Philadelphia Athletics vs Boston Red Sox
July 3, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 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 11, Boston Red Sox 12

Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Brancato ss 4 1 0 0
Moses rf 5 2 4 0
McCoy 2b 5 0 1 1
Simmons lf 5 1 1 0
Siebert 1b 5 2 4 3
Hayes c 5 1 1 0
Chapman cf 4 3 2 2
Rubeling 3b 4 1 1 1
Besse p 4 0 2 3
  Dean p 0 0 0 0
  Potter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 16 10
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Finney rf 4 1 2 1
Cramer cf 5 1 1 1
Williams lf 4 2 2 3
Foxx 1b 5 3 3 1
Tabor 3b 4 1 2 3
Doerr 2b 3 1 2 1
Cronin ss 3 2 1 2
Glenn c 3 0 0 0
Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Heving p 3 0 0 0
  DiMaggio ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 35 12 14 12
Philadelphia 034 102 00111161
Boston 000 030 03612141
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Besse   8.1 11 9 9 5 1
  Dean   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Potter  L(5-6) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
14
12
12
5
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wagner   2.2 6 6 6 3 0
  Heving  W(4-1) 6.1 10 5 5 2 6
Totals
9.0
16
11
11
5
6

  E–Simmons (1), Finney (4).  DP–Philadelphia 3. Brancato, McCoy-Brancato-Siebert, Brancato-McCoy-Siebert, Boston 2. Foxx-Cronin, Cronin-Doerr-Foxx.  2B–Philadelphia Hayes (8); Besse (1), Boston Foxx (14).  HR–Philadelphia Siebert (2,2nd inning off Wagner 1 on); S. Chapman 2 (9,2nd inning off Wagner 0 on,9th inning off Heving 0 on), Boston Williams (10,9th inning off Dean 2 on); Foxx (19,9th inning off Potter 0 on 1 out); Tabor (12,8th inning off Besse 2 on); Cronin (9,5th inning off Besse 1 on).  Team LOB–8.  Team–3.  SB–Moses (2); Rubeling (3).  U–Eddie Rommel, George Moriarty, Cal Hubbard.  T–2:20.  A–2,400.
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