St. Louis Browns vs Detroit Tigers
May 30, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1940 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 6, Detroit Tigers 15

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Lary ss 4 0 1 1
Judnich cf 4 1 1 0
McQuinn 1b 4 0 0 0
Radcliff lf 4 0 3 0
  Cox pr 0 1 0 0
Hoag rf 3 1 0 0
Clift 3b 3 1 1 2
Berardino 2b 4 1 1 3
Swift c 3 0 1 0
  Grace ph 1 0 0 0
Coffman p 1 1 0 0
  Kramer p 0 0 0 0
  Mills p 1 0 0 0
  Laabs ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 8 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 4 2 1 1
McCosky cf 5 2 5 0
Gehringer 2b 4 2 0 1
  Croucher 2b 1 0 0 0
Greenberg lf 3 3 3 3
York 1b 4 3 3 4
Campbell rf 5 2 1 2
Higgins 3b 4 0 0 0
Sullivan c 4 1 0 2
Rowe p 4 0 0 0
Totals 38 15 13 13
St. Louis 001 000 005681
Detroit 300 074 01x15130
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Coffman  L(2-2) 4.1 7 9 9 2 2
  Kramer   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Mills   3.2 4 5 4 4 2
Totals
8.0
13
15
14
6
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rowe  W(3-0) 9.0 8 6 6 3 5
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
3
5

  E–Hoag (1).  DP–Detroit 2. Higgins-Gehringer-York, Higgins-Gehringer-York.  2B–St. Louis Swift (2), Detroit Greenberg (12); Campbell (7).  3B–St. Louis Lary (1), Detroit McCosky (4).  HR–St. Louis Berardino (2,9th inning off Rowe 2 on), Detroit York (5,1st inning off Coffman 2 on).  Team LOB–3.  Team–5.  U–John Quinn, George Pipgras, Bill Summers.  T–2:18.  A–33,461.
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