Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
August 24, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1940 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 7, Boston Red Sox 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Fox rf 4 0 2 0
McCosky cf 4 3 2 0
Higgins 3b 5 1 3 4
Greenberg lf 5 0 0 1
York 1b 5 1 2 2
Meyer 2b 5 0 0 0
Tebbetts c 4 0 2 0
Bartell ss 3 0 0 0
  Campbell ph 0 1 0 0
  Croucher ss 0 0 0 0
Gorsica p 3 0 0 0
  Averill ph 1 1 1 0
  Trout p 0 0 0 0
  Benton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 12 7
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 4 1 3 0
Cramer rf 5 0 2 0
Foxx c 4 1 1 1
Williams lf 3 3 1 0
Cronin ss 4 1 1 1
Doerr 2b 5 1 2 2
Finney 1b 4 1 1 1
Gelbert 3b 4 0 0 0
  Peacock ph 0 0 0 0
Fleming p 3 0 0 0
  Spence ph 1 0 1 1
  Dickman p 0 0 0 0
  Carey ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 6
Detroit 000 110 140–7123
Boston 202 010 012–8120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gorsica   7.0 7 5 5 4 3
  Trout  L(2-6) 1.2 5 3 3 3 3
  Benton   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.2
12
8
8
7
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Fleming   8.0 12 7 7 4 6
  Dickman  W(8-6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
4
7
  E–York (15), Meyer (3), Bartell (27).  2B–Detroit McCosky (33), Boston DiMaggio (22); Cronin (24); Doerr (25).  HR–Detroit Higgins (13,8th inning off Fleming 3 on); York (24,4th inning off Fleming 0 on).  Team LOB–9.  Team–10.  U–George Moriarty, Cal Hubbard, George Pipgras.  T–2:05.  A–29,209.
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