Boston Red Sox vs St. Louis Browns
June 20, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1940 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Red Sox 4, St. Louis Browns 11
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Doerr 2b 4 0 0 2
Cramer cf 4 0 0 0
Finney rf 5 0 1 0
Foxx 1b 4 0 2 0
Williams lf 5 1 1 0
Cronin ss 4 1 2 1
Tabor 3b 5 1 1 0
Desautels c 3 1 3 0
Harris p 2 0 1 1
  Heving p 0 0 0 0
  Spence ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Peacock ph 0 0 0 0
  Ostermueller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Cullenbine lf 4 1 1 1
Laabs cf 3 0 0 0
  Judnich cf 2 1 2 1
McQuinn 1b 5 1 2 0
Clift 3b 3 3 2 1
Hoag rf 4 2 2 1
Berardino ss 5 2 3 5
Heffner 2b 4 0 2 2
Swift c 4 1 1 0
Bildilli p 2 0 0 0
  Kramer p 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 15 11
Boston 021 100 000–4110
St. Louis 021 032 12x–11151
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Harris  L(3-2) 4.1 8 6 6 3 1
  Heving   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Wagner   2.0 4 3 3 2 2
  Ostermueller   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
15
11
11
6
4
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Bildilli   4.2 9 4 4 3 2
  Kramer  W(3-4) 4.1 2 0 0 3 4
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
6
6
  E–Berardino (10).  DP–St. Louis 1. Heffner-Berardino.  2B–Boston Finney (11); Foxx (9); Williams (16); Cronin (8); Desautels (4), St. Louis Berardino (11).  HR–St. Louis Cullenbine (4,6th inning off Wagner 0 on 0 out); Clift (5,2nd inning off Harris 0 on); Hoag (3,2nd inning off Harris 0 on); Berardino (8,5th inning off Harris 2 on).  Team LOB–12.  SH–Kramer (1).  Team–10.  U–Joe Rue, George Moriarty, Cal Hubbard.  T–2:36.  A–4,958.
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