1956 AL Game of Note: Was. at Cle.

May 18, 1956

Cleveland's Early Wynn threw a one-hitter today against the Washington Senators. The Indians won the game 9-0 and Wynn got his 5th victory of the season. Cleveland is now tied with Chicago for 2nd place in the AL, 2 games behind the Detroit Tigers.

BOXSCORE: 1956 Washington Senators At 1956 Cleveland Indians        5/18/1956
 
  Senators           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Yost 3B           3  0  0  0 .188     J.Busby CF          5  2  3  1 .274  
  J.Snyder SS         4  0  0  0 .179     B.Avila 2B          4  2  2  1 .266  
  P.Runnels 2B        3  0  0  0 .293     A.Rosen 3B          4  0  1  1 .245  
  C.Paula LF          3  0  0  0 .125     V.Wertz 1B          2  1  0  0 .219  
  R.Sievers 1B        3  0  0  0 .183     A.Smith LF          5  1  3  3 .303  
  J.Lemon RF          3  0  0  0 .337     R.Colavito RF       4  2  2  1 .308  
  K.Olson CF          3  0  0  0 .221     C.Carrasquel SS     4  1  1  2 .202  
  C.Courtney C        3  0  1  0 .386     J.Hegan C           4  0  0  0 .138  
  D.Stone P           1  0  0  0 .250     E.Wynn P            4  0  1  0 .222  
  T.Clevenger P       1  0  0  0 .000                                          
  C.Grob P            0  0  0  0 .333                                          
A-L.Berberet PH       1  0  0  0 .226                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      28  0  1  0                 Totals      36  9 13  9
 
A-Pinch Hit For Grob In 9th Inning
 
Senators........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  1  0
Indians......... 0 3 0  4 0 2  0 0    -  9 13  0
 
Senators (11-16)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Stone LOSS(1-4)         4       9   7   7   1   3   0   9.41
T.Clevenger               1 2/3   2   2   2   2   1   0   7.36
C.Grob                    2 1/3   2   0   0   2   0   0   3.44
Totals                    8      13   9   9   5   4   0
 
Indians (16-10)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
E.Wynn WIN(5-1)           9       1   0   0   1   6   0   1.87
Totals                    9       1   0   0   1   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 19,497 DATE- Friday, May 18th 1956 TIME- Night 
T- 2:34
LEFT ON BASE- Senators: 2  Indians: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Senators: 1  Indians: 0
DOUBLES- C.Courtney(2nd), J.Busby-2(6th), B.Avila-2(5th), A.Rosen(7th),
         A.Smith(6th), R.Colavito(2nd)
TRIPLES- A.Smith(3rd), R.Colavito(1st)
STOLEN BASES- J.Busby(3rd)
WALKS- E.Yost, B.Avila, A.Rosen, V.Wertz-3
STRIKE OUTS- R.Sievers-2, J.Lemon, C.Courtney, D.Stone, T.Clevenger, A.Rosen,
             V.Wertz, J.Hegan, E.Wynn
GIDP- A.Smith
2-out RBI- J.Busby, B.Avila, A.Rosen, A.Smith-2
RLISP 2-out- A.Smith, V.Wertz-2, J.Hegan, E.Yost, J.Snyder, R.Colavito-2
 
Early Wynn carried a no-hitter into the 6th inning and Al Smith collected 2
extra-base hits and had 3 RBI as the Cleveland Indians defeated the
Washington Senators 9 to 0 at Municipal Stadium.
 
Wynn(5-1) was virtually untouchable.  He was stingy on the mound, allowing
just 1 hit and 1 walk in 9 innings reducing his ERA from 2.25 to 1.87.  The
right-handed Wynn lost his chance for a no-hitter when Clint Courtney doubled
with one out in the 6th inning.  Cleveland had a total of 13 hits for the
game.  
 
Dean Stone(1-4) was hit with the loss.  He was knocked around, surrendering 7
runs in 4 innings.  'Wynn was the man tonight,' Al Lopez said.  'He had just
about every pitch working.'