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Washington Senators @ Cleveland Guardians

1945-08-21 · Day game · League Park IV · Att: 2500 · 2:22

Washington Senators defeated Cleveland Indians 11–8. Washington Senators put up 4 in the 5th. Mickey Haefner earned the win and Marino Pieretti picked up the save. Jeff Heath went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	1	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	2	11	15
CLE	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	8	13

W: Mickey Haefner L: Ed Klieman SV: Marino Pieretti

Umpires — HP: Eddie Rommel · 1B: Art Passarella · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill McGowan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Kreevich	4	1	1	2	1	0
George Myatt	2	2	1	1	1	0
Buddy Lewis	4	2	3	2	1	0
Joe Kuhel	4	1	2	3	1	0
George Binks	5	1	1	0	0	0
Hillis Layne	4	2	2	0	1	0
Rick Ferrell	4	1	1	0	0	1
Dick Kimble	5	0	2	1	0	0
Mickey Haefner	2	1	1	1	1	0
Fred Vaughn	2	0	1	0	0	0
Marino Pieretti	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dutch Meyer	5	2	3	0	0	0
Mickey Rocco	5	1	1	1	0	1
Les Fleming	5	0	1	1	0	0
Jeff Heath	5	1	2	2	0	0
Don Ross	3	1	1	0	2	0
Felix Mackiewicz	5	2	3	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	5	0	0	0	0	1
Al Cihocki	3	0	2	3	0	0
Ed Klieman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Myril Hoag	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Wheeler	1	0	0	0	1	0
Paul O'Dea	1	1	0	0	0	0

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mickey Haefner	6.1	10	1	1
Sandy Ullrich	1.1	3	1	1
Marino Pieretti	1.1	0	1	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Klieman	4.1	7	5	1
Jack Salveson	1.2	3	0	0
Myril Hoag	2.0	2	1	0
Allie Reynolds	1.0	3	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mike Kreevich: W
George Myatt: 13/SH.1-2
Buddy Lewis: S9.2-H
Joe Kuhel: CS2(24)
Joe Kuhel: W
George Binks: 6(1)/FO

Bot 1

Dutch Meyer: D9
Mickey Rocco: 3/FL
Les Fleming: 3
Jeff Heath: E7/F.2-H
Don Ross: W.1-2
Felix Mackiewicz: 8

Top 2

Hillis Layne: 43
Rick Ferrell: K
Dick Kimble: 7

Bot 2

Frankie Hayes: 43
Al Cihocki: 8
Ed Klieman: 53

Top 3

Mickey Haefner: W
Mike Kreevich: E2/TH/SH.1-3
George Myatt: 43.3-H;1-2
Buddy Lewis: 43.2-3
Joe Kuhel: 3

Bot 3

Dutch Meyer: 4
Mickey Rocco: 8
Les Fleming: 9

Top 4

George Binks: D9
Hillis Layne: W
Rick Ferrell: HP.2-3;1-2
Dick Kimble: 4(B)4(2)/LDP
Mickey Haefner: S7.3-H;1-2
Mike Kreevich: 43

Bot 4

Jeff Heath: 43
Don Ross: S8
Felix Mackiewicz: S7.1-2
Frankie Hayes: 6
Al Cihocki: T/78.2-H;1-H
Ed Klieman: 4

Top 5

George Myatt: W
Buddy Lewis: D9.1-3
Joe Kuhel: S9.3-H;2-H
George Binks: 9
Hillis Layne: S5.1-2
Rick Ferrell: FC5.2-H(NR);1X2(5E4)
Dick Kimble: S9.2-H(UR);1-2
Mickey Haefner: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Mike Kreevich: 63

Bot 5

Dutch Meyer: 53
Mickey Rocco: 7
Les Fleming: 4/L

Top 6

George Myatt: S7
Buddy Lewis: T/89.1-H
Joe Kuhel: D9.3-H
George Binks: 3.2-3
Hillis Layne: 3
Rick Ferrell: 2/FL

Bot 6

Jeff Heath: HR/9
Don Ross: 63
Felix Mackiewicz: D7
Frankie Hayes: K
Al Cihocki: S8.2-H
Myril Hoag: 8

Top 7

Dick Kimble: S8
Mickey Haefner: 16(1)/FO/BG
Mike Kreevich: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Dutch Meyer: S8
Mickey Rocco: T8.1-H
Les Fleming: 3/L
Jeff Heath: S8.3-H
Don Ross: 9
Felix Mackiewicz: S9.1-3
Frankie Hayes: 9

Top 8

Fred Vaughn: S7
Buddy Lewis: W.1-2
Joe Kuhel: 5(2)4(1)/BG/GDP
George Binks: 7

Bot 8

Ed Wheeler: W
Paul O'Dea: 64(1)/FO
Dutch Meyer: S8.1-3
Mickey Rocco: K
Les Fleming: S9.3-H;1-3
Jeff Heath: 4

Top 9

Hillis Layne: S6
Rick Ferrell: S7.1-2
Dick Kimble: 7
Marino Pieretti: 1/BP/FL
Mike Kreevich: D9.2-H;1-H
Fred Vaughn: 6/L

Bot 9

Don Ross: W
Felix Mackiewicz: 8
Frankie Hayes: 64(1)/FO
Ed Wheeler: 53