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Boston Red Sox @ Chicago White Sox

1940-06-15 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 4835 · sunny, dry · 1:44

Boston Red Sox defeated Chicago White Sox 5–2. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 5th. Herb Hash earned the win. Ted Williams went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Herb Hash L: Bill Dietrich SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Quinn · 1B: Eddie Rommel · 2B: George Pipgras · 3B: Bill Summers · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Doerr	5	1	2	0	0	0
Doc Cramer	3	1	1	1	1	0
Lou Finney	4	0	0	1	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	1	1	1	0	1
Ted Williams	4	2	3	1	0	0
Joe Cronin	3	0	1	1	1	0
Jim Tabor	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Desautels	4	0	0	0	0	1
Herb Hash	4	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

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

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herb Hash	9.0	4	4	1

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Dietrich	9.0	8	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Doerr: 7/F
Doc Cramer: 63
Lou Finney: 8/F

Bot 1

Bob Kennedy: 63
Joe Kuhel: S7
Mike Kreevich: 9/F
Taffy Wright: 13

Top 2

Jimmie Foxx: HR/F78D
Ted Williams: S5/BG
Joe Cronin: W.1-2
Jim Tabor: CS3(25)
Jim Tabor: 6/FL
Gene Desautels: 3/F

Bot 2

Luke Appling: 43
Larry Rosenthal: 5/P
Eric McNair: 53

Top 3

Herb Hash: 43
Bobby Doerr: D/89
Doc Cramer: W
Lou Finney: 7/F
Jimmie Foxx: 9/F

Bot 3

Mike Tresh: 7/F7D
Bill Dietrich: S5/BG
Bob Kennedy: 7/F
Joe Kuhel: S9.1-2
Mike Kreevich: 46(1)/FO

Top 4

Ted Williams: HR/F9D
Joe Cronin: 9/F
Jim Tabor: 6/P
Gene Desautels: 8/F

Bot 4

Taffy Wright: 3/FL
Luke Appling: W
Larry Rosenthal: W.1-2
Eric McNair: W.2-3;1-2
Mike Tresh: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
Bill Dietrich: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Herb Hash: 6/P
Bobby Doerr: S8
Doc Cramer: T/L89.1-H
Lou Finney: 8/F8D.3-H
Jimmie Foxx: 8/F

Bot 5

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

Top 6

Ted Williams: S9/L
Joe Cronin: D/L7D.1-H
Jim Tabor: 53.2-2
Gene Desautels: K/C
Herb Hash: 53

Bot 6

Taffy Wright: 43
Luke Appling: 7/F7D
Larry Rosenthal: 9/F

Top 7

Bobby Doerr: 7/L
Doc Cramer: 6/F7S
Lou Finney: E6/G.B-1
Jimmie Foxx: K

Bot 7

Eric McNair: 53
Mike Tresh: 53
Bill Dietrich: W
Bob Kennedy: 543.1-2

Top 8

Ted Williams: 8/F8S
Joe Cronin: 7/F
Jim Tabor: 6/P

Bot 8

Joe Kuhel: 7/F
Mike Kreevich: 63
Taffy Wright: 43

Top 9

Gene Desautels: 43
Herb Hash: 13
Bobby Doerr: 63

Bot 9

Luke Appling: 43
Larry Rosenthal: 43
Eric McNair: 63

Notes & reviews

Tabor's throw to second was late, Doerr got batter at first.

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