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Cleveland Guardians @ Chicago White Sox

1940-08-07 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 4169 · 1:50

Cleveland Indians defeated Chicago White Sox 9–3. Cleveland Indians put up 4 in the 9th. Al Smith earned the win and Harry Eisenstat picked up the save. Lou Boudreau went 3-for-5 with 2 HR and 6 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	4	9	12
CHA	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	10

W: Al Smith L: Johnny Rigney SV: Harry Eisenstat

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ben Chapman	4	2	3	0	1	0
Roy Weatherly	5	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Boudreau	5	3	3	6	0	0
Hal Trosky	5	1	1	1	0	1
Jeff Heath	5	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Keltner	5	0	2	0	0	1
Rusty Peters	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rollie Hemsley	4	0	0	0	0	1
Al Smith	2	2	2	0	1	0
Harry Eisenstat	1	1	1	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

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

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Smith	6.0	10	3	1
Harry Eisenstat	3.0	0	0	3

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Rigney	9.0	12	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

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

Bot 1

Skeeter Webb: 63
Mike Kreevich: 63
Joe Kuhel: K/C

Top 2

Hal Trosky: 6
Jeff Heath: 43
Ken Keltner: K

Bot 2

Luke Appling: 4
Taffy Wright: S7
Mike Tresh: 63.1-2
Bob Kennedy: S8.2-H
Larry Rosenthal: W.1-2
Johnny Rigney: 13

Top 3

Rusty Peters: 7
Rollie Hemsley: K
Al Smith: S7
Ben Chapman: S6.1-2
Roy Weatherly: 43

Bot 3

Skeeter Webb: D7
Mike Kreevich: FC1.2X3(15);B-1
Joe Kuhel: 9(B)3(1)/DP

Top 4

Lou Boudreau: HR/7
Hal Trosky: 5/FL
Jeff Heath: 8
Ken Keltner: 2/FL

Bot 4

Luke Appling: 7
Taffy Wright: 8
Mike Tresh: S5/BG
Bob Kennedy: CS2(24)

Top 5

Rusty Peters: 8
Rollie Hemsley: 4
Al Smith: S8
Ben Chapman: S5.1-3(E5/TH);B-2
Roy Weatherly: E5.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3
Lou Boudreau: 43

Bot 5

Bob Kennedy: S7
Larry Rosenthal: 9(B)65(1)/DP/FL
Johnny Rigney: 2/FL

Top 6

Hal Trosky: K
Jeff Heath: 13/BG
Ken Keltner: S8
Rusty Peters: K

Bot 6

Skeeter Webb: 4
Mike Kreevich: D8/9
Joe Kuhel: S3.2-3
Luke Appling: S7.3-H;1-3
Taffy Wright: S4.3-H;1-2
Mike Tresh: CS3(25).1-2
Mike Tresh: W
Bob Kennedy: W.2-3;1-2
Larry Rosenthal: 4/L

Top 7

Rollie Hemsley: 8
Al Smith: W
Ben Chapman: S9.1-2
Roy Weatherly: 7
Lou Boudreau: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Hal Trosky: 43

Bot 7

Johnny Rigney: D7/8
Skeeter Webb: 9
Mike Kreevich: K
Joe Kuhel: 43

Top 8

Jeff Heath: 3/G
Ken Keltner: S7
Rusty Peters: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Luke Appling: 63
Taffy Wright: K
Mike Tresh: 43

Top 9

Rollie Hemsley: 53
Harry Eisenstat: S9
Ben Chapman: W.1-2
Roy Weatherly: 43.2-3;1-2
Lou Boudreau: S9.3-H;2-H
Hal Trosky: D7.1-H
Jeff Heath: E3.2-H(NR)(E3/TH)(UR);B-1
Ken Keltner: 16(1)/FO

Bot 9

Bob Kennedy: 5/FL
Larry Rosenthal: K
Tom Turner: 8