Dick Billings homered with two men on base in the second inning and Don Mincher connected for the circuit with one aboard in the eighth to carry the Senators to a 6-3 victory over the Indians. [The Sporting News]



Washington Senators 6, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Friday, July      2, 1971 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Senators     0  3  0    0  1  0    0  2  0  -   6  8  4
Indians      0  1  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   3  7  1


Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf,lf           5   0   0   1     0   0   .267      Pinson cf             4   0   0   0     1   0   .259
Randle 2b             3   1   0   0     2   1   .250      Nettles 3b            5   0   1   1     0   0   .249
Mincher 1b            5   1   1   2     0   1   .287      Fosse c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Howard lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .299      Chambliss 1b          2   1   1   0     2   0   .316
  Maddox pr,cf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .169      Baker rf              3   1   3   0     0   0   .237
Biittner rf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .279        Ford ph,rf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .196
Allen 3b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .243      Uhlaender lf          2   0   1   1     1   0   .269
Billings c            4   2   2   3     0   1   .260        R. Foster ph,lf     1   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Cullen ss             4   0   1   0     0   1   .180      Leon 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Bosman p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .088      Heidemann ss          4   0   0   0     0   0   .203
  Stelmaszek ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Lamb p                2   1   1   0     0   0   .103
  Lindblad p          1   0   1   0     0   0   .273        Hodge ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .244
                                                            Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hand p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
                                                            Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
                                                            Bevacqua ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .211

Totals               35   6   8   6     3   8             Totals               34   3   7   2     4   2

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 12,087
Left on Base: Senators 6, Indians 8
DP: Senators 2, Indians 0
Errors: Unser, Biittner, Cullen 2, Lamb
Doubles: Nettles (8), Baker (7)
Home Runs: Billings (1), Mincher (6)
Stolen Bases: Maddox (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Bosman (2)


Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bosman W(6-9)           6     7   3   0   3   1   0  27   4.21
Lindblad SV(5)          3     0   0   0   1   1   0  11   2.88
Totals                  9     7   3   0   4   2   0  38

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lamb L(5-4)             6     5   4   3   0   4   1  24   2.28
Hennigan                1.1   2   2   2   1   2   1   7   2.12
Hand                    1.1   1   0   0   2   2   0   7   4.42
Mingori                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.43
Totals                  9     8   6   5   3   8   2  39

Passed Balls: Billings (2), Fosse (6)
Wild Pitches: Hand (3)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Russ Goetz


SENATORS 1ST: Unser grounded out (second to first); Randle
grounded out (third to first); Mincher flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Pinson flied out to center; Nettles popped to
shortstop; Fosse lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 0, Indians 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Howard grounded out (third to first); Biittner
singled to right; Fosse allowed a passed ball [Biittner to
second]; Allen reached on an error by Lamb [Biittner to third,
Allen to first]; Billings homered [Biittner scored, Allen scored
(unearned)]; Cullen flied out to right; Bosman struck out; 3 R
(2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Biittner dropped a foul fly hit by Chambliss for an
error; Chambliss singled to left; Baker singled to left
[Chambliss to second]; Uhlaender singled to right [Chambliss
scored (unearned), Baker to second]; Leon lined into a double
play (first to shortstop) [Baker out at second]; Heidemann
forced Uhlaender (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Senators 3, Indians 1.

SENATORS 3RD: Unser grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mincher was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 3, Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Lamb flied out to right; Pinson lined to shortstop;
Nettles doubled; Fosse popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Senators 3, Indians 1.

SENATORS 4TH: Howard was called out on strikes; Biittner
grounded out (third to first); Allen flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 3, Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Chambliss walked; Baker singled to center
[Chambliss to third]; Uhlaender lined into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Baker out at first]; Leon lined to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 3, Indians 1.

SENATORS 5TH: Billings singled to center; Cullen singled to left
[Billings to second]; Bosman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Billings to third, Cullen to second]; Unser grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Billings scored, Cullen to third];
Randle struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 4, Indians 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Heidemann grounded out (pitcher to first); Lamb
singled to right; Pinson walked [Lamb to second]; Billings
allowed a passed ball [Lamb to third, Pinson to second]; Nettles
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Lamb scored (unearned), Pinson
to third]; Fosse grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 4, Indians 2.

SENATORS 6TH: Mincher grounded out (second to first); Howard
grounded out (third to first); Biittner singled to center; Allen
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 4, Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Chambliss flied out to left; Baker doubled;
Uhlaender walked; Leon reached on an error by Cullen [Baker
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Uhlaender to third, Leon to first];
Heidemann popped to third in foul territory; HODGE BATTED FOR
LAMB; Hodge struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Senators
4, Indians 3.

SENATORS 7TH: HENNIGAN REPLACED HODGE (PITCHING); Billings flied
out to center; Cullen struck out; STELMASZEK BATTED FOR BOSMAN;
Stelmaszek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 4,
Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED STELMASZEK (PITCHING); Pinson
grounded out (third to first); Nettles popped to third in foul
territory; Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Senators 4, Indians 3.

SENATORS 8TH: Unser popped to third; Randle walked; Mincher
homered [Randle scored]; Howard singled to right; MADDOX RAN FOR
HOWARD; HAND REPLACED HENNIGAN (PITCHING); Maddox stole second;
Biittner struck out; Allen walked; Billings was called out on
strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 6, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); UNSER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Chambliss walked; FORD BATTED FOR BAKER;
Ford struck out; R. FOSTER BATTED FOR UHLAENDER; R. Foster
popped to second; Leon flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Senators 6, Indians 3.

SENATORS 9TH: FORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); R. FOSTER STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Cullen flied out to center; Lindblad
singled to center; Unser flied out to center; Hand threw a wild
pitch [Lindblad to second]; Randle walked; MINGORI REPLACED HAND
(PITCHING); Mincher popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Senators 6, Indians 3.

INDIANS 9TH: Heidemann reached on an error by Cullen [Heidemann
to first]; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR MINGORI; Bevacqua forced
Heidemann (first to shortstop); Pinson forced Bevacqua (second
to shortstop); Unser dropped a foul fly hit by Nettles for an
error; Nettles grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 2 E,
1 LOB.  Senators 6, Indians 3.