Chicago White Sox vs Philadelphia Athletics
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 Shibe Park. The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago White Sox 3, Philadelphia Athletics 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Webb 2b 3 0 0 0
  Silvestri ph 1 0 0 0
  Hayes 2b 1 0 0 0
Kreevich cf 5 0 0 0
Kuhel 1b 5 1 3 0
Solters lf 3 0 1 0
  Rosenthal lf 1 1 0 0
Appling ss 4 1 3 1
Wright rf 2 0 0 0
Turner c 4 0 0 0
Kennedy 3b 4 0 0 0
Lee p 3 0 1 0
Totals 36 3 8 1
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Gantenbein 3b 4 1 1 0
Moses rf 5 1 3 0
Chapman cf 4 0 1 2
Johnson lf 4 0 0 0
Siebert 1b 5 1 2 0
Hayes c 4 0 1 0
McCoy 2b 4 0 1 0
Brancato ss 4 0 1 0
Potter p 3 1 1 0
  Simmons ph 1 0 0 0
  Heusser p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 11 2
Chicago 000 000 003 0–382
Philadelphia 011 000 100 1–4111
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  L(9-10) 9.2 11 4 3 3 5
Totals
9.2
11
4
3
3
5
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Potter   9.0 8 3 2 4 2
  Heusser  W(5-7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
3
2
4
2
  E–Kreevich (4), Turner (2), Gantenbein (3).  DP–Philadelphia 3. Brancato-Siebert, Gantenbein-McCoy-Siebert, Gantenbein-McCoy-Siebert.  2B–Chicago Kuhel (21), Philadelphia Gantenbein (1); Moses (33); S. Chapman (19); Brancato (9).  Team LOB–7.  SH–S. Chapman (5).  Team–9.  SB–Moses (4); Hayes (8).  U–John Quinn, Harry Geisel, Red Ormsby.  T–2:03.  A–5,500.
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