New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
July 4, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1940 at Fenway Park. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Yankees 12, Boston Red Sox 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Crosetti ss 4 3 1 1
Rolfe 3b 4 3 1 2
Keller rf 5 2 2 3
DiMaggio cf 4 0 0 0
Selkirk lf 3 1 1 3
Dickey c 4 1 2 0
Gordon 2b 5 1 1 2
Dahlgren 1b 4 1 2 0
Chandler p 3 0 1 0
Totals 36 12 11 11
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Finney rf 5 0 0 0
Cramer cf 4 1 3 1
Williams lf 4 1 1 0
Foxx 1b 4 0 0 1
Tabor 3b 4 0 0 0
Doerr 2b 3 1 2 0
Cronin ss 3 0 1 1
Peacock c 4 1 2 1
Hash p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Ostermueller p 4 0 1 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
New York 350 020 200–12110
Boston 012 001 000–4100
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Chandler  W(4-4) 9.0 10 4 4 4 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Hash  L(7-5) 0.0 2 3 3 2 0
  Wilson   1.2 3 5 5 4 2
  Ostermueller   7.1 6 4 4 3 7
Totals
9.0
11
12
12
9
9
  E–None.  DP–New York 2. Gordon-Crosetti-Dahlgren.  2B–New York Dahlgren (8).  3B–New York Crosetti (3).  HR–New York Rolfe (4,1st inning off Hash 1 on); Keller 2 (15,1st inning off Hash 0 on,5th inning off Ostermueller 1 on); Selkirk (10,2nd inning off Wilson 2 on); Gordon (7,2nd inning off Wilson 1 on).  SH–Chandler 2 (3).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  U–George Moriarty, Cal Hubbard, Eddie Rommel.
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