Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
September 11, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1940 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 11
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
DiMaggio cf 6 0 1 1
Cramer rf 5 1 2 0
Foxx c 3 1 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 2 1
Cronin ss 3 2 1 0
Doerr 2b 5 2 2 4
Finney 1b 4 0 0 0
Gelbert 3b 5 1 3 1
Wilson p 2 0 1 0
  Fleming p 0 0 0 0
  Spence ph 1 0 1 0
  Heving p 1 0 0 0
  Galehouse p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Carey ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 40 7 14 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 4 0 0 0
McCosky cf 6 3 4 1
Gehringer 2b 6 1 5 4
Greenberg lf 4 2 2 2
York 1b 5 2 2 1
Campbell rf 3 0 0 0
Higgins 3b 5 0 1 2
Sullivan c 4 1 2 0
Hutchinson p 1 0 0 0
  Gorsica p 2 0 1 1
  McKain p 1 2 1 0
Totals 41 11 18 11
Boston 111 020 200–7143
Detroit 202 300 22x–11180
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   3.1 9 7 5 3 1
  Fleming   0.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Heving  L(10-6) 2.1 5 2 1 0 2
  Galehouse   1.1 1 2 2 2 2
  Johnson   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
18
11
8
7
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hutchinson   2.0 5 3 3 2 1
  Gorsica   4.0 7 4 4 2 0
  McKain  W(5-0) 3.0 2 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
6
3
  E–Cronin 2 (37), Heving (3).  DP–Boston 2. Cronin-Finney, Gelbert-Finney.  PB–Foxx 2 (7).  2B–Boston Williams (42); Carey (2), Detroit Gehringer 2 (28); Greenberg (48); Higgins (20).  3B–Boston Cramer (11); Doerr (9).  HR–Boston Doerr (21,5th inning off Gorsica 1 on), Detroit Greenberg (31,4th inning off Wilson 1 on).  Team LOB–12.  SH–Bartell (9).  Team–14.  CS–DiMaggio (5).  U–Cal Hubbard, George Pipgras, George Moriarty.  T–2:54.  A–3,966.
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