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Indians 4 @ Senators 5
Griffith Stadium
August 25, 1940

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Washington Senators and the Cleveland Indians, played on August 25, 1940 at Griffith Stadium. The home team Senators beat the visiting Indians with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateAugust 25, 1940 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 4 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 4
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Washington Senators
R: 5 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherSid Hudson  
Losing PitcherJohnny Allen  
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Game Winning RBIBuddy Myer 

Game Info

DateAugust 25, 1940 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night 
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamWashington Senators 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohnny Allen  
Home Starting PitcherSid Hudson  
BallparkGriffith Stadium 
CityWashington 
StateDC 
Attendance12,500 
Time of Game1 hour 58 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Red Ormsby
1B: John Quinn
2B: Harry Geisel
3B: George Pipgras

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ben Chapman  Right Fielder 
Roy Weatherly  Center Fielder 
Lou Boudreau  Shortstop 
Hal Trosky  First Baseman 
Jeff Heath  Left Fielder 
Ken Keltner  Third Baseman 
Ray Mack  Second Baseman 
Frankie Pytlak  Catcher 
Johnny Allen  Pitcher 
Ossie Vitt  Manager 

Washington Senators Lineup 

Name  Position 
George Case  Center Fielder 
Buddy Lewis  Right Fielder 
Johnny Welaj  Left Fielder 
Cecil Travis  Third Baseman 
Buddy Myer  Second Baseman 
Jack Sanford  First Baseman 
Jimmy Pofahl  Shortstop 
Rick Ferrell  Catcher 
Sid Hudson  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

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Indians 4 @ Senators 5
Griffith Stadium
August 25, 1940

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/25/1940 -- Cleveland at Washington

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Washington         AB  R  H RBI
Chapman B, rf         5  0  1  1   Case G, cf            5  1  3  0   
Weatherly R, cf       5  0  0  0   Lewis B, rf           3  1  2  0   
Boudreau L, ss        4  0  1  2   Welaj J, lf           4  1  0  1   
Trosky H, 1b          4  0  3  1   Travis C, 3b          3  1  1  0   
Heath J, lf           3  0  2  0   Myer B, 2b            2  1  1  3   
Keltner K, 3b         4  0  0  0   Sanford J, 1b         3  0  1  0   
Mack R, 2b            4  0  0  0   Pofahl J, ss          4  0  1  0   
Pytlak F, c           2  1  1  0   Ferrell R, c          4  0  1  1   
Hemsley R, ph-c       2  1  1  0   Hudson S, p           4  0  0  0   
Allen J, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Eisenstat H, p        2  1  1  0                                      
Campbell S, ph        1  1  1  0                                      
Dobson J, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Hale O, ph            1  0  0  0                                      
Zuber B, p            0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  4 11  4                        32  5 10  5

Cleveland        002 000 200 --  4
Washington       400 100 00x --  5

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Allen J (L)           0.2  3  4  4  2  1
Eisenstat H           5.1  6  1  1  1  2
Dobson J              1.0  1  0  0  1  1
Zuber B               1.0  0  0  0  0  1

  Washington           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hudson S (W)          9.0 11  4  4  2  5

E -- Keltner K
DP -- Cleveland 1, Washington 1
LOB -- Cleveland 8, Washington 8
2B -- Case G, Trosky H 2, Lewis B, Chapman B
3B -- Myer B
CS -- Myer B
HBP -- by Allen J (Lewis B)
WP -- Eisenstat H, Hudson S
T -- 1:58
A -- 12500

    

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