Chicago Cubs vs Brooklyn Dodgers
August 2, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1940 at Ebbets Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago Cubs 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 4 1 4 0
Herman 2b 5 0 2 3
Gleeson lf 3 0 0 0
Nicholson rf 5 0 0 0
Leiber cf 4 1 2 0
Bonura 1b 4 1 1 0
Todd c 3 0 0 0
Warstler ss 4 1 0 1
French p 4 0 1 0
  Passeau p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reese ss 5 1 2 0
Walker cf 3 0 0 0
Vosmik rf 4 0 1 1
Medwick lf 3 0 0 0
Camilli 1b 4 0 0 0
Lavagetto 3b 4 1 1 0
Mancuso c 3 0 1 0
  Wasdell pr 0 0 0 0
  Phelps c 1 0 1 0
  Hudson pr 0 0 0 0
Coscarart 2b 3 1 1 0
  Reiser ph 1 0 0 0
Tamulis p 1 0 0 0
  Pressnell p 1 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 1 1
  Carleton p 0 0 0 0
  Franks ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 35 3 9 3
Chicago 000 301 000–4101
Brooklyn 000 001 101–391
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
French  W(11-8) 8.1 8 3 3 1 4
  Passeau  SV(4) 0.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
6
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Tamulis  L(6-2) 3.2 6 3 3 4 1
  Pressnell   3.1 3 1 1 0 2
  Carleton   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
5
  E–Hack (12), Phelps (7).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Tamulis-Reese-Camilli.  2B–Chicago Hack (30); Leiber (11); Bonura (3), Brooklyn Reese (7).  3B–Brooklyn Gallagher (1).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Walker (4).  Team–7.  SB–Hack (12); Warstler (1); Hudson (2).  U–George Barr, George Magerkurth, Bill Stewart.  T–2:11.  A–5,907.
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