St. Louis Browns vs Cleveland Indians
September 2, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1940 at Cleveland Stadium. The St. Louis Browns defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Browns 2, Cleveland Indians 1

St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Strange 2b 3 1 0 0
Grace rf 3 0 1 1
Radcliff lf 3 0 1 1
Judnich cf 3 0 1 0
Clift 3b 2 0 0 0
McQuinn 1b 4 0 0 0
Berardino ss 4 0 0 0
Swift c 4 0 0 0
Kennedy p 3 1 3 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Chapman rf 4 0 1 0
Weatherly cf 4 0 0 0
Boudreau ss 4 0 1 0
Trosky 1b 4 1 1 0
Heath lf 3 0 1 0
Keltner 3b 4 0 0 0
Mack 2b 4 0 2 1
Pytlak c 2 0 0 0
  Campbell ph 1 0 0 0
Harder p 1 0 1 0
  Bell ph 1 0 0 0
  Eisenstat p 0 0 0 0
  Hale ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
St. Louis 001 000 010260
Cleveland 000 000 001171
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy  W(10-14) 9.0 7 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Harder  L(9-10) 8.0 6 2 2 5 2
  Eisenstat   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
5
3

  E–Boudreau (22).  DP–Cleveland 1. Trosky-Boudreau.  2B–Cleveland Heath (15).  SH–Strange (6); Harder (5).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Pytlak (1).  Team–8.  SB–Heath (5).  U–Steve Basil, Bill Grieve, Bill Summers.
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