Chicago White Sox vs New York Yankees
June 4, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1940 at Yankee Stadium I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 7, New York Yankees 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy 3b 5 2 1 0
Kuhel 1b 4 2 2 4
Kreevich cf 5 1 2 1
Wright rf 5 1 4 2
Appling ss 5 0 0 0
Rosenthal lf 3 0 1 0
McNair 2b 4 0 2 0
Tresh c 3 1 0 0
Smith p 3 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 12 7
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 4 0 0 0
Knickerbocker 3b 4 0 0 0
Keller rf 4 1 1 0
DiMaggio cf 4 2 2 2
Dickey c 4 0 1 1
Selkirk lf 3 0 0 0
Gordon 2b 4 0 1 0
Dahlgren 1b 3 0 1 0
Ruffing p 2 0 0 0
  Hadley p 0 0 0 0
  Mills ph 1 0 1 0
  Hildebrand p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Chicago 101 040 1007120
New York 000 000 102372
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W(3-6) 9.0 7 3 3 1 5
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffing  L(3-5) 7.0 11 7 3 0 0
  Hadley   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Hildebrand   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
3
2
0

  E–Knickerbocker (4), Gordon (7).  DP–Chicago 1. Appling-McNair-Kuhel, New York 1. Gordon-Dahlgren.  2B–Chicago Wright (12); Rosenthal (6), New York DiMaggio (4); Dickey (5).  HR–Chicago Kuhel 2 (11,1st inning off Ruffing 0 on,5th inning off Ruffing 2 on); Wright (2,7th inning off Ruffing 0 on), New York DiMaggio (6,9th inning off Smith 1 on).  SH–Tresh (2); Smith (4).  Team LOB–7.  Team–4.  CS–McNair (7).  U–John Quinn, Bill Grieve, Harry Geisel.  T–2:03.  A–6,650.
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