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Tigers 10 @ Red Sox 8
Fenway Park
July 18, 1940

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers, played on July 18, 1940 at Fenway Park. The home team Red Sox were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 10 to 8.

Game Summary

DateJuly 18, 1940 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 10 H: 17 E: 1 LOB: 17
Runs: 10
Hits: 17
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 17
Home Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 8 H: 14 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 8
Hits: 14
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherTom Seats  
Losing PitcherJack Wilson  
SaveAl Benton  
Game Winning RBIPinky Higgins 

Game Info

DateJuly 18, 1940 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamBoston Red Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohnny Gorsica  
Home Starting PitcherHerb Hash  
BallparkFenway Park 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance5,800 
Time of Game3 hours 12 minutes 
UmpiresHP: John Quinn
1B: George Pipgras
2B: Red Ormsby
3B: Bill McGowan

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pete Fox  Right Fielder 
Barney McCosky  Center Fielder 
Charlie Gehringer  Second Baseman 
Hank Greenberg  Left Fielder 
Rudy York  First Baseman 
Pinky Higgins  Third Baseman 
Red Kress  Shortstop 
Birdie Tebbetts  Catcher 
Johnny Gorsica  Pitcher 
Del Baker  Manager 

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dom DiMaggio  Right Fielder 
Doc Cramer  Center Fielder 
Joe Cronin  Shortstop 
Ted Williams  Left Fielder 
Bobby Doerr  Second Baseman 
Jim Tabor  Third Baseman 
Johnny Peacock  Catcher 
Marv Owen  First Baseman 
Herb Hash  Pitcher 
Joe Cronin  Manager 

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Tigers 10 @ Red Sox 8
Fenway Park
July 18, 1940

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         Game of 7/18/1940 -- Detroit at Boston (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Fox P, rf             4  4  2  0   DiMaggio D, rf        6  0  1  1   
McCosky B, cf         6  2  4  2   Cramer D, cf          5  2  3  0   
Gehringer C, 2b       4  0  0  0   Cronin J, ss          4  2  2  0   
Greenberg H, lf       7  1  2  2   Williams T, lf        4  1  2  2   
York R, 1b            5  0  4  1   Doerr B, 2b           5  2  2  2   
Higgins M, 3b         6  0  2  3   Tabor J, 3b           5  1  3  3   
Kress R, ss           4  1  0  0   Peacock J, c          4  0  1  0   
Tebbetts B, c         6  1  3  0   Glenn J, ph-c         1  0  0  0   
Gorsica J, p          1  1  0  0   Owen M, 1b            4  0  0  0   
McKain A, p           1  0  0  0   Hash H, p             0  0  0  0   
Campbell B, ph        1  0  0  0   Heving J, p           2  0  0  0   
Trout D, p            0  0  0  0   Dickman E, p          1  0  0  0   
Averill E, ph         1  0  0  0   Wilson J, p           1  0  0  0   
Seats T, p            1  0  0  0                                      
Benton A, p           0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     47 10 17  8                        42  8 14  8

Detroit          120 100 211 02 -- 10
Boston           305 000 000 00 --  8

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gorsica J*            2.0  6  7  7  2  0
McKain A              4.0  2  1  1  4  1
Trout D               1.0  2  0  0  0  0
Seats T (W)           3.1  4  0  0  1  0
Benton A (S)          0.2  0  0  0  0  0

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hash H                1.1  5  3  3  3  0
Heving J              5.2  7  3  1  3  5
Dickman E+            1.0  4  2  2  2  0
Wilson J (L)          3.0  1  2  2  4  1
  * Pitched to 4 batters in 3rd
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Doerr B, Gehringer C, Heving J
DP -- Detroit 1, Boston 2
TP -- Detroit 1
LOB -- Detroit 17, Boston 10
2B -- Doerr B, Tabor J 2, McCosky B 2, Cronin J, Fox P
3B -- Fox P
SB -- Tabor J
SH -- Gehringer C, Doerr B, Williams T
WP -- McKain A, Seats T, Wilson J
T -- 3:12
A -- 5800

    

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