Dick Billings hit the first grand slam of his major league career and Frank Howard and Del Unser each homered with two men on base as the Senators powered their way to a 15-6 victory over the Indians. Denny McLain, who started for the Senators, was removed after giving up three runs in the second inning and thus was not the beneficiary of the Nats' 18-hit attack, the victory going to Paul Lindblad.

Howard hit his homer in the third when the Senators scored four runs. Billings' slam featured a six-run explosion in the fourth. Unser homered in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Washington Senators 15, Cleveland Indians 6
Game Played on Monday, July      5, 1971 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Senators     0  0  4    6  0  4    0  1  0  -  15 18  1
Indians      0  3  0    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   6  9  1


Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf,lf           6   2   4   4     0   0   .275      Pinson cf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .262
Randle 2b             3   2   1   0     2   1   .254      Nettles 3b            4   1   2   2     0   0   .251
Biittner rf           5   2   2   1     1   0   .289      Fosse c               1   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Howard 1b             5   1   1   3     0   4   .297        Suarez c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .189
  Stelmaszek c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Chambliss 1b          2   0   1   0     1   0   .326
Allen 3b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .244        Colbert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Harrah pr,ss        2   1   0   0     0   0   .254        R. Foster ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .269
Billings c            5   1   3   4     0   0   .272        Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Riddleberger p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Baker rf              4   1   0   0     0   0   .229
McCraw lf,1b          4   1   1   1     0   2   .233      Uhlaender lf          4   1   1   0     0   1   .271
Cullen ss             4   1   3   2     0   0   .195      Leon 2b               4   1   2   2     0   0   .262
  Nelson 3b           1   1   1   0     0   0   .300      Heidemann ss          4   0   0   0     0   0   .195
McLain p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .086      Hargan p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .105
  Lindblad p          3   2   1   0     0   0   .286        Hennigan p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Maddox cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Hinton 1b           2   1   1   0     0   1   .250

Totals               44  15  18  15     4   7             Totals               35   6   9   5     1   3

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 13,813
Left on Base: Senators 8, Indians 3
DP: Senators 1, Indians 0
Errors: Unser, Chambliss
Doubles: Unser 2 (10), Cullen 2 (7), Lindblad (2), Biittner (1), Uhlaender (7), Hinton (3), Pinson (13)
Home Runs: Howard (13), Billings (2), Unser (5), Leon (3), Nettles (13)
Sacrifice Hits: Randle (1)
Sacrifice Flies: McCraw (1)
GIDP: Baker (2)


Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McLain                  2     2   3   2   1   0   1   9   4.43
Lindblad W(4-1)         4     2   0   0   0   1   0  13   2.67
Riddleberger SV(1)      3     5   3   3   0   2   1  14   4.87
Totals                  9     9   6   5   1   3   2  36

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hargan L(1-8)           2.1   6   4   4   1   2   1  15   6.10
Hennigan                3.2  10  10  10   3   2   2  24   4.26
Colbert                 2     2   1   1   0   3   0   8   4.04
Mingori                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.29
Totals                  9    18  15  15   4   7   3  50

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


SENATORS 1ST: Unser doubled; Randle reached on an error by
Chambliss on a sacrifice bunt [Unser to third, Randle to first];
Biittner popped to third in foul territory; Howard struck out;
Allen forced Randle (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Senators 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Pinson grounded out (first to pitcher); Nettles
grounded out (pitcher to first); Fosse popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Indians 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Billings grounded out (shortstop to first); McCraw
struck out; Cullen doubled to center; McLain grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, Indians
0.

INDIANS 2ND: Chambliss walked; Baker forced Chambliss (shortstop
to second); Uhlaender doubled to center [Baker scored (error by
Unser) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Leon homered [Uhlaender scored];
Heidemann flied out to right; Hargan grounded out (shortstop to
first); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Indians 3.

SENATORS 3RD: SUAREZ REPLACED FOSSE (PLAYING C ); Unser grounded
out (first to pitcher); Randle singled to left; Biittner walked
[Randle to second]; Howard homered [Randle scored, Biittner
scored]; Allen singled to first; Billings singled to right
[Allen to third]; HENNIGAN REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); McCraw
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Allen scored]; Cullen flied out
to right; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 4, Indians 3.

INDIANS 3RD: LINDBLAD REPLACED MCLAIN (PITCHING); Pinson popped
to first; Nettles grounded out (second to first); Suarez popped
to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 4, Indians 3.

SENATORS 4TH: Lindblad doubled to center; On a bunt Unser
singled to first [Lindblad to third]; Randle walked [Unser to
second]; Biittner singled to center [Lindblad scored, Unser to
third, Randle to second]; Howard was called out on strikes;
Allen popped to shortstop; Billings homered [Unser scored,
Randle scored, Biittner scored]; McCraw singled to center;
Cullen doubled to center [McCraw scored]; Lindblad grounded out
(second to first); 6 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 10, Indians 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Chambliss singled to right; Baker grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Chambliss out at
second]; Uhlaender grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Senators 10, Indians 3.

SENATORS 5TH: Unser popped to shortstop; Randle popped to
second; Biittner doubled to right; Howard was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 10, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Leon grounded out (pitcher to first); Heidemann
grounded out (third to first); Hennigan grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 10, Indians 3.

SENATORS 6TH: Allen walked; HARRAH RAN FOR ALLEN; Billings
singled to center [Harrah to second]; McCraw popped to first in
foul territory; Cullen singled to left [Harrah scored, Billings
to second]; Lindblad forced Billings (third unassisted) [Cullen
to second]; Unser homered [Cullen scored, Lindblad scored];
Randle walked; Biittner flied out to right; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Senators 14, Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: NELSON REPLACED CULLEN (PLAYING 3B); HARRAH STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Pinson flied out to right; Nettles singled
to right; Suarez struck out; Chambliss flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 14, Indians 3.

SENATORS 7TH: COLBERT REPLACED CHAMBLISS (PITCHING); HINTON
REPLACED HENNIGAN (PLAYING 1B); Howard struck out; Harrah flied
out to right; Billings grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 14, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED BILLINGS (PITCHING);
STELMASZEK REPLACED HOWARD (PLAYING C ); MADDOX REPLACED
LINDBLAD (PLAYING CF); MCCRAW CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
UNSER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Baker flied out to center;
Uhlaender grounded out (first to pitcher); Leon singled to
center; Heidemann forced Leon (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Senators 14, Indians 3.

SENATORS 8TH: McCraw struck out; Nelson singled to right; Maddox
flied out to right; Unser doubled to center [Nelson scored];
Randle struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 15, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Hinton doubled to left; Pinson doubled to center
[Hinton scored]; Nettles homered [Pinson scored]; Suarez
grounded out (shortstop to first); R. FOSTER BATTED FOR COLBERT;
R. Foster singled to second; Baker grounded out (first
unassisted) [R. Foster to second]; Uhlaender struck out; 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 15, Indians 6.

SENATORS 9TH: MINGORI REPLACED R. FOSTER (PITCHING); Biittner
grounded out (second to first); Stelmaszek grounded out (first
unassisted); Harrah grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Senators 15, Indians 6.

INDIANS 9TH: Leon grounded out (shortstop to first); Heidemann
grounded out (third to first); Hinton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Senators 15, Indians 6.