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Cleveland Guardians @ Washington Senators

1945-09-12 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 14022 · 1:45

Washington Senators defeated Cleveland Indians 5–1. Washington Senators put up 3 in the 6th. Roger Wolff earned the win. Roger Wolff went 1-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Roger Wolff L: Steve Gromek SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Pipgras · 1B: Bill Summers · 2B: (none) · 3B: Eddie Rommel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Cihocki	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Rocco	3	1	1	0	1	0
Les Fleming	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jeff Heath	3	0	1	1	1	0
Dutch Meyer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Don Ross	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Seerey	3	0	0	0	0	1
Frankie Hayes	2	0	0	0	0	1
Steve Gromek	2	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Wheeler	0	0	0	0	1	0
Paul O'Dea	1	0	0	0	0	1
Felix Mackiewicz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	4	0	2	0	0	0
George Myatt	3	1	1	0	1	0
Buddy Lewis	3	1	1	0	1	0
Joe Kuhel	4	0	1	1	0	0
Cecil Travis	4	1	2	1	0	1
Mike Kreevich	4	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Guerra	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gil Torres	3	1	0	0	1	0
Roger Wolff	4	0	1	3	0	2

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Gromek	7.0	10	3	2
Ed Klieman	1.0	0	0	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roger Wolff	9.0	4	3	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Cihocki: 63
Mickey Rocco: S6
Les Fleming: S9.1-3
Jeff Heath: S8.3-H;1-3
Dutch Meyer: 5(B)53(1)/LDP

Bot 1

George Case: S9
George Myatt: SB2
George Myatt: 8
Buddy Lewis: FC3.2X3(35);B-2
Joe Kuhel: D9.2-H
Cecil Travis: 7

Top 2

Don Ross: 63
Pat Seerey: 13
Frankie Hayes: 13

Bot 2

Mike Kreevich: 63
Mike Guerra: 7
Gil Torres: 8

Top 3

Steve Gromek: S8
Al Cihocki: 26(1)/FO/BG
Mickey Rocco: 36(1)/FO
Les Fleming: 43

Bot 3

Roger Wolff: 163
George Case: S7
George Myatt: 8
Buddy Lewis: S9.1-2
Joe Kuhel: 9

Top 4

Jeff Heath: 43
Dutch Meyer: 5/FL
Don Ross: 3/FL

Bot 4

Cecil Travis: K/C
Mike Kreevich: S8
Mike Guerra: CS2(26)
Mike Guerra: S8
Gil Torres: 5

Top 5

Pat Seerey: K
Frankie Hayes: K
Steve Gromek: 63

Bot 5

Roger Wolff: K
George Case: 53/BG
George Myatt: W
Buddy Lewis: 8

Top 6

Al Cihocki: 9
Mickey Rocco: 5/FL
Les Fleming: 3

Bot 6

Joe Kuhel: 43
Cecil Travis: S8
Mike Kreevich: E6.1-3
Mike Guerra: 9/F.1-2
Gil Torres: W
Roger Wolff: D/89.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
George Case: 9

Top 7

Jeff Heath: W
Dutch Meyer: 8
Don Ross: 64(1)/FO
Pat Seerey: 4

Bot 7

George Myatt: S8
Buddy Lewis: W.1-2
Joe Kuhel: 43/NDP.2-3;1X3(2565)
Cecil Travis: D7.3-H
Mike Kreevich: 163

Top 8

Ed Wheeler: W
Paul O'Dea: K
Felix Mackiewicz: 13.1-2
Mickey Rocco: W
Les Fleming: 2/FL

Bot 8

Mike Guerra: 63
Gil Torres: 43
Roger Wolff: K

Top 9

Jeff Heath: 2/FL
Dutch Meyer: 8
Don Ross: 5