Philadelphia Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
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 Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Philadelphia Athletics 9, Boston Red Sox 15

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Brancato ss 4 1 2 0
Moses rf 5 0 1 2
McCoy 2b 2 1 0 0
  Lillard 2b 2 1 1 0
Simmons lf 1 1 1 2
  Chapman ph,cf 4 1 2 1
Siebert 1b 3 0 1 0
  Gantenbein 1b 2 1 1 2
Brucker c 4 0 1 0
Miles D. cf,lf 4 1 2 0
Rubeling 3b 3 1 1 0
Caster p 2 0 0 0
  Miles C. p 3 1 3 1
Totals 39 9 16 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Finney rf 6 0 2 2
Cramer cf 5 2 2 0
Williams lf 4 3 2 2
Foxx 1b 5 1 1 4
Tabor 3b 3 2 1 0
Doerr 2b 4 2 1 3
Cronin ss 4 2 2 2
  Carey ss 1 0 1 0
Glenn c 4 0 0 1
Harris p 2 3 2 0
  Hash p 1 0 0 1
Totals 39 15 14 15
Philadelphia 200 012 4009162
Boston 530 213 01x15141
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Caster  L(2-12) 4.0 10 10 10 2 3
  Miles   4.0 4 5 5 4 3
Totals
8.0
14
15
15
6
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Harris  W(4-2) 6.1 11 9 9 5 3
  Hash  SV(3) 2.2 5 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
16
9
9
7
3

  E–McCoy (22), D. Miles (3), Tabor (17).  DP–Boston 4. Cronin-Doerr-Foxx, Doerr-Foxx-Cronin-Foxx-Cronin, Carey-Doerr-Foxx, Doerr-Carey-Foxx.  PB–Brucker (1).  2B–Philadelphia Brancato 2 (7); Lillard (7); Siebert (11); Brucker (1); C. Miles (1), Boston Williams (22); Doerr (12).  3B–Boston Finney (9).  HR–Philadelphia Simmons (1,1st inning off Harris 1 on); Gantenbein (1,7th inning off Harris 1 on), Boston Foxx (18,2nd inning off Caster 2 on); Cronin (8,1st inning off Caster 1 on).  HBP–D. Miles (1).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Glenn (1).  Team–7.  SB–Tabor (5); Cronin (3).  U–Cal Hubbard, Eddie Rommel, George Moriarty.  T–2:11.  A–9,200.
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