New York Giants vs Brooklyn Dodgers
September 24, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1940 at Ebbets Field. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Giants 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 5
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rucker cf 5 1 2 2
Whitehead 2b,ss 5 1 1 1
Moore lf 4 0 1 0
Young 1b 4 0 0 1
Ott 3b 4 0 1 0
O'Dea c 3 0 1 0
Demaree rf 4 0 1 0
Witek ss 3 1 1 0
  Danning ph 1 0 0 0
  Cuccinello 2b 0 0 0 0
Lohrman p 2 0 0 0
  Melton p 0 0 0 0
  McCarthy ph 1 1 1 0
  Dean p 0 0 0 0
  Seeds ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 9 4
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Reiser rf,cf 4 1 2 1
Walker cf 3 0 1 1
  Gallagher rf 1 0 0 0
Medwick lf 4 0 0 1
Camilli 1b 4 0 1 0
Ross 3b 4 1 2 0
Franks c 2 1 0 0
Coscarart 2b 4 0 0 0
Hudson ss 2 1 0 0
Wyatt p 3 1 1 2
  Casey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 5
New York 000 000 040–490
Brooklyn 000 050 00x–572
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Lohrman  L(9-15) 4.1 5 5 5 2 1
  Melton   2.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Dean   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
3
2
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Wyatt  W(15-14) 7.0 8 4 4 0 3
  Casey  SV(2) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
4
  E–Reiser (7), Hudson (14).  2B–New York Ott (27); McCarthy (4), Brooklyn Walker (37); Camilli (28); Ross (2).  3B–New York Rucker (5).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  SB–Ross (1); Franks (1).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Bick Campbell, 2B–Bill Klem, 3B–Lee Ballanfant.  T–2:05.  A–3,464.
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