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Indians 5 @ White Sox 4
Comiskey Park
August 31, 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 31, 1940 at Comiskey Park. The home team White Sox were bested by the visiting Indians with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateAugust 31, 1940 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 5 H: 7 E: 2 LOB: 14
Runs: 5
Hits: 7
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 14
Home Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 4 H: 15 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 4
Hits: 15
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherJohnny Allen  
Losing PitcherClint Brown  
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Game Winning RBIFrankie Pytlak 

Game Info

DateAugust 31, 1940 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night 
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamChicago White Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherAl Smith  
Home Starting PitcherEddie Smith  
BallparkComiskey Park 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance5,442 
Time of Game2 hours 55 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill McGowan
1B: Lou Kolls
2B: George Pipgras
3B: Joe Rue

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ben Chapman  Right Fielder 
Roy Weatherly  Center Fielder 
Lou Boudreau  Shortstop 
Hal Trosky  First Baseman 
Jeff Heath  Left Fielder 
Ken Keltner  Third Baseman 
Ray Mack  Second Baseman 
Rollie Hemsley  Catcher 
Al Smith  Pitcher 
Ossie Vitt  Manager 

Chicago White Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Skeeter Webb  Second Baseman 
Mike Kreevich  Center Fielder 
Joe Kuhel  First Baseman 
Moose Solters  Left Fielder 
Luke Appling  Shortstop 
Taffy Wright  Right Fielder 
Mike Tresh  Catcher 
Bob Kennedy  Third Baseman 
Eddie Smith  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

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Indians 5 @ White Sox 4
Comiskey Park
August 31, 1940

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         Game of 8/31/1940 -- Cleveland at Chicago

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Chapman B, rf         6  0  2  2   Webb S, 2b            6  0  4  3   
Weatherly R, cf       6  0  1  1   Kreevich M, cf        6  0  3  0   
Boudreau L, ss        4  0  0  0   Kuhel J, 1b           6  0  1  0   
Trosky H, 1b          3  0  1  0   Solters M, lf         6  0  2  0   
Heath J, lf           5  0  0  0   Appling L, ss         4  0  1  0   
Keltner K, 3b         5  1  0  0   Wright T, rf          5  2  2  0   
Mack R, 2b            5  2  1  0   Tresh M, c            5  0  1  0   
Hemsley R, c          2  1  0  0   Kennedy B, 3b         3  2  0  0   
Pytlak F, c           2  0  1  1   Smith E, p            4  0  1  0   
Smith A, p            2  0  0  0   Brown C, p            1  0  0  0   
Hale O, ph            1  0  0  0                                      
Eisenstat H, p        0  0  0  0                                      
Bell B, ph            1  0  0  1                                      
Grimes O, pr          0  1  0  0                                      
Allen J, p            2  0  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     44  5  7  5                        46  4 15  3

Cleveland        000 000 004 001 --  5
Chicago          000 202 000 000 --  4

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Smith A               6.0 12  4  4  3  2
Eisenstat H           2.0  2  0  0  0  1
Allen J (W)           4.0  1  0  0  0  1

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Smith E*              8.0  3  3  0  7  2
Brown C (L)           4.0  4  2  1  2  2
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 9th

E -- Chapman B, Appling L 2, Mack R
DP -- Cleveland 3
LOB -- Cleveland 14, Chicago 9
2B -- Chapman B, Solters M, Trosky H, Kreevich M
SB -- Mack R
CS -- Webb S, Tresh M
SH -- Keltner K
HBP -- by Brown C (Chapman B)
WP -- Smith A
T -- 2:55
A -- 5442

    

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