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Indians 5 @ Senators 4
Griffith Stadium
June 6, 1940

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Washington Senators and the Cleveland Indians, played on June 6, 1940 at Griffith Stadium. The home team Senators were bested by the visiting Indians with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJune 6, 1940 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 5 H: 13 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 13
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Washington Senators
R: 4 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherMel Harder  
Losing PitcherSid Hudson  
SaveAl Milnar  
Game Winning RBILou Boudreau 

Game Info

DateJune 6, 1940 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night 
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamWashington Senators 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohnny Allen  
Home Starting PitcherSid Hudson  
BallparkGriffith Stadium 
CityWashington 
StateDC 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 39 minutes 
UmpiresHP: George Moriarty
1B: Cal Hubbard
2B: (none)
3B: Joe Rue

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Lou Boudreau  Shortstop 
Ben Chapman  Center Fielder 
Ken Keltner  Third Baseman 
Hal Trosky  First Baseman 
Jeff Heath  Left Fielder 
Beau Bell  Right Fielder 
Ray Mack  Second Baseman 
Frankie Pytlak  Catcher 
Johnny Allen  Pitcher 
Ossie Vitt  Manager 

Washington Senators Lineup 

Name  Position 
George Case  Right Fielder 
Buddy Lewis  Third Baseman 
Johnny Welaj  Center Fielder 
Gee Walker  Left Fielder 
Zeke Bonura  First Baseman 
Jake Early  Catcher 
Jimmy Bloodworth  Second Baseman 
Jimmy Pofahl  Shortstop 
Sid Hudson  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

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Indians 5 @ Senators 4
Griffith Stadium
June 6, 1940

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/6/1940 -- Cleveland at Washington

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Washington         AB  R  H RBI
Boudreau L, ss        5  0  1  1   Case G, rf            5  0  0  1   
Chapman B, cf         6  1  1  0   Lewis B, 3b           4  1  2  0   
Keltner K, 3b         5  0  1  0   Welaj J, cf           5  1  2  0   
Trosky H, 1b          5  0  2  1   Walker G, lf          4  0  1  1   
Heath J, lf           5  0  0  0   Bonura Z, 1b          5  0  0  1   
Bell B, rf            4  2  4  0   Early J, c            3  1  2  0   
Mack R, 2b            5  1  2  2   Bloodworth J, 2b      3  0  0  0   
Pytlak F, c           5  1  1  1   Pofahl J, ss          4  1  1  1   
Allen J, p            3  0  1  0   Hudson S, p           3  0  2  0   
Harder M, p           1  0  0  0                                      
Hale O, ph            1  0  0  0                                      
Milnar A, p           0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45  5 13  5                        36  4 10  4

Cleveland        100 100 020 01 --  5
Washington       200 000 200 00 --  4

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Allen J*              7.0  9  4  4  0  4
Harder M (W)          3.0  0  0  0  4  1
Milnar A (S)          1.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Washington           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hudson S (L)         11.0 13  5  5  2  9
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th

E -- Bonura Z, Keltner K 2
DP -- Cleveland 2, Washington 2
LOB -- Cleveland 9, Washington 7
2B -- Bell B, Pofahl J, Trosky H
3B -- Pytlak F
HR -- Mack R
SB -- Walker G
CS -- Welaj J
SH -- Hudson S, Bloodworth J 2
HBP -- by Allen J (Early J)
T -- 2:39
A -- 0

    

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