Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 4, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1940 at Briggs Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 5 0 0 1
Cramer lf 5 1 2 0
Cronin ss 5 1 0 0
Foxx c 4 3 1 1
Williams rf 4 1 2 3
Tabor 3b 4 0 0 0
Finney 1b 4 1 1 0
Doerr 2b 2 0 1 0
Grove p 4 0 1 1
Totals 37 7 8 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 5 0 0 0
McCosky cf 5 0 1 0
Gehringer 2b 3 2 2 0
Greenberg lf 2 1 1 2
York 1b 4 0 1 1
Higgins 3b 4 0 1 0
Fox rf 4 0 2 0
Tebbetts c 4 0 0 0
Newhouser p 2 0 0 0
  Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Averill ph 1 0 0 0
  Seats p 0 0 0 0
  Stainback ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Boston 030 030 001782
Detroit 002 000 010383
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Grove  W(6-2) 9.0 8 3 3 3 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Newhouser  L(8-8) 4.1 7 6 6 2 2
  Trout   2.2 1 0 0 3 4
  Seats   2.0 0 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
7
6
5
7

  E–Cramer (6), Tabor (28), Bartell 2 (21), Gehringer (14).  DP–Boston 1. Tabor-Doerr-Finney.  2B–Detroit McCosky (27); Gehringer (23).  3B–Boston Williams (8).  HR–Boston Foxx (24,2nd inning off Newhouser 0 on), Detroit Greenberg (21,3rd inning off Grove 1 on).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  CS–Cramer (5).  U–Lou Kolls, Bill McGowan, John Quinn.  T–2:23.  A–27,398.
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