Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
May 14, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1940 at Comiskey Park I. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 7, Chicago White Sox 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Finney rf 5 1 2 0
Cramer cf 5 0 2 0
Williams lf 5 0 1 1
Foxx 1b 3 3 2 2
Cronin ss 5 1 2 0
Doerr 2b 5 1 3 1
Tabor 3b 4 1 1 3
Desautels c 5 0 1 0
Grove p 3 0 0 0
  Hash p 0 0 0 0
  Peacock ph 1 0 0 0
  Dickman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 14 7
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy 3b 5 0 1 0
Kuhel 1b 5 0 0 0
Kreevich cf 5 2 2 0
Wright rf 5 1 2 1
Appling ss 4 2 3 0
Rosenthal lf 3 1 0 0
McNair 2b 5 0 2 4
Tresh c 4 0 1 0
Rigney p 4 0 0 1
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 11 6
Boston 020 210 010 17141
Chicago 000 302 100 06111
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Grove   6.0 8 5 5 3 3
  Hash   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Dickman  W(3-2) 3.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
6
6
4
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Rigney  L(1-5) 9.1 14 7 7 3 5
  Brown   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
14
7
7
3
6

  E–Cronin (7), Rosenthal (2).  DP–Boston 2. Doerr-Cronin-Foxx, Tabor-Doerr-Foxx, Chicago 1. Kuhel-Appling-Kuhel.  2B–Boston Williams (8); Doerr (4), Chicago Wright (7); McNair (6).  3B–Boston Doerr (3), Chicago Kreevich (3).  HR–Boston Foxx 2 (8,2nd inning off Rigney 0 on,10th inning off Rigney 0 on); Tabor (5,4th inning off Rigney 1 on).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  U–Harry Geisel, Bill McGowan, Lou Kolls.
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