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This Date in Washington Senators History – (1969) The sweep puts the Senators at 40-39

1969 – The Indians prove to be no match for the visiting Senators on this day. Eddie Brinkman, Frank Howard and Mike Epstein all homer to make P Casey Cox the game one winner, 4-1. The Sens stage a spirited, 3 run, top of the 9th inning comeback in the second contest to upend Cleveland, 7-5. Frank Howard 2-run single off the Tribe’s Horatio Pina in the 9th puts the Senators in the win column. The sweep puts the Senators at 40-39, the latest date that the expansion Senators have been over .500 in their 9 year existence.