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Washington Senators @ Cleveland Guardians

1943-08-15 · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · 1:50

Cleveland Indians defeated Washington Senators 6–2. Cleveland Indians put up 4 in the 2nd. Vern Kennedy earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6
CLE	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0		6	10

W: Vern Kennedy L: Dutch Leonard SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Hal Weafer · 1B: George Pipgras · 2B: (none) · 3B: Ernie Stewart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	5	0	1	0	0	0
Mickey Vernon	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Powell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jerry Priddy	2	0	0	0	2	1
Ellis Clary	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Sullivan	3	0	1	0	0	0
Tony Giuliani	3	0	1	0	0	0
George Myatt	1	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Kampouris	2	0	1	0	1	1
Jim Mertz	1	0	0	0	0	1
Stan Spence	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sherry Robertson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jake Early	0	0	0	0	1	0
Gene Moore	1	0	1	2	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rusty Peters	5	1	1	2	0	1
Oris Hockett	4	1	1	0	1	0
Roy Cullenbine	4	0	1	1	0	1
Jeff Heath	4	0	2	1	0	0
Buddy Rosar	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Rocco	2	2	1	0	2	0
Lou Boudreau	4	1	3	1	0	0
Ray Mack	3	1	1	1	1	1
Vern Kennedy	3	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dutch Leonard	2.0	7	0	0
Jim Mertz	4.0	2	3	3
Ox Miller	2.0	1	1	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Kennedy	9.0	6	4	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Case: S
Mickey Vernon: SB2
Mickey Vernon: 99
Jake Powell: 99
Bob Johnson: K

Bot 1

Rusty Peters: 99
Oris Hockett: S8
Roy Cullenbine: WP.1-2
Roy Cullenbine: 99
Jeff Heath: D7.2-H
Buddy Rosar: PB.2-3
Buddy Rosar: 99

Top 2

Jerry Priddy: W
Ellis Clary: 99
John Sullivan: 99
Tony Giuliani: 99

Bot 2

Mickey Rocco: S
Lou Boudreau: S.1-2
Ray Mack: S.2-H;1-2
Vern Kennedy: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Rusty Peters: S.3-H;2-H
Oris Hockett: 99
Roy Cullenbine: D.1-H
Jeff Heath: 99

Top 3

George Myatt: 99
George Case: 99
Mickey Vernon: 99

Bot 3

Buddy Rosar: 99
Mickey Rocco: 99
Lou Boudreau: D
Ray Mack: W
Vern Kennedy: 99

Top 4

Jake Powell: 99
Bob Johnson: 99
Jerry Priddy: W
Alex Kampouris: W.1-2
John Sullivan: 99

Bot 4

Rusty Peters: K
Oris Hockett: 99
Roy Cullenbine: 99

Top 5

Tony Giuliani: 99
Jim Mertz: K
George Case: 99

Bot 5

Jeff Heath: 99
Buddy Rosar: 99
Mickey Rocco: W
Lou Boudreau: PO1(E2/TH).1-2
Lou Boudreau: S.2-H(UR)
Ray Mack: K

Top 6

Mickey Vernon: 99
Jake Powell: 99
Bob Johnson: 99

Bot 6

Vern Kennedy: 99
Rusty Peters: 99
Oris Hockett: W
Roy Cullenbine: K

Top 7

Jerry Priddy: K
Alex Kampouris: K
John Sullivan: S
Tony Giuliani: S.1-2
Stan Spence: 99

Bot 7

Jeff Heath: S
Buddy Rosar: 99/SH.1-2
Mickey Rocco: W
Lou Boudreau: 99
Ray Mack: 99

Top 8

George Case: 99
Mickey Vernon: 99
Jake Powell: 99

Bot 8

Vern Kennedy: 99
Rusty Peters: 99
Oris Hockett: 99

Top 9

Bob Johnson: S
Jerry Priddy: 99
Alex Kampouris: S.1-2
Sherry Robertson: 99(1)/FO.2-3
Jake Early: W.1-2
Gene Moore: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
George Case: 99