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.

Don Mincher walked and was forced by Frank Howard, who advanced to second on a balk. Larry Biittner beat out an infield hit to Chris Chambliss and when the first baseman threw wildly to Vince Colbert, covering the bag, Howard scored. [The Sporting News]



Washington Senators 4, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Saturday, July      3, 1971 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Senators     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.