Cleveland Indians vs Chicago White Sox
August 5, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1940 at Comiskey Park I. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cleveland Indians 10, Chicago White Sox 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Chapman lf 4 2 1 1
Weatherly cf 5 1 2 1
Boudreau ss 5 1 3 2
Trosky 1b 1 2 1 1
Bell rf 5 1 2 1
Keltner 3b 4 0 0 1
Peters 2b 5 2 1 2
Hemsley c 5 1 2 1
Harder p 5 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 12 10
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Webb 2b 4 0 0 0
Kreevich cf 4 1 2 1
Kuhel 1b 4 0 1 0
Solters lf 1 0 0 0
  Rosenthal lf 3 0 0 0
Wright rf 2 0 1 0
Appling ss 3 0 0 0
Tresh c 2 0 0 0
  Turner c 1 0 0 0
Kennedy 3b 4 0 1 0
Smith p 2 0 0 0
  Appleton p 1 0 0 0
  Hayes ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Cleveland 030 201 040–10121
Chicago 001 000 000–151
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Harder  W(7-7) 9.0 5 1 1 4 3
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
4
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L(8-8) 5.0 8 6 5 5 1
  Appleton   4.0 4 4 4 3 1
Totals
9.0
12
10
9
8
2
  E–Peters (5), Smith (1).  DP–Cleveland 1. Boudreau-Peters-Trosky.  2B–Cleveland Boudreau (36); Bell (15); Peters (1), Chicago Kuhel (17).  3B–Cleveland Weatherly (6).  HR–Chicago Kreevich (8,3rd inning off Harder 0 on).  SH–Boudreau (3).  Team LOB–11.  Team–8.  SB–Chapman (11); Weatherly (2); Boudreau (4).  U–George Moriarty, Cal Hubbard, Eddie Rommel.  T–2:05.  A–3,128.
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