Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 3, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1940 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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 4, Detroit Tigers 6
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio lf 4 1 1 0
Cramer cf 4 0 1 1
Cronin ss 4 1 0 0
Foxx c 2 1 1 0
Williams rf 4 0 0 0
Finney 1b 4 1 1 1
Tabor 3b 4 0 0 1
Doerr 2b 4 0 3 1
Bagby p 2 0 0 0
  Galehouse p 0 0 0 0
  Spence ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 5 1 1 0
McCosky cf 3 1 2 0
Gehringer 2b 3 1 1 2
Greenberg lf 2 2 1 0
York 1b 3 0 2 0
Higgins 3b 3 0 1 1
Fox rf 4 1 1 1
Sullivan c 4 0 1 1
Hutchinson p 4 0 1 0
  Benton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 11 5
Boston 000 300 100–471
Detroit 010 001 40x–6113
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Bagby  L(8-11) 6.2 10 6 5 5 0
  Galehouse   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
5
6
0
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hutchinson  W(2-3) 8.1 7 4 2 3 2
  Benton  SV(14) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
2
4
2
  E–Cramer (4), Bartell (19), Higgins (20), Hutchinson (1).  DP–Boston 2. Cronin-Doerr-Finney, Doerr-Cronin-Finney, Detroit 1. Bartell-Gehringer-York.  2B–Boston Finney (23), Detroit Gehringer (21); Sullivan (10).  3B–Boston Cramer (8).  SH–Foxx (2); Bagby (3).  HBP–Cronin (1).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  SB–McCosky (7).  U–Bill McGowan, John Quinn, Lou Kolls.
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