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Cleveland Guardians @ Washington Senators

1956-06-04 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 5021 · night · 2:25

Cleveland Indians defeated Washington Senators 7–0. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 8th. Mike Garcia earned the win. Jim Busby went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mike Garcia L: Pedro Ramos SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chico Carrasquel	5	1	1	1	0	1
Bobby Avila	5	1	0	1	0	0
Al Smith	2	1	1	0	3	0
Vic Wertz	4	0	2	3	0	0
Preston Ward	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Mele	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Busby	4	2	2	1	0	0
Earl Averill	1	2	1	1	3	0
Mike Garcia	3	0	0	0	0	1

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Eddie Yost	4	0	1	1
Ernie Oravetz	3	1	1	0
Whitey Herzog	4	0	0	2
Pete Runnels	4	1	0	1
Karl Olson	4	0	0	1
Jim Lemon	4	2	0	2
Lou Berberet	3	0	1	3
Lyle Luttrell	3	2	1	0
Pedro Ramos	2	0	0	1
Herb Plews	1	0	0	1
Carlos Paula	1	1	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Garcia	9.0	7	4	12

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pedro Ramos	7.0	4	4	2
Bunky Stewart	2.0	3	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chico Carrasquel: 63
Bobby Avila: 53
Al Smith: W
Vic Wertz: 3/G

Bot 1

Eddie Yost: 6/L
Ernie Oravetz: W
Whitey Herzog: 8
Pete Runnels: SB2
Pete Runnels: 13

Top 2

Preston Ward: 7
Sam Mele: 8
Jim Busby: HR/7
Earl Averill: W
Mike Garcia: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Karl Olson: 43
Jim Lemon: S8
Lou Berberet: CS2(26)
Lou Berberet: W
Lyle Luttrell: S5.1-2
Pedro Ramos: 6/P

Top 3

Chico Carrasquel: K
Bobby Avila: 8
Al Smith: W
Vic Wertz: SB2
Vic Wertz: 3/FL

Bot 3

Eddie Yost: 53
Ernie Oravetz: S8
Whitey Herzog: K
Pete Runnels: K/C

Top 4

Preston Ward: 3/G
Sam Mele: 6/P
Jim Busby: 3/P

Bot 4

Karl Olson: 3/G
Jim Lemon: S7
Lou Berberet: K/C
Lyle Luttrell: 9

Top 5

Earl Averill: HR/8
Mike Garcia: 4/P
Chico Carrasquel: 53
Bobby Avila: 13

Bot 5

Pedro Ramos: K
Eddie Yost: W
Ernie Oravetz: 8/L
Whitey Herzog: 8

Top 6

Al Smith: S5
Vic Wertz: S9.1-2
Preston Ward: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Sam Mele: 5(2)3/GDP

Bot 6

Pete Runnels: D7
Karl Olson: 43.2-3
Jim Lemon: K
Lou Berberet: K/C

Top 7

Jim Busby: 7
Earl Averill: W
Mike Garcia: K/BF
Chico Carrasquel: CS2(24)

Bot 7

Lyle Luttrell: S6
Herb Plews: K/C
Eddie Yost: SB2
Eddie Yost: K/C
Ernie Oravetz: 7/L

Top 8

Chico Carrasquel: S8
Bobby Avila: E5/TH.1-3;B-2(E9/TH)
Al Smith: W
Vic Wertz: D7.3-H;2-H(UR);1-H
Preston Ward: 54/SH.2-3
Sam Mele: 9/FDP.3XH(92)

Bot 8

Whitey Herzog: K/C
Pete Runnels: 6/L
Karl Olson: K

Top 9

Jim Busby: S7
Earl Averill: W.1-2
Mike Garcia: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Chico Carrasquel: E3/G.3-H(RBI);2-3
Bobby Avila: 64(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Al Smith: SB2
Al Smith: 4/L

Bot 9

Jim Lemon: K
Lou Berberet: K/C
Lyle Luttrell: W
Carlos Paula: S6/G.1-3
Eddie Yost: 7