Washington Senators vs Cleveland Indians
July 5, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1971 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 15, Cleveland Indians 6

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf,lf 6 2 4 4
Randle 2b 3 2 1 0
Biittner rf 5 2 2 1
Howard 1b 5 1 1 3
  Stelmaszek c 1 0 0 0
Allen 3b 3 1 1 0
  Harrah pr,ss 2 1 0 0
Billings c 5 1 3 4
  Riddleberger p 0 0 0 0
McCraw lf,1b 4 1 1 1
Cullen ss 4 1 3 2
  Nelson 3b 1 1 1 0
McLain p 1 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 3 2 1 0
  Maddox cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 15 18 15
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Pinson cf 4 1 1 1
Nettles 3b 4 1 2 2
Fosse c 1 0 0 0
  Suarez c 3 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 2 0 1 0
  Colbert p 0 0 0 0
  Foster ph 1 0 1 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
Baker rf 4 1 0 0
Uhlaender lf 4 1 1 0
Leon 2b 4 1 2 2
Heidemann ss 4 0 0 0
Hargan p 1 0 0 0
  Hennigan p 1 0 0 0
  Hinton 1b 2 1 1 0
Totals 35 6 9 5
Washington 004 604 01015181
Cleveland 030 000 030691
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
McLain   2.0 2 3 2 1 0
  Lindblad  W (4-1) 4.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Riddleberger  SV (1) 3.0 5 3 3 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
1
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hargan  L (1-8) 2.1 6 4 4 1 2
  Hennigan   3.2 10 10 10 3 2
  Colbert   2.0 2 1 1 0 3
  Mingori   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
18
15
15
4
7

  E–Unser (5), Chambliss (5).  DP–Washington 1.  2B–Washington Unser 2 (10,off Hargan,off Colbert); Cullen 2 (7,off Hargan,off Hennigan); Lindblad (2,off Hennigan); Biittner (1,off Hennigan), Cleveland Uhlaender (7,off McLain); Hinton (3,off Riddleberger); Pinson (13,off Riddleberger).  HR–Washington Howard (13,3rd inning off Hargan 2 on, 1 out); Billings (2,4th inning off Hennigan 3 on, 2 out); Unser (5,6th inning off Hennigan 2 on, 2 out), Cleveland Leon (3,2nd inning off McLain 1 on, 1 out); Nettles (13,8th inning off Riddleberger 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Randle (1,off Hargan).  SF–McCraw (1,off Hennigan).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:29.  A–13,813.
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