Boston Red Sox vs St. Louis Browns
May 16, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1940 at Sportsman's Park III. The Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Red Sox 7, St. Louis Browns 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Finney rf 5 1 4 1
Cramer cf 5 1 1 0
Williams lf 4 1 1 1
Foxx 1b 4 3 2 1
Cronin ss 5 1 3 1
Doerr 2b 5 0 2 3
Tabor 3b 3 0 0 0
Desautels c 4 0 0 0
Galehouse p 3 0 0 0
  Hash p 1 0 1 0
Totals 39 7 14 7
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Strange ss 3 1 1 0
Radcliff rf 5 0 3 1
McQuinn 1b 4 1 2 0
Judnich cf 5 0 0 1
Laabs lf 5 0 2 1
Berardino 3b 5 2 1 0
Heffner 2b 4 0 1 1
Swift c 3 0 1 0
  Hoag ph 1 0 0 0
  Susce c 0 0 0 0
Kennedy p 0 0 0 0
  Bildilli p 3 1 1 1
  Clift ph 1 0 0 0
  Niggeling p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 12 5
Boston 005 000 101–7141
St. Louis 001 210 001–5120
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Galehouse  W(2-0) 5.0 10 4 2 1 0
  Hash  SV(2) 4.0 2 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
12
5
3
3
2
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy  L(1-4) 2.0 5 4 4 2 0
  Bildilli   6.0 7 2 2 1 1
  Niggeling   1.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
5
1
  E–Cronin (8).  DP–Boston 1. Foxx-Desautels, St. Louis 2. Strange-Heffner-McQuinn, Heffner-Strange-McQuinn.  2B–Boston Cronin (5); Doerr 2 (6), St. Louis Berardino (4).  3B–Boston Cramer (2).  HR–Boston Finney (3,3rd inning off Kennedy 0 on); Foxx (9,7th inning off Bildilli 0 on).  Team LOB–10.  Team–10.  SB–Berardino (1).  U–Bill Grieve, Steve Basil, Red Ormsby.  T–2:15.  A–2,235.
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