Washington Notches First Franchise Win! Game 3

 GAME 3:

Game MVP:Dick Donovan

Griffith Stadium    (08-17-2025 08:53:09)       Time 2:17, 62ø, Cloudy, Light Rain, Wind: 7 MPH Left to Right  Night Game

Apr 16, 1961                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Cleveland 3-1            1 0 0   0 0 1   1 0 0      3  8  1
1961 Washington 1-3           1 0 1   0 1 1   0 3 -      7 10  0

Recap

Cle  1st: Scored 1 run on a hit.

Cle      Tito Francona hit a solo HR(1) to take the lead.  Cle  1 Was 0.

Was  1st: Scored 1 run on a hit and on one walk.

Was      Gene Woodling singled scoring Keough to tie the score.  Cle  1 Was 1.

Was  3rd: Scored 1 run on 3 hits.

Was      Dick Donovan hit a solo HR(1) to take the lead.  Cle  1 Was 2.

Was  5th: Scored 1 run on a hit and 2 walks.

Was      Marty Keough scored on a PB by Romano.  Cle  1 Was 3.

Cle  6th: Scored 1 run on 3 hits.

Cle      Jim Piersall singled scoring Temple.  Cle  2 Was 3.

Was  6th: Scored 1 run on a hit and on one walk.

Was      Dutch Dotterer doubled  scoring 1.  Cle  2 Was 4.

Cle  7th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Cle      Don Dillard singled scoring Power.  Cle  3 Was 4.

Was  8th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 2 hits, on one walk and an error.

Was      Marty Keough tripled scoring 2.  Cle  3 Was 6.

Was      Coot Veal singled scoring Keough.  Cle  3 Was 7.

Cle  Tito Francona: 2 for 4, HR.

Was  Marty Keough: 1 for 2, triple, 2 RBI, 3 runs, 3 W, 2 SB.

Was  Gene Woodling: 3 for 4.

Was  Dick Donovan pitched 8 innings to earn the win: 3 earned runs, 7 hits, 1 BB, 1 K. He moves to 1-1 on the year.

Cle  Johnny Antonelli pitched 5 innings and took the loss: 2 earned runs, 7 hits, 3 BB, 4 K. He drops to 0-1 on the year.

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E-Held(2)

 2B-Power(2), Dotterer(1)

 3B-Keough(1)

 HR-Cle Francona(1) off Donovan(1) in the 1st with bases empty, 328 feet

    Was Donovan(1) off Antonelli(1) in the 3rd with bases empty, 387 feet

 SB-Was Keough(1) off Antonelli(1) + Romano(2), 1st

    Was Keough(2) off Antonelli(2) + Romano(3), 5th

RBI-Cle  - Francona(2), Piersall(4), Dillard(3)

    Was  - Veal(1), Keough 2(2), Woodling(1), Dotterer(1), Donovan(1)

IBB-Was Woodling off Locke

        King off Locke

 SH-O'Connell(1), Veal(1)

 PB-Romano (1)

Great-Tasby(1), Woodling(1), Bright(1)

Poor-O'Connell(2)

OfA-Francona(1), Piersall(1)

LOB-Cleveland 5 Washington 8

 DP-Cleveland 2 Washington 1