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Senators 6 @ Indians 7
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 20, 1947

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Washington Senators, played on August 20, 1947 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The home team Indians beat the visiting Senators with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateAugust 20, 1947 
Visiting Team
Washington Senators
R: 6 H: 12 E: 2 LOB: 12
Runs: 6
Hits: 12
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 7 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 12
Runs: 7
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherAl Gettel  
Losing PitcherTom Ferrick  
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Game Winning RBIGeorge Metkovich 

Game Info

DateAugust 20, 1947 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamWashington Senators 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherMickey Haefner  
Home Starting PitcherBob Lemon  
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance15,147 
Time of Game2 hours 45 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Joe Rue
1B: Eddie Hurley
2B: Bill Summers
3B: Joe Paparella

Washington Senators Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Yost  Third Baseman 
Sherry Robertson  Left Fielder 
Mickey Vernon  First Baseman 
Joe Grace  Right Fielder 
Stan Spence  Center Fielder 
Mark Christman  Shortstop 
Jerry Priddy  Second Baseman 
Al Evans  Catcher 
Mickey Haefner  Pitcher 
Ossie Bluege  Manager 

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dale Mitchell  Left Fielder 
George Metkovich  Center Fielder 
Hal Peck  Right Fielder 
Lou Boudreau  Shortstop 
Ken Keltner  Third Baseman 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
Eddie Robinson  First Baseman 
Al Lopez  Catcher 
Bob Lemon  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

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Senators 6 @ Indians 7
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 20, 1947

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/20/1947, game 2 -- Washington at Cleveland (N)

  Washington         AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Yost E, 3b            6  0  0  0   Mitchell D, lf        3  2  2  0   
Robertson S, lf       6  2  3  0   Metkovich G, cf       4  2  2  1   
Vernon M, 1b          5  1  1  0   Peck H, rf            5  0  2  2   
Grace J, rf           4  1  3  2   Boudreau L, ss        3  0  0  1   
Spence S, cf          3  1  0  0   Keltner K, 3b         4  1  0  0   
Christman M, ss       4  1  2  3   Gordon J, 2b          5  0  1  3   
Priddy J, 2b          4  0  2  1   Robinson E, 1b        4  0  0  0   
Evans A, c            3  0  1  0   Lopez A, c            2  0  1  0   
Lewis B, ph           1  0  0  0   Hegan J, pr-c         2  1  0  0   
Mancuso F, c          1  0  0  0   Lemon B, p            1  0  0  0   
Haefner M, p          2  0  0  0   Willis L, p           1  0  0  0   
Wynn E, ph            1  0  0  0   Stephens B, p         1  0  0  0   
Ferrick T, p          1  0  0  0   Klieman E, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Gettel A, p           2  0  1  0   
                                   Bockman E, pr         0  1  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41  6 12  6                        37  7  9  7

Washington       031 000 200 0 --  6
Cleveland        003 003 000 1 --  7
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Washington           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Haefner M             6.0  6  6  6  8  1
Ferrick T (L)         3.1  3  1  1  1  1

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lemon B               2.2  4  4  4  2  1
Willis L*             2.1  3  0  0  1  0
Stephens B+           1.0  1  2  2  2  0
Klieman E             0.1  2  0  0  0  0
Gettel A (W)          3.2  2  0  0  2  3
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 6th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 7th

E -- Yost E, Priddy J
DP -- Washington 1, Cleveland 1
LOB -- Washington 12, Cleveland 12
2B -- Grace J, Robertson S, Gordon J
3B -- Christman M, Gettel A
SH -- Boudreau L
WP -- Lemon B
T -- 2:45
A -- 15147

    

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