Boston Red Sox vs St. Louis Browns
July 28, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1940 at Sportsman's Park III. The Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 3, St. Louis Browns 1

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio lf 4 0 0 0
Cramer cf 4 0 1 0
Cronin ss 3 0 0 0
Williams rf 3 1 1 0
Finney 1b 4 0 0 1
Tabor 3b 4 1 1 0
Doerr 2b 2 1 0 0
Glenn c 3 0 1 2
Johnson p 2 0 0 0
  Dickman p 1 0 1 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Cullenbine lf,rf 4 0 0 0
McQuinn 1b 4 0 0 0
Laabs cf 4 0 2 0
Hoag rf 2 0 1 0
  Radcliff lf 2 0 2 0
Berardino ss 3 1 1 0
Clift 3b 4 0 2 1
Heffner 2b 4 0 0 0
Susce c 2 0 1 0
  Grace ph,c 2 0 0 0
Niggeling p 2 0 0 0
  Judnich ph 1 0 0 0
  Harris p 0 0 0 0
  Swift ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 9 1
Boston 020 100 000350
St. Louis 010 000 000190
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W(1-1) 5.0 4 1 1 1 2
  Dickman  SV(2) 4.0 5 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
1
5
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Niggeling  L(3-8) 7.0 3 3 3 1 4
  Harris   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1. Cronin-Doerr-Finney, St. Louis 1. Heffner-Berardino-McQuinn.  2B–Boston Glenn (1), St. Louis Hoag (10); Berardino (19).  3B–Boston Williams (7).  SH–Cronin (9).  Team LOB–3.  Team–8.  U–Bill Grieve, Harry Geisel, Steve Basil.
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