Washington Senators vs Cleveland Indians
September 14, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 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 8, Cleveland Indians 6

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf,rf 10 1 2 0
McCraw lf 8 0 0 1
Mincher 1b 9 0 0 0
Billings c 10 2 3 3
Allen 3b,2b 5 0 2 0
  Maddox pr,cf 2 1 0 0
Biittner rf 4 0 1 1
  Randle pr,2b 4 1 0 0
Harrah ss 7 1 3 0
Cullen 2b 1 1 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Nelson 3b 4 0 1 1
Broberg p 2 0 1 0
  Grzenda p 0 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
  Riddleberger p 0 0 0 0
  Cox p 0 0 0 0
  Burroughs ph 0 1 0 0
  Lindblad p 1 0 0 0
  Shellenback p 2 0 1 0
  Casanova ph 0 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  McLain p 1 0 0 0
Totals 71 8 14 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Uhlaender rf 10 1 2 1
Pinson cf 9 1 3 1
Foster lf 6 1 0 0
Nettles 3b 6 0 2 4
Chambliss 1b 8 0 2 0
Lowenstein 2b 3 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph,2b 5 0 1 0
Camilli ss 4 0 0 0
  Hinton ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanley ss 4 0 0 0
Suarez c 2 0 1 0
  Fosse ph,c 4 2 1 0
Dunning p 2 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 1 1 0
  Farmer p 1 0 0 0
  Hennigan p 0 0 0 0
  Lamb p 0 0 0 0
  Ford ph 1 0 0 0
  Hargan p 1 0 0 0
  Hodge ph 1 0 1 0
  Ballinger p 0 0 0 0
  Paul p 0 0 0 0
  McDowell p 1 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Leon ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 71 6 15 6
Washington 000 110 003 000 000 000 038141
Cleveland 100 000 400 000 000 000 016153
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Broberg   6.1 6 3 3 3 6
  Grzenda   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Pina   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Riddleberger   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Cox   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Shellenback   5.0 3 0 0 2 3
  Thompson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  McLain  W (10-19) 4.0 3 1 1 2 3
Totals
20.0
15
6
6
11
14
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Dunning   7.0 5 2 1 5 3
  Farmer   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
  Hennigan   0.2 4 2 2 0 1
  Lamb   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hargan   5.0 3 0 0 3 1
  Ballinger   0.2 0 0 0 2 1
  Paul   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  McDowell  L (13-15) 3.1 1 3 2 6 2
  Mingori   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
20.0
14
8
6
19
9

  E–Billings (4), Bevacqua (5), Fosse (8), McDowell (4).  DP–Washington 1, Cleveland 1.  PB–Billings (14); Suarez (1).  2B–Washington Broberg (2,off Dunning); Allen (9,off Farmer), Cleveland Nettles 2 (18,off Broberg,off Riddleberger); Pinson (23,off Shellenback).  HR–Washington Billings (6,4th inning off Dunning 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Broberg (3,off Dunning); Randle (7,off McDowell); McLain (9,off McDowell); Bevacqua (1,off Shellenback).  IBB–Nelson (2,by McDowell); Fosse 2 (6,by Lindblad,by Shellenback); R Foster (2,by Shellenback).  SB–Harrah 2 (8,2nd base off Hargan/Fosse,2nd base off Ballinger/Fosse); Maddox (9,2nd base off Ballinger/Fosse); Pinson 2 (23,2nd base off Broberg/Billings,2nd base off McLain/Billings); Nettles (7,2nd base off Broberg/Billings).  CS–Lowenstein (4,2nd base by Broberg/Billings).  WP–Broberg 2 (9).  IBB–Lindblad (7,Fosse); Shellenback 2 (4,R Foster,Fosse); McDowell (12,Nelson).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–George Maloney.  T–6:15.  A–2,639.
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