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Boston Red Sox @ Chicago White Sox

1940-09-15 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · 1:40

Chicago White Sox defeated Boston Red Sox 5–1. Chicago White Sox put up 2 in the 4th. Ted Lyons earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Ted Lyons L: Joe Heving SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Joe Rue · 1B: Harry Geisel · 2B: (none) · 3B: Lou Kolls · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	SO
Dom DiMaggio	4	0	0	1
Doc Cramer	4	0	0	0
Joe Cronin	4	1	1	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	0	0
Ted Williams	3	0	2	0
Bobby Doerr	3	0	0	0
Charlie Gelbert	3	0	0	0
Johnny Peacock	3	0	0	1
Joe Heving	1	0	0	0
Fritz Ostermueller	2	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Skeeter Webb	4	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Tresh	3	1	0	0	1	1
Joe Kuhel	2	1	0	0	1	1
Moose Solters	4	1	2	2	0	1
Luke Appling	3	0	2	1	1	0
Larry Rosenthal	4	0	0	1	0	1
Mike Kreevich	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Kennedy	3	1	2	0	1	0
Ted Lyons	4	0	1	1	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Heving	3.1	5	1	2
Fritz Ostermueller	4.2	4	3	3

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ted Lyons	9.0	3	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: 63
Doc Cramer: 6/P
Joe Cronin: S8
Jimmie Foxx: PB.1-2
Jimmie Foxx: E6/G.2-H(NR)(UR)
Ted Williams: S7.1-2
Bobby Doerr: 5

Bot 1

Skeeter Webb: 53
Mike Tresh: K
Joe Kuhel: 3

Top 2

Charlie Gelbert: 5
Johnny Peacock: K
Joe Heving: 2

Bot 2

Moose Solters: K
Luke Appling: 5
Larry Rosenthal: 31

Top 3

Dom DiMaggio: 2
Doc Cramer: 7
Joe Cronin: 7

Bot 3

Mike Kreevich: 53
Bob Kennedy: S7
Ted Lyons: D7.1-H
Skeeter Webb: 53
Mike Tresh: 53

Top 4

Jimmie Foxx: 63
Ted Williams: S9
Bobby Doerr: 46(1)/FO
Charlie Gelbert: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Joe Kuhel: W
Moose Solters: D7/L7DW.1-3
Luke Appling: S6/G56/TH3.3-H;2-3
Larry Rosenthal: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Mike Kreevich: DGR/7.1-3
Bob Kennedy: IW
Ted Lyons: 4/LDP.2X2(46)

Top 5

Johnny Peacock: 8
Fritz Ostermueller: 13
Dom DiMaggio: 63

Bot 5

Skeeter Webb: S7
Mike Tresh: W.1-2
Joe Kuhel: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Moose Solters: D7/G5L.3-H;2-H
Luke Appling: IW
Larry Rosenthal: K
Mike Kreevich: 8/L

Top 6

Doc Cramer: 8
Joe Cronin: 63
Jimmie Foxx: 53

Bot 6

Bob Kennedy: 9
Ted Lyons: K
Skeeter Webb: 3

Top 7

Ted Williams: 43
Bobby Doerr: 53
Charlie Gelbert: 8

Bot 7

Mike Tresh: 43
Joe Kuhel: K
Moose Solters: 8

Top 8

Johnny Peacock: 31
Fritz Ostermueller: 63
Dom DiMaggio: K

Bot 8

Luke Appling: S4
Larry Rosenthal: 1
Mike Kreevich: 9
Bob Kennedy: S8.1-2
Ted Lyons: 46(1)/FO

Top 9

Doc Cramer: 8
Joe Cronin: 9
Jimmie Foxx: 8

Notes & reviews

Through Appling's legs
Past Williams
Webb: sprawling stop and flip throw to Appling who caught it barehanded.
The ball lodged under a tarpaulin roll
Red Sox argued the hit was a foul ball

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