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New York Yankees @ Chicago White Sox

1940-05-18 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 6000 · 1:50

New York Yankees defeated Chicago White Sox 3–0. New York Yankees put up 2 in the 6th. Monte Pearson earned the win. Tommy Henrich went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NYA	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	11
CHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

W: Monte Pearson L: Thornton Lee SV: (none)

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

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Bill Knickerbocker	5	1	1	0	0
Red Rolfe	4	0	1	0	0
Tommy Henrich	4	1	1	2	0
Joe DiMaggio	4	1	2	0	0
Buddy Rosar	4	0	2	0	0
Buster Mills	4	0	2	1	0
Joe Gordon	3	0	2	0	1
Babe Dahlgren	4	0	0	0	0
Monte Pearson	4	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Bob Kennedy	3	1	1	1
Joe Kuhel	4	0	0	0
Mike Kreevich	4	1	0	0
Taffy Wright	4	0	0	0
Luke Appling	3	0	0	0
Moose Solters	3	0	0	2
Eric McNair	3	0	0	1
Mike Tresh	2	0	1	0
Thornton Lee	1	0	0	0
Larry Rosenthal	0	0	1	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Monte Pearson	9.0	2	3	4

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Thornton Lee	9.0	11	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Knickerbocker: D7
Red Rolfe: 3/G.2-3
Tommy Henrich: 9/F.3-H
Joe DiMaggio: 53

Bot 1

Bob Kennedy: S7
Joe Kuhel: SB2#
Joe Kuhel: 9
Mike Kreevich: FC4.2X3(46)
Taffy Wright: 53

Top 2

Buddy Rosar: S7
Buster Mills: D8.1-3
Joe Gordon: IW
Babe Dahlgren: 5/FL
Monte Pearson: 5/L
Bill Knickerbocker: 6

Bot 2

Luke Appling: 31
Moose Solters: K
Eric McNair: K

Top 3

Red Rolfe: S/BG
Tommy Henrich: 54(1)3/GDP
Joe DiMaggio: 2/FL

Bot 3

Mike Tresh: W
Thornton Lee: 24/SH.1-2
Bob Kennedy: 9.2-3
Joe Kuhel: 7

Top 4

Buddy Rosar: S8
Buster Mills: 8/L
Joe Gordon: 7/L
Babe Dahlgren: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Mike Kreevich: S8
Taffy Wright: 13.1-2
Luke Appling: CS3(25)#
Luke Appling: 2

Top 5

Monte Pearson: 63
Bill Knickerbocker: 8
Red Rolfe: 3/P

Bot 5

Moose Solters: K
Eric McNair: 7/FL
Mike Tresh: 43

Top 6

Tommy Henrich: HR/9
Joe DiMaggio: S8
Buddy Rosar: 9/FL.1-2
Buster Mills: S8.2-H
Joe Gordon: S9.1-2
Babe Dahlgren: 8(B)5(2)/FDP

Bot 6

Thornton Lee: 53
Bob Kennedy: K
Joe Kuhel: 9/L

Top 7

Monte Pearson: 53
Bill Knickerbocker: 63
Red Rolfe: 23

Bot 7

Mike Kreevich: 9
Taffy Wright: 6
Luke Appling: 8

Top 8

Tommy Henrich: 13
Joe DiMaggio: S7
Buddy Rosar: 8
Buster Mills: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Moose Solters: 23
Eric McNair: 143
Mike Tresh: 53

Top 9

Joe Gordon: S7
Babe Dahlgren: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Babe Dahlgren: 6/L
Monte Pearson: 8
Bill Knickerbocker: 9

Bot 9

Larry Rosenthal: W
Bob Kennedy: W.1-2
Joe Kuhel: 6
Mike Kreevich: 7
Taffy Wright: 8

Notes & reviews

Mills would have had a triple, but Rosar tripped rounding 3B

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