Washington Senators vs Cleveland Indians
May 16, 1968 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1968 at Cleveland Stadium. The Washington Senators defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Washington Senators 4, Cleveland Indians 1

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Unser cf 5 0 1 0
Bowens rf 2 2 1 0
Howard 1b 3 2 2 4
McMullen 3b 3 0 0 0
Peterson lf 3 0 0 0
Hansen ss 4 0 1 0
Casanova c 4 0 1 0
Coggins 2b 4 0 0 0
Moore p 2 0 0 0
  Higgins p 2 0 1 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Cardenal cf 4 0 0 0
Davalillo rf 4 0 0 0
Alvis 3b 4 0 1 0
Horton 1b 4 0 0 0
Harper lf 2 0 0 0
  Maye ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Salmon 2b 3 0 0 0
Sims c 3 0 1 0
Brown ss 2 1 1 1
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
McDowell p 2 0 0 0
  Wagner ph 1 0 0 0
  Nelson ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Washington 002 020 000471
Cleveland 000 010 000141
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  W (1-3) 5.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Higgins  SV (1) 4.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  L (4-2) 8.0 6 4 4 5 5
  Fisher   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
5
5

  E–Coggins (7), Horton (2).  DP–Washington 1, Cleveland 3.  PB–Sims (6).  2B–Cleveland Maye (2,off Higgins).  HR–Washington F Howard 2 (14,3rd inning off McDowell 1 on, 2 out,5th inning off McDowell 1 on, 1 out), Cleveland Brown (2,5th inning off Moore 0 on, 2 out).  WP–Fisher (1).  U-HP–Emmett Ashford, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Bill Valentine, 3B–Jim Honochick.  T–2:14.  A–5,447.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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