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Washington Senators @ Cleveland Guardians

1926-08-09 · Day game · League Park IV · 1:27

Cleveland Indians defeated Washington Senators 7–5. Cleveland Indians put up 4 in the 5th. Sherry Smith earned the win and Jake Miller picked up the save. Tris Speaker went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	14
CLE	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0		7	9

W: Sherry Smith L: Walter Johnson SV: Jake Miller

Umpires — HP: Dick Nallin · 1B: Tommy Connolly · 2B: (none) · 3B: Harry Geisel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI
Earl McNeely	5	1	2	0
Bucky Harris	4	0	1	0
Sam Rice	5	0	1	1
Roger Peckinpaugh	4	1	1	0
Goose Goslin	4	1	2	2
Joe Harris	4	1	3	0
Ossie Bluege	4	1	2	1
Muddy Ruel	4	0	0	0
Walter Johnson	4	0	2	1

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Charlie Jamieson	4	2	2	1	0	0
Freddy Spurgeon	3	2	1	0	0	0
Tris Speaker	4	1	1	3	0	0
George Burns	4	0	2	2	0	1
Joe Sewell	2	0	0	1	0	0
Homer Summa	3	0	1	0	1	0
Luke Sewell	4	0	1	0	0	2
Rube Lutzke	4	1	1	0	0	1
Sherry Smith	2	1	0	0	0	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Walter Johnson	8.0	9	1	5

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sherry Smith	6.0	12	0	0
Jake Miller	3.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Earl McNeely: S7
Bucky Harris: 53/SH.1-2
Sam Rice: S8.2-H
Roger Peckinpaugh: 7/F
Goose Goslin: 13

Bot 1

Charlie Jamieson: 43
Freddy Spurgeon: 43
Tris Speaker: 7/F

Top 2

Joe Harris: S8/L
Ossie Bluege: 16(1)/FO/BG
Muddy Ruel: 53.1-2
Walter Johnson: S7.2-H
Earl McNeely: 13

Bot 2

George Burns: 9/L
Joe Sewell: 2#
Homer Summa: 43

Top 3

Bucky Harris: 53
Sam Rice: 63
Roger Peckinpaugh: 5/FL

Bot 3

Luke Sewell: 9/F
Rube Lutzke: 43
Sherry Smith: 43

Top 4

Goose Goslin: S8
Joe Harris: S/G.1-2
Ossie Bluege: 5(B)6(2)/DP/P
Muddy Ruel: 7/F

Bot 4

Charlie Jamieson: S4/G
Freddy Spurgeon: D9.1-3
Tris Speaker: HR8/L/IPHR.3-H;2-H
George Burns: K
Joe Sewell: 6/P
Homer Summa: D9/L
Luke Sewell: K

Top 5

Walter Johnson: 7/L
Earl McNeely: 9/F
Bucky Harris: S8
Sam Rice: 43

Bot 5

Rube Lutzke: D/78/L
Sherry Smith: FC1/SH.2-3
Charlie Jamieson: S9.3-H;1-2
Freddy Spurgeon: HP.2-3;1-2
Tris Speaker: 2/FL
George Burns: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Joe Sewell: 8/SF/DP.3-H(RBI);1X2(846)

Top 6

Roger Peckinpaugh: S8
Goose Goslin: HR.1-H
Joe Harris: 9/F
Ossie Bluege: S6
Muddy Ruel: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Homer Summa: 43
Luke Sewell: S8
Rube Lutzke: PB.1-2
Rube Lutzke: K
Sherry Smith: K

Top 7

Walter Johnson: S9
Earl McNeely: S8.1-2
Bucky Harris: 7/F
Sam Rice: 31.2-3;1-2
Roger Peckinpaugh: 53

Bot 7

Charlie Jamieson: 43
Freddy Spurgeon: 4/P
Tris Speaker: 31

Top 8

Goose Goslin: 9/F
Joe Harris: S9.B-2(E9)
Ossie Bluege: S.2-H(UR)
Muddy Ruel: 43.1-2
Walter Johnson: 6/L

Bot 8

George Burns: S7
Joe Sewell: 13/SH.1-2
Homer Summa: IW
Luke Sewell: K
Rube Lutzke: 13

Top 9

Earl McNeely: 53
Bucky Harris: 63
Sam Rice: 31