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Washington Senators @ Cleveland Guardians

1938-06-15 · Day game · League Park IV · Att: 5000 · 2:22

Cleveland Indians defeated Washington Senators 6–4. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 8th. Earl Whitehill earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	11
CLE	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3		6	11

W: Earl Whitehill L: Ken Chase SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Summers · 1B: Bill Grieve · 2B: (none) · 3B: Cal Hubbard · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	5	1	2	0	0	1
Buddy Lewis	4	0	0	0	1	0
Al Simmons	4	0	2	2	1	0
Zeke Bonura	4	0	0	0	1	0
Cecil Travis	5	1	1	0	0	2
John Stone	4	1	1	0	1	0
Ossie Bluege	3	0	1	1	1	0
Rick Ferrell	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ken Chase	4	0	3	1	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lyn Lary	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bruce Campbell	3	1	2	0	0	0
Odell Hale	4	1	2	2	0	0
Moose Solters	4	1	1	1	0	1
Earl Averill	3	1	2	1	1	0
Ken Keltner	4	1	0	0	0	0
John Kroner	4	0	2	2	0	0
Frankie Pytlak	3	0	1	0	0	0
Earl Whitehill	3	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Chase	8.0	11	1	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Whitehill	9.0	11	6	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Case: S/78
Buddy Lewis: E3/TH.1-3
Al Simmons: S7.1-2;3-H
Zeke Bonura: 86(1)/FO.2-3
Cecil Travis: 13.1-2
John Stone: 13

Bot 1

Lyn Lary: 8
Bruce Campbell: T8/89D
Odell Hale: 43.3-H
Moose Solters: 6/P

Top 2

Ossie Bluege: W
Rick Ferrell: 9
Ken Chase: K+CS2(26)/DP

Bot 2

Earl Averill: D6/7S/P
Ken Keltner: 13
John Kroner: D9.2-H
Frankie Pytlak: 43.2-3
Earl Whitehill: 9/L

Top 3

George Case: T/89
Buddy Lewis: FC3.3XH(32)
Al Simmons: CS2(24)
Al Simmons: W
Zeke Bonura: 54(1)/FO

Bot 3

Lyn Lary: 9
Bruce Campbell: 3/FL
Odell Hale: D9
Moose Solters: 8

Top 4

Cecil Travis: S7
John Stone: 8
Ossie Bluege: S7.B-3(E7);1-H
Rick Ferrell: FC5.3XH(525)
Ken Chase: S8.1-2
George Case: 5/L

Bot 4

Earl Averill: W
Ken Keltner: 46(1)/FO
John Kroner: D/78.1-H
Frankie Pytlak: S5/BG.2-3
Earl Whitehill: 3/P
Lyn Lary: CSH(262)

Top 5

Buddy Lewis: 9/L
Al Simmons: 7
Zeke Bonura: W
Cecil Travis: K

Bot 5

Lyn Lary: 13
Bruce Campbell: S9
Odell Hale: 6(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 6

John Stone: D3
Ossie Bluege: 53/SH.2-3
Rick Ferrell: W
Ken Chase: S8.1-2;3-H
George Case: K/C
Buddy Lewis: W.2-3;1-2
Al Simmons: S5.1-2;2-3;3-H
Zeke Bonura: 8/L

Bot 6

Moose Solters: K
Earl Averill: 43
Ken Keltner: 7

Top 7

Cecil Travis: K
John Stone: 43
Ossie Bluege: 7

Bot 7

John Kroner: 53
Frankie Pytlak: 63
Earl Whitehill: 9

Top 8

Rick Ferrell: S7
Ken Chase: S8.1-2
George Case: 7
Buddy Lewis: 7/F
Al Simmons: 8/78D

Bot 8

Lyn Lary: S1/L.B-2(E1/TH)
Bruce Campbell: 14/SH.2-3
Odell Hale: S9/9D.3-H
Moose Solters: T9/9D.1-H
Earl Averill: S8.3-H
Ken Keltner: 13.1-2
John Kroner: 6/L

Top 9

Zeke Bonura: 63
Cecil Travis: 4/L
John Stone: W
Ossie Bluege: 7

Notes & reviews

Earl Averill intentionally dropped the fly ball
Moose Solters intentionally dropped the fly ball but 3B Umpire Cal Hubbard ruled the ball had been caught

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