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St. Louis Browns @ Washington Senators

1951-09-19 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 2612 · 2:00

Washington Senators defeated St. Louis Browns 4–3. Washington Senators put up 2 in the 8th. Bob Porterfield earned the win. Cliff Mapes went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bob Porterfield L: Bob Mahoney SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Hank Soar · 1B: Jim Duffy · 2B: (none) · 3B: Eddie Rommel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Young	5	2	2	0	0	0
Cliff Mapes	5	1	3	2	0	1
Jim Delsing	4	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Rapp	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hank Arft	4	0	0	1	0	0
Sherm Lollar	4	0	1	0	0	0
Fred Marsh	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bill Jennings	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Mahoney	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ben Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tommy Byrne	0	0	0	0	1	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Yost	4	1	1	0	0	0
Frank Campos	4	2	3	0	0	0
Gil Coan	4	0	1	2	0	0
Mickey Vernon	2	1	0	0	2	0
Irv Noren	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Runnels	3	0	2	0	1	0
Cass Michaels	3	0	1	2	1	0
Clyde Kluttz	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Porterfield	4	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Mahoney	7.2	8	4	1
Jim McDonald	0.1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Porterfield	9.0	9	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Young: 43
Cliff Mapes: S8
Jim Delsing: 7
Earl Rapp: 7

Bot 1

Eddie Yost: 7
Frank Campos: 8
Gil Coan: 8

Top 2

Hank Arft: 31
Sherm Lollar: S7
Fred Marsh: S9.1-3
Bill Jennings: K
Bob Mahoney: K/C

Bot 2

Mickey Vernon: W
Irv Noren: 8
Pete Runnels: D7.1-3
Cass Michaels: W
Clyde Kluttz: K
Bob Porterfield: 2/FL

Top 3

Bobby Young: S2/BG.B-2(E2)
Cliff Mapes: S9.2-H
Jim Delsing: 7
Earl Rapp: S8.1-3
Hank Arft: 7.3-H
Sherm Lollar: 6

Bot 3

Eddie Yost: S9
Frank Campos: S8.1-2
Gil Coan: WP.1-2;2-3
Gil Coan: 63.3-H
Mickey Vernon: 7
Irv Noren: 9

Top 4

Fred Marsh: 3/FL
Bill Jennings: 43
Bob Mahoney: 43

Bot 4

Pete Runnels: W
Cass Michaels: 8
Clyde Kluttz: 9
Bob Porterfield: 2/FL

Top 5

Bobby Young: S7
Cliff Mapes: K
Jim Delsing: 7
Earl Rapp: 4

Bot 5

Eddie Yost: 3
Frank Campos: T8
Gil Coan: S7.3-H
Mickey Vernon: 3(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 6

Hank Arft: 5/FL
Sherm Lollar: 63
Fred Marsh: S7
Bill Jennings: 46(1)/FO

Bot 6

Irv Noren: 2/FL
Pete Runnels: 4
Cass Michaels: 3

Top 7

Bob Mahoney: E6
Bobby Young: 16(1)/FO
Cliff Mapes: T/89.1-H(UR)
Jim Delsing: 63
Earl Rapp: 43

Bot 7

Clyde Kluttz: 9
Bob Porterfield: 9
Eddie Yost: 3/FL

Top 8

Hank Arft: 8
Sherm Lollar: 53
Fred Marsh: 53

Bot 8

Frank Campos: S9
Gil Coan: 9
Mickey Vernon: W.1-2
Irv Noren: 9
Pete Runnels: S1.1-2;2-3
Cass Michaels: S8.1-3;2-H;3-H
Clyde Kluttz: HP.1-2
Bob Porterfield: 3/FL

Top 9

Ben Taylor: K
Tommy Byrne: W
Bobby Young: 8
Cliff Mapes: 8