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Scores
Standings
SLB
@BOS		1
4
CHW
@NYY		10
3
DET
@PHA		5
14
CLE
@WSH		12
4
NYG
@CHC		2
3
PHI
@CIN		2
3		 
(11)
BSN
@STL		1
3
Saturday, May 4, 1940,
, Griffith Stadium
Attendance: 3,000, Time of Game: 2:25
Indians
12
9-4
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
 at Senators
4
6-8
⇐ Lost 3 ⇒
W: Al Milnar (2-0)
L: Ken Chase (1-2)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Indians         0  0  3   0  0  3   0  5  1   12 13  0
Senators        1  0  0   0  0  2   1  0  0    4 12  5

Cleveland Indians

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Lou Boudreau SS 5 3 2 0 1 0 .302 .958 3 3 2·2B
Roy Weatherly CF 5 2 2 2 1 0 .283 .711 5 0
Ben Chapman RF 5 2 2 2 1 0 .259 .711 3 0 3B
Beau Bell 1B 5 1 2 1 1 1 .333 .929 9 0 2B
Jeff Heath LF 6 1 1 1 0 0 .259 .835 3 0
Ken Keltner 3B 3 1 1 1 2 0 .298 .857 2 3
Rollie Hemsley C 5 0 0 0 0 0 .294 .739 2 0
Ray Mack 2B 4 1 2 1 1 2 .277 .894 0 4 HR
Al Milnar P 2 1 1 0 0 1 .111 .384 0 0 SH
   Harry Eisenstat P 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 0 1
Team Totals 41 12 13 8 8 4 .317 .941 27 11
2B: B Bell (1); L Boudreau 2 (7).
3B: B Chapman (1).
HR: R Mack (3).
SH: A Milnar (1).
TB: R Mack 5; L Boudreau 4; B Chapman 4; B Bell 3; R Weatherly 2; K Keltner; A Milnar; J Heath.
RBI: B Chapman 2 (7); R Weatherly 2 (6); K Keltner (5); J Heath (12); R Mack (5); B Bell (1).
Team LOB: 11.
Fielding
DP: 1. L Boudreau-R Mack-B Bell.

Washington Senators

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
George Case CF 4 2 2 0 1 0 .218 .649 2 1 SB
Buddy Lewis RF 5 0 4 0 0 0 .309 .815 2 0 2B
Gee Walker LF 5 0 1 1 0 0 .267 .624 2 0
Zeke Bonura 1B 5 0 2 1 0 0 .167 .536 8 1
Cecil Travis 3B 5 1 1 0 0 0 .358 .933 2 2
Jimmy Bloodworth 2B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .241 .670 4 2 3B
Jimmy Pofahl SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .667 0 3
Rick Ferrell C 3 0 1 0 1 0 .212 .490 7 1
Ken Chase P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .667 0 0
   Bucky Jacobs P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0 1
   Gil Torres P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
   Johnny Welaj PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .600
Team Totals 38 4 12 3 3 2 .316 .761 27 12
2B: B Lewis (1).
3B: J Bloodworth (1).
TB: B Lewis 5; J Bloodworth 3; G Case 2; Z Bonura 2; R Ferrell; C Travis; G Walker.
RBI: J Bloodworth (8); G Walker (10); Z Bonura (4).
Team LOB: 10.
Fielding
DP: 1. C Travis-J Bloodworth-Z Bonura.
E: Z Bonura (1); J Pofahl (5); G Case (1); J Bloodworth 2 (5).
Baserunning
SB: G Case (5, -1st base off  POCS).

Cleveland Indians

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Al Milnar, W (2-0) 6 9 4 4 3 2 0 4.50 29 37
Harry Eisenstat, S (1) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 12
Team Totals 9 12 4 4 3 2 0 4.00 41 37

Washington Senators

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Ken Chase, L (1-2) 5.2 7 6 6 7 4 1 6.61 30 28
Bucky Jacobs 2 5 5 4 1 0 0 7.20 14
Gil Torres 1.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 6
Team Totals 9 13 12 10 8 4 1 10.00 50 28
Balks: K Chase (1).
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Harry Geisel, 1B - Bill McGowan, 2B - (none), 3B - Lou Kolls.
Time of Game: 2:25.
Attendance: 3,000.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Cleveland Indians         Washington Senators
1 Lou Boudreau SS 1 George Case CF
2 Roy Weatherly CF 2 Buddy Lewis RF
3 Ben Chapman RF 3 Gee Walker LF
4 Beau Bell 1B 4 Zeke Bonura 1B
5 Jeff Heath LF 5 Cecil Travis 3B
6 Ken Keltner 3B 6 Jimmy Bloodworth 2B
7 Rollie Hemsley C 7 Jimmy Pofahl SS
8 Ray Mack 2B 8 Rick Ferrell C
9 Al Milnar P 9 Ken Chase P

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