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Scores
Standings
DET
@BOS		4
2
CLE
@NYY		3
0
SLB
@PHA		15
1
CHW
@WSH		12
6
BSN
@CHC		1
3
BRO
@CIN		2
23
PHI
@PIT		5
6
NYG
@STL		4
2
NYG
@STL		5
2
Saturday, June 8, 1940,
, Fenway Park
Attendance: Not Given, Time of Game: 0:00
Tigers
4
25-18
⇐ Won 2 ⇒
 at Red Sox
2
25-16
⇐ Lost 2 ⇒
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Tigers          0  2  0   0  0  0   0  2  0    4  5  1
Red Sox         0  0  0   0  0  0   0  2  0    2  9  2

Detroit Tigers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Dick Bartell SS 3 0 1 0 1 0 .234 .634 2 5
Earl Averill CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .303 .768 2 0
Charlie Gehringer 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .273 .754 3 5 2B
Hank Greenberg LF 3 1 1 2 1 1 .309 1.008 1 0 HR
Rudy York 1B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .303 .984 14 0 HR
Bruce Campbell RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .285 .798 3 0
Pinky Higgins 3B 3 1 0 0 1 0 .282 .819 0 4
Birdie Tebbetts C 4 0 1 1 0 0 .279 .717 2 1 2B
Johnny Gorsica P 4 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .364 0 3
Team Totals 33 4 5 4 3 4 .152 .616 27 18
2B: B Tebbetts (8); C Gehringer (7).
HR: R York (7); H Greenberg (9).
TB: H Greenberg 4; R York 4; C Gehringer 2; B Tebbetts 2; D Bartell.
RBI: H Greenberg 2 (32); B Tebbetts (14); R York (26).
Team LOB: 5.
Fielding
DP: 2. C Gehringer-D Bartell-R York; D Bartell-C Gehringer-R York.
E: D Bartell (3).

Boston Red Sox

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Tom Carey 2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 .429 .857 1 3
Doc Cramer CF 3 1 1 0 0 0 .350 .832 2 0 SH
Stan Spence RF 3 1 1 0 1 0 .333 .833 4 0
Jimmie Foxx 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .327 1.091 8 1
Ted Williams LF 4 0 2 2 0 0 .338 .970 3 1 2B
Joe Cronin SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .219 .656 1 3 GDP
Jim Tabor 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .262 .827 1 1
Gene Desautels C 3 0 1 0 1 1 .204 .552 6 0
Denny Galehouse P 1 0 0 0 0 1 .050 .100 1 0 SH
   Johnny Peacock PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .326 .806 GDP
   Jack Wilson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .400 0 0
   Dom DiMaggio PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .286 .804
Team Totals 33 2 9 2 2 2 .273 .617 27 9
2B: T Williams (13).
SH: D Galehouse (3); D Cramer (3).
TB: T Williams 3; T Carey 2; J Cronin; S Spence; G Desautels; D DiMaggio; D Cramer.
GIDP: J Peacock (2); J Cronin (3).
RBI: T Williams 2 (24).
Team LOB: 8.
Fielding
DP: 1. T Williams-J Foxx.
E: J Tabor 2 (10).

Detroit Tigers

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Johnny Gorsica, W (1-1) 9 9 2 2 2 2 0 2.29 37 61
Team Totals 9 9 2 2 2 2 0 2.00 37 61

Boston Red Sox

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Denny Galehouse, L (3-1) 7 3 2 2 3 3 1 3.81 28 63
Jack Wilson 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 3.00 8
Team Totals 9 5 4 4 3 4 2 4.00 36 63
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Bill Summers, 1B - Steve Basil, 2B - Harry Geisel, 3B - Bill Grieve.
Time of Game: 0:00.
Attendance: (null).
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Detroit Tigers         Boston Red Sox
1 Dick Bartell SS 1 Tom Carey 2B
2 Earl Averill CF 2 Doc Cramer CF
3 Charlie Gehringer 2B 3 Stan Spence RF
4 Hank Greenberg LF 4 Jimmie Foxx 1B
5 Rudy York 1B 5 Ted Williams LF
6 Bruce Campbell RF 6 Joe Cronin SS
7 Pinky Higgins 3B 7 Jim Tabor 3B
8 Birdie Tebbetts C 8 Gene Desautels C
9 Johnny Gorsica P 9 Denny Galehouse P

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