Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox
September 3, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1939 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 1, Chicago White Sox 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McCosky cf 4 0 2 0
Fox rf 4 0 0 0
Gehringer 2b 1 0 0 0
  McCoy 2b 3 0 0 0
York 1b 4 1 2 0
Higgins 3b 4 0 2 1
Bell lf 3 0 0 0
Croucher ss 2 0 0 0
Tebbetts c 2 0 0 0
  Parsons c 0 0 0 0
Benton p 2 0 0 0
  Coffman p 0 0 0 0
  Kress ph 1 0 0 0
  McKain p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Hayes 2b 5 0 1 0
Kuhel 1b 3 1 0 0
Kreevich cf 5 3 3 0
Appling ss 5 2 3 1
Walker lf 4 2 2 3
Rosenthal rf 4 0 2 2
McNair 3b 2 0 2 1
Tresh c 4 0 1 0
Lee p 4 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 14 7
Detroit 000 000 100–160
Chicago 002 024 00x–8140
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Benton  L(5-7) 6.0 14 8 8 3 1
  Coffman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  McKain   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
8
8
4
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  W(12-10) 9.0 6 1 1 2 6
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
6
  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1. McCoy-Croucher-York, Chicago 2. Tresh-Kuhel-McNair, Appling-Hayes-Kuhel.  2B–Detroit McCosky (29); York (13), Chicago Appling (12).  3B–Detroit McCosky (13).  HR–Chicago Walker (12,6th inning off Benton 2 on).  Team LOB–4.  Team–8.  CS–Fox (10); McNair (6).  SB–Kuhel (13); Kreevich (17); Appling (14); McNair (11).  U–John Quinn, Bill McGowan, Bill Grieve.
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