The Senators built up a four-run lead and then survived a rally by the Indians to gain a 4-3 victory. Bernie Allen homered for the Senators, but their deciding run in the fifth inning was unearned. Washington Senators 4, Cleveland Indians 3Game Played on Saturday, July 3, 1971 (Day game) at Cleveland StadiumSenators 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 0 Indians 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 3 8 1 Senators AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Unser cf,rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .267 Pinson cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .262 Randle 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .234 Nettles 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .250 Mincher 1b 3 1 1 0 2 0 .288 Fosse c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .268 Howard lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .299 Chambliss 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .317 Biittner rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .289 Baker rf 4 0 1 2 0 1 .238 Grzenda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Uhlaender lf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .266 Allen 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .243 Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .205 Billings c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .260 Leon 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .258 Cullen ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .181 Heidemann ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Brown p 3 0 1 1 0 1 .100 R. Foster ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .265 Riddleberger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanley ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Pina p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 A. Foster p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .071 Maddox cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .168 Colbert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Ford ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .195 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Hinton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hodge ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Totals 34 4 9 3 5 4 Totals 33 3 8 3 3 9 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 4,849 Left on Base: Senators 8, Indians 6 DP: Senators 2, Indians 0 Errors: Chambliss Doubles: Billings (4), Unser (8), Cullen (5), Pinson (12) Triples: Chambliss (2) Home Runs: Allen (4) Stolen Bases: Mincher (2) GIDP: Fosse (7), Hinton (2) Senators IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Brown W(2-1) 5.2 5 3 3 2 5 0 23 3.86 Riddleberger 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4.54 Pina 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.45 Grzenda SV(1) 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 10 1.27 Totals 9 8 3 3 3 9 0 36 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA A. Foster L(5-7) 4 6 3 3 2 1 1 19 3.77 Colbert 2 2 1 0 2 3 0 10 4.02 Mingori 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.36 Farmer 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 2.77 Totals 9 9 4 3 5 4 1 39 Balks: Colbert (2) Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Dave Phillips SENATORS 1ST: Unser flied out to center; Randle grounded out (third to first); Mincher walked; Mincher stole second; Howard walked; Biittner singled to right [Mincher scored, Howard to third]; Allen popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Senators 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Pinson lined to second; Nettles singled to center; Fosse grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Nettles out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 1, Indians 0. SENATORS 2ND: Billings flied out to right; Cullen lined to third; Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Chambliss tripled to right; Baker flied out to center; Uhlaender struck out; Leon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 1, Indians 0. SENATORS 3RD: Unser flied out to center; Randle flied out to left; Mincher singled to center; Howard was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Heidemann was called out on strikes; A. Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Pinson flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 1, Indians 0. SENATORS 4TH: Biittner grounded out (second to first); Allen homered; Billings doubled; Cullen grounded out (third to first); Brown singled to right [Billings scored]; Unser doubled to left [Brown out at home (left to shortstop to catcher)]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 3, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Fosse grounded out (first to pitcher); Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 3, Indians 0. SENATORS 5TH: COLBERT REPLACED A. FOSTER (PITCHING); Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); Mincher walked; Howard forced Mincher (shortstop to second); Colbert balked [Howard to second]; Biittner singled to first [Howard scored (error by Chambliss) (unearned) (no RBI), Biittner to second]; Allen struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Senators 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 5TH: Baker grounded out (first unassisted); Uhlaender grounded out (second to first); Leon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 4, Indians 0. SENATORS 6TH: Billings grounded out (third to first); Cullen doubled to right; Brown was called out on strikes; Unser was walked intentionally; Randle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Senators 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 6TH: Heidemann grounded out (shortstop to first); FORD BATTED FOR COLBERT; Ford struck out; Pinson doubled to right; Nettles walked; Fosse singled to left [Pinson scored, Nettles to second]; Chambliss walked [Nettles to third, Fosse to second]; Baker singled to center [Nettles scored, Fosse scored, Chambliss to third]; RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Uhlaender walked [Baker to second]; PINA REPLACED RIDDLEBERGER (PITCHING); Leon grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Senators 4, Indians 3. SENATORS 7TH: MINGORI REPLACED FORD (PITCHING); Mincher grounded out (second to first); Howard singled to left; Biittner popped to second; Howard was out trying to advance to second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 4, Indians 3. INDIANS 7TH: R. FOSTER BATTED FOR HEIDEMANN; R. Foster singled to left; GRZENDA REPLACED BIITTNER (PITCHING); MADDOX REPLACED PINA (PLAYING CF); UNSER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); HINTON BATTED FOR MINGORI; Hinton grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [R. Foster out at second]; Pinson singled to right; Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 4, Indians 3. SENATORS 8TH: STANLEY REPLACED R. FOSTER (PLAYING SS); FARMER REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); Billings flied out to left; Cullen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 4, Indians 3. INDIANS 8TH: Fosse struck out; Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 4, Indians 3. SENATORS 9TH: Maddox grounded out (third to first); Unser grounded out (second to first); Randle walked; Mincher grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 4, Indians 3. INDIANS 9TH: BEVACQUA BATTED FOR UHLAENDER; Bevacqua struck out; Leon struck out; Stanley singled to center; HODGE BATTED FOR FARMER; Hodge grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 4, Indians 3. |
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