Brooklyn Dodgers vs New York Giants
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 Polo Grounds V. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Brooklyn Dodgers 6, New York Giants 1
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 4 2 2 0
Lavagetto 3b 5 1 1 2
Walker cf 4 0 1 0
Medwick lf 5 0 2 1
Phelps c 5 0 1 0
Camilli 1b 4 1 1 0
Vosmik rf 5 1 4 0
Coscarart 2b 5 1 3 1
Tamulis p 3 0 1 1
Totals 40 6 16 5
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Whitehead 3b 4 0 0 0
Moore lf 4 0 0 0
Seeds cf 4 0 0 0
Young 1b 3 1 1 0
Danning c 3 0 1 0
Ott rf 3 0 0 0
Cuccinello 2b 3 0 0 1
Witek ss 3 0 1 0
Gumbert p 2 0 0 0
  Lynn p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Brooklyn 101 000 040–6161
New York 000 000 010–131
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Tamulis  W(5-1) 9.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
0
1
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gumbert  L(7-5) 7.2 15 6 6 3 3
  Lynn   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Brown   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
6
6
3
4
  E–Lavagetto (14), Danning (7).  DP–New York 1. Danning-Cuccinello.  PB–Danning (1).  2B–New York Young (13).  3B–Brooklyn Camilli (6).  HR–Brooklyn Lavagetto (3,3rd inning off Gumbert 0 on).  SH–Tamulis (1).  Team LOB–11.  Team–2.  SB–Reese 2 (9).  U–Babe Pinelli, Beans Reardon, Larry Goetz.  T–2:00.  A–54,306.
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