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Cleveland Guardians @ Washington Senators

1929-07-28 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 4000 · 2:30

Cleveland Indians defeated Washington Senators 9–6. Cleveland Indians put up 4 in the 9th. Milt Shoffner earned the win. Bibb Falk went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	9	15
WS1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	13

W: Milt Shoffner L: Lloyd Brown SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Hildebrand · 1B: Bill Guthrie · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ed Morgan	5	1	2	1	0	1
Joe Sewell	3	2	2	0	1	0
Earl Averill	4	2	1	3	1	0
Lew Fonseca	5	1	3	1	0	0
Bibb Falk	5	1	3	3	0	1
Johnny Hodapp	4	1	3	0	1	0
Ray Gardner	5	0	0	0	0	1
Luke Sewell	3	0	1	1	1	1
Joe Shaute	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wes Ferrell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Milt Shoffner	2	1	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Judge	4	2	4	0	1	0
Sam Rice	3	0	1	0	2	0
Goose Goslin	2	1	0	0	1	1
Buddy Myer	3	0	0	1	0	0
Sam West	4	1	2	0	1	0
Joe Cronin	3	2	2	1	1	0
Roy Spencer	5	0	2	1	0	1
Jackie Hayes	4	0	2	1	0	0
Bobby Burke	2	0	0	0	0	2
Lloyd Brown	1	0	0	0	1	0
Charlie Gooch	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Shaute	1.0	3	1	0
Wes Ferrell	2.0	5	3	2
Milt Shoffner	6.0	5	3	2

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobby Burke	4.0	7	1	1
Lloyd Brown	5.0	8	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ed Morgan: 9
Joe Sewell: S9
Earl Averill: E4/G.1-2
Lew Fonseca: S8.2-H;1-3
Bibb Falk: D/78D.3-H(UR);1-H
Johnny Hodapp: FC4.2X3(54);B-1
Ray Gardner: CS2(24)

Bot 1

Joe Judge: S7
Sam Rice: W.1-2
Goose Goslin: 8/SF/8XD.2-3
Buddy Myer: 7/SF.3-H
Sam West: 9

Top 2

Ray Gardner: 8
Luke Sewell: K
Joe Shaute: 5/FL

Bot 2

Joe Cronin: S7
Roy Spencer: S8.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Jackie Hayes: S9.3-H;2-3
Bobby Burke: K
Joe Judge: W.1-2
Sam Rice: 6(B)4(2)/LDP

Top 3

Ed Morgan: 3/FL
Joe Sewell: W
Earl Averill: 8
Lew Fonseca: CS2(24)

Bot 3

Goose Goslin: W
Buddy Myer: 7
Sam West: SB2
Sam West: 63.2-3
Joe Cronin: BK.3-H
Joe Cronin: W
Roy Spencer: D7.1-H
Jackie Hayes: S/L/UINT.2-2
Bobby Burke: K

Top 4

Lew Fonseca: 53
Bibb Falk: HR/F9D
Johnny Hodapp: T8/8XD
Ray Gardner: 63
Luke Sewell: S7.3-H
Wes Ferrell: 4/P

Bot 4

Joe Judge: D7
Sam Rice: S3.2-H(E1)(NR)(UR)
Goose Goslin: 53/SH.1-2
Buddy Myer: 43.2-3
Sam West: W
Joe Cronin: 53

Top 5

Ed Morgan: D7
Joe Sewell: 13/SH.2-3
Earl Averill: W
Lew Fonseca: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Roy Spencer: 6/P
Jackie Hayes: 3/P
Lloyd Brown: W
Joe Judge: S7.1X3(75)

Top 6

Bibb Falk: D/78D
Johnny Hodapp: S5/G5.2-2
Ray Gardner: 5(B)6(2)/DP/BP
Luke Sewell: 8

Bot 6

Sam Rice: 63
Goose Goslin: 2/P
Buddy Myer: 7

Top 7

Milt Shoffner: 3/FL
Ed Morgan: K
Joe Sewell: 43

Bot 7

Sam West: D8
Joe Cronin: 14/SH.2-3
Roy Spencer: K
Jackie Hayes: 9

Top 8

Earl Averill: 53/G5S
Lew Fonseca: S8
Bibb Falk: PO1(E6).1-2
Bibb Falk: 8
Johnny Hodapp: IW
Ray Gardner: 4(1)/FO

Bot 8

Lloyd Brown: 43
Joe Judge: D9/9LD
Sam Rice: W
Goose Goslin: K
Buddy Myer: PO2(16)

Top 9

Luke Sewell: W
Milt Shoffner: 56(1)/FO/BG
Ed Morgan: D/78D.1-H
Joe Sewell: S/G1.2-3
Earl Averill: HR8/IPHR.3-H;1-H
Lew Fonseca: S8
Bibb Falk: K/C
Johnny Hodapp: S7.1-2
Ray Gardner: K/C

Bot 9

Charlie Gooch: 43
Sam West: S7
Joe Cronin: DI.1-2
Joe Cronin: S7.2-H
Roy Spencer: 3(B)3(1)/LDP

Notes & reviews

Hit & run
To LCF bleachers
Spectacular catch of near-triple
Neat pick-up
Line drive hit Umpire Guthrie
Over RF wall
To CF corner
Ferrell fumbled Fonseca's toss to 1B
To LCF bleachers
High bounder over 3B
Nice catch
Neat catch
Fine pick-up of slow hopper
Delayed steal attempt
To RF corner
To LCF bleachers
Off Brown's glove
IPHR, to CF corner
Great 1-handed catch

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