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Indians 3 @ Browns 4
Sportsman's Park
August 9, 1940

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Browns and the Cleveland Indians, played on August 9, 1940 at Sportsman's Park. The home team Browns beat the visiting Indians with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateAugust 9, 1940 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 3 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 3
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
St. Louis Browns
R: 4 H: 10 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherRoxie Lawson  
Losing PitcherMel Harder  
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Game Winning RBIBob Swift 

Game Info

DateAugust 9, 1940 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night 
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamSt. Louis Browns 
Visiting Starting PitcherMel Harder  
Home Starting PitcherJohn Whitehead  
BallparkSportsman's Park 
CitySt. Louis 
StateMO 
Attendance2,588 
Time of Game1 hour 52 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Steve Basil
1B: Bill Grieve
2B: (none)
3B: Harry Geisel

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Beau Bell  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 
Mel Harder  Pitcher 
Ossie Vitt  Manager 

St. Louis Browns Lineup 

Name  Position 
Roy Cullenbine  Right Fielder 
George McQuinn  First Baseman 
Wally Judnich  Center Fielder 
Rip Radcliff  Left Fielder 
Johnny Berardino  Shortstop 
Harlond Clift  Third Baseman 
Don Heffner  Second Baseman 
Bob Swift  Catcher 
John Whitehead  Pitcher 
Fred Haney  Manager 

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Indians 3 @ Browns 4
Sportsman's Park
August 9, 1940

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/9/1940 -- Cleveland at St.Louis

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI
Bell B, rf            5  0  1  1   Cullenbine R, rf      4  1  2  0   
Weatherly R, cf       4  0  1  0   McQuinn G, 1b         4  0  0  0   
Boudreau L, ss        4  0  1  0   Judnich W, cf         3  1  1  2   
Trosky H, 1b          4  0  0  0   Radcliff R, lf        4  1  2  0   
Heath J, lf           3  0  0  0   Berardino J, ss       4  0  1  0   
Keltner K, 3b         4  2  2  0   Clift H, 3b           4  1  2  1   
Mack R, 2b            4  0  1  0   Heffner D, 2b         4  0  1  0   
Hemsley R, c          3  1  1  0   Swift B, c            4  0  1  1   
Harder M, p           4  0  2  1   Whitehead J, p        2  0  0  0   
Eisenstat H, p        0  0  0  0   Grace J, ph           1  0  0  0   
                                   Lawson R, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  3  9  2                        34  4 10  4

Cleveland        000 010 200 --  3
St.Louis         000 000 121 --  4
  0 outs when winning run was scored.

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Harder M (L)*         8.0  8  4  4  1  1
Eisenstat H           0.0  2  0  0  0  0

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Whitehead J           8.0  8  3  3  2  1
Lawson R (W)          1.0  1  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

E -- Keltner K, Heffner D, Berardino J
DP -- Cleveland 1, St.Louis 2
LOB -- Cleveland 7, St.Louis 7
2B -- Keltner K, Berardino J, Clift H
3B -- Hemsley R
HR -- Judnich W
SB -- Keltner K
T -- 1:52
A -- 2588

    

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