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Cleveland Guardians @ Washington Senators

1957-05-18 · Day game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 4085 · 2:30

Cleveland Indians defeated Washington Senators 8–1. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 3rd. Cal McLish 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	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	8	13
WS1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8

W: Cal McLish L: Ted Abernathy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ed Runge · 1B: Frank Umont · 2B: Joe Paparella · 3B: Eddie Hurley · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Busby	4	3	2	1	1	0
Gene Woodling	3	2	1	0	2	0
Hal Naragon	4	1	1	1	0	0
Vic Wertz	3	2	1	1	2	1
Rocky Colavito	4	0	2	2	0	1
Kenny Kuhn	5	0	1	2	0	0
Chico Carrasquel	5	0	3	1	0	0
George Strickland	4	0	2	0	1	0
Mike Garcia	2	0	0	0	0	1
Cal McLish	2	0	0	0	0	2

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie Yost	4	1	1	0	1	0
Faye Throneberry	5	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Runnels	4	0	1	0	1	0
Roy Sievers	4	0	1	0	0	1
Herb Plews	3	0	3	1	1	0
Jim Lemon	2	0	0	0	1	1
Lou Berberet	4	0	1	0	0	1
Milt Bolling	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ted Abernathy	1	0	0	0	0	1
Evelio Hernandez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Whitey Herzog	1	0	0	0	0	0
Julio Becquer	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Garcia	2.2	4	2	3
Cal McLish	6.1	4	2	4

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ted Abernathy	3.1	6	5	3
Evelio Hernandez	2.2	3	1	1
Dick Hyde	2.0	3	0	1
Tex Clevenger	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jim Busby: HR/7
Gene Woodling: 43
Hal Naragon: HP
Vic Wertz: K/C
Rocky Colavito: K/C

Bot 1

Eddie Yost: W
Faye Throneberry: 7/F
Pete Runnels: S8.1-2
Roy Sievers: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Herb Plews: D7.3-H;1-3
Jim Lemon: K

Top 2

Kenny Kuhn: 1/G
Chico Carrasquel: S8
George Strickland: CS2(24)
George Strickland: W
Mike Garcia: 43

Bot 2

Lou Berberet: S7
Milt Bolling: K
Ted Abernathy: K
Eddie Yost: 7/F

Top 3

Jim Busby: W
Gene Woodling: W.1-2
Hal Naragon: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Vic Wertz: IW
Rocky Colavito: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Kenny Kuhn: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Chico Carrasquel: S7.3-H;1-2
George Strickland: S5.2-3;1-2
Mike Garcia: K

Bot 3

Faye Throneberry: 43
Pete Runnels: W
Roy Sievers: 4/P
Herb Plews: S7.1-2
Jim Lemon: HP.2-3;1-2
Lou Berberet: 6/P

Top 4

Jim Busby: 63
Gene Woodling: W
Hal Naragon: S7.1-2
Vic Wertz: S8.2-H;1-3
Rocky Colavito: S7.3-H;1-2
Kenny Kuhn: OA.1X2(23)
Kenny Kuhn: S9.2-H;B-2(TH)
Chico Carrasquel: 4/P

Bot 4

Milt Bolling: 9/F
Evelio Hernandez: 53
Eddie Yost: S8
Faye Throneberry: K

Top 5

George Strickland: S9
Cal McLish: K/C
Jim Busby: 8/F
Gene Woodling: 4/P

Bot 5

Pete Runnels: 13
Roy Sievers: K
Herb Plews: S9
Jim Lemon: W.1-2
Lou Berberet: K

Top 6

Hal Naragon: 8/F
Vic Wertz: W
Rocky Colavito: 6(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 6

Milt Bolling: S/89
Whitey Herzog: 6(B)3(1)/LDP
Eddie Yost: 7/F

Top 7

Kenny Kuhn: 63
Chico Carrasquel: S8
George Strickland: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Faye Throneberry: 8/F
Pete Runnels: 43
Roy Sievers: S/89
Herb Plews: WP.1-2
Herb Plews: W
Jim Lemon: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Cal McLish: K/C
Jim Busby: S/13
Gene Woodling: S8.1-3
Hal Naragon: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Vic Wertz: 43

Bot 8

Lou Berberet: 8/F
Milt Bolling: 7/F
Julio Becquer: K

Top 9

Rocky Colavito: S8
Kenny Kuhn: 43.1-2
Chico Carrasquel: 53
George Strickland: 43

Bot 9

Eddie Yost: 31
Faye Throneberry: 7/F
Pete Runnels: 43

Notes & reviews

Mike Garcia aggravated leg injury
Indians Coach Red Kress went to the coach's box with a baseball-sized bulge in his pocket; 1B umpire Frank Umont told Kress to take out the baseball; Kress said 'fooled you' and pulled out a wads of paper; Kress ejected by Umont

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