Philadelphia Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
July 27, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1940 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Philadelphia Athletics 2, Detroit Tigers 15
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Rubeling 3b 3 0 1 0
Moses rf 3 1 2 0
  Miles rf 2 0 0 0
Chapman cf 2 1 1 2
Johnson lf 3 0 0 0
  Simmons lf 1 0 0 0
Siebert 1b 3 0 0 0
  Gantenbein 1b 1 0 0 0
Hayes c 2 0 1 0
  Wagner pr,c 1 0 0 0
McCoy 2b 3 0 1 0
  Davis 2b 1 0 0 0
Brancato ss 3 0 0 0
  Lillard ss 1 0 0 0
Potter p 2 0 0 0
  Besse p 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Fox rf 6 0 3 2
McCosky cf 4 2 4 0
  Averill cf 1 0 0 0
Gehringer 2b 3 1 0 0
  Metha ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Greenberg lf 4 1 2 1
York 1b 4 2 1 2
Higgins 3b 4 2 1 0
Sullivan c 1 3 1 1
Kress ss 4 2 1 3
  Croucher ss 0 0 0 0
Rowe p 5 2 3 5
Totals 38 15 16 14
Philadelphia 200 000 000–260
Detroit 010 251 24x–15161
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Potter  L(7-8) 4.1 7 7 7 4 1
  Besse   3.2 9 8 8 3 3
Totals
8.0
16
15
15
7
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rowe  W(8-2) 9.0 6 2 2 4 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
3
  E–Kress (7).  2B–Philadelphia Moses (23); Hayes (11), Detroit McCosky 2 (26); York (26); Higgins (13); Kress (3); Rowe (3).  HR–Philadelphia S. Chapman (15,1st inning off Rowe 1 on), Detroit Rowe (1,4th inning off Potter 1 on).  SH–S. Chapman (3); McCosky (2); Sullivan (2).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Sullivan (1).  Team–9.  SB–McCosky (6); Gehringer (6); Sullivan (2).  U–Cal Hubbard, Joe Rue, George Moriarty.
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