Detroit Tigers vs St. Louis Browns
September 1, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1940 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Detroit Tigers 2, St. Louis Browns 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Fox rf 3 0 1 0
McCosky cf 3 0 0 0
Gehringer 2b 3 1 1 0
  Meyer pr 0 0 0 0
Greenberg lf 4 0 1 0
York 1b 3 0 0 0
Higgins 3b 4 1 0 0
Tebbetts c 3 0 1 2
Bartell ss 2 0 0 0
  Campbell ph 1 0 0 0
  Croucher ss 0 0 0 0
Gorsica p 2 0 0 0
  McKain p 0 0 0 0
  Stainback ph 1 0 0 0
  Newhouser p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 2
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Strange 2b 5 0 0 0
Grace rf 3 2 1 0
Radcliff lf 5 1 2 0
Judnich cf 4 2 3 2
Clift 3b 3 2 1 2
McQuinn 1b 4 0 2 0
Berardino ss 4 1 2 2
Susce c 4 0 1 1
Niggeling p 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 12 7
Detroit 000 000 200–242
St. Louis 021 002 30x–8120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gorsica  L(7-6) 6.0 9 5 5 3 3
  McKain   1.0 3 3 2 1 2
  Newhouser   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
8
7
4
6
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Niggeling  W(6-10) 9.0 4 2 2 3 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
1
  E–Tebbetts (12), Croucher (5).  DP–Detroit 1. Gehringer-Bartell-York, St. Louis 2. McQuinn-Berardino-McQuinn, Strange-Berardino-McQuinn.  2B–Detroit Gehringer (24); Tebbetts (19), St. Louis Judnich (23); Berardino (27); Susce (2).  HR–St. Louis Clift (16,2nd inning off Gorsica 1 on).  HBP–York (4).  Team LOB–4.  Team–7.  U–Bill Summers, Steve Basil, Bill Grieve.  T–2:02.  A–5,763.
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