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Philadelphia Athletics @ Chicago White Sox

1940-05-23 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 2000 · 2:13

Chicago White Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 13–4. Chicago White Sox put up 10 in the 8th. Thornton Lee earned the win. Taffy Wright went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHA	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	4	16
CHA	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	10		13	13

W: Thornton Lee L: Johnny Babich SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Red Ormsby · 1B: Bill Grieve · 2B: (none) · 3B: Steve Basil · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Lillard	5	1	2	1	0	1
Wally Moses	4	1	1	0	1	0
Benny McCoy	5	0	3	2	0	0
Bob Johnson	5	0	1	1	0	1
Dick Siebert	5	0	3	0	0	0
Frankie Hayes	4	0	2	0	1	0
Sam Chapman	5	0	0	0	0	1
Al Rubeling	4	1	1	0	0	0
Johnny Babich	4	1	3	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Kennedy	4	1	0	0	1	0
Joe Kuhel	4	1	1	2	1	0
Mike Kreevich	5	1	1	0	0	3
Taffy Wright	4	2	1	2	1	0
Luke Appling	5	2	3	1	0	0
Larry Rosenthal	3	2	1	0	2	0
Eric McNair	4	1	2	3	0	0
Mike Tresh	4	2	3	1	0	1
Thornton Lee	2	1	1	1	0	1

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Babich	7.1	10	4	5
Ed Heusser	0.2	3	1	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Thornton Lee	9.0	16	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Lillard: K
Wally Moses: 7
Benny McCoy: S9
Bob Johnson: 8

Bot 1

Bob Kennedy: 43
Joe Kuhel: 6
Mike Kreevich: K

Top 2

Dick Siebert: 5
Frankie Hayes: S8
Sam Chapman: K
Al Rubeling: 43

Bot 2

Taffy Wright: 8
Luke Appling: S9
Larry Rosenthal: D7.1-3
Eric McNair: S9.3-H;2-H
Mike Tresh: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 3

Johnny Babich: S1
Bill Lillard: 2
Wally Moses: 46(1)/FO
Benny McCoy: D9.1XH(942)

Bot 3

Thornton Lee: K
Bob Kennedy: 4
Joe Kuhel: W
Mike Kreevich: K

Top 4

Bob Johnson: K
Dick Siebert: 43
Frankie Hayes: S6
Sam Chapman: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Taffy Wright: 4/L
Luke Appling: 9
Larry Rosenthal: W
Eric McNair: 2/FL

Top 5

Al Rubeling: 8
Johnny Babich: S9
Bill Lillard: S7.1-2
Wally Moses: W.2-3;1-2
Benny McCoy: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Bob Johnson: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Dick Siebert: S9.1-2
Frankie Hayes: W.2-3;1-2
Sam Chapman: 8/L

Bot 5

Mike Tresh: S8
Thornton Lee: 13/SH.1-2
Bob Kennedy: 6
Joe Kuhel: D7.2-H
Mike Kreevich: K

Top 6

Al Rubeling: 3/L
Johnny Babich: 3
Bill Lillard: 53

Bot 6

Taffy Wright: 9
Luke Appling: 6
Larry Rosenthal: 4

Top 7

Wally Moses: S9
Benny McCoy: 46(1)3/GDP
Bob Johnson: S8
Dick Siebert: S8.1-2
Frankie Hayes: 9/L

Bot 7

Eric McNair: 53
Mike Tresh: S9
Thornton Lee: 14/SH.1-2
Bob Kennedy: 2/FL

Top 8

Sam Chapman: 3/L
Al Rubeling: S8
Johnny Babich: S5.1-2
Bill Lillard: S7.2-H;1-2
Wally Moses: 8/L
Benny McCoy: 3

Bot 8

Joe Kuhel: 9
Mike Kreevich: D8
Taffy Wright: W
Luke Appling: S9.2-H;1-H(E1)(NR)
Larry Rosenthal: W.1-2
Eric McNair: S9.2-H;1-2
Mike Tresh: S9.2-H;1-2
Thornton Lee: S8.2-H;1-H(E8)(NR);B-3
Bob Kennedy: FLE2
Bob Kennedy: W
Joe Kuhel: E4.3-H(UR);1-H(NR)(UR)
Mike Kreevich: 63.1-2
Taffy Wright: HR/9.2-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Luke Appling: D8
Larry Rosenthal: 43

Top 9

Bob Johnson: 4
Dick Siebert: S8
Frankie Hayes: 8
Sam Chapman: 3