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Detroit Tigers @ Chicago White Sox

1940-05-24 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 2000 · 1:42

Chicago White Sox defeated Detroit Tigers 2–1. Chicago White Sox put up 2 in the 4th. Johnny Rigney earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Rigney L: Tommy Bridges SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Joe Rue · 1B: George Moriarty · 2B: (none) · 3B: Cal Hubbard · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	4	0	0	0	0	1
Barney McCosky	4	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	4	1	1	0	0	0
Hank Greenberg	4	0	1	1	0	2
Rudy York	3	0	0	0	0	2
Bruce Campbell	3	0	1	0	0	0
Pinky Higgins	3	0	0	0	0	0
Birdie Tebbetts	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Bridges	2	0	0	0	0	1
Earl Averill	0	0	0	0	1	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

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

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy Bridges	7.0	3	2	7
Johnny Gorsica	1.0	1	0	1

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Rigney	9.0	3	1	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick Bartell: 2/FL
Barney McCosky: 8/F
Charlie Gehringer: 43

Bot 1

Bob Kennedy: 53
Joe Kuhel: 3/G
Mike Kreevich: 8/F

Top 2

Hank Greenberg: K
Rudy York: K
Bruce Campbell: 13/L1

Bot 2

Taffy Wright: 7/F
Luke Appling: 43
Larry Rosenthal: K

Top 3

Pinky Higgins: 53
Birdie Tebbetts: 3/FL
Tommy Bridges: K

Bot 3

Eric McNair: E9/F
Mike Tresh: 8/F
Johnny Rigney: K
Bob Kennedy: CS2(24)

Top 4

Dick Bartell: 2/FL
Barney McCosky: 9/F
Charlie Gehringer: D/89
Hank Greenberg: D7/G.2-H
Rudy York: K/C

Bot 4

Bob Kennedy: S4/L
Joe Kuhel: K
Mike Kreevich: W.1-2
Taffy Wright: K/C
Luke Appling: W.2-3;1-2
Larry Rosenthal: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
Eric McNair: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Bruce Campbell: 7/P7S
Pinky Higgins: 7/F
Birdie Tebbetts: 2/BP/FL

Bot 5

Mike Tresh: K
Johnny Rigney: K
Bob Kennedy: 9/F

Top 6

Tommy Bridges: 9/L
Dick Bartell: 2/FL
Barney McCosky: 9/F

Bot 6

Joe Kuhel: 3/G
Mike Kreevich: 9/F9D
Taffy Wright: S9
Luke Appling: 9/F

Top 7

Charlie Gehringer: 5/FL
Hank Greenberg: K/C
Rudy York: 8/F

Bot 7

Larry Rosenthal: 4/P
Eric McNair: 4/P
Mike Tresh: K

Top 8

Bruce Campbell: S8
Pinky Higgins: 4/P
Birdie Tebbetts: 7/F
Earl Averill: W.1-2
Dick Bartell: K

Bot 8

Johnny Rigney: K
Bob Kennedy: S7
Joe Kuhel: 6/P
Mike Kreevich: 13

Top 9

Barney McCosky: 7/FL
Charlie Gehringer: 4/P
Hank Greenberg: 53