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Scores
Standings
DET
@BOS		3
8
DET
@BOS		5
8
CLE
@NYY		3
4		 
(13)
CHW
@WSH		2
5
BRO
@CHC		2
1
BSN
@CIN		3
4
PHI
@STL		3
0
Wednesday, July 17, 1940,
, Fenway Park
Attendance: 32,400, Time of Game: 2:00
Second game of doubleheader, see First game.
Tigers
5
47-33
⇐ Lost 3 ⇒
 at Red Sox
8
47-33
⇐ Won 5 ⇒
W: Jim Bagby (7-7)
L: Clay Smith (1-1)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Tigers          0  0  0   2  0  0   0  3  0    5 12  0
Red Sox         4  2  0   2  0  0   0  0  X    8 12  0

Detroit Tigers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Frank Croucher SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .128 .319 1 0
   Bruce Campbell 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .781
   Pinky Higgins 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304 .894 0 1
Barney McCosky CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 .351 .948 3 0
Charlie Gehringer 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 .305 .863 1 5
   Scat Metha 2B 0 1 0 0 0 0 .227 .455 0 0
   Billy Sullivan 1 0 0 0 0 0 .293 .835
Hank Greenberg LF 5 1 3 0 0 0 .330 1.044 3 1
Rudy York 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .285 .917 7 0 2B,GDP
Pete Fox RF 4 1 2 4 0 1 .302 .680 2 0 2B
Red Kress 3B-SS 3 0 1 0 1 0 .213 .551 4 0
Birdie Tebbetts C 4 0 3 1 0 0 .288 .728 3 0 2B
Clay Smith P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 1
   Tom Seats P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0
   Earl Averill 0 0 0 0 1 0 .279 .710
   Schoolboy Rowe P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .467 0 0
Team Totals 38 5 12 5 2 2 .316 .745 24 8
2B: R York (23); B Tebbetts (13); P Fox (4).
TB: B Tebbetts 4; P Fox 3; H Greenberg 3; R York 2; C Gehringer 2; R Kress.
GIDP: R York (8).
RBI: P Fox 4 (12); B Tebbetts (23).
Team LOB: 8.

Boston Red Sox

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Dom DiMaggio RF 4 3 2 1 1 0 .307 .896 5 0 2·2B
Doc Cramer CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 .306 .732 6 0 2B
Joe Cronin SS 5 1 3 2 0 0 .266 .815 1 1
Ted Williams LF 4 1 2 1 0 1 .334 1.002 1 0
Bobby Doerr 2B 4 1 1 4 0 0 .250 .703 3 3 HR
Jim Tabor 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .817 1 0
Joe Glenn C 4 0 2 0 0 1 .111 .337 4 0
Marv Owen 1B 2 1 1 0 2 0 .257 .607 5 1
Jim Bagby P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .150 .325 1 1 SH
   Emerson Dickman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .100 0 0
Team Totals 35 8 12 8 3 3 .343 .909 27 6
2B: D Cramer (16); D DiMaggio 2 (10).
HR: B Doerr (8).
SH: J Bagby (1).
TB: D DiMaggio 4; B Doerr 4; J Cronin 3; J Glenn 2; T Williams 2; D Cramer 2; M Owen.
RBI: B Doerr 4 (52); J Cronin 2 (55); D DiMaggio (8); T Williams (57).
Team LOB: 7.
Fielding
DP: 1. J Cronin-B Doerr-M Owen.

Detroit Tigers

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Clay Smith, L (1-1) 1.1 5 6 6 1 1 1 13.50 10 20
Tom Seats 2.2 4 2 2 2 1 0 4.73 14
Schoolboy Rowe 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 4.24 15
Team Totals 8 12 8 8 3 3 1 9.00 39 20

Boston Red Sox

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Jim Bagby, W (7-7) 7.1 11 5 5 2 2 0 4.53 34 36
Emerson Dickman, S (1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.64 6
Team Totals 9 12 5 5 2 2 0 5.00 40 36
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - Bill McGowan, 1B - John Quinn, 2B - George Pipgras, 3B - Red Ormsby.
Time of Game: 2:00.
Attendance: 32,400.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Detroit Tigers         Boston Red Sox
1 Frank Croucher SS 1 Dom DiMaggio RF
2 Barney McCosky CF 2 Doc Cramer CF
3 Charlie Gehringer 2B 3 Joe Cronin SS
4 Hank Greenberg LF 4 Ted Williams LF
5 Rudy York 1B 5 Bobby Doerr 2B
6 Pete Fox RF 6 Jim Tabor 3B
7 Red Kress 3B 7 Joe Glenn C
8 Birdie Tebbetts C 8 Marv Owen 1B
9 Clay Smith P 9 Jim Bagby P

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