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White Sox 10 @ Yankees 3
Yankee Stadium
May 4, 1940

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox, played on May 4, 1940 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees were bested by the visiting White Sox with a score of 10 to 3.

Game Summary

DateMay 4, 1940 
Visiting Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 10 H: 15 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 10
Hits: 15
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 3 H: 9 E: 3 LOB: 7
Runs: 3
Hits: 9
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherThornton Lee  
Losing PitcherSteve Sundra  
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Game Winning RBIJoe Kuhel 

Game Info

DateMay 4, 1940 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamChicago White Sox 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherThornton Lee  
Home Starting PitcherSteve Sundra  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance5,303 
Time of Game2 hours 15 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Grieve
1B: George Moriarty
2B: Cal Hubbard
3B: Eddie Rommel

Chicago White Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bob Kennedy  Third Baseman 
Joe Kuhel  First Baseman 
Mike Kreevich  Center Fielder 
Taffy Wright  Right Fielder 
Luke Appling  Shortstop 
Moose Solters  Left Fielder 
Eric McNair  Second Baseman 
Mike Tresh  Catcher 
Thornton Lee  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frankie Crosetti  Shortstop 
Red Rolfe  Third Baseman 
George Selkirk  Left Fielder 
Charlie Keller  Right Fielder 
Buddy Rosar  Catcher 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
Tommy Henrich  Center Fielder 
Babe Dahlgren  First Baseman 
Steve Sundra  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

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White Sox 10 @ Yankees 3
Yankee Stadium
May 4, 1940

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/4/1940 -- Chicago at New York (D)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Kennedy B, 3b         4  1  0  0   Crosetti F, ss        4  1  0  0   
Kuhel J, 1b           5  2  2  2   Rolfe R, 3b           4  0  2  1   
Kreevich M, cf        5  2  1  0   Selkirk G, lf         4  0  1  1   
Wright T, rf          5  2  2  2   Keller C, rf          3  0  0  0   
Appling L, ss         4  2  1  1   Rosar B, c            4  1  2  0   
Solters M, lf         5  0  4  3   Gordon J, 2b          4  0  0  0   
McNair E, 2b          5  0  1  1   Henrich T, cf         4  0  1  1   
Tresh M, c            4  0  3  0   Dahlgren B, 1b        4  0  2  0   
Lee T, p              3  1  1  0   Sundra S, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Hadley B, p           2  0  0  0   
                                   Hildebrand O, p       0  0  0  0   
                                   Mills B, ph           1  1  1  0   
                                   Grissom L, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Knickerbocker B, ph   1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     40 10 15  9                        35  3  9  3

Chicago          400 000 510 -- 10
New York         010 000 020 --  3

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lee T (W)             9.0  9  3  3  2  3

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Sundra S (L)          0.1  4  4  4  1  0
Hadley B              6.0  6  5  4  2  2
Hildebrand O          1.2  3  1  1  1  0
Grissom L             1.0  2  0  0  1  0

E -- Keller C, Appling L, Rolfe R, Hildebrand O, Lee T
DP -- Chicago 1, New York 1
LOB -- Chicago 9, New York 7
2B -- Solters M, Henrich T, Lee T, Rosar B, Rolfe R
HR -- Kuhel J 2
SB -- Rosar B
CS -- Kennedy B
SH -- Lee T
T -- 2:15
A -- 5303

    

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