Brooklyn Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 21, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1940 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Brooklyn Dodgers 5, St. Louis Cardinals 7
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reiser rf 4 2 2 1
Walker cf 5 1 1 3
Camilli 1b 5 0 2 1
Medwick lf 4 0 0 0
Lavagetto 3b 2 0 0 0
Franks c 2 0 0 0
  Flowers p 0 0 0 0
  Vosmik ph 1 0 0 0
  Casey p 0 0 0 0
Coscarart 2b 4 0 0 0
Durocher ss 2 0 1 0
  Wasdell ph 1 0 0 0
  Hudson ss 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
Tamulis p 2 1 0 0
  Hamlin p 0 0 0 0
  Phelps c 2 1 1 0
Totals 35 5 7 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brown 3b 5 1 1 1
Moore cf 3 1 1 1
Martin rf,lf 3 2 0 0
Mize 1b 4 1 2 2
Koy lf 2 0 0 0
  Slaughter rf 0 1 0 0
Orengo 2b 2 0 1 2
Owen c 2 0 0 0
Marion ss 3 1 1 1
McGee p 1 0 0 0
  Doyle p 3 0 0 0
  Lanier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 7 6 7
Brooklyn 001 020 200–571
St. Louis 100 060 00x–761
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Tamulis  L(7-4) 4.1 5 6 5 3 1
  Hamlin   1.2 1 1 1 3 1
  Flowers   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Casey   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
6
7
6
8
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McGee   4.2 5 3 3 2 0
  Doyle  W(2-1) 3.2 2 2 2 2 2
  Lanier  SV(1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
4
2
  E–Tamulis (2), Orengo (26).  2B–Brooklyn Camilli (22); Phelps (22), St. Louis Moore (24); Mize 2 (20); Orengo (21).  3B–Brooklyn Camilli (9), St. Louis Brown (4).  HR–Brooklyn Reiser (1,3rd inning off McGee 0 on); Walker (6,7th inning off Doyle 1 on).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Orengo (9); Owen (5); Marion (8).  Team–8.  SB–Moore 2 (12).  U–George Barr, Ziggy Sears, Lou Jorda.  T–2:14.  A–4,659.
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