Detroit Tigers vs St. Louis Browns
June 29, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 29, 1940 at Sportsman's Park III. The Detroit Tigers defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 9, St. Louis Browns 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 4 2 2 1
McCosky cf 5 2 3 0
Gehringer 2b 4 2 2 0
  Croucher 2b 0 0 0 0
Greenberg lf 4 1 1 5
York 1b 4 0 1 2
Campbell rf 5 1 1 1
Tebbetts c 4 1 1 0
Metha 3b 5 0 1 0
Bridges p 4 0 0 0
  Benton p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 12 9
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Cullenbine rf 2 0 0 1
  Cox p 0 0 0 0
  Hoag ph 1 0 0 0
  Trotter p 0 0 0 0
Radcliff lf 4 0 1 0
McQuinn 1b 5 1 1 0
Clift 3b 3 1 0 0
Judnich cf 5 1 1 2
Berardino ss 3 2 2 1
Heffner 2b 5 0 0 0
Susce c 1 0 0 0
  Grace c,rf 3 0 0 1
Auker p 0 0 0 0
  Coffman p 2 0 1 0
  Laabs ph 0 0 0 0
  Swift c 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 6 5
Detroit 600 002 010–9121
St. Louis 000 010 121–561
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bridges  W(5-4) 7.0 3 4 2 7 5
  Benton  SV(7) 2.0 3 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
6
5
3
9
5
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Auker  L(6-6) 0.1 4 6 5 0 0
  Coffman   6.2 7 2 0 1 2
  Cox   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
  Trotter   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
9
6
3
4
  E–Gehringer (7), Clift (7).  PB–Tebbetts (3).  2B–Detroit York (20), St. Louis McQuinn (20).  HR–Detroit Greenberg (14,1st inning off Auker 3 on); Campbell (4,1st inning off Auker 0 on), St. Louis Judnich (11,8th inning off Bridges 1 on).  SH–Gehringer (4).  HBP–Tebbetts (1).  Team LOB–9.  Team–11.  SB–Berardino (3).  U–Lou Kolls, Red Ormsby, Bill McGowan.
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