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 St. Louis Browns defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cleveland Indians 1, St. Louis Browns 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell rf 5 0 3 0
Weatherly cf 4 0 1 1
Boudreau ss 4 0 0 0
Trosky 1b 4 0 1 0
Heath lf 4 0 1 0
Keltner 3b 4 0 0 0
Peters 2b 4 0 2 0
Pytlak c 2 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
Humphries p 2 1 0 0
  Campbell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 8 1
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Cullenbine rf 4 0 0 0
McQuinn 1b 4 0 0 0
Judnich cf 4 1 0 0
Radcliff lf 3 0 0 0
Berardino ss 3 0 1 0
Clift 3b 0 0 0 0
Heffner 2b 3 1 1 1
Swift c 3 0 0 0
Auker p 2 0 1 1
Totals 26 2 3 2
Cleveland 001 000 000–183
St. Louis 001 001 00x–231
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Humphries  L(0-2) 8.0 3 2 1 5 3
Totals
8.0
3
2
1
5
3
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Auker  W(9-8) 9.0 8 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
2
  E–Heath (4), Peters (7), Humphries (1), Berardino (28).  2B–Cleveland Bell (16); Peters 2 (3), St. Louis Heffner (21).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Berardino (3).  Team–6.  SB–Peters (1).  CS–Clift (7).  U-HP–Harry Geisel, 1B–John Quinn, 2B–Steve Basil, 3B–Bill Grieve.  T–1:56.  A–3,036.
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