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Cleveland Guardians @ Washington Senators

1940-06-06 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · 11 innings · Att: 7500 · 2:39

Cleveland Indians defeated Washington Senators 5–4. Cleveland Indians put up 2 in the 8th. Mel Harder earned the win and Al Milnar picked up the save. Ray Mack went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
CLE	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	13
WS1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	10

W: Mel Harder L: Sid Hudson SV: Al Milnar

Umpires — HP: George Moriarty · 1B: Cal Hubbard · 2B: (none) · 3B: Joe Rue · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Boudreau	5	0	1	1	1	1
Ben Chapman	6	1	1	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	5	0	1	0	0	1
Hal Trosky	5	0	2	1	0	0
Jeff Heath	5	0	0	0	0	4
Beau Bell	4	2	4	0	1	0
Ray Mack	5	1	2	2	0	2
Frankie Pytlak	5	1	1	1	0	0
Johnny Allen	3	0	1	0	0	0
Mel Harder	1	0	0	0	0	1
Odell Hale	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	5	0	0	1	0	1
Buddy Lewis	4	1	2	0	1	0
Johnny Welaj	5	1	2	0	0	0
Gee Walker	4	0	1	1	1	1
Zeke Bonura	5	0	0	1	0	1
Jake Early	3	1	2	0	1	1
Jimmy Bloodworth	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jimmy Pofahl	4	1	1	1	1	0
Sid Hudson	3	0	2	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Allen	7.0	9	0	4
Mel Harder	3.0	0	4	1
Al Milnar	1.0	1	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sid Hudson	11.0	13	2	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lou Boudreau: W
Ben Chapman: S8.1-3
Ken Keltner: FC1.3XH(12525);1-3;B-2
Hal Trosky: 7.3-H
Jeff Heath: K

Bot 1

George Case: K/C
Buddy Lewis: S9
Johnny Welaj: S7.1-2
Gee Walker: S8.2-H;1-3
Zeke Bonura: SB2
Zeke Bonura: 8.3-H;2-3
Jake Early: OA.3XH(2)

Top 2

Beau Bell: S7
Ray Mack: 8
Frankie Pytlak: 46(1)/FO
Johnny Allen: S8.1-3
Lou Boudreau: 8

Bot 2

Jake Early: K
Jimmy Bloodworth: K
Jimmy Pofahl: 8

Top 3

Ben Chapman: 63
Ken Keltner: 53
Hal Trosky: S7
Jeff Heath: K

Bot 3

Sid Hudson: S8
George Case: 2/FL
Buddy Lewis: S9.1-3;BX2(963)
Johnny Welaj: 5

Top 4

Beau Bell: S6
Ray Mack: S7.1-3
Frankie Pytlak: 9.3-H
Johnny Allen: E3.1-2
Lou Boudreau: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Gee Walker: 43
Zeke Bonura: K
Jake Early: HP
Jimmy Bloodworth: 7

Top 5

Ben Chapman: 9
Ken Keltner: S8
Hal Trosky: 8
Jeff Heath: K/C

Bot 5

Jimmy Pofahl: E5
Sid Hudson: 34/SH.1-2
George Case: 53
Buddy Lewis: 3/G

Top 6

Beau Bell: D9
Ray Mack: K
Frankie Pytlak: 9
Johnny Allen: 63

Bot 6

Johnny Welaj: 5
Gee Walker: 63
Zeke Bonura: 13

Top 7

Lou Boudreau: K
Ben Chapman: 6/L
Ken Keltner: K

Bot 7

Jake Early: S8
Jimmy Bloodworth: 34/SH.1-2
Jimmy Pofahl: D7/78.2-H
Sid Hudson: S7.2-3
George Case: 7.3-H
Buddy Lewis: 9

Top 8

Hal Trosky: 5
Jeff Heath: K
Beau Bell: S8
Ray Mack: HR/7.1-H
Frankie Pytlak: 6

Bot 8

Johnny Welaj: S5
Gee Walker: CS2(26)
Gee Walker: W
Zeke Bonura: PO1(13416)
Zeke Bonura: 8

Top 9

Mel Harder: K
Lou Boudreau: 8
Ben Chapman: 8

Bot 9

Jake Early: W
Jimmy Bloodworth: 34/SH.1-2
Jimmy Pofahl: IW
Sid Hudson: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 10

Ken Keltner: 2/FL
Hal Trosky: D3
Jeff Heath: 2/FL
Beau Bell: IW
Ray Mack: K/C

Bot 10

George Case: 53
Buddy Lewis: W
Johnny Welaj: E5.1-2
Gee Walker: K
Zeke Bonura: 5

Top 11

Frankie Pytlak: T8/89
Odell Hale: 63
Lou Boudreau: S.3-H
Ben Chapman: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 11

Jake Early: S9
Jimmy Bloodworth: 6
Jimmy Pofahl: 64(1)3/GDP