Detroit Tigers vs Philadelphia Athletics
June 5, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1940 at Shibe Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 9, Philadelphia Athletics 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 5 0 1 1
McCosky cf 4 2 3 0
Gehringer 2b 5 0 1 2
Greenberg lf 4 1 1 0
York 1b 4 0 1 1
Campbell rf 4 2 1 0
Higgins 3b 5 1 3 1
Tebbetts c 5 2 4 1
Rowe p 5 1 2 3
Totals 41 9 17 9
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
McCoy 2b 4 0 0 0
Moses rf 4 0 2 0
Johnson lf 3 0 0 0
Wagner c 3 0 0 0
Siebert 1b 3 0 1 0
Chapman cf 4 1 2 0
Rubeling 3b 2 0 0 0
  Dean ph 1 0 1 0
  Brancato pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
Lillard ss 2 0 0 0
  Miles ph 1 0 0 0
  Besse p 0 0 0 0
  Brucker ph 1 0 0 0
Caster p 2 0 0 0
  Heusser p 0 0 0 0
  Simmons ph 1 0 1 1
  Gantenbein pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Detroit 100 102 221–9170
Philadelphia 000 000 100–170
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rowe  W(4-0) 9.0 7 1 1 3 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
1
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Caster  L(1-8) 6.1 11 6 6 4 4
  Heusser   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Besse   2.0 5 3 3 2 1
Totals
9.0
17
9
9
6
5
  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1. Rowe-Bartell-York, Philadelphia 2. Caster-Wagner-Siebert, Johnson-Wagner.  2B–Detroit Tebbetts 2 (6); Rowe (1).  3B–Detroit McCosky 2 (6); Campbell (2).  Team LOB–11.  Team–8.  CS–McCosky (3).  U–George Pipgras, Steve Basil, Eddie Rommel.  T–2:10.  A–18,553.
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