Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Athletics
April 29, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 1940 at Shibe Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Red Sox 11, Philadelphia Athletics 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Finney rf 5 2 4 1
Cramer cf 4 2 3 2
Williams lf 5 2 4 3
Foxx 1b 3 0 2 3
Cronin ss 5 0 0 0
Doerr 2b 5 1 1 0
Tabor 3b 5 1 2 2
Desautels c 5 1 1 0
Harris p 5 2 2 0
Totals 42 11 19 11
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Chapman cf 4 0 0 0
Moses rf 4 0 1 0
McCoy 2b 5 0 0 0
Johnson lf 2 0 0 0
Siebert 1b 4 0 0 0
Brucker c 2 1 1 0
Rubeling 3b 4 2 2 1
Lillard ss 4 0 2 0
Caster p 1 0 0 0
  Ross p 1 0 0 0
  Brancato ph 1 0 0 0
  McCrabb p 0 0 0 0
  Hayes ph 1 0 1 2
Totals 33 3 7 3
Boston 200 501 030–11190
Philadelphia 000 010 002–371
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Harris  W(2-0) 9.0 7 3 3 5 6
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
6
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Caster  L(0-3) 3.2 10 7 2 1 4
  Ross   3.1 4 1 1 1 1
  McCrabb   2.0 5 3 3 0 0
Totals
9.0
19
11
6
2
5
  E–Brucker (1).  DP–Boston 1. Harris-Doerr-Cronin-Foxx, Philadelphia 1. McCoy-Lillard-Siebert.  2B–Boston Finney (3); Cramer (3); Foxx (5), Philadelphia Lillard (1); Hayes (2).  3B–Boston Williams 2 (2).  HR–Boston Tabor (2,4th inning off Caster 1 on), Philadelphia Rubeling (2,5th inning off Harris 0 on).  SH–Foxx (1).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Moses (1).  Team–9.  SB–Doerr (3).  U-HP–Eddie Rommel, 1B–George Moriarty, 2B–Joe Rue, 3B–Cal Hubbard.
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