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Cleveland Guardians @ Washington Senators

1945-07-23 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 8123 · 1:53

Cleveland Indians defeated Washington Senators 2–1. Ed Klieman earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	12
WS1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5

W: Ed Klieman L: Johnny Niggeling SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Art Passarella · 1B: Hal Weafer · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ernie Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dutch Meyer	5	0	2	0	0	1
Mickey Rocco	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Seerey	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jeff Heath	3	1	2	0	1	0
Lou Boudreau	4	0	1	0	0	1
Frankie Hayes	4	1	2	1	0	0
Felix Mackiewicz	4	0	1	0	0	0
Al Cihocki	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ed Klieman	4	0	2	1	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	4	0	0	0	0	1
George Myatt	3	0	1	0	1	0
Gil Torres	3	0	0	0	0	1
Harlond Clift	3	1	1	0	1	1
Joe Kuhel	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Binks	3	0	1	0	0	0
Rick Ferrell	3	0	1	1	0	2
Jose Zardon	3	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Niggeling	2	0	0	0	0	1
Hillis Layne	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Klieman	9.0	5	2	6

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Niggeling	8.0	10	1	3
Alex Carrasquel	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dutch Meyer: S7
Mickey Rocco: 3(B)3(1)/LDP
Pat Seerey: K23

Bot 1

George Case: 63
George Myatt: 7
Gil Torres: K

Top 2

Jeff Heath: 2/FL
Lou Boudreau: K/C
Frankie Hayes: S1
Felix Mackiewicz: 4/L

Bot 2

Harlond Clift: W
Joe Kuhel: 36(1)3/GDP
George Binks: 43

Top 3

Al Cihocki: 7
Ed Klieman: 53
Dutch Meyer: 4

Bot 3

Rick Ferrell: K/C
Jose Zardon: 63
Johnny Niggeling: K

Top 4

Mickey Rocco: 6
Pat Seerey: 63
Jeff Heath: S9
Lou Boudreau: 9

Bot 4

George Case: K
George Myatt: 53
Gil Torres: 53

Top 5

Frankie Hayes: S7
Felix Mackiewicz: 63.1-2
Al Cihocki: S3.2-3
Ed Klieman: D9.3-H;1-3
Dutch Meyer: 9
Mickey Rocco: 53

Bot 5

Harlond Clift: S8
Joe Kuhel: 7
George Binks: S8.1-3
Rick Ferrell: S9.3-H;1-3
Jose Zardon: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Pat Seerey: 53
Jeff Heath: W
Lou Boudreau: S9.1-3;B-2(TH)
Frankie Hayes: 8/F.3-H
Felix Mackiewicz: 8

Bot 6

Johnny Niggeling: 63
George Case: 63
George Myatt: W
Gil Torres: 7

Top 7

Al Cihocki: K
Ed Klieman: 63
Dutch Meyer: S7
Mickey Rocco: 53

Bot 7

Harlond Clift: K
Joe Kuhel: S3
George Binks: 146(1)/FO
Rick Ferrell: SB2.1-3(WP)
Rick Ferrell: K

Top 8

Pat Seerey: S7
Jeff Heath: S7.1X3(75)
Lou Boudreau: 9
Frankie Hayes: 8

Bot 8

Jose Zardon: 13
Hillis Layne: 63
George Case: 53

Top 9

Felix Mackiewicz: S4
Al Cihocki: 16(1)/FO/BG
Ed Klieman: S8.1X3(85)
Dutch Meyer: K/C

Bot 9

George Myatt: S8
Gil Torres: 14/SH.1-2
Harlond Clift: 8
Joe Kuhel: 31