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Scores
Standings
PHA
@BOS		5
6		 
(10)
PHA
@BOS		4
5		 
(11)
SLB
@CHW		4
1
CLE
@DET		2
7
NYY
@WSH		5
6
PIT
@CIN		2
3		 
(12)
BSN
@NYG		2
0
BRO
@PHI		3
0
CHC
@STL		2
4
Wednesday, September 4, 1940,
, Briggs Stadium
Attendance: 17,710, Time of Game: 2:13
Indians
2
75-53
⇐ Lost 3 ⇒
 at Tigers
7
73-57
⇐ Won 1 ⇒
W: Schoolboy Rowe (13-3)
L: Bob Feller (23-8)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Indians         0  1  0   1  0  0   0  0  0    2  7  2
Tigers          2  0  0   1  1  0   3  0  X    7 11  2

Cleveland Indians

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Ben Chapman RF 4 0 1 0 1 0 .292 .799 1 0
Roy Weatherly CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .307 .807 4 0
Lou Boudreau SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .301 .834 5 2
Hal Trosky 1B 3 2 2 1 0 0 .314 .972 6 0 HR
   Oscar Grimes 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0 0
Jeff Heath LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .219 .720 1 1
Ken Keltner 3B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .240 .718 2 1
Ray Mack 2B 4 0 2 1 0 0 .299 .805 2 2 3B,GDP
Rollie Hemsley C 2 0 0 0 1 0 .266 .678 3 1
   Frankie Pytlak C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .126 .366 0 0
Bob Feller P 3 0 0 0 0 1 .146 .428 0 2 GDP
   Mike Naymick P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .452 0 0
   Beau Bell PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .289 .730
Team Totals 34 2 7 2 3 4 .206 .623 24 9
3B: R Mack (5).
HR: H Trosky (24).
TB: H Trosky 5; R Mack 4; R Weatherly 2; B Chapman.
GIDP: R Mack (14); B Feller (1).
RBI: R Mack (60); H Trosky (90).
Team LOB: 8.
Fielding
DP: 1. B Feller-L Boudreau-H Trosky.
E: R Mack (23); O Grimes (1).

Detroit Tigers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS PO A
Dick Bartell SS 3 1 1 0 1 1 .241 .674 3 3 SB
Bruce Campbell RF 4 3 3 1 0 0 .285 .835 5 0 HR,GDP
Charlie Gehringer 2B 4 2 2 4 0 0 .312 .869 2 4 HR,2B
Hank Greenberg LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 .329 1.018 1 0 HR
Rudy York 1B 4 0 2 1 0 0 .306 .956 11 1
Earl Averill CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .275 .692 1 0
Billy Sullivan 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .310 .830 0 2
Birdie Tebbetts C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .283 .739 4 0
Schoolboy Rowe P 3 0 1 0 0 0 .263 .768 0 1
Team Totals 33 7 11 7 1 3 .333 .989 27 11
2B: C Gehringer (26).
HR: H Greenberg (27); B Campbell (7); C Gehringer (9).
TB: B Campbell 6; C Gehringer 6; H Greenberg 5; R York 2; S Rowe; D Bartell.
GIDP: B Campbell (7).
RBI: C Gehringer 4 (70); B Campbell (35); R York (96); H Greenberg (113).
Team LOB: 3.
Fielding
DP: 2. C Gehringer-D Bartell-R York; D Bartell-C Gehringer-R York.
E: C Gehringer (16); B Sullivan (7).
Baserunning
SB: D Bartell (8, -1st base off  POCS).

Cleveland Indians

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Bob Feller, L (23-8) 7 11 7 4 1 3 3 2.62 31 35
Mike Naymick 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.82 3
Team Totals 8 11 7 4 1 3 3 4.50 34 35

Detroit Tigers

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc
Schoolboy Rowe, W (13-3) 9 7 2 2 3 4 1 3.65 37 66
Team Totals 9 7 2 2 3 4 1 2.00 37 66
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - George Pipgras, 1B - Bill Summers, 2B - Joe Rue, 3B - Lou Kolls.
Time of Game: 2:13.
Attendance: 17,710.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Unknown.

Starting Lineups

Cleveland Indians         Detroit Tigers
1 Ben Chapman RF 1 Dick Bartell SS
2 Roy Weatherly CF 2 Bruce Campbell RF
3 Lou Boudreau SS 3 Charlie Gehringer 2B
4 Hal Trosky 1B 4 Hank Greenberg LF
5 Jeff Heath LF 5 Rudy York 1B
6 Ken Keltner 3B 6 Earl Averill CF
7 Ray Mack 2B 7 Billy Sullivan 3B
8 Rollie Hemsley C 8 Birdie Tebbetts C
9 Bob Feller P 9 Schoolboy Rowe P

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