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St. Louis Browns @ Boston Red Sox

1940-06-06 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 3100 · 1:42

Boston Red Sox defeated St. Louis Browns 3–1. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 9th. Lefty Grove earned the win. Jimmie Foxx went 2-for-2 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLA	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	10

W: Lefty Grove L: Emil Bildilli SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lou Kolls · 1B: Red Ormsby · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill McGowan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lyn Lary	4	0	0	0	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	3	0	2	0	1	0
George McQuinn	3	0	0	0	0	0
Myril Hoag	4	0	0	0	0	2
Chet Laabs	3	1	1	1	1	0
Harlond Clift	4	0	2	0	0	0
Johnny Berardino	3	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Swift	3	0	0	0	0	1
Emil Bildilli	3	0	1	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	4	1	1	0	1	2
Doc Cramer	5	0	2	0	0	0
Ted Williams	4	1	0	0	1	1
Jimmie Foxx	2	1	2	3	3	0
Joe Cronin	4	0	1	0	0	1
Marv Owen	3	0	0	0	1	0
Tom Carey	4	0	3	0	0	0
Gene Desautels	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lefty Grove	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Bagby	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Emil Bildilli	8.2	10	6	4

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	6	2	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lyn Lary: 9
Roy Cullenbine: S8
George McQuinn: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Dom DiMaggio: K
Doc Cramer: 63
Ted Williams: 5/FL

Top 2

Myril Hoag: K
Chet Laabs: 63
Harlond Clift: S5/BG
Johnny Berardino: 8

Bot 2

Jimmie Foxx: W
Joe Cronin: S7.1-2
Marv Owen: 8.2-3
Tom Carey: S1.3-3;1-2
Gene Desautels: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Bob Swift: 8
Emil Bildilli: S8
Lyn Lary: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Lefty Grove: 43
Dom DiMaggio: W
Doc Cramer: S7.1-2
Ted Williams: 7
Jimmie Foxx: W.2-3;1-2
Joe Cronin: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Roy Cullenbine: W
George McQuinn: 6/P
Myril Hoag: 6/P
Chet Laabs: 13/BG

Bot 4

Marv Owen: 31
Tom Carey: S9
Gene Desautels: 7
Lefty Grove: 4/P

Top 5

Harlond Clift: 8
Johnny Berardino: K
Bob Swift: K

Bot 5

Dom DiMaggio: K/C
Doc Cramer: 13
Ted Williams: 5/P

Top 6

Emil Bildilli: K
Lyn Lary: 8/8D
Roy Cullenbine: 63

Bot 6

Jimmie Foxx: S8
Joe Cronin: CS2(26)
Joe Cronin: K
Marv Owen: W
Tom Carey: 13

Top 7

George McQuinn: 63
Myril Hoag: 9
Chet Laabs: HR/7
Harlond Clift: T8
Johnny Berardino: K

Bot 7

Gene Desautels: S8
Lefty Grove: 56(1)/FO/BG
Dom DiMaggio: 64(1)/FO
Doc Cramer: S8.1-3
Ted Williams: K/C

Top 8

Bob Swift: 63
Emil Bildilli: 23/BG
Lyn Lary: 63

Bot 8

Jimmie Foxx: W
Joe Cronin: 16(1)/FO/BG
Marv Owen: 9/L
Tom Carey: S9.1-3
Gene Desautels: 8

Top 9

Roy Cullenbine: S7
George McQuinn: 14/SH.1-2
Myril Hoag: K
Chet Laabs: W
Harlond Clift: 9

Bot 9

Jim Bagby: 13
Dom DiMaggio: D/7
Doc Cramer: 9.2-3
Ted Williams: W
Jimmie Foxx: HR/7.3-H;1-H

Notes & reviews

Red Sox argued that Brown's pitcher committed a balk

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