Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
July 2, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1940 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 9, Detroit Tigers 10

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Webb ss 6 1 2 1
Kreevich cf 6 0 2 1
Kuhel 1b 6 1 1 0
Solters lf 4 2 3 2
Rosenthal rf 5 0 2 0
McNair 2b 4 0 0 0
Tresh c 4 3 2 1
Kennedy 3b 5 1 2 0
Dietrich p 2 0 1 1
  Appleton p 1 1 1 0
  Wright ph 0 0 0 1
  Turner pr 0 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Silvestri ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 9 16 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 4 3 2 0
McCosky cf 4 2 1 0
Gehringer 2b 3 1 0 0
Greenberg lf 2 0 1 2
York 1b 3 1 2 3
Campbell rf 5 1 1 1
Kress 3b 4 1 2 2
Sullivan c 4 1 1 0
Seats p 2 0 0 0
  Averill ph 1 0 1 0
  Benton p 2 0 0 0
  McKain p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 11 8
Chicago 021 211 1019162
Detroit 201 212 11x10113
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dietrich   4.0 4 5 5 8 1
  Appleton   2.0 5 3 2 2 0
  Brown  L(1-2) 2.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
10
9
11
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Seats   5.0 8 6 3 0 0
  Benton  W(4-3) 3.2 8 3 2 3 3
  McKain  SV(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
9
5
3
3

  E–Kennedy (11), Appleton (1), Kress 2 (2), Benton (1).  DP–Chicago 1. Kennedy-Tresh-McNair, Kennedy-Kuhel.  2B–Chicago Webb (1); Tresh (7), Detroit Greenberg (27).  3B–Chicago Kuhel (3), Detroit McCosky (10).  HR–Detroit Kress (1,8th inning off Brown 0 on).  SH–McNair (5).  Team LOB–12.  HBP–Bartell (4).  Team–12.  SB–Kreevich (7); Bartell (4).  U–Bill McGowan, Lou Kolls, Red Ormsby.  T–2:37.  A–4,663.
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