Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
June 16, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1940 at Comiskey Park I. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 4, Chicago White Sox 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Doerr 2b 5 0 0 0
Cramer cf 4 1 1 0
Finney rf 5 0 0 0
Foxx 1b 5 0 0 0
Williams lf 5 3 2 1
Cronin ss 5 0 2 3
Tabor 3b 5 0 0 0
Desautels c 4 0 0 0
Grove p 2 0 0 0
  Spence ph 1 0 1 0
  Bagby p 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 4 6 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kennedy 3b 6 0 0 0
Kuhel 1b 5 0 1 0
Kreevich cf 5 0 0 0
Wright rf 5 1 3 0
Appling ss 4 1 1 1
Solters lf 4 1 2 2
  Rosenthal pr,lf 0 0 0 0
McNair 2b 3 0 1 0
Tresh c 4 0 0 0
Lyons p 3 0 0 0
  Silvestri ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 8 3
Boston 000 000 012 001460
Chicago 000 020 100 000381
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Grove   7.0 4 3 3 1 3
  Bagby  W(5-3) 5.0 4 0 0 3 1
Totals
12.0
8
3
3
4
4
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lyons  L(4-3) 12.0 6 4 2 2 6
Totals
12.0
6
4
2
2
6

  E–McNair (6).  DP–Boston 2. Desautels-Doerr, Doerr-Foxx, Chicago 1. Kennedy-McNair-Kuhel.  2B–Chicago Kuhel (9); Wright (13).  3B–Boston Williams (4), Chicago Wright (4).  HR–Boston Williams (7,12th inning off Lyons 0 on), Chicago Solters (2,5th inning off Grove 1 on).  Team LOB–4.  SH–McNair (3); Tresh (3).  Team–7.  U-HP–Eddie Rommel, 1B–George Pipgras, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–John Quinn.
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