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Washington Senators @ Chicago White Sox

1940-09-11 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 866 · 1:37

Chicago White Sox defeated Washington Senators 7–4. Chicago White Sox put up 3 in the 7th. Johnny Rigney earned the win. George Case went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WS1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	4	11
CHA	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	0		7	16

W: Johnny Rigney L: Dutch Leonard SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Summers · 1B: John Quinn · 2B: (none) · 3B: Red Ormsby · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Senators — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Case	4	1	3	3	1	0
Buddy Lewis	5	0	1	1	0	1
Gee Walker	5	0	1	0	0	0
Cecil Travis	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Bloodworth	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Sanford	4	1	1	0	0	1
Sherry Robertson	4	1	1	0	0	2
Rick Ferrell	4	1	3	0	0	0
Dutch Leonard	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jake Early	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Webb	5	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Tresh	5	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Kuhel	4	3	4	2	0	0
Moose Solters	4	2	3	1	0	0
Luke Appling	3	1	2	1	1	0
Taffy Wright	3	0	2	2	1	0
Mike Kreevich	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Kennedy	4	0	2	0	0	0
Johnny Rigney	2	0	1	0	0	1

Washington Senators — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dutch Leonard	8.0	16	2	2

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Rigney	9.0	11	1	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

George Case: 8/F
Buddy Lewis: K
Gee Walker: 7/F

Bot 1

Skeeter Webb: 7/F
Mike Tresh: 7/F
Joe Kuhel: T9
Moose Solters: S7.3-H
Luke Appling: 13

Top 2

Cecil Travis: 43
Jimmy Bloodworth: E5
Jack Sanford: K
Sherry Robertson: K/C

Bot 2

Taffy Wright: 7/F
Mike Kreevich: S9
Bob Kennedy: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Rick Ferrell: S7
Dutch Leonard: 46(1)/FO
George Case: S8.1-2
Buddy Lewis: 9/F
Gee Walker: 63

Bot 3

Johnny Rigney: K
Skeeter Webb: K
Mike Tresh: 8/F

Top 4

Cecil Travis: S8
Jimmy Bloodworth: 6/F
Jack Sanford: 63.1-2
Sherry Robertson: 6/P

Bot 4

Joe Kuhel: S9
Moose Solters: S9.1-3
Luke Appling: S8.3-H;1-2
Taffy Wright: PO2(25).1-2
Taffy Wright: W
Mike Kreevich: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Rick Ferrell: S8
Dutch Leonard: K
George Case: HR/7.1-H
Buddy Lewis: 7/F
Gee Walker: S7
Cecil Travis: PO1(134)

Bot 5

Bob Kennedy: S8
Johnny Rigney: 14/SH.1-2
Skeeter Webb: 43.2-3
Mike Tresh: 8/F

Top 6

Cecil Travis: 13
Jimmy Bloodworth: 53
Jack Sanford: E6
Sherry Robertson: K

Bot 6

Joe Kuhel: S9/L
Moose Solters: 64(1)/FO
Luke Appling: W.1-2
Taffy Wright: S8/G.2-H;1-3
Mike Kreevich: 54(1)/FO.3-H
Bob Kennedy: SB2
Bob Kennedy: 7/F

Top 7

Rick Ferrell: 13
Dutch Leonard: 2/P
George Case: S7/L
Buddy Lewis: S7.1-3
Gee Walker: CS2(24)

Bot 7

Johnny Rigney: S9.BX2(96)
Skeeter Webb: 8/F
Mike Tresh: S8
Joe Kuhel: HR/9.1-H
Moose Solters: S7
Luke Appling: S9.1-3
Taffy Wright: S9.3-H;1-3
Mike Kreevich: 54(1)/FO

Top 8

Gee Walker: 53
Cecil Travis: 63
Jimmy Bloodworth: K

Bot 8

Bob Kennedy: S7
Johnny Rigney: 14/SH.1-2
Skeeter Webb: 43.2-3
Mike Tresh: 13

Top 9

Jack Sanford: S8
Sherry Robertson: S8.1-2
Rick Ferrell: S7.2-3;1-2
Jake Early: K
George Case: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Buddy Lewis: 7/F.3-H;2-3
Gee Walker: 3/FL

Notes & reviews

hit into 7 outs in 3 BFP
attempted advance on WP

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