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Baltimore Orioles @ Washington Senators

1959-09-18 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 2241 · 2:02

Washington Senators defeated Baltimore Orioles 5–3. Washington Senators put up 3 in the 3rd. Bill Fischer earned the win. Jim Lemon went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Fischer L: Jerry Walker SV: (none)

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

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Klaus	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Pilarcik	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bob Nieman	3	1	0	0	1	0
Bob Boyd	2	1	1	0	2	0
Brooks Robinson	4	1	2	1	0	0
Barry Shetrone	4	0	0	1	0	0
Gus Triandos	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jerry Adair	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Walker	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Hale	1	0	0	0	0	0
Albie Pearson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Gardner	1	0	1	1	0	0
Walt Dropo	1	0	0	0	0	1

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Schaive	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Dobbek	4	0	1	0	0	0
Harmon Killebrew	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jim Lemon	4	3	2	1	0	1
Roy Sievers	4	1	3	1	0	0
Clint Courtney	3	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Allison	4	0	1	2	0	0
Billy Consolo	3	0	2	0	1	0
Bill Fischer	4	0	0	0	0	0

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jerry Walker	7.0	6	2	3
Hal Brown	1.0	3	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Fischer	9.0	5	4	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Klaus: 13
Al Pilarcik: 31
Bob Nieman: W
Bob Boyd: W.1-2
Brooks Robinson: S7.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Barry Shetrone: 13

Bot 1

Johnny Schaive: 3/FL
Dan Dobbek: 3/G
Harmon Killebrew: 63

Top 2

Gus Triandos: 53
Jerry Adair: 53
Jerry Walker: 6/P

Bot 2

Jim Lemon: S8/8S
Roy Sievers: S7/G.1-3
Clint Courtney: K/C
Bob Allison: 5/FL.3-H;1-2
Billy Consolo: W
Bill Fischer: E3/G.2-3;1-2
Johnny Schaive: 64(1)/FO

Top 3

Billy Klaus: 6/P
Al Pilarcik: 8
Bob Nieman: 2/FL

Bot 3

Dan Dobbek: S8
Harmon Killebrew: W.1-2
Jim Lemon: 5(2)/FO.1-2
Roy Sievers: S7.2-H;1-3
Clint Courtney: WP.3-H(NR);1-2
Clint Courtney: K
Bob Allison: S7.2-H;B-2(E4)
Billy Consolo: 43

Top 4

Bob Boyd: W
Brooks Robinson: 7
Barry Shetrone: 46(1)/FO
Gus Triandos: K/C

Bot 4

Bill Fischer: 9
Johnny Schaive: 8
Dan Dobbek: 5/FL

Top 5

Jerry Adair: 43
Jerry Walker: 63
Billy Klaus: 53

Bot 5

Harmon Killebrew: 5/FL
Jim Lemon: K
Roy Sievers: 53

Top 6

Al Pilarcik: W
Bob Nieman: 6/P
Bob Boyd: 64(1)/FO
Brooks Robinson: 6/P

Bot 6

Clint Courtney: 43
Bob Allison: 63
Billy Consolo: S6
Bill Fischer: 13

Top 7

Barry Shetrone: 3/G
Gus Triandos: 2/FL
Bob Hale: 43

Bot 7

Johnny Schaive: 4/P
Dan Dobbek: 13
Harmon Killebrew: 7

Top 8

Albie Pearson: 43
Billy Klaus: 43
Al Pilarcik: D9
Bob Nieman: 13

Bot 8

Jim Lemon: HR/8XD
Roy Sievers: S8
Clint Courtney: 34/SH/B.1-2
Bob Allison: 53.2-2
Billy Consolo: S8.2-3;B-2(TH)
Bill Fischer: 63

Top 9

Bob Boyd: S7
Brooks Robinson: D8/78D.1-3
Barry Shetrone: 43.3-H;2-3
Gus Triandos: 53
Billy Gardner: S9.3-H
Walt Dropo: K