Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
May 6, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 1940 at Yankee Stadium I. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 6, New York Yankees 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 4 1 1 0
McCosky cf 3 0 0 0
Gehringer 2b 5 2 2 1
Averill rf 5 0 0 0
Greenberg lf 5 1 3 3
York 1b 4 0 1 0
Higgins 3b 2 1 1 0
Tebbetts c 3 0 0 0
  Sullivan ph,c 1 1 1 2
Bridges p 2 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Seats p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 9 6
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 4 0 1 3
Rolfe 3b 4 0 0 1
Keller rf 5 0 1 0
Dickey c 5 0 1 0
Selkirk lf 3 1 0 0
Gordon 2b 3 0 1 0
Henrich cf 3 2 2 0
Dahlgren 1b 3 1 1 0
Ruffing p 3 0 0 0
  Murphy p 1 0 0 0
  Grissom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Detroit 000 001 032–690
New York 010 102 000–472
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bridges   6.0 6 4 4 5 4
  Seats  W(1-0) 3.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
5
7
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffing   7.2 8 4 4 4 5
  Murphy  L(0-2) 0.1 0 2 2 2 0
  Grissom   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
6
6
  E–Crosetti (3), Ruffing (1).  DP–New York 1. Gordon-Crosetti-Dahlgren.  2B–Detroit Greenberg 2 (6); York (5); Higgins (3), New York Henrich 2 (3).  HR–Detroit Gehringer (2,6th inning off Ruffing 0 on); Greenberg (2,8th inning off Ruffing 0 on); Sullivan (1,8th inning off Ruffing 1 on).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Henrich (1).  Team–9.  SB–Keller (2).  U–John Quinn, George Pipgras, Bill Summers.  T–2:20.  A–5,650.
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