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Cleveland Guardians @ Washington Senators

1937-06-23 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 2500 · 2:02

Washington Senators defeated Cleveland Indians 14–5. Washington Senators put up 4 in the 2nd. Jimmie DeShong earned the win. Cecil Travis went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	13
WS1	2	4	0	2	4	2	0	0		14	17

W: Jimmie DeShong L: Denny Galehouse SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lou Kolls · 1B: Red Ormsby · 2B: (none) · 3B: Brick Owens · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lyn Lary	4	1	2	0	1	0
Roy Hughes	5	0	2	1	0	0
Earl Averill	5	1	2	1	0	0
Hal Trosky	5	0	1	1	0	0
Bruce Campbell	4	1	2	1	0	0
Moose Solters	3	0	0	0	1	0
Odell Hale	4	0	1	1	0	0
Frankie Pytlak	2	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Heving	2	1	1	0	0	1
Joe Becker	2	0	1	0	0	0
Roy Weatherly	1	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Sullivan	1	1	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mel Almada	5	3	3	0	1	0
Buddy Lewis	4	2	2	4	1	0
Joe Kuhel	5	3	4	2	0	0
John Stone	5	2	1	1	0	0
Fred Sington	4	0	2	2	1	0
Cecil Travis	5	2	2	3	0	0
John Mihalic	5	0	0	0	0	1
Rick Ferrell	5	2	3	1	0	0
Jimmie DeShong	4	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Denny Galehouse	1.2	7	1	2
Joe Heving	4.1	9	2	0
Ivy Andrews	2.0	1	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jimmie DeShong	9.0	13	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lyn Lary: S7
Roy Hughes: S7.1-2
Earl Averill: 8/F.1-2;2-3
Hal Trosky: 3/G.3-H
Bruce Campbell: 7

Bot 1

Mel Almada: T8/78
Buddy Lewis: 8/F.3-H
Joe Kuhel: S7
John Stone: FC6.1X2(6E4);B-1
Fred Sington: W.2-3;1-2
Cecil Travis: 3/G.1-2;2-3;3-H(UR)
John Mihalic: K

Top 2

Moose Solters: 9
Odell Hale: 53
Frankie Pytlak: 8/L

Bot 2

Rick Ferrell: 53
Jimmie DeShong: K
Mel Almada: D7
Buddy Lewis: S8.2-H
Joe Kuhel: S9.1-3
John Stone: S7.1-2;3-H
Fred Sington: D9.1-H;2-H
Cecil Travis: 7

Top 3

Joe Heving: S/7S/P
Lyn Lary: S8.1-2
Roy Hughes: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Earl Averill: S8.3-H
Hal Trosky: S9.1-2
Bruce Campbell: 53

Bot 3

John Mihalic: 53
Rick Ferrell: S7
Jimmie DeShong: 23/SH.1-2
Mel Almada: W
Buddy Lewis: 8

Top 4

Moose Solters: 3/FL
Odell Hale: 9
Frankie Pytlak: 7

Bot 4

Joe Kuhel: S/G
John Stone: 36(1)/FO
Fred Sington: 8
Cecil Travis: HR8/L/IPHR.1-H
John Mihalic: 43

Top 5

Joe Heving: K
Lyn Lary: 7
Roy Hughes: 13

Bot 5

Rick Ferrell: S7
Jimmie DeShong: 3/G.1-2
Mel Almada: S3/G.2-3
Buddy Lewis: SB2
Buddy Lewis: S9.2-H;3-H;B-2(TH)
Joe Kuhel: HR/9.2-H
John Stone: 43
Fred Sington: 6/P

Top 6

Earl Averill: D9
Hal Trosky: 3/G.2-3
Bruce Campbell: S8.3-H
Moose Solters: 43.1-2
Odell Hale: 8/L

Bot 6

Cecil Travis: S7
John Mihalic: 1/G.1-2
Rick Ferrell: S7.2-H;B-2(E7/TH)
Jimmie DeShong: 9
Mel Almada: E2/TH.B-2;2-H(NR)(UR)
Buddy Lewis: W
Joe Kuhel: 46(1)/FO

Top 7

Joe Becker: S7
Roy Weatherly: K
Lyn Lary: WP.1-2
Lyn Lary: W
Roy Hughes: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

John Stone: 13
Fred Sington: S7
Cecil Travis: 7
John Mihalic: 7

Top 8

Earl Averill: 5/P
Hal Trosky: 8
Bruce Campbell: S8
Moose Solters: W.1-2
Odell Hale: S7.1-2;2-H
Joe Becker: 9

Bot 8

Rick Ferrell: 8
Jimmie DeShong: 13
Mel Almada: 63

Top 9

Billy Sullivan: D9
Lyn Lary: 7
Roy Hughes: S8.2-H
Earl Averill: 8
Hal Trosky: 8

Notes & reviews

the throw hit Mel Almada on the back

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