Cleveland Indians vs Washington Senators
May 17, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1971 at Robert F. Kennedy 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 6, Washington Senators 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Lowenstein lf 3 1 1 1
  Camilli ss 2 0 0 0
Pinson cf 2 1 1 0
  Hinton lf 2 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 3 1 1 1
Fosse c 5 0 1 1
Harrelson 1b 5 1 1 2
Foster rf 3 1 2 0
Leon 2b 4 0 2 0
Heidemann ss 2 0 0 0
  Ford cf 2 0 0 1
Dunning p 4 1 1 0
  Hennigan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Harrah ss 5 0 1 0
Unser cf 4 0 0 0
McCraw rf 4 1 1 1
Howard lf 3 1 1 0
Mincher 1b 4 0 0 1
Foy 3b 1 0 0 0
  Shellenback p 0 0 0 0
  Janeski p 0 0 0 0
  Fernandez ph 1 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
Casanova c 4 1 2 1
Cullen 2b 4 0 0 0
Bosman p 0 0 0 0
  Allen ph 1 0 1 0
  Gogolewski p 0 0 0 0
  Billings 3b 2 0 1 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Cleveland 103 000 1106111
Washington 000 101 001370
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Dunning  W (3-2) 8.0 7 3 3 3 6
  Hennigan  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
8
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Bosman  L (2-5) 5.0 7 4 4 1 6
  Gogolewski   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Shellenback   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Janeski   1.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Pina   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
10

  E–Fosse (2).  DP–Washington 1.  2B–Cleveland Pinson (5,off Bosman); R Foster (2,off Bosman); Hinton (2,off Pina).  3B–Washington Howard (1,off Dunning).  HR–Cleveland Lowenstein (3,3rd inning off Bosman 0 on, 0 out); Harrelson (3,3rd inning off Bosman 1 on, 2 out), Washington McCraw (4,4th inning off Dunning 0 on, 0 out); Casanova (3,9th inning off Dunning 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–R Foster (1,by Janeski); Howard (2,by Dunning).  IBB–Nettles (4,by Pina).  SB–R Foster (2,2nd base off Gogolewski/Casanova); Foy (3,2nd base off Dunning/Fosse).  WP–Gogolewski (1).  HBP–Dunning (1,Howard); Janeski (2,R Foster).  IBB–Pina (5,Nettles).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:43.  A–3,186.
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