Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
July 31, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1940 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Red Sox 11, Cleveland Indians 12
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio rf 5 3 2 0
Cramer cf 5 1 1 1
Williams lf 2 3 0 0
Foxx c 4 2 2 2
Cronin ss 4 1 3 3
Finney 1b 4 0 1 3
Tabor 3b 5 0 0 0
Doerr 2b 4 1 1 2
Galehouse p 2 0 0 0
  Dickman p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Heving p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
  Carey ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 10 11
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Chapman rf 5 0 1 0
Weatherly cf 6 2 2 0
Boudreau ss 3 1 0 0
Trosky 1b 4 2 1 1
Campbell lf 5 2 2 0
Keltner 3b 5 3 4 5
Mack 2b 4 2 2 1
Hemsley c 3 0 2 1
Dobson p 0 0 0 0
  Heath ph 1 0 0 0
  Eisenstat p 1 0 1 1
  Bell ph 1 0 0 0
  Humphries p 0 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
  Zuber p 0 0 0 0
  Peters ph 1 0 1 2
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 12 16 11
Boston 402 103 100–11101
Cleveland 000 500 34x–12162
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Galehouse   3.2 6 5 5 2 2
  Dickman   3.2 7 5 5 3 2
  Johnson   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Heving  L(5-2) 0.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Wilson   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
16
12
12
7
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson   3.0 5 6 5 3 4
  Eisenstat   3.0 4 4 4 3 2
  Humphries   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Zuber  W(1-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Smith  SV(2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
11
10
7
8
  E–Cronin (23), Hemsley (3), Dobson (1).  DP–Boston 1. Doerr-Cronin-Finney.  2B–Boston Cronin (19), Cleveland Keltner (14); Mack (17).  3B–Boston Finney (12), Cleveland Trosky (3).  HR–Cleveland Keltner (10,4th inning off Galehouse 3 on).  SH–Cronin (10); Dickman (2).  Team LOB–8.  Team–11.  U-HP–Joe Rue, 1B–George Moriarty, 2B–Cal Hubbard, 3B–John Quinn.  T–2:14.  A–6,000.
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