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Cleveland Guardians @ Chicago White Sox

1940-08-06 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · 1:38

Chicago White Sox defeated Cleveland Indians 5–1. Chicago White Sox put up 2 in the 2nd. Thornton Lee earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Thornton Lee L: Al Milnar SV: (none)

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ben Chapman	3	1	0	0	1	0
Roy Weatherly	4	0	1	0	0	0
Lou Boudreau	3	0	1	1	1	0
Hal Trosky	4	0	0	0	0	1
Beau Bell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rusty Peters	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rollie Hemsley	3	0	0	0	0	1
Al Milnar	2	0	0	0	0	1
Oscar Grimes	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago White Sox — batting

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

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Milnar	7.0	9	4	4
Johnny Humphries	1.0	0	1	2

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Thornton Lee	9.0	2	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ben Chapman: 8
Roy Weatherly: 63
Lou Boudreau: 7

Bot 1

Skeeter Webb: W
Mike Kreevich: 6(1)3/GDP
Joe Kuhel: D7/8
Luke Appling: W
Taffy Wright: E6.2-3;1-2
Mike Tresh: 9/FL

Top 2

Hal Trosky: 3/G
Beau Bell: 43
Ken Keltner: 4

Bot 2

Larry Rosenthal: K
Bob Kennedy: 4
Thornton Lee: S9
Skeeter Webb: S8.1-2
Mike Kreevich: S8.2-H;1-H(E1/TH)(UR);B-2
Joe Kuhel: K23

Top 3

Rusty Peters: 3
Rollie Hemsley: 63
Al Milnar: K

Bot 3

Luke Appling: W
Taffy Wright: 46(1)3/GDP
Mike Tresh: 63

Top 4

Ben Chapman: W
Roy Weatherly: 43.1-2
Lou Boudreau: S9.2-H
Hal Trosky: 8/L
Beau Bell: WP.1-2
Beau Bell: 7

Bot 4

Larry Rosenthal: 4
Bob Kennedy: D7/8
Thornton Lee: 43.2-3
Skeeter Webb: 9

Top 5

Ken Keltner: 43
Rusty Peters: 63
Rollie Hemsley: K

Bot 5

Mike Kreevich: K
Joe Kuhel: 43
Luke Appling: S4
Taffy Wright: 7

Top 6

Al Milnar: 4
Ben Chapman: 53
Roy Weatherly: S1
Lou Boudreau: 43

Bot 6

Mike Tresh: E4
Larry Rosenthal: 13/SH.1-2
Bob Kennedy: 53
Thornton Lee: S8/9.2-H(UR)
Skeeter Webb: W.1-2
Mike Kreevich: 4

Top 7

Hal Trosky: 43
Beau Bell: 53
Ken Keltner: 63

Bot 7

Joe Kuhel: 9
Luke Appling: T7
Taffy Wright: T7.3-H
Mike Tresh: 9.3-H
Larry Rosenthal: K/C

Top 8

Rusty Peters: 13
Rollie Hemsley: 43
Oscar Grimes: K/C

Bot 8

Bob Kennedy: 4
Thornton Lee: K
Skeeter Webb: W
Mike Kreevich: K/C

Top 9

Ben Chapman: 9
Roy Weatherly: 63
Lou Boudreau: W
Hal Trosky: K