Philadelphia Athletics vs Detroit Tigers
September 18, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1940 at Briggs Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Philadelphia Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Philadelphia Athletics 0, Detroit Tigers 14
Philadelphia Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Miles lf 5 0 1 0
Chapman S. cf 3 0 0 0
Moses rf 4 0 0 0
Wagner c 3 0 1 0
Siebert 1b 1 0 0 0
  Gantenbein 1b 2 0 0 0
Rubeling 3b 4 0 0 0
McCoy 2b 4 0 4 0
Chapman F. ss 4 0 0 0
Caster p 3 0 0 0
  Brancato ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 0 6 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bartell ss 4 2 1 2
  Croucher ph,ss 2 0 0 0
McCosky cf 5 2 3 0
Gehringer 2b 3 2 2 2
  Meyer 2b 1 0 0 0
Greenberg lf 3 3 2 5
York 1b 5 1 2 2
Higgins 3b 5 2 3 1
Fox rf 5 1 2 1
Tebbetts c 4 1 2 1
Bridges p 2 0 0 0
  Mullin ph 1 0 0 0
  Seats p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 14 17 14
Philadelphia 000 000 000–063
Detroit 501 170 00x–14171
  Philadelphia Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Caster  L(4-19) 8.0 17 14 12 4 3
Totals
8.0
17
14
12
4
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bridges  W(12-8) 6.0 5 0 0 3 6
  Seats  SV(1) 3.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
3
9
  E–D. Miles (6), F. Chapman 2 (14), Higgins (25).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Rubeling-McCoy.  2B–Philadelphia McCoy (24), Detroit McCosky (37); Gehringer 2 (31); York (41); Higgins (21).  3B–Detroit Tebbetts (4).  HR–Detroit Greenberg 2 (37,1st inning off Caster 3 on,3rd inning off Caster 0 on).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Bridges (4).  Team–8.  SB–Gehringer (8); Greenberg (5).  U–Bill Grieve, Bill McGowan, Steve Basil.
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