Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers
August 17, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1940 at Briggs Stadium. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago White Sox 9, Detroit Tigers 5
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Webb 2b 5 1 1 0
Kreevich cf 4 3 3 0
Kuhel 1b 5 1 3 4
Solters lf 4 1 1 0
  Rosenthal lf 1 0 0 0
Appling ss 4 2 2 1
Wright rf 5 0 3 2
Tresh c 4 0 1 2
Kennedy 3b 4 1 1 0
Knott p 4 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 15 9
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 5 0 0 0
McCosky cf 4 0 0 0
Gehringer 2b 3 1 0 0
Greenberg lf 4 0 2 0
York 1b 4 0 0 0
Higgins 3b 4 1 2 1
Fox rf 4 2 1 1
Sullivan c 4 1 3 1
Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Hutchinson p 2 0 1 1
  Averill ph 1 0 1 1
  Seats p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Chicago 401 003 001–9152
Detroit 001 100 102–5100
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Knott  W(8-7) 8.1 10 5 5 1 2
  Brown  SV(8) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
1
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Trout  L(2-4) 0.1 5 4 4 0 1
  Hutchinson   6.2 8 4 4 1 3
  Seats   2.0 2 1 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
9
8
2
4
  E–Rosenthal (4), Wright (6).  DP–Chicago 2. Kennedy-Webb-Kuhel, Kennedy-Webb.  2B–Chicago Kreevich 2 (19); Appling (23), Detroit Greenberg (39); Higgins 2 (18).  3B–Chicago Kuhel (7).  Team LOB–6.  Team–5.  CS–Wright (6).  U–Cal Hubbard, Eddie Rommel, George Moriarty.  T–2:40.  A–13,706.
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