Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators
May 1, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1940 at Griffith Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 10, Washington Senators 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Croucher 3b 5 1 1 0
McCosky cf 4 2 2 0
Gehringer 2b 3 2 2 0
Greenberg lf 3 2 1 0
  Averill lf 0 0 0 0
York 1b 2 1 0 1
Fox rf 2 0 2 1
  Campbell rf 1 1 0 0
Bartell ss 2 1 0 2
Tebbetts c 5 0 2 4
Newsom p 2 0 0 0
  Nelson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 10 10 8
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Case cf 4 1 0 0
Lewis rf 3 1 2 1
Walker lf 5 0 0 0
Bonura 1b 5 2 1 2
Travis 3b 4 1 1 0
Bloodworth 2b 5 1 2 2
Pofahl ss 4 0 1 0
Ferrell c 3 1 2 1
Hollingsworth p 2 0 0 0
  Carrasquel p 0 0 0 0
  Masterson p 1 0 0 0
  Early ph 0 0 0 0
  Welaj pr 0 0 0 0
  Krakauskas p 0 0 0 0
  West ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 9 6
Detroit 102 020 230 0–10104
Washington 300 130 000 x–790
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newsom   4.0 7 7 3 4 2
  Nelson  W(1-0) 5.0 2 0 0 3 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
3
7
3
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Hollingsworth   4.1 6 5 5 6 1
  Carrasquel   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Masterson   2.2 3 2 2 3 2
  Krakauskas  L(0-1) 2.0 1 3 3 4 2
Totals
9.0
10
10
10
15
5
  E–Croucher 2 (2), Fox (1), Bartell (1).  DP–Washington 3. Bonura-Pofahl, Travis, Travis-Bloodworth-Bonura.  2B–Detroit Tebbetts (2), Washington Bloodworth (3).  3B–Washington Lewis (2); Bonura (1).  SH–Gehringer (2); Pofahl (1); Ferrell (1).  Team LOB–11.  Team–12.  U–Bill McGowan, Lou Kolls, Harry Geisel.  T–2:56.  A–1,000.
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