



             M.Stottlemyre-2, E.Stroud, H.Allen



GIDP- P.Casanova



2-out RBI- T.Tresh-2, J.Pepitone, M.Epstein-2



WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Tim Cullen robbed Bill Robinson of a base hit.



 



First baseman Mike Epstein smashed 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI at R.F.K. Stadium



as the Washington Senators staged a comeback win over the New York Yankees by



the count of 5 to 4.



 



Washington won the game with a rally in the 9th inning plating 2 runs on 3



hits.  Del Unser kicked off the action when he lined a one-base hit.  After



an out was recorded, Frank Howard came up and he lined a base-hit.  Howard



took second on the throw.  Epstein then bombed a two-run dinger making



Washington the winners and sending the 18,187 fans home happy.  Washington



ended up with 13 hits for the game while New York had 5.  



 



The winning pitcher was Dick Bosman(1-0) who allowed no runs in 1 inning. Mel



Stottlemyre(0-1) was tagged with the loss.  He got hit hard, allowing 13 hits



and 3 walks in 8 and 2/3 innings.  



 



'What a win!', Bosman said.  'These are the kind of games that stand out in



your mind at the end of a season.'

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