Cleveland Indians vs St. Louis Browns
August 8, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1940 at Sportsman's Park III. The Cleveland Indians defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cleveland Indians 7, St. Louis Browns 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Chapman rf 2 2 2 1
  Bell rf 2 0 0 0
Weatherly cf 5 2 2 1
Boudreau ss 5 0 2 2
Trosky 1b 3 0 2 1
Heath lf 4 0 0 1
Keltner 3b 5 1 2 1
Peters 2b 4 0 1 0
Hemsley c 4 1 1 0
Feller p 3 1 1 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Grace rf 5 1 1 1
McQuinn 1b 5 0 0 0
Judnich cf 4 0 1 1
Radcliff lf 4 1 3 1
Berardino ss 3 0 0 0
Clift 3b 4 1 2 0
Heffner 2b 3 1 1 0
Swift c 2 0 0 0
  Susce c 1 0 0 0
  Hoag ph 1 0 1 1
Kennedy p 1 0 1 0
  Mills p 1 0 0 0
  Cullenbine ph 1 0 0 0
  Coffman p 0 0 0 0
  Laabs ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Cleveland 101 031 001–7130
St. Louis 000 001 012–4100
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Feller  W(19-6) 9.0 10 4 4 2 7
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
7
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy  L(9-11) 4.1 8 5 5 1 1
  Mills   3.2 3 1 1 2 1
  Coffman   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
4
3
  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1. Boudreau-Peters-Trosky, St. Louis 1. Berardino-McQuinn.  2B–Cleveland Chapman (30); Weatherly (25); Boudreau 2 (38); Keltner (15), St. Louis Grace (10); Radcliff (20); Hoag (11).  HR–Cleveland Keltner (11,6th inning off Mills 0 on), St. Louis Radcliff (6,6th inning off Feller 0 on).  SH–Feller (4).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  U-HP–Bill Grieve, 1B–Harry Geisel, 2B–John Quinn, 3B–Steve Basil.
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