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Boston Red Sox @ St. Louis Browns

1940-06-20 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · 1:36

St. Louis Browns defeated Boston Red Sox 2–1. Johnny Niggeling earned the win. Harlond Clift went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Johnny Niggeling L: Denny Galehouse SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Doerr	4	0	0	0	0	1
Doc Cramer	3	0	2	1	1	1
Lou Finney	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jimmie Foxx	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ted Williams	3	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Cronin	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Tabor	3	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Peacock	3	1	2	0	0	0
Denny Galehouse	3	0	0	0	0	3

St. Louis Browns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy Cullenbine	2	1	1	0	2	0
Rip Radcliff	4	0	0	0	0	0
George McQuinn	3	0	1	1	1	0
Harlond Clift	4	1	1	1	0	0
Wally Judnich	3	0	1	0	0	0
Johnny Berardino	3	0	1	0	0	0
Don Heffner	3	0	1	0	0	1
George Susce	3	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Niggeling	3	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Denny Galehouse	8.1	6	3	2

St. Louis Browns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Niggeling	9.0	5	1	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Doerr: 5/FL
Doc Cramer: W
Lou Finney: S9.1-3
Jimmie Foxx: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Roy Cullenbine: D9
Rip Radcliff: 9.2-3
George McQuinn: S8.3-H
Harlond Clift: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Ted Williams: K/C
Joe Cronin: 63
Jim Tabor: 2/FL

Bot 2

Wally Judnich: 43
Johnny Berardino: 3/FL
Don Heffner: K/C

Top 3

Johnny Peacock: 5/P
Denny Galehouse: K
Bobby Doerr: K

Bot 3

George Susce: 63
Johnny Niggeling: 63
Roy Cullenbine: W
Rip Radcliff: 5/FL

Top 4

Doc Cramer: S9
Lou Finney: 8
Jimmie Foxx: 54(1)/FO
Ted Williams: CS2(26)

Bot 4

George McQuinn: W
Harlond Clift: 53.1-2
Wally Judnich: 8/8D.2-3
Johnny Berardino: 63

Top 5

Ted Williams: 5/P
Joe Cronin: K/C
Jim Tabor: 2/FL

Bot 5

Don Heffner: D9
George Susce: 3(B)5(2)/FL/DP
Johnny Niggeling: K/C

Top 6

Johnny Peacock: S8
Denny Galehouse: K
Bobby Doerr: 13.1-2
Doc Cramer: S8.2-H
Lou Finney: 43

Bot 6

Roy Cullenbine: W
Rip Radcliff: 46(1)/FO
George McQuinn: 3/FL
Harlond Clift: 3/P

Top 7

Jimmie Foxx: 8
Ted Williams: 4/P
Joe Cronin: 9

Bot 7

Wally Judnich: S9
Johnny Berardino: S5/BG.1-2
Don Heffner: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
George Susce: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Jim Tabor: 8
Johnny Peacock: S8
Denny Galehouse: K
Bobby Doerr: 54(1)/FO

Bot 8

Johnny Niggeling: 53/BG
Roy Cullenbine: 31
Rip Radcliff: 43

Top 9

Doc Cramer: K
Lou Finney: 2/FL
Jimmie Foxx: K

Bot 9

George McQuinn: 8
Harlond Clift: HR/7