Washington Senators vs Cleveland Indians
July 24, 1949 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 1949 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Washington Senators 5, Cleveland Indians 7

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 0 1 1
Coan lf 4 0 0 0
Robertson 2b 4 1 2 0
Stewart cf 4 1 1 1
Lewis rf 3 1 1 0
Robinson 1b 4 1 1 3
Dente ss 4 1 2 0
Early c 3 0 1 0
  Simmons pr 0 0 0 0
Gettel p 2 0 0 0
  Hudson p 1 0 0 0
  Scarborough p 0 0 0 0
  Mele ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 5 2 1 3
Tucker cf 3 1 2 0
Vernon 1b 2 0 0 0
Gordon 2b 4 0 1 1
Boudreau 3b 3 0 0 0
Boone ss 4 0 1 1
Kennedy rf 4 0 1 0
Hegan c 2 1 0 0
Lemon p 3 3 2 2
  Benton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 8 7
Washington 000 301 100591
Cleveland 000 130 21x782
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Gettel   4.0 4 4 4 3 1
  Hudson  L(5-9) 2.1 3 2 1 1 0
  Scarborough   1.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
7
6
4
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  W(12-4) 8.1 9 5 5 2 1
  Benton   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
2

  E–Robertson (12), Gordon (12), Boone (19).  DP–Cleveland 2. Gordon-Boone-Vernon, Vernon-Boone-Vernon.  HR–Washington Stewart (7,6th inning off Lemon 0 on 1 out); Robinson (12,4th inning off Lemon 2 on 2 out), Cleveland Mitchell (2,5th inning off Gettel 2 on 0 out); Lemon 2 (6,7th inning off Hudson 0 on 0 out,8th inning off Scarborough 0 on 2 out).  SH–Early (1); Tucker (1); Vernon (7); Hegan (4).  Team LOB–5.  Team–6.  SB–Robertson (7).  U-HP–Bill McGowan, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–Red Jones, 3B–Eddie Hurley.
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