Chicago White Sox vs St. Louis Browns
April 21, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1940 at Sportsman's Park III. The Chicago White Sox defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago White Sox 6, St. Louis Browns 2
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy 3b 5 1 2 0
Kuhel 1b 5 1 2 3
Kreevich cf 5 0 0 0
Solters lf 4 0 1 0
Appling ss 4 0 0 0
Wright rf 4 1 2 0
McNair 2b 3 1 2 0
Tresh c 4 1 2 2
Lyons p 4 1 1 1
Totals 38 6 12 6
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Radcliff rf 5 1 2 0
Strange ss 4 0 0 0
McQuinn 1b 4 0 0 0
Gallagher lf 4 0 1 1
Judnich cf 3 0 0 0
Clift 3b 4 0 0 0
Heffner 2b 4 1 1 0
Swift c 2 0 1 0
  Hoag ph 1 0 0 0
  Susce c 0 0 0 0
  Grace ph 1 0 0 0
Coffman p 1 0 1 1
  Whitehead p 0 0 0 0
  Laabs ph 0 0 0 0
  Niggeling p 0 0 0 0
  Berardino ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Chicago 002 103 000–6120
St. Louis 110 000 000–270
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lyons  W(1-0) 9.0 7 2 2 3 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
3
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Coffman  L(1-1) 5.1 12 6 6 0 2
  Whitehead   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Niggeling   3.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
0
3
  E–None.  PB–Swift (1).  2B–Chicago Solters (1); Wright (1); McNair (1); Tresh (1), St. Louis Gallagher (2); Berardino (1).  HR–Chicago Kuhel (2,3rd inning off Coffman 1 on).  SH–McNair (1); Coffman (1).  Team LOB–6.  Team–9.  U–Lou Kolls, Harry Geisel, Bill McGowan.  T–2:02.  A–7,140.
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