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Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers

1940-09-10 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · 13 innings · Att: 6634 · 3:05

Boston Red Sox defeated Detroit Tigers 6–5. Lefty Grove earned the win. Hank Greenberg went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
BOS	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	13
DET	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	10

W: Lefty Grove L: Al Benton SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dom DiMaggio	6	2	3	1	0	1
Doc Cramer	5	0	2	0	1	1
Jimmie Foxx	5	0	0	1	1	1
Ted Williams	5	2	1	1	1	0
Joe Cronin	5	1	2	0	1	0
Bobby Doerr	6	0	1	0	0	3
Lou Finney	3	0	1	1	3	0
Charlie Gelbert	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lefty Grove	6	1	2	0	0	3
Stan Spence	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Carey	1	0	1	1	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Bartell	5	0	0	0	1	0
Bruce Campbell	6	2	2	0	1	0
Charlie Gehringer	5	1	1	0	1	0
Hank Greenberg	5	1	3	4	2	0
Rudy York	7	0	1	0	0	2
Pinky Higgins	4	1	1	0	1	0
Tuck Stainback	5	0	0	0	0	1
Birdie Tebbetts	5	0	1	0	1	0
Bobo Newsom	5	0	1	0	0	0
Dutch Meyer	1	0	0	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	13.0	10	7	3

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bobo Newsom	12.0	11	6	8
Al Benton	1.0	2	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dom DiMaggio: 7
Doc Cramer: K/C
Jimmie Foxx: 2/BP

Bot 1

Dick Bartell: 53
Bruce Campbell: W
Charlie Gehringer: S9.1-3
Hank Greenberg: HR/7.3-H;1-H
Rudy York: 8
Pinky Higgins: S8
Tuck Stainback: K

Top 2

Ted Williams: W
Joe Cronin: 8
Bobby Doerr: 2/FL
Lou Finney: T9.1-H
Charlie Gelbert: 2/FL

Bot 2

Birdie Tebbetts: 13
Bobo Newsom: S8
Dick Bartell: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Lefty Grove: 5
Dom DiMaggio: S5/BG
Doc Cramer: S8.1-2
Jimmie Foxx: WP.2-3;1-2
Jimmie Foxx: FLE2
Jimmie Foxx: W
Ted Williams: 46(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Joe Cronin: 9/F9D

Bot 3

Bruce Campbell: 9
Charlie Gehringer: 43
Hank Greenberg: W
Rudy York: 9

Top 4

Bobby Doerr: S7
Lou Finney: 46(1)3/GDP
Charlie Gelbert: K

Bot 4

Pinky Higgins: 9/L
Tuck Stainback: 53
Birdie Tebbetts: 9

Top 5

Lefty Grove: S8
Dom DiMaggio: 13/SH.1-2
Doc Cramer: 3/G.2-3
Jimmie Foxx: K/C

Bot 5

Bobo Newsom: E6
Dick Bartell: 13/SH.1-2
Bruce Campbell: 43.2-3
Charlie Gehringer: 7

Top 6

Ted Williams: S9
Joe Cronin: S9.1-3
Bobby Doerr: 14(1)3/GDP.3-H
Lou Finney: W
Charlie Gelbert: 6

Bot 6

Hank Greenberg: S5/BG
Rudy York: S7.1-2
Pinky Higgins: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Tuck Stainback: FC1.3XH(12);2-3;B-2
Birdie Tebbetts: IW
Bobo Newsom: 43

Top 7

Lefty Grove: K
Dom DiMaggio: HR/7
Doc Cramer: 9
Jimmie Foxx: 63

Bot 7

Dick Bartell: 63
Bruce Campbell: D9
Charlie Gehringer: 5/FL
Hank Greenberg: D9/89.2-H
Rudy York: 9/FL

Top 8

Ted Williams: 99
Joe Cronin: W
Bobby Doerr: CS2(24)
Bobby Doerr: K

Bot 8

Pinky Higgins: 99
Tuck Stainback: 53/BG
Birdie Tebbetts: 99

Top 9

Lou Finney: 99
Charlie Gelbert: 99
Lefty Grove: K

Bot 9

Bobo Newsom: 99
Dick Bartell: W
Bruce Campbell: S9.1-3
Charlie Gehringer: 13/BG.1-2
Hank Greenberg: IW
Rudy York: 64(1)/FO

Top 10

Dom DiMaggio: 99
Doc Cramer: W
Jimmie Foxx: 99
Ted Williams: 3/L

Bot 10

Pinky Higgins: E5
Tuck Stainback: 99
Birdie Tebbetts: 99
Bobo Newsom: 7/F7D

Top 11

Joe Cronin: 99
Bobby Doerr: K
Lou Finney: W
Stan Spence: K

Bot 11

Dick Bartell: 99
Bruce Campbell: 99
Charlie Gehringer: W
Hank Greenberg: E6.1-2
Rudy York: K

Top 12

Lefty Grove: S7
Dom DiMaggio: S7.1-2
Doc Cramer: S1/BG.2-3;1-2
Jimmie Foxx: 9.3-H
Ted Williams: 6(1)32(2)/GDP

Bot 12

Pinky Higgins: W
Tuck Stainback: 13/SH.1-2
Birdie Tebbetts: S5.2-3
Dutch Meyer: 53.3-H;1-2
Dick Bartell: 9

Top 13

Joe Cronin: D7
Bobby Doerr: K/C
Lou Finney: IW
Tom Carey: S9.2-H;1-2#
Lefty Grove: K
Dom DiMaggio: K

Bot 13

Bruce Campbell: E4/P
Charlie Gehringer: 14/SH.1-2
Hank Greenberg: 3
Rudy York: K