Washington Senators vs Cleveland Indians
June 9, 1953 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1953 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 1, Cleveland Indians 2

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 2 0 0 0
Terwilliger 2b 3 0 0 0
Vernon 1b 4 1 1 1
Vollmer lf 2 0 0 0
  Mauro lf 1 0 0 0
Jensen rf 2 0 0 0
Runnels ss 3 0 0 0
Busby cf 3 0 0 0
Fitz Gerald c 3 0 1 0
Schmitz p 2 0 0 0
Totals 25 1 2 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Mitchell lf 4 0 2 0
  Simpson pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Avila 2b 3 0 1 0
Doby cf 2 0 1 0
Rosen 3b 2 1 0 0
Westlake rf 4 0 1 0
Glynn 1b 3 0 0 0
  Majeski ph 1 0 1 2
  Kennedy lf 0 0 0 0
Strickland ss 3 0 1 0
Hegan c 3 0 0 0
Lemon p 2 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 7 2
Washington 000 100 000121
Cleveland 000 000 02x270
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Schmitz  L(1-1) 8.0 7 2 2 4 4
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
4
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon  W(7-5) 9.0 2 1 1 3 8
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
3
8

  E–Yost (6).  DP–Washington 2. Runnels-Terwilliger-Vernon, Yost-Vernon, Cleveland 2. Rosen-Avila-Glynn, Strickland-Avila-Simpson.  2B–Cleveland Mitchell (6,off Schmitz).  HR–Washington Vernon (3,4th inning off B. Lemon 0 on 1 out).  SH–Schmitz (2,off B. Lemon); B. Lemon (5,off Schmitz); Avila (6,off Schmitz)..  HBP–Jensen (2,by B. Lemon); Doby (5,by Schmitz).  Team LOB–2.  Team–8.  CS–Yost (2,2nd base by B. Lemon/Hegan); Avila (2,2nd base by Schmitz/Fitz Gerald).  SB–Avila (1,3rd base off Schmitz/Fitz Gerald); Doby (1,2nd base off Schmitz/Fitz Gerald).  U-HP–Johnny Stevens, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Scotty Robb, 3B–Bill Summers.  T–2:05.  A–12,996.
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