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Cleveland Guardians @ Washington Senators

1965-05-16 · Day game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · Att: 12630 · 2:31

Cleveland Indians defeated Washington Senators 7–3. Cleveland Indians put up 5 in the 6th. Luis Tiant earned the win. Fred Whitfield went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	7	9
WS2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	6

W: Luis Tiant L: Frank Kreutzer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Haller · 1B: Jim Odom · 2B: Jim Honochick · 3B: Nestor Chylak · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Howser	5	0	2	0	0	1
Larry Brown	5	0	0	0	0	0
Leon Wagner	3	1	1	0	0	1
Rocky Colavito	2	1	0	0	2	0
Max Alvis	4	1	1	1	0	0
Chuck Hinton	4	1	2	0	0	0
Chico Salmon	1	1	0	0	1	0
Joe Azcue	4	1	1	2	0	0
Luis Tiant	4	0	0	0	0	2
Fred Whitfield	2	1	1	4	0	0
Vic Davalillo	1	0	1	0	0	0

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Blasingame	3	1	0	0	1	1
Ken McMullen	3	0	1	0	1	1
Jim King	4	0	0	1	0	2
Frank Howard	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bob Chance	4	0	0	0	0	0
Woodie Held	4	1	3	2	0	0
Mike Brumley	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ed Brinkman	3	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Kreutzer	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Cunningham	0	0	0	0	1	0
Willie Kirkland	1	0	0	0	0	1
Doug Camilli	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luis Tiant	9.0	6	3	7

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Kreutzer	5.0	6	3	3
Steve Ridzik	1.0	1	0	1
Marshall Bridges	2.0	1	0	0
Pete Richert	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick Howser: K
Larry Brown: 8
Leon Wagner: 43

Bot 1

Don Blasingame: K/C
Ken McMullen: W
Jim King: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Rocky Colavito: W
Max Alvis: 6(1)/FO
Chuck Hinton: S8.1-2
Chico Salmon: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Frank Howard: K
Bob Chance: 6/L
Woodie Held: 8/8D

Top 3

Joe Azcue: 9
Luis Tiant: K
Dick Howser: S5
Larry Brown: 53

Bot 3

Mike Brumley: 7
Ed Brinkman: 3/FL
Frank Kreutzer: 8

Top 4

Leon Wagner: K/C
Rocky Colavito: 8
Max Alvis: D9
Chuck Hinton: 5/FL

Bot 4

Don Blasingame: 31
Ken McMullen: 13
Jim King: K

Top 5

Chico Salmon: W
Joe Azcue: HR/7.1-H
Luis Tiant: 9
Dick Howser: 43
Larry Brown: 3

Bot 5

Frank Howard: 4
Bob Chance: 8
Woodie Held: S8
Mike Brumley: WP.1-2
Mike Brumley: K

Top 6

Leon Wagner: D/78.B-3(E8)
Rocky Colavito: W
Max Alvis: E5/G.1-2;3-H
Chuck Hinton: S7.1-2;2-3
Fred Whitfield: HR/9.3-H;2-H(UR);1-H
Joe Azcue: 43
Luis Tiant: K/C
Dick Howser: 63

Bot 6

Ed Brinkman: S7
Joe Cunningham: W.1-2
Don Blasingame: 9
Ken McMullen: K/C
Jim King: K/C

Top 7

Larry Brown: 43
Vic Davalillo: S8
Rocky Colavito: WP.1-2
Rocky Colavito: 8
Max Alvis: 6

Bot 7

Frank Howard: S6
Bob Chance: 7
Woodie Held: HR/8.1-H
Mike Brumley: 63
Ed Brinkman: 43

Top 8

Chuck Hinton: 6
Fred Whitfield: 8
Joe Azcue: 13

Bot 8

Willie Kirkland: K
Don Blasingame: W
Ken McMullen: S9.1-3
Jim King: E4/TH.1-2;3-H
Frank Howard: 64(1)/FO
Bob Chance: 46(1)/FO

Top 9

Luis Tiant: 43
Dick Howser: S8
Larry Brown: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 9

Woodie Held: S7
Mike Brumley: 36(1)1/GDP
Doug Camilli: 8

Notes & reviews

Indians Manager Birdie Tebbetts ejected by 3B umpire Nestor Chylak; the Senators appealed that Max Alvis missed 1B on his double; Frank Kreutzer made the appeal throw to 1B while standing on the pitching rubber; the appeal was denied; Tebbetts claimed that Kreutzer balked by throwing to an unoccupied base while standing on the rubber

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