Washington Senators vs Cleveland Indians
September 20, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1969 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 5, Cleveland Indians 3

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 7 0 2 0
Maye rf 5 0 0 0
Howard lf,1b 5 1 1 0
Epstein 1b 3 2 1 0
  Allen H. lf 0 0 0 0
McMullen 3b 5 2 1 0
Allen B. 2b 2 0 0 0
  Cullen pr,2b 2 0 0 1
Brinkman ss 6 0 2 1
French c 5 0 2 1
  Smith ph 0 0 0 0
  Casanova c 0 0 0 0
Bosman p 4 0 1 1
  Stroud ph 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 1
  Higgins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 5 10 5
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cardenal cf 5 0 1 0
Baker lf 4 1 0 0
Sims c 3 1 1 0
  Nelson pr 0 0 0 0
  Suarez c 1 0 1 0
Horton 1b 5 0 1 1
Harrelson rf 5 1 1 1
Klimchock 3b 4 0 1 0
  Peterson ph 1 0 1 0
Leon ss 3 0 0 0
  Nagelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Hargan p 0 0 0 0
  Pizarro p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton ph 0 0 0 0
Fuller 2b 4 0 1 0
  Scheinblum ph 1 0 0 0
Tiant p 3 0 0 0
  Snyder ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 3 8 2
Washington 010 001 000 0035101
Cleveland 200 000 000 001382
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Bosman   10.0 5 2 2 2 5
  Knowles  W (8-2) 1.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Higgins  SV (15) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
8
3
3
3
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant   10.0 8 2 2 5 2
  Hargan  L (5-14) 1.2 2 3 3 3 0
  Pizarro   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
12.0
10
5
5
10
2

  E–Maye (7), Sims (3), Leon (15).  DP–Washington 1, Cleveland 2.  2B–Washington Unser (18,off Tiant), Cleveland Harrelson (14,off Knowles).  SF–Cullen (3,off Hargan).  IBB–McMullen (6,by Hargan); Smith (1,by Pizarro).  SB–Stroud (11,2nd base off Hargan/Suarez); Cardenal (35,2nd base off Bosman/French).  CS–Horton (3,2nd base by Bosman/French).  IBB–Hargan (9,McMullen); Pizarro (7,Smith).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Larry Napp.  T–3:21.  A–7,901.
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