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Cleveland Guardians @ Washington Senators

1956-06-03 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 11817 · 2:39

Washington Senators defeated Cleveland Indians 7–1. Washington Senators put up 4 in the 4th. Hal Griggs earned the win. Eddie Yost went 2-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Hal Griggs L: Don Mossi SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Flaherty · 1B: John Rice · 2B: Bill Summers · 3B: Bill McKinley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chico Carrasquel	5	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Avila	5	0	1	0	0	1
Al Smith	4	1	2	0	0	0
Vic Wertz	2	0	1	1	2	0
Preston Ward	2	0	0	0	2	1
Rocky Colavito	4	0	2	0	0	1
Jim Busby	4	0	0	0	0	1
Earl Averill	4	0	0	0	0	3
Don Mossi	2	0	0	0	0	1
Art Houtteman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dale Mitchell	1	0	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Yost	5	0	2	3	0	0
Jerry Snyder	5	0	1	0	0	0
Karl Olson	3	0	1	0	1	0
Roy Sievers	5	0	1	0	0	2
Carlos Paula	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Lemon	5	1	3	0	0	1
Lyle Luttrell	4	2	1	0	0	1
Lou Berberet	2	2	1	1	2	0
Hal Griggs	2	2	0	0	0	2
Whitey Herzog	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Mossi	3.2	7	1	1
Art Houtteman	2.2	3	3	4
Bud Daley	1.2	0	0	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hal Griggs	9.0	8	4	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chico Carrasquel: 7
Bobby Avila: 6
Al Smith: S7
Vic Wertz: W.1-2
Preston Ward: K

Bot 1

Eddie Yost: S8
Jerry Snyder: 54(1)/FO
Karl Olson: 8
Roy Sievers: S9.1-3
Carlos Paula: 31

Top 2

Rocky Colavito: D7
Jim Busby: 6
Earl Averill: 5
Don Mossi: 4

Bot 2

Jim Lemon: S8
Lyle Luttrell: 9
Lou Berberet: 3/G.1-2
Hal Griggs: K

Top 3

Chico Carrasquel: 7
Bobby Avila: 2/FL
Al Smith: D7
Vic Wertz: W
Preston Ward: 6

Bot 3

Eddie Yost: 6
Jerry Snyder: 4
Karl Olson: W
Roy Sievers: 8

Top 4

Rocky Colavito: S7.B-2(E7)
Jim Busby: WP.2-3
Jim Busby: K
Earl Averill: K
Don Mossi: K

Bot 4

Carlos Paula: 4
Jim Lemon: S8
Lyle Luttrell: S7.1-2
Lou Berberet: S7.2-H;1-2
Hal Griggs: E1/SH.2-H(NR)(UR);1-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Eddie Yost: 7
Jerry Snyder: E6.2-H(NR)(UR)
Karl Olson: S7.1-2
Roy Sievers: K

Top 5

Chico Carrasquel: 31
Bobby Avila: S7
Al Smith: 64(1)/FO
Vic Wertz: D7.1-H
Preston Ward: W
Rocky Colavito: 5(2)/FO

Bot 5

Carlos Paula: W
Jim Lemon: D7.1-3
Lyle Luttrell: K
Lou Berberet: IW
Hal Griggs: K
Eddie Yost: 7

Top 6

Jim Busby: 7
Earl Averill: K
Art Houtteman: K

Bot 6

Jerry Snyder: S8
Karl Olson: 14/SH.1-2
Roy Sievers: K
Carlos Paula: 7

Top 7

Chico Carrasquel: D9
Bobby Avila: K
Al Smith: 7(B)74(2)/FDP

Bot 7

Jim Lemon: E9/F.B-2
Lyle Luttrell: FC1.2X3(15)
Lou Berberet: SB2
Lou Berberet: W
Hal Griggs: HP.2-3;1-2
Eddie Yost: D8.3-H(UR);2-H;1-H
Jerry Snyder: 31.2-3
Karl Olson: 7

Top 8

Vic Wertz: 31
Preston Ward: W
Rocky Colavito: K
Jim Busby: 8

Bot 8

Roy Sievers: 6
Whitey Herzog: 6
Jim Lemon: K

Top 9

Earl Averill: K
Dale Mitchell: S9
Chico Carrasquel: E4.1-2
Bobby Avila: 64(1)3/GDP