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May 9, 1940

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 5 10 0
Red Sox 5 11 2
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Tigers 5 10 0
Red Sox 5 11 2

Ted Williams Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .370
OBP .750 .460
At Bats 3 54
Hits 2 20
• Singles 2 11
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 9
RBI’s 0 11

Al Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 3
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Fenway Park - May 9, 1940
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Out
Al Benton
Birdie Tebbetts
Rudy York
Charlie Gehringer
Pinky Higgins
Dick Bartell
Pete Fox
Earl Averill
Bruce Campbell
Ted Williams
Lou Finney
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Williams hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Cramer hits a fly ball into left field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Finney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and tags Hash for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 9 Hash hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Averill. Hash reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Averill hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hash fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Foxx scoops it up and throws to first, with Hash covering, for the out.
Top 9 Campbell hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Desautels strikes out.
Bottom 8 Tabor hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Al Benton now pitching. Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Benton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bartell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hash fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Billy Sullivan pinch hits for Tom Seats. Sullivan hits a fly ball into right field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tebbetts strikes out.
Top 8 Higgins is hit by the pitch. York moves to second.
Top 8 York hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Cronin strikes out.
Bottom 7 Foxx hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Tom Seats now pitching. Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Fox strikes out.
Top 7 Averill hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Tebbetts scores. Campbell scores. Gehringer moves to second.
Top 7 Gehringer takes first base on ball four. Campbell moves to second.
Top 7 Herb Hash now pitching. Campbell hits a ball on the ground for an out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Bartell bunts towards the mound. Galehouse fields it and throws to first for the out. Tebbetts moves to third. Nelson moves to second.
Top 7 Lynn Nelson pinch hits for Dizzy Trout. Nelson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Tebbetts moves to second.
Top 7 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Finney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Galehouse hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trout fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dizzy Trout now pitching. Desautels hits a popup, foul, towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Higgins hits a popup towards first. Foxx settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 York hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fox moves to second.
Top 6 Fox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. There goes Averill trying to get to third. Cramer throws the ball in to Tabor, who tags Averill for the out.
Top 6 Averill hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gehringer goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Gehringer hits a fly ball towards right. Finney settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Finney.
Top 6 Campbell strikes out.
Bottom 5 Tabor hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Doerr hits a popup in front of the plate. Tebbetts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cronin hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Foxx scores.
Bottom 5 Foxx hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Averill who is chasing the ball. Foxx reaches third base with a triple. Finney scores. Cramer scores. Williams goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Cramer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Averill. Cramer reaches second base with a double. Finney moves to third.
Bottom 5 Finney hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Bartell strikes out.
Top 5 Hutchinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Galehouse fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Galehouse strikes out.
Bottom 4 Desautels hits a popup towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Tabor. The throw from Tebbetts and he is safe. Tabor steals second.
Bottom 4 Tabor hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cronin scores.
Bottom 4 Doerr hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cronin hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Averill. Cronin reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 York takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out. Averill moves to second.
Top 4 Averill hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin misplays the ball. That's an error on Cronin.
Bottom 3 Foxx hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Cramer hits a fly ball into left field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Finney hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Gehringer hits a popup towards first. Foxx settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Campbell hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bartell hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Doerr reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Galehouse hits a fly ball into center field. Averill settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Desautels strikes out.
Bottom 2 Tabor hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hutchinson hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cronin hits a popup in front of the plate. Tebbetts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Foxx hits a fly ball into right field. Campbell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cramer moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cramer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Pete Fox now playing left field. Finney hits a popup towards short. Bartell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 York strikes out.
Top 1 Greenberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cramer. Greenberg reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Averill hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Gehringer hits a fly ball into right field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bartell scores.
Top 1 Campbell hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bartell moves to third.
Top 1 Bartell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cramer. Bartell reaches second base with a double.