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Detroit Tigers @ Chicago White Sox

1940-08-11 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 32032 · 2:00

Chicago White Sox defeated Detroit Tigers 4–3. Chicago White Sox put up 2 in the 8th. Clint Brown earned the win. Hank Greenberg went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Clint Brown L: Tommy Bridges SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	4	0	0	0	0	2
Pete Fox	4	0	0	0	0	0
Barney McCosky	3	1	1	0	1	0
Hank Greenberg	4	1	2	2	0	0
Rudy York	4	1	2	1	0	0
Pinky Higgins	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dutch Meyer	3	0	0	0	1	1
Birdie Tebbetts	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Bridges	3	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Sullivan	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

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

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommy Bridges	8.0	7	2	4

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Rigney	6.0	5	2	4
Clint Brown	3.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dick Bartell: K
Pete Fox: 9/F
Barney McCosky: 7/F

Bot 1

Skeeter Webb: K
Mike Kreevich: 8/F
Joe Kuhel: 8/F

Top 2

Hank Greenberg: 8/F
Rudy York: 8/F
Pinky Higgins: 53

Bot 2

Luke Appling: 8/L
Taffy Wright: S7
Larry Rosenthal: K+SB2
Tom Turner: E6/G.2-H(NR)(UR);B-1
Bob Kennedy: 8/F

Top 3

Dutch Meyer: K
Birdie Tebbetts: 13
Tommy Bridges: K

Bot 3

Johnny Rigney: 63
Skeeter Webb: 6/F
Mike Kreevich: W
Joe Kuhel: 3/G

Top 4

Dick Bartell: 9/F
Pete Fox: 53
Barney McCosky: W
Hank Greenberg: 9/F

Bot 4

Luke Appling: D
Taffy Wright: 7/F
Larry Rosenthal: 3/G.2-3
Tom Turner: 53

Top 5

Rudy York: T/89
Pinky Higgins: FC6.3XH(62);B-1
Dutch Meyer: W.1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Bob Kennedy: K
Johnny Rigney: 43
Skeeter Webb: K

Top 6

Tommy Bridges: 8/F
Dick Bartell: K
Pete Fox: 53

Bot 6

Mike Kreevich: S8
Joe Kuhel: 53/SH.1-2
Luke Appling: 3/G.2-3
Taffy Wright: S8.3-H
Larry Rosenthal: 46(1)/FO

Top 7

Barney McCosky: S
Hank Greenberg: HR/7.1-H
Rudy York: HR/7
Pinky Higgins: S7
Dutch Meyer: E5/G.1-2
Billy Sullivan: 53/SH.2-3;1-2
Tommy Bridges: FC4.3XH(42);2-3;B-2
Dick Bartell: 5/P

Bot 7

Tom Turner: 53
Bob Kennedy: S
Clint Brown: 36(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Pete Fox: 6/F
Barney McCosky: 13
Hank Greenberg: S
Rudy York: 46(1)/FO

Bot 8

Skeeter Webb: 6/F
Mike Kreevich: 63
Joe Kuhel: W
Luke Appling: S8.1-3
Taffy Wright: D/F9D.3-H;1-H
Larry Rosenthal: 9/F

Top 9

Pinky Higgins: 3/P
Dutch Meyer: 8/F
Billy Sullivan: 43

Notes & reviews

Tebbets injured finger on foul ball.

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