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Cleveland Guardians @ Washington Senators

1951-06-16 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 12917 · 2:02

Washington Senators defeated Cleveland Indians 4–3. Julio Moreno earned the win and Mickey Harris picked up the save. Luke Easter went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Julio Moreno L: Mike Garcia SV: Mickey Harris

Umpires — HP: Eddie Rommel · 1B: Joe Paparella · 2B: (none) · 3B: Cal Hubbard · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dale Mitchell	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Avila	4	0	1	0	0	0
Larry Doby	3	2	1	1	1	1
Luke Easter	3	1	1	2	1	1
Al Rosen	3	0	0	0	1	1
Harry Simpson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Boone	2	0	1	0	2	0
Jim Hegan	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Garcia	2	0	0	0	0	1
Sam Chapman	0	0	0	0	1	0
Birdie Tebbetts	1	0	0	0	0	1

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gil Coan	3	1	1	1	1	1
Cass Michaels	4	0	1	1	0	0
Irv Noren	3	2	1	0	1	0
Mickey Vernon	4	0	2	1	0	1
Sam Mele	4	0	0	1	0	1
Eddie Yost	4	0	0	0	0	0
Clyde Kluttz	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Verble	3	1	1	0	0	0
Julio Moreno	2	0	1	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Garcia	6.0	5	2	3
Bob Lemon	2.0	2	0	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Julio Moreno	7.0	5	5	3
Mickey Harris	2.0	0	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dale Mitchell: 5/FL
Bobby Avila: S9
Larry Doby: 4
Luke Easter: K/C

Bot 1

Gil Coan: K
Cass Michaels: 4
Irv Noren: D7
Mickey Vernon: S7.2-H
Sam Mele: 9

Top 2

Al Rosen: 7
Harry Simpson: 8
Ray Boone: S5
Jim Hegan: 63

Bot 2

Eddie Yost: E2/TH.B-2
Clyde Kluttz: 43.2-3
Gene Verble: 53
Julio Moreno: K

Top 3

Mike Garcia: K/C
Dale Mitchell: 63
Bobby Avila: 63

Bot 3

Gil Coan: W
Cass Michaels: D9.1-H
Irv Noren: 8
Mickey Vernon: K
Sam Mele: 3/G

Top 4

Larry Doby: K/C
Luke Easter: W
Al Rosen: 7
Harry Simpson: S9.1-2
Ray Boone: 8

Bot 4

Eddie Yost: 6
Clyde Kluttz: 63
Gene Verble: 43

Top 5

Jim Hegan: 8
Mike Garcia: 7
Dale Mitchell: 7

Bot 5

Julio Moreno: S8
Gil Coan: 3(B)6(1)/GDP
Cass Michaels: 13

Top 6

Bobby Avila: 8
Larry Doby: W
Luke Easter: HR/89.1-H
Al Rosen: W
Harry Simpson: PB.1-2
Harry Simpson: 7/7D
Ray Boone: IW
Jim Hegan: 9/FL

Bot 6

Irv Noren: W
Mickey Vernon: D9.1-3
Sam Mele: 14(B).2-3;3-H#
Eddie Yost: 4
Clyde Kluttz: 9

Top 7

Sam Chapman: W
Dale Mitchell: 4/L
Bobby Avila: 5(B)3(1)/DP

Bot 7

Gene Verble: S7
Julio Moreno: 24/SH.1-2
Gil Coan: D8.2-H
Cass Michaels: 6
Irv Noren: 43

Top 8

Larry Doby: HR/9
Luke Easter: 8
Al Rosen: K
Harry Simpson: 7

Bot 8

Mickey Vernon: 63
Sam Mele: K
Eddie Yost: 43

Top 9

Ray Boone: W
Jim Hegan: K
Birdie Tebbetts: K
Dale Mitchell: 7