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Indians 1 @ White Sox 5
Comiskey Park
August 6, 1940

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians, played on August 6, 1940 at Comiskey Park. The home team White Sox beat the visiting Indians with a score of 5 to 1.

Game Summary

DateAugust 6, 1940 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 1 H: 2 E: 3 LOB: 3
Runs: 1
Hits: 2
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 3
Home Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 5 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherThornton Lee  
Losing PitcherAl Milnar  
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Game Winning RBIMike Kreevich 

Game Info

DateAugust 6, 1940 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night 
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamChicago White Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherAl Milnar  
Home Starting PitcherThornton Lee  
BallparkComiskey Park 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance 
Time of Game1 hour 38 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Cal Hubbard
1B: Eddie Rommel
2B: (none)
3B: George Moriarty

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ben Chapman  Left Fielder 
Roy Weatherly  Center Fielder 
Lou Boudreau  Shortstop 
Hal Trosky  First Baseman 
Beau Bell  Right Fielder 
Ken Keltner  Third Baseman 
Rusty Peters  Second Baseman 
Rollie Hemsley  Catcher 
Al Milnar  Pitcher 
Ossie Vitt  Manager 

Chicago White Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Skeeter Webb  Second Baseman 
Mike Kreevich  Center Fielder 
Joe Kuhel  First Baseman 
Luke Appling  Shortstop 
Taffy Wright  Right Fielder 
Mike Tresh  Catcher 
Larry Rosenthal  Left Fielder 
Bob Kennedy  Third Baseman 
Thornton Lee  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

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Indians 1 @ White Sox 5
Comiskey Park
August 6, 1940

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/6/1940, game 1 -- Cleveland at Chicago

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Chapman B, lf         3  1  0  0   Webb S, 2b            2  1  1  0   
Weatherly R, cf       4  0  1  0   Kreevich M, cf        5  0  1  1   
Boudreau L, ss        3  0  1  1   Kuhel J, 1b           4  0  1  0   
Trosky H, 1b          4  0  0  0   Appling L, ss         2  1  2  0   
Bell B, rf            3  0  0  0   Wright T, rf          4  1  1  1   
Keltner K, 3b         3  0  0  0   Tresh M, c            4  1  0  1   
Peters R, 2b          3  0  0  0   Rosenthal L, lf       3  0  0  0   
Hemsley R, c          3  0  0  0   Kennedy B, 3b         4  0  1  0   
Milnar A, p           2  0  0  0   Lee T, p              4  1  2  1   
Grimes O, ph          1  0  0  0                                      
Humphries J, p        0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     29  1  2  1                        32  5  9  4

Cleveland        000 100 000 --  1
Chicago          020 001 20x --  5

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Milnar A (L)          7.0  9  5  3  4  4
Humphries J           1.0  0  0  0  1  2

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lee T (W)             9.0  2  1  1  2  4

E -- Boudreau L, Milnar A, Peters R
DP -- Cleveland 2
LOB -- Cleveland 3, Chicago 9
2B -- Kuhel J, Kennedy B
3B -- Appling L, Wright T
SH -- Rosenthal L
WP -- Lee T
T -- 1:38
A -- 0

    

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