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Scores
Standings
SLB
@BOS		5
3
CHW
@NYY		7
3
DET
@PHA		6
8
CLE
@WSH		2
7
CLE
@WSH		3
2
PHI
@CHC		6
12
NYG
@CIN		5
4
BSN
@PIT		2
14
BRO
@STL		10
1
Tuesday, June 4, 1940,
, Griffith Stadium
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 2:33
First game of doubleheader, see Second game.
Indians
2
25-16
⇐ Lost 1 ⇒
 at Senators
7
18-24
⇐ Won 2 ⇒
W: Ken Chase (4-5)
L: Mel Harder (1-3)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Indians         0  1  0   0  1  0   0  0  0    2 10  2
Senators        0  0  0   5  1  1   0  0  X    7 15  0

Cleveland Indians

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Lou Boudreau SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 .306 .861 2 4
Roy Weatherly CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 .286 .748 2 0 2B
Beau Bell RF 4 0 2 0 1 0 .271 .697 0 0
Hal Trosky 1B 4 0 1 0 1 1 .295 1.041 11 1
Jeff Heath LF 5 1 2 1 0 1 .265 .837 2 0
Rusty Peters 3B 3 0 2 0 1 0 .500 1.238 1 4
Ray Mack 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .336 .938 1 4
Frankie Pytlak C 4 0 1 1 0 0 .263 .679 5 1
Mel Harder P 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 0 0 SH
   Johnny Humphries P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
   Ben Chapman PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .267 .708
   Mike Naymick P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .452 0 2
   Rollie Hemsley PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .293 .755
   Bill Zuber P 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 2.000 0 0
Team Totals 35 2 10 2 5 3 .286 .689 24 16
2B: R Weatherly (7).
SH: M Harder (3).
TB: R Peters 2; B Bell 2; J Heath 2; R Weatherly 2; F Pytlak; B Chapman; H Trosky.
RBI: J Heath (27); F Pytlak (6).
Team LOB: 12.
Fielding
E: J Heath (1); R Weatherly (6).

Washington Senators

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
George Case RF 5 1 2 1 0 0 .294 .767 3 0
Buddy Lewis 3B 5 0 2 0 0 1 .310 .854 1 1 SB
Johnny Welaj CF 3 1 1 1 2 0 .275 .751 6 0 3·SB
Gee Walker LF 5 0 0 1 0 1 .311 .770 0 0
Zeke Bonura 1B 4 0 3 1 1 0 .318 .843 8 1
Jake Early C 5 1 2 0 0 0 .385 1.002 5 0 2B
Jimmy Bloodworth 2B 5 2 2 1 0 0 .256 .694 1 3 3B
Jimmy Pofahl SS 2 1 1 0 2 0 .237 .667 2 2
Ken Chase P 4 1 2 2 0 0 .115 .308 1 2
Team Totals 38 7 15 7 5 2 .395 .939 27 9
2B: J Early (3).
3B: J Bloodworth (3).
TB: J Bloodworth 4; Z Bonura 3; J Early 3; B Lewis 2; G Case 2; K Chase 2; J Pofahl; J Welaj.
RBI: K Chase 2 (3); J Bloodworth (32); G Walker (37); G Case (17); J Welaj (14); Z Bonura (24).
Team LOB: 12.
Fielding
DP: 1. J Pofahl-J Bloodworth-Z Bonura.
Baserunning
SB: J Welaj 3 (5, -1st base off  POCS 3); B Lewis (5, -1st base off  POCS).

Cleveland Indians

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Mel Harder, L (1-3) 3.1 9 5 5 1 0 0 7.78 20 21
Johnny Humphries 1.2 2 1 1 2 1 0 12.46 9
Mike Naymick 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 5.66 11
Bill Zuber 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 3
Team Totals 8 15 7 7 5 2 0 7.88 43 21

Washington Senators

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Ken Chase, W (4-5) 9 10 2 2 5 3 0 3.88 41 57
Team Totals 9 10 2 2 5 3 0 2.00 41 57
Balks: None.
WP: M Harder (1); M Naymick (2); K Chase (5).
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - George Moriarty, 1B - Cal Hubbard, 2B - Joe Rue, 3B - Steve Basil.
Time of Game: 2:33.
Attendance: 0.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Cleveland Indians         Washington Senators
1 Lou Boudreau SS 1 George Case RF
2 Roy Weatherly CF 2 Buddy Lewis 3B
3 Beau Bell RF 3 Johnny Welaj CF
4 Hal Trosky 1B 4 Gee Walker LF
5 Jeff Heath LF 5 Zeke Bonura 1B
6 Rusty Peters 3B 6 Jake Early C
7 Ray Mack 2B 7 Jimmy Bloodworth 2B
8 Frankie Pytlak C 8 Jimmy Pofahl SS
9 Mel Harder P 9 Ken Chase P

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