Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
June 13, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 13, 1940 at League Park IV. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 2, Cleveland Indians 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 4 0 1 0
McCosky cf 5 0 2 0
Gehringer 2b 3 1 2 1
Greenberg lf 5 0 2 0
York 1b 3 0 1 0
Higgins 3b 5 1 2 0
Fox rf 5 0 1 0
Tebbetts c 3 0 1 0
Rowe p 3 0 1 1
  Trout p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 13 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Boudreau ss 4 0 0 0
Weatherly cf 5 0 3 0
Hemsley c 4 0 0 0
Bell 1b 4 1 1 0
Heath lf 3 0 0 0
  Trosky ph 0 0 0 0
  Campbell ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Chapman rf 5 1 3 0
Mack 2b 4 1 1 1
Keltner 3b 2 0 1 0
Smith p 4 0 1 1
Totals 36 3 10 2
Detroit 110 000 000 02132
Cleveland 000 000 200 13101
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rowe   7.0 8 2 2 1 2
  Trout  L(1-2) 2.2 2 1 0 3 2
Totals
9.2
10
3
2
4
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  W(6-1) 10.0 13 2 2 6 1
Totals
10.0
13
2
2
6
1

  E–Gehringer 2 (5), Mack (8).  DP–Detroit 1. Higgins-Gehringer-York, Cleveland 4. Mack-Boudreau-Bell, Smith-Mack-Bell, Smith-Boudreau-Bell, Smith-Bell.  2B–Detroit Bartell (8); Gehringer (9); Greenberg (17); Higgins (10), Cleveland Weatherly (11); Bell (8); Chapman (12); Keltner (9).  3B–Cleveland Chapman (2).  HR–Detroit Gehringer (4,1st inning off Smith 0 on).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Bell (1); Keltner (4).  Team–10.  CS–McCosky (4).  SB–Keltner (2).  U–Bill Grieve, Steve Basil, Harry Geisel.  T–2:19.  A–3,000.
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