Washington Senators vs Cleveland Indians
July 28, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1940 at Cleveland Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Washington Senators 9, Cleveland Indians 1
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Case cf 4 1 1 0
Lewis rf 5 1 2 1
Welaj lf 5 1 2 0
Travis 3b 5 2 2 2
Bloodworth 1b 5 2 2 0
Myer 2b 5 1 2 2
Pofahl ss 5 1 1 0
Evans c 4 0 2 2
Hudson p 5 0 1 2
Totals 43 9 15 9
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Chapman rf 3 1 2 0
Weatherly cf 4 0 0 0
Boudreau ss 3 0 1 0
  Peters ss 0 0 0 0
Trosky 1b 4 0 1 1
Campbell lf 4 0 0 0
Keltner 3b 4 0 1 0
Mack 2b 3 0 1 0
Hemsley c 2 0 0 0
  Pytlak c 2 0 0 0
Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Harder p 0 0 0 0
  Dobson p 1 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
  Humphries p 0 0 0 0
  Heath ph 1 0 0 0
  Zuber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Washington 304 010 001–9150
Cleveland 000 001 000–161
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Hudson  W(9-11) 9.0 6 1 1 3 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L(10-4) 0.2 4 3 3 0 0
  Harder   1.1 4 4 4 1 1
  Dobson   3.0 3 1 1 1 3
  Humphries   3.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Zuber   1.0 2 1 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
9
8
2
6
  E–Keltner (13).  DP–Washington 1. Pofahl-Myer-Bloodworth.  2B–Washington Case (16); Travis 2 (25); Bloodworth (10); Myer (11), Cleveland Chapman 2 (27).  3B–Washington Myer (2); Pofahl (3).  Team LOB–9.  Team–7.  SB–Case (23).  U–Bill McGowan, Lou Kolls, John Quinn.  T–2:09.  A–19,849.
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