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Cleveland Guardians @ Washington Senators

1937-05-21 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 15000 · 2:25

Cleveland Indians defeated Washington Senators 7–5. Cleveland Indians put up 2 in the 1st. Earl Whitehill earned the win and Joe Heving picked up the save. Buddy Lewis went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	7	11
WS1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	5	11

W: Earl Whitehill L: Jimmie DeShong SV: Joe Heving

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: George Moriarty · 2B: (none) · 3B: John Quinn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lyn Lary	5	1	2	0	0	1
Jeff Heath	5	1	2	2	0	1
Earl Averill	5	1	1	1	0	1
Hal Trosky	3	1	0	0	1	0
Moose Solters	3	1	1	1	0	0
Odell Hale	4	0	1	1	0	1
Frankie Pytlak	4	1	1	1	0	0
Roy Hughes	4	0	2	1	0	0
Earl Whitehill	3	1	0	0	0	1
Joe Heving	1	0	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ben Chapman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Buddy Lewis	5	1	2	2	0	0
Joe Kuhel	5	0	1	0	0	0
John Stone	4	1	1	0	0	0
Al Simmons	3	1	0	0	1	0
Buddy Myer	4	1	3	1	0	0
Ossie Bluege	3	0	1	0	1	1
Wally Millies	4	0	2	2	0	0
Jimmie DeShong	2	0	0	0	0	0
Syd Cohen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cecil Travis	1	1	0	0	0	0
Fred Sington	1	0	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Whitehill	7.2	9	3	0
Joe Heving	1.1	2	0	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jimmie DeShong	6.1	8	1	4
Syd Cohen	2.2	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lyn Lary: 23
Jeff Heath: T9
Earl Averill: T7.3-H
Hal Trosky: W
Moose Solters: 9/F.3-H
Odell Hale: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Ben Chapman: W
Buddy Lewis: S/BR.1X2(4)
Joe Kuhel: 46(1)/FO
John Stone: 9

Top 2

Frankie Pytlak: 53
Roy Hughes: 4/P
Earl Whitehill: 63

Bot 2

Al Simmons: 5/FL
Buddy Myer: S8
Ossie Bluege: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Lyn Lary: K
Jeff Heath: K/C
Earl Averill: 43

Bot 3

Wally Millies: 63
Jimmie DeShong: 9
Ben Chapman: 63

Top 4

Hal Trosky: E4/G.B-2
Moose Solters: 13/SH.2-3
Odell Hale: 4/P
Frankie Pytlak: D8.3-H(UR)
Roy Hughes: S8.2-H(UR)
Earl Whitehill: K

Bot 4

Buddy Lewis: HR/9
Joe Kuhel: 3/G
John Stone: S7/P
Al Simmons: 8/8D
Buddy Myer: S8.1-3
Ossie Bluege: W.1-2
Wally Millies: S5.1-2;2-H;3-H
Jimmie DeShong: 9

Top 5

Lyn Lary: S8
Jeff Heath: 2/FL
Earl Averill: 8
Hal Trosky: 7

Bot 5

Ben Chapman: 9
Buddy Lewis: 43
Joe Kuhel: 4/P

Top 6

Moose Solters: E5/TH
Odell Hale: CS2(24)
Odell Hale: K
Frankie Pytlak: 63

Bot 6

John Stone: 43
Al Simmons: W
Buddy Myer: 9
Ossie Bluege: S7.1-2
Wally Millies: 13

Top 7

Roy Hughes: D7
Earl Whitehill: FC1/BG.2X3(15)
Lyn Lary: S9.1-3
Jeff Heath: T/78.1-H;3-H
Earl Averill: K
Hal Trosky: 43

Bot 7

Syd Cohen: 7
Ben Chapman: 8
Buddy Lewis: 9

Top 8

Moose Solters: D8
Odell Hale: S8.2-H
Frankie Pytlak: 46(1)/FO
Roy Hughes: CS2(26)
Roy Hughes: 9

Bot 8

Joe Kuhel: S1
John Stone: 46(1)/FO
Al Simmons: 64(1)/FO
Buddy Myer: D8/78.1-H
Ossie Bluege: K

Top 9

Joe Heving: S7
Lyn Lary: 9
Jeff Heath: 46(1)/FO
Earl Averill: 63

Bot 9

Wally Millies: S9
Cecil Travis: 64(1)/FO
Fred Sington: D7/78D.1-3
Buddy Lewis: 43.2-3;3-H
Joe Kuhel: 43

Notes & reviews

Ben Chapman left with a bruised hip
Earl Whitehill did not want to leave and instead of handing the ball to manager Steve O'Neill, he threw it in the general direction of 2B

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