Detroit Tigers vs St. Louis Browns
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 Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 0, St. Louis Browns 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 3 0 0 0
Fox rf 3 0 0 0
McCosky cf 2 0 0 0
Greenberg lf 2 0 0 0
York 1b 2 0 0 0
Higgins 3b 2 0 0 0
Tebbetts c 2 0 0 0
Metha 2b 1 0 0 0
Bridges p 1 0 0 0
  Averill ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 19 0 0 0
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Grace rf 1 0 0 0
McQuinn 1b 3 1 1 0
Judnich cf 3 1 1 2
Radcliff lf 2 1 0 0
Berardino ss 2 0 0 0
Clift 3b 2 1 2 0
Heffner 2b 1 0 1 1
Swift c 2 0 0 1
Whitehead p 3 0 0 0
Totals 19 4 5 4
Detroit 000 000–002
St. Louis 002 11x–451
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bridges  L(7-6) 5.0 5 4 3 6 3
Totals
5.0
5
4
3
6
3
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Whitehead  W(1-3) 9.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
1
2
  E–Higgins (21), Bridges (2), Berardino (27).  2B–St. Louis Clift (21).  HR–St. Louis Judnich (20,3rd inning off Bridges 1 on).  Team LOB–2.  SH–Berardino (2); Swift (5).  Team–8.  SB–Clift (7); Heffner (4).  U-HP–Harry Geisel, 1B–John Quinn, 2B–Steve Basil, 3B–Bill Grieve.  T–1:18.  A–2,158.
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