Cleveland Indians vs Washington Senators
August 24, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1968 at D.C. Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 2, Washington Senators 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Snyder cf 4 0 0 0
  Cardenal cf 2 1 1 0
Nelson 2b 5 1 0 0
Maye lf 4 0 1 0
  Harper rf 0 0 0 0
  Hall ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Johnson rf,lf,rf 8 0 2 0
Horton 1b 4 0 1 1
Azcue c 5 0 1 0
  Fisher p 1 0 0 0
  Brown ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Salmon ss,3b 7 0 1 0
Alvis 3b 3 0 1 0
  Romo p 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Sims c 1 0 0 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Fuller 3b 5 0 0 0
  Hargan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 2 8 1
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 8 0 2 0
Stroud rf 8 0 0 0
McMullen 3b,ss 6 0 1 0
Howard lf 6 0 1 0
Epstein 1b 4 1 1 1
French c 7 0 4 0
Allen B. 2b 6 0 0 0
Cullen ss 2 0 0 0
  Allen H. ph,3b 5 0 2 0
Hannan p 2 0 0 0
  Alyea ph 1 0 1 0
  Bosman p 0 0 0 0
  Baldwin p 0 0 0 0
  Holman ph 1 0 0 0
  Haywood p 0 0 0 0
  Peterson ph 1 0 0 0
  Higgins p 0 0 0 0
  Moore ph 1 0 0 0
  Ortega p 0 0 0 0
  Casanova ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 59 1 12 1
Cleveland 100 000 000 000 000 1281
Washington 000 000 001 000 000 01125
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant   5.0 2 0 0 3 3
  Romo   3.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Williams   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Fisher   5.0 5 0 0 0 3
  Hargan  W (8-13) 2.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
16.0
12
1
1
5
9
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Hannan   7.0 6 1 0 1 7
  Bosman   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Baldwin   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Haywood   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Higgins   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Ortega  L (5-12) 3.0 1 1 0 6 2
Totals
16.0
8
2
0
10
9

  E–Salmon (8), H Allen 3 (7), Hannan (1), Ortega (4).  DP–Cleveland 2, Washington 1.  PB–Sims (12).  2B–Cleveland Johnson (7,off Haywood).  HR–Washington Epstein (11,9th inning off Romo 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Tiant 2 (10,off Hannan 2); Horton (1,off Haywood); Brown (6,off Ortega).  HBP–Cardenal (2,by Haywood); Nelson (1,by Ortega); Epstein (11,by Romo).  IBB–Sims (10,by Ortega); Hall (6,by Ortega); Horton (4,by Ortega); B Allen (4,by Hargan).  SB–Cardenal 3 (35,2nd base off Baldwin/French,2nd base off Ortega/French,3rd base off Ortega/French); Hall (2,2nd base off Ortega/French).  CS–Sims (3,2nd base by Haywood/French); Cardenal (15,2nd base by Haywood/French).  HBP–Romo (2,Epstein); Haywood (2,Cardenal); Ortega (5,Nelson).  IBB–Hargan (5,B Allen); Ortega 3 (8,Sims,Hall,Horton).  U-HP–Cal Drummond, 1B–Jim Odom, 2B–Ed Runge, 3B–John Rice.  T–4:38.  A–2,733.
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