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Cleveland Guardians @ Washington Senators

1968-08-24 · Day game · Robert F. Kennedy Stadium · 16 innings · Att: 2733 · 4:38

Cleveland Indians defeated Washington Senators 2–1. Steve Hargan earned the win. Mike Epstein went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	R	H	E
CLE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8
WS2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12

W: Steve Hargan L: Phil Ortega SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Cal Drummond · 1B: Jim Odom · 2B: Ed Runge · 3B: John Rice · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Russ Snyder	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Nelson	5	1	0	0	2	2
Lee Maye	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lou Johnson	8	0	2	0	0	1
Tony Horton	4	0	1	1	3	1
Joe Azcue	5	0	1	0	0	0
Chico Salmon	7	0	1	0	0	1
Max Alvis	3	0	1	0	0	2
Luis Tiant	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vern Fuller	5	0	0	0	0	0
Vicente Romo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Cardenal	2	1	1	0	1	0
Jimmie Hall	2	0	0	0	2	0
Duke Sims	1	0	0	0	2	0
Eddie Fisher	1	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Brown	1	0	0	0	0	1

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Del Unser	8	0	2	0	0	0
Ed Stroud	8	0	0	0	0	1
Ken McMullen	6	0	1	0	1	0
Frank Howard	6	0	1	0	1	1
Mike Epstein	4	1	1	1	2	0
Jim French	7	0	4	0	0	0
Bernie Allen	6	0	0	0	1	1
Tim Cullen	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Hannan	2	0	0	0	0	2
Hank Allen	5	0	2	0	0	1
Brant Alyea	1	0	1	0	0	0
Gary Holman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Cap Peterson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Barry Moore	1	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Casanova	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luis Tiant	5.0	2	3	3
Vicente Romo	3.0	3	0	1
Stan Williams	1.0	2	0	1
Eddie Fisher	5.0	5	0	3
Steve Hargan	2.0	0	2	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Hannan	7.0	6	1	7
Dick Bosman	1.2	0	1	0
Dave Baldwin	0.1	0	1	0
Bill Haywood	2.0	1	1	0
Dennis Higgins	2.0	0	0	0
Phil Ortega	3.0	1	6	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Russ Snyder: K/C
Dave Nelson: E1
Lee Maye: S7.1-3
Lou Johnson: K
Tony Horton: S7.1-2;3-H(UR)
Joe Azcue: 164

Bot 1

Del Unser: 7
Ed Stroud: 43
Ken McMullen: W
Frank Howard: 13

Top 2

Chico Salmon: S9
Max Alvis: K
Luis Tiant: 34/SH.1-2
Russ Snyder: 63

Bot 2

Mike Epstein: W
Jim French: 8
Bernie Allen: 6
Tim Cullen: 7

Top 3

Dave Nelson: W
Lee Maye: 46(1)/FO
Lou Johnson: 54(1)/FO
Tony Horton: 8

Bot 3

Jim Hannan: K/C
Del Unser: 7
Ed Stroud: 9

Top 4

Joe Azcue: S7
Chico Salmon: 6
Max Alvis: S5.1-2
Luis Tiant: 14/SH.1-2;2-3
Russ Snyder: 31

Bot 4

Ken McMullen: 1
Frank Howard: W
Mike Epstein: 5
Jim French: S9.1-3
Bernie Allen: 8

Top 5

Dave Nelson: K
Lee Maye: 4
Lou Johnson: S6
Tony Horton: K

Bot 5

Tim Cullen: K
Jim Hannan: K
Del Unser: S5
Ed Stroud: E6.1-2
Ken McMullen: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Joe Azcue: 6
Chico Salmon: K
Max Alvis: K

Bot 6

Frank Howard: 63
Mike Epstein: HP
Jim French: 3(B)6(1)/GDP

Top 7

Vern Fuller: 53
Russ Snyder: 63
Dave Nelson: 63

Bot 7

Bernie Allen: 4/L
Hank Allen: K/C
Brant Alyea: S6
Del Unser: 46(1)/FO

Top 8

Lee Maye: 63
Lou Johnson: 9
Tony Horton: W
Joe Azcue: 6/L

Bot 8

Ed Stroud: 43
Ken McMullen: 8
Frank Howard: 43

Top 9

Chico Salmon: 53
Vicente Romo: 4/L
Vern Fuller: E5
Jose Cardenal: E5.1-3
Dave Nelson: SB2
Dave Nelson: W
Jimmie Hall: 31

Bot 9

Mike Epstein: HR/9
Jim French: S9
Bernie Allen: 3/FL
Hank Allen: S7.1-2
Gary Holman: K
Del Unser: S1.1-2;2-3
Ed Stroud: 7

Top 10

Lou Johnson: D8
Tony Horton: 53/SH.2-3
Joe Azcue: 53
Chico Salmon: 53

Bot 10

Ken McMullen: 9
Frank Howard: 4
Mike Epstein: 9

Top 11

Duke Sims: W
Vern Fuller: CS2(26)
Vern Fuller: 43
Jose Cardenal: HP
Dave Nelson: CS2(24)

Bot 11

Jim French: S9
Bernie Allen: PB.1-2
Bernie Allen: K
Hank Allen: 8
Cap Peterson: K

Top 12

Dave Nelson: 43
Jimmie Hall: 163
Lou Johnson: 53

Bot 12

Del Unser: 63
Ed Stroud: K/C
Ken McMullen: S7
Frank Howard: S9.1-3
Mike Epstein: 3/G

Top 13

Tony Horton: 43
Eddie Fisher: 6
Chico Salmon: 53

Bot 13

Jim French: S9
Bernie Allen: 5/FL
Hank Allen: S8.1-3
Barry Moore: 8(B)2(3)/DP

Top 14

Duke Sims: 9
Vern Fuller: 6
Jose Cardenal: W
Dave Nelson: HP.1-2
Jimmie Hall: W.2-3;1-2
Lou Johnson: 7

Bot 14

Del Unser: 3/G
Ed Stroud: 3/G
Ken McMullen: 5

Top 15

Tony Horton: W
Larry Brown: E1/SH.1-3
Chico Salmon: 63.1-2
Duke Sims: IW
Vern Fuller: 1(B)5(3)/LDP

Bot 15

Frank Howard: K
Mike Epstein: W
Jim French: 43.1-2
Bernie Allen: IW
Hank Allen: 31

Top 16

Jose Cardenal: S
Dave Nelson: SB2
Dave Nelson: K
Jimmie Hall: IW
Lou Johnson: SB3;SB2.2-H(E5)(UR);1-3
Lou Johnson: 9
Tony Horton: IW
Larry Brown: K/C

Bot 16

Paul Casanova: 7
Del Unser: 5/L
Ed Stroud: 7