Cleveland Indians vs New York Yankees
August 22, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 1940 at Yankee Stadium I. The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 2, New York Yankees 15

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Chapman lf 4 0 0 0
Weatherly cf 4 1 1 1
Boudreau ss 3 0 1 0
  Peters ss 1 0 1 0
Trosky 1b 2 0 0 0
  Grimes 1b 2 0 0 0
Bell rf 3 1 1 1
  Campbell rf 1 0 0 0
Keltner 3b 3 0 1 0
  Hale 3b 1 0 0 0
Mack 2b 2 0 1 0
Hemsley c 1 0 0 0
  Pytlak c 2 0 0 0
Milnar p 1 0 0 0
  Eisenstat p 0 0 0 0
  Zuber p 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Gordon 2b 5 2 1 2
Rolfe 3b 4 2 2 0
Henrich rf 4 3 1 1
DiMaggio cf 5 2 3 6
Selkirk lf 3 2 1 1
Dickey c 5 2 2 3
Dahlgren 1b 4 0 0 0
Crosetti ss 4 2 1 1
Russo p 3 0 1 1
Totals 37 15 12 15
Cleveland 100 100 000263
New York 191 004 00x15120
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Milnar  L(15-8) 1.2 6 10 2 2 0
  Eisenstat   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Zuber   6.0 6 5 5 2 4
Totals
8.0
12
15
7
4
4
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Russo  W(10-5) 9.0 6 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
3

  E–Chapman (10), Mack (21), Milnar (3).  DP–New York 1. Crosetti-Dahlgren.  2B–New York DiMaggio (17); Selkirk (14); Crosetti (18).  HR–Cleveland Weatherly (9,1st inning off Russo 0 on); Bell (4,4th inning off Russo 0 on), New York Henrich (8,1st inning off Milnar 0 on); DiMaggio (26,2nd inning off Milnar 3 on); Dickey (7,2nd inning off Milnar 1 on).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Russo (4).  Team–3.  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Steve Basil, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–Eddie Rommel.  T–1:50.  A–12,732.
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