Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
August 20, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1940 at Yankee Stadium I. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 3, New York Yankees 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 4 0 0 0
  Averill ph 1 0 0 0
McCosky cf 5 0 0 0
Gehringer 2b 3 0 0 0
Greenberg lf 4 1 3 0
York 1b 4 1 1 1
Higgins 3b 4 0 1 0
Fox rf 4 1 1 2
Sullivan c 3 0 1 0
Rowe p 1 0 0 0
  Campbell ph 1 0 0 0
  McKain p 0 0 0 0
  Stainback ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Gordon 2b 4 0 1 0
Rolfe 3b 4 0 0 0
Henrich rf 4 0 0 0
DiMaggio cf 4 0 2 0
Selkirk lf 3 2 1 1
Dickey c 3 0 0 0
Dahlgren 1b 4 2 2 0
Crosetti ss 3 0 1 2
Ruffing p 3 0 1 1
Totals 32 4 8 4
Detroit 000 200 001–381
New York 020 101 00x–480
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rowe  L(11-3) 6.0 7 4 4 1 1
  McKain   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
2
1
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ruffing  W(12-8) 9.0 8 3 3 3 4
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
4
  E–Bartell (26).  DP–Detroit 1. Gehringer-York.  2B–Detroit Greenberg 2 (41); Stainback (1), New York Dahlgren (19); Ruffing (3).  HR–Detroit Fox (3,9th inning off Ruffing 0 on), New York Selkirk (13,6th inning off Rowe 0 on).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  SB–Rowe (1).  U–Bill Summers, Steve Basil, Bill Grieve.
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