New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
May 22, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1940 at Briggs Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Yankees 8, Detroit Tigers 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 5 1 1 0
Rolfe 3b 4 0 0 0
Keller rf 4 0 2 1
DiMaggio cf 5 0 1 0
Dickey c 5 2 2 0
Selkirk lf 5 2 2 2
Gordon 2b 5 2 3 1
Dahlgren 1b 5 1 5 4
Breuer p 2 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 16 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 4 0 0 1
McCosky cf 4 0 1 0
Gehringer 2b 4 0 0 0
Averill rf 4 0 0 0
Greenberg lf 4 0 1 0
York 1b 4 1 2 0
Higgins 3b 4 1 2 0
Tebbetts c 3 0 0 0
Newhouser p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Benton p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell ph 1 0 0 0
  McKain p 0 0 0 0
  Sullivan ph 0 0 0 0
  Rowe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 1
New York 122 020 100–8162
Detroit 000 000 020–260
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Breuer  W(3-2) 9.0 6 2 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
1
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser  L(2-3) 3.0 7 5 5 2 3
  Benton   3.0 4 2 2 2 1
  McKain   2.0 4 1 1 0 1
  Rowe   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
8
8
4
5
  E–Crosetti 2 (7).  DP–New York 2. Keller-Dahlgren, Dahlgren-Dickey, Detroit 2. Bartell-Gehringer-York, Higgins-York-Bartell.  2B–New York Crosetti (1); Dickey (2); Selkirk (6).  3B–New York Gordon (2).  HR–New York Selkirk (3,5th inning off Benton 1 on); Dahlgren (1,2nd inning off Newhouser 1 on).  SH–Breuer (2).  Team LOB–10.  Team–5.  U–John Quinn, Bill Summers, George Pipgras.  T–2:06.  A–9,914.
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