Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
April 27, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 27, 1940 at Briggs Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cleveland Indians 4, Detroit Tigers 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boudreau ss 4 2 3 3
Weatherly cf 4 0 1 0
Chapman rf 4 0 1 0
Trosky 1b 4 0 1 0
Heath lf 4 0 0 0
Keltner 3b 3 2 3 0
Hemsley c 3 0 0 0
Mack 2b 4 0 0 0
Naymick p 3 0 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Humphries p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
McCosky cf 5 0 2 0
Campbell rf 4 1 2 0
  Fox ph 1 0 0 0
Gehringer 2b 3 0 0 0
  Metha pr 0 0 0 0
Greenberg lf 4 1 1 1
York 1b 3 0 0 0
Higgins 3b 4 0 0 0
Bartell ss 4 0 1 1
Tebbetts c 2 0 0 0
  Sullivan ph 1 0 0 0
Newhouser p 1 0 0 0
  Averill ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Cleveland 100 010 011–4101
Detroit 100 001 000–271
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Naymick  W(1-0) 8.1 7 2 2 6 1
  Smith   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Humphries  SV(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
7
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser  L(0-1) 9.0 10 4 3 3 6
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
3
6
  E–Weatherly (2), Tebbetts (1).  DP–Detroit 2. Bartell-York, Bartell-Gehringer-York.  PB–Tebbetts (1).  2B–Detroit Greenberg (1).  HR–Cleveland Boudreau 2 (2,1st inning off Newhouser 0 on 0 out,8th inning off Newhouser 0 on).  Team LOB–5.  Team–11.  SB–Keltner (1); Hemsley (1).  CS–Heath (1).  U–Harry Geisel, Bill McGowan, Lou Kolls.  T–2:15.  A–20,133.
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