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Senators
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 1, 1945
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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 July 1, 1945 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 1, 1945 |
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Visiting Team |
Washington Senators
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 1, 1945 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Washington Senators |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dutch Leonard |
Home Starting Pitcher | Mel Harder |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | |
Time of Game | 2 hours 19 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Joe Rue 1B: Art Passarella 2B: (none) 3B: Bill McGowan |
Washington Senators Lineup
Name | Position |
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George Case | Left Fielder |
George Myatt | Right Fielder |
Fred Vaughn | Second Baseman |
Joe Kuhel | First Baseman |
Harlond Clift | Third Baseman |
George Binks | Center Fielder |
Gil Torres | Shortstop |
Rick Ferrell | Catcher |
Dutch Leonard | Pitcher |
Ossie Bluege | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dutch Meyer | Second Baseman |
Mickey Rocco | First Baseman |
Paul O'Dea | Right Fielder |
Jeff Heath | Left Fielder |
Lou Boudreau | Shortstop |
Frankie Hayes | Catcher |
Don Ross | Third Baseman |
Felix Mackiewicz | Center Fielder |
Mel Harder | Pitcher |
Lou Boudreau | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Senators
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 1, 1945
Top 1
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Case vs. Harder
Case takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Myatt vs. Harder
Myatt bunts towards the mound. Harder fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Case moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Vaughn vs. Harder
There goes Case. The throw from Hayes and he is out, Ross applying the tag. Myatt moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Vaughn vs. Harder
Vaughn hits a popup, foul, towards the mound. Harder settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kuhel vs. Harder
Kuhel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clift vs. Harder
Clift hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyer vs. Leonard
Meyer hits a fly ball into right field. Myatt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rocco vs. Leonard
Rocco hits a fly ball into left field. Case settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Dea vs. Leonard
O'Dea is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Binks vs. Harder
Binks hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Harder
Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harder fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferrell vs. Harder
Ferrell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leonard vs. Harder
Leonard hits a fly ball into center field. Mackiewicz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Leonard
Heath strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Leonard
Boudreau hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Case. Boudreau reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hayes vs. Leonard
Hayes hits a fly ball into left field. Case settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ross vs. Leonard
Ross strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Case vs. Harder
Case bunts towards third. Ross fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Myatt vs. Harder
There goes Case. The throw from Hayes and he is safe. Case steals second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Myatt vs. Harder
Myatt hits a popup towards first. Rocco settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Case moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Vaughn vs. Harder
Vaughn hits a fly ball into right field. O'Dea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Case scores. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhel vs. Harder
Kuhel hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Senators, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mackiewicz vs. Leonard
Mackiewicz hits a fly ball into right field. Myatt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harder vs. Leonard
Harder hits a fly ball into left field. Case settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyer vs. Leonard
Meyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kuhel scoops it up and throws to first, with Leonard covering, for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Senators, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Harder
Clift takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Binks vs. Harder
Binks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Clift moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Torres vs. Harder
Torres bunts towards third. Ross fields it and throws to first for the out. Clift moves to third. Binks moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ferrell vs. Harder
Ferrell is walked intentionally. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Leonard vs. Harder
Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields it and throws to home to get Clift. Binks moves to third. Ferrell moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Case vs. Harder
Case hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Binks scores. Ferrell scores. Leonard moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Myatt vs. Harder
Myatt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Meyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Senators, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rocco vs. Leonard
Rocco hits a fly ball into left field. Case settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Dea vs. Leonard
O'Dea hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Vaughn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Leonard
Heath hits a popup towards short. Torres settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Senators, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughn vs. Harder
Vaughn hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuhel vs. Harder
Kuhel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clift vs. Harder
Clift hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of O'Dea. Clift reaches second base with a double. Kuhel moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Binks vs. Harder
Binks is walked intentionally. View Play -
Senators, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Torres vs. Harder
Torres hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuhel scores. Clift scores. Binks moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ferrell vs. Henry
Earl Henry now pitching.
Ferrell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ross fields it and throws to first for the out. Binks scores. Torres moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Leonard vs. Henry
Leonard hits a fly ball into center field. Mackiewicz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Senators, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Leonard
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Leonard
Hayes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boudreau moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ross vs. Leonard
Ross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boudreau scores. Hayes moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mackiewicz vs. Leonard
Al Cihocki pinch runs for Don Ross.
Mackiewicz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Vaughn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hayes scores. Cihocki moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gromek vs. Leonard
Steve Gromek pinch hits for Earl Henry.
Gromek strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Meyer vs. Leonard
Meyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cihocki scores. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rocco vs. Leonard
Rocco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Vaughn fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Senators, 6 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Case vs. Reynolds
Allie Reynolds now pitching. Al Cihocki now playing third base. Jim McDonnell now catching. Myril Hoag now playing center field.
Case hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Meyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myatt vs. Reynolds
Myatt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reynolds fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vaughn vs. Reynolds
Vaughn takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuhel vs. Reynolds
Kuhel takes first base on ball four. Vaughn moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clift vs. Reynolds
Clift hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cihocki fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Senators, 6 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Dea vs. Leonard
O'Dea hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Leonard
Heath hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Myatt who is chasing the ball. Heath reaches third base with a triple. O'Dea goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boudreau vs. Leonard
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonard fields it and has Heath trapped. Leonard throws to third, and Clift tags Heath for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDonnell vs. Leonard
McDonnell hits a fly ball, foul, down the left field line, foul. Case chases it down, and drops the ball. That's an error on Case. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDonnell vs. Leonard
McDonnell hits a fly ball into left field. Case settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cihocki vs. Leonard
The ball gets by Ferrell for a passed ball. Boudreau moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cihocki vs. Leonard
Cihocki strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Senators, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Binks vs. Reynolds
Binks hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McDonnell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Reynolds
Torres hits a fly ball into right field. O'Dea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferrell vs. Reynolds
Ferrell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Leonard vs. Reynolds
Leonard hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McDonnell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Senators, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoag vs. Leonard
Hoag hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carnett vs. Leonard
Eddie Carnett pinch hits for Allie Reynolds.
Carnett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hoag moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Meyer vs. Leonard
Meyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields it and throws to second for the out. Hoag moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rocco vs. Leonard
Rocco hits a fly ball into right field. Myatt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hoag scores. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Dea vs. Leonard
O'Dea hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clift fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Case vs. Klieman
Ed Klieman now pitching.
Case hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cihocki fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Myatt vs. Klieman
Myatt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Vaughn vs. Klieman
Vaughn hits a fly ball into right field. O'Dea settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuhel vs. Klieman
Kuhel hits a popup towards short. Boudreau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Leonard
Heath hits a popup towards first. Kuhel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Leonard
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonard juggles the ball. That's an error on Leonard. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDonnell vs. Leonard
McDonnell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boudreau moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Pieretti
Marino Pieretti now pitching. Papa Williams pinch hits for Al Cihocki.
Williams hits a popup towards first. Kuhel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hoag vs. Pieretti
Hoag hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Vaughn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clift vs. Klieman
Ed Wheeler now playing third base.
Clift hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Binks vs. Klieman
Binks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torres vs. Klieman
Torres hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Binks moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ferrell vs. Klieman
There goes Torres. The throw from McDonnell and he is safe. Torres steals second. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ferrell vs. Klieman
Ferrell is walked intentionally. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Pieretti vs. Klieman
Pieretti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields it, throws to home for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seerey vs. Pieretti
Pat Seerey pinch hits for Ed Klieman.
Seerey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Vaughn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyer vs. Pieretti
Meyer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rocco vs. Pieretti
Rocco takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 6 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Dea vs. Pieretti
O'Dea hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Vaughn fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/1/1945, game 1 -- Washington at Cleveland (D) Washington AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Case G, lf 4 1 2 2 Meyer D, 2b 5 0 1 1 Myatt G, rf 5 0 2 0 Rocco M, 1b 4 0 0 1 Vaughn F, 2b 4 0 0 1 O'Dea P, rf 5 1 1 0 Kuhel J, 1b 2 1 0 0 Heath J, lf 4 0 1 1 Clift H, 3b 4 1 1 0 Boudreau L, ss 4 1 2 0 Binks G, cf 4 2 2 0 Hayes F, c 2 1 1 0 Torres G, ss 4 0 2 2 McDonnell J, c 2 0 1 0 Ferrell R, c 3 1 2 1 Ross D, 3b 2 0 1 1 Leonard D, p 4 0 0 0 Cihocki A, pr-3b 1 1 0 0 Pieretti M, p 1 0 0 0 Williams P, ph 1 0 0 0 Wheeler E, 3b 0 0 0 0 Mackiewicz F, cf 2 0 0 1 Hoag M, cf 2 1 1 0 Harder M, p 1 0 0 0 Henry E, p 0 0 0 0 Gromek S, ph 1 0 0 0 Reynolds A, p 0 0 0 0 Carnett E, ph 1 0 1 0 Klieman E, p 0 0 0 0 Seerey P, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 6 11 6 38 5 10 5 Washington 001 230 000 -- 6 Cleveland 000 031 100 -- 5 Washington IP H R ER BB SO Leonard D (W) 7.1 10 5 5 0 5 Pieretti M (S) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Harder M (L) 4.1 7 6 6 6 0 Henry E 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 Reynolds A 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 Klieman E 2.0 3 0 0 1 0 E -- Case G, Leonard D DP -- Cleveland 1 LOB -- Washington 12, Cleveland 7 2B -- Boudreau L, Clift H 3B -- Heath J SB -- Case G, Torres G CS -- Case G SH -- Torres G PB -- Ferrell R T -- 2:19 A -- 0
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