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Retrosheet Boxscore: Detroit Tigers 10, Boston Red Sox 8

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Detroit Tigers 10, Boston Red Sox 8

Day

Game Played on Thursday, July 18, 1940 (D) at Fenway Park

DET A    1  2  0    1  0  0    2  1  1    0  2  -  10 17  1
BOS A    3  0  5    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   8 14  2
BATTING
Detroit Tigers               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Fox rf                        4   4   2   0       3   0       3   0
McCosky cf                    6   2   4   2       1   0       4   0
Gehringer 2b                  4   0   0   0       2   0       5   6
Greenberg lf                  7   1   2   2       0   1       1   0
York 1b                       5   0   4   1       2   1      16   2
Higgins 3b                    6   0   2   3       1   0       0   6
Kress ss                      4   1   0   0       2   1       1   5
Tebbetts c                    6   1   3   0       0   0       3   0
Gorsica p                     1   1   0   0       1   1       0   0
  McKain p                    1   0   0   0       0   0       0   3
  Campbell ph                 1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
  Trout p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Averill ph                  1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Seats p                     1   0   0   0       0   1       0   1
  Benton p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       47  10  17   8      12   6      33  23
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Higgins-Gehringer-York.
  TP: 1. Gehringer-York-Kress-Higgins-Tebbetts.
E: Gehringer (11).
BATTING - 
2B: McCosky 2 (22,off Hash,off Heving); Fox (5,off Heving).
3B: Fox (1,off Hash).
SH: Gehringer (6,off Wilson).
GDP: Greenberg (10,off Heving); Averill (2,off Dickman).
IBB: York 2 (5,by Wilson 2).
Team LOB: 17.
Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
DiMaggio rf                   6   0   1   1       0   0       7   0
Cramer cf                     5   2   3   0       1   1       2   1
Cronin ss                     4   2   2   0       2   0       3   2
Williams lf                   4   1   2   2       1   0       0   0
Doerr 2b                      5   2   2   2       0   0       3   6
Tabor 3b                      5   1   3   3       1   0       1   4
Peacock c                     4   0   1   0       0   0       4   0
  Glenn ph,c                  1   0   0   0       0   0       2   1
Owen 1b                       4   0   0   0       1   0      10   2
Hash p                        0   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
  Heving p                    2   0   0   0       1   0       0   1
  Dickman p                   1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Wilson p                    1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       42   8  14   8       7   1      33  17
FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Tabor-Doerr-Owen, Doerr-Cronin-Owen.
E: Doerr (13), Heving (2).
BATTING - 
2B: Doerr (16,off Gorsica); Tabor 2 (22,off Gorsica,off McKain); Cronin (16,off
Gorsica).
SH: Doerr (4,off Seats); Williams (1,off Seats).
GDP: Glenn (1,off Seats).
IBB: Tabor (6,by Seats).
Team LOB: 10.
BASERUNNING - 
SB: Tabor (9,3rd base off Trout/Tebbetts).
PITCHING
Detroit Tigers               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Gorsica                       2     6   7   7   2   0   0  14
McKain                        4     2   1   1   4   1   0  18
Trout                         1     2   0   0   0   0   0   3
Seats W(2-1)                  3.1   4   0   0   1   0   0  14
Benton SV(10)                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2
Totals                       11    14   8   8   7   1   0  51
Gorsica faced 4 batters in the 3rd inning
WP: McKain (1), Seats (1).
IBB: Seats (2,Tabor).
Inherited Runners - Scored: McKain 2-2; Benton 2-0.
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Boston Red Sox               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Hash                          1.1   5   3   3   3   0   0  12
Heving                        5.2   7   3   1   3   4   0  27
Dickman                       1     4   2   2   2   0   0   8
Wilson L(4-3)                 3     1   2   2   4   2   0  13
Totals                       11    17  10   8  12   6   0  60
Dickman faced 2 batters in the 9th inning
WP: Wilson (2).
IBB: Wilson 2 (3,York 2).
Inherited Runners - Scored: Heving 3-1; Wilson 2-1.
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Umpires: HP - John Quinn, 1B - George Pipgras, 2B - Red Ormsby, 3B - Bill McGowan
Time of Game: 3:12   Attendance: 5800
Starting Lineups:

   Detroit Tigers                Boston Red Sox           
1. Fox                 rf        DiMaggio            rf
2. McCosky             cf        Cramer              cf
3. Gehringer           2b        Cronin              ss
4. Greenberg           lf        Williams            lf
5. York                1b        Doerr               2b
6. Higgins             3b        Tabor               3b
7. Kress               ss        Peacock             c
8. Tebbetts            c         Owen                1b
9. Gorsica             p         Hash                p

TIGERS 1ST: Fox tripled to right; McCosky grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Fox scored]; Gehringer flied out to right; Greenberg
singled; York singled [Greenberg to second]; Higgins walked
[Greenberg to third, York to second]; Kress flied out to right;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: DiMaggio grounded out (second to first); Cramer
walked; Cronin walked [Cramer to second]; Williams flied out to
center; Doerr doubled [Cronin scored, Cramer scored]; Tabor
doubled [Doerr scored]; Peacock grounded out (second to first);
3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 2ND: Tebbetts singled; Gorsica walked [Tebbetts to
second]; Fox flied out to center; McCosky doubled [Gorsica to
third, Tebbetts scored]; Gehringer walked; HEVING REPLACED HASH
(PITCHING); Greenberg reached on an error by Doerr [Gehringer to
second, McCosky to third, Gorsica scored (RBI)]; York struck
out; Higgins flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers
3, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 2ND: Owen grounded out (second to first); Heving flied
out to left; DiMaggio grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 3.

TIGERS 3RD: Kress grounded out (third to first); Tebbetts
singled; Gorsica struck out; Fox forced Tebbetts (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 3RD: On a bunt Cramer singled to third; Cronin doubled
to left [Cramer to third]; Williams singled [Cronin scored,
Cramer scored]; Doerr singled [Williams to second]; MCKAIN
REPLACED GORSICA (PITCHING); Tabor doubled [Doerr scored,
Williams scored, Tabor to third (error by Gehringer)]; Peacock
grounded out (second to first); Owen grounded out (pitcher to
first); Heving walked; DiMaggio singled to center [Heving to
second, Tabor scored]; Cramer struck out; 5 R, 6 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 
Tigers 3, Red Sox 8.

TIGERS 4TH: McCosky doubled; Gehringer grounded out (second to
first) [McCosky to third]; Greenberg out on an unknown play;
York singled [McCosky scored]; Higgins grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 4TH: Cronin flied out to right; Williams flied out to
center; Doerr flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
4, Red Sox 8.

TIGERS 5TH: Kress struck out; Tebbetts singled; McKain forced
Tebbetts (third to shortstop); Fox doubled [McKain to third];
McCosky flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Red
Sox 8.

RED SOX 5TH: Tabor grounded out (pitcher to first); Peacock made
an out to second; Owen walked; McKain threw a wild pitch [Owen
to second]; Heving grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Red Sox 8.

TIGERS 6TH: Gehringer walked; Greenberg grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Gehringer out at second]; York
singled; Higgins flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Tigers 4, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 6TH: DiMaggio grounded out (third to first); Cramer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cronin walked; Williams
walked [Cronin to second]; Doerr forced Williams (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Red Sox 8.

TIGERS 7TH: Kress walked; Tebbetts made an out to first;
CAMPBELL BATTED FOR MCKAIN; Campbell struck out; Fox walked
[Kress to second]; On a bunt McCosky singled to pitcher [Kress
scored (error by Heving) (unearned) (no RBI), Fox scored
(unearned) (no RBI), McCosky to second]; Gehringer grounded out
(pitcher to second to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Tigers 6, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 7TH: TROUT REPLACED CAMPBELL (PITCHING); Tabor singled;
On a bunt Peacock singled [Tabor to second]; Tabor stole third;
Owen hit into a triple play (second to first) [Peacock out at
second (first to shortstop), Tabor out at home (shortstop to
third to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 6, Red Sox 8.

TIGERS 8TH: DICKMAN REPLACED HEVING (PITCHING); Greenberg
singled; York singled [Greenberg to second]; Higgins singled
[York to second, Greenberg scored]; Kress walked [York to third,
Higgins to second]; Tebbetts flied out to right; AVERILL BATTED
FOR TROUT; Averill grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Kress out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Tigers 7, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 8TH: SEATS REPLACED AVERILL (PITCHING); Dickman grounded
out (first unassisted); DiMaggio flied out to center; Cramer
singled; Seats threw a wild pitch [Cramer to second]; Cronin
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
7, Red Sox 8.

TIGERS 9TH: Fox walked; McCosky singled [Fox to second]; WILSON
REPLACED DICKMAN (PITCHING); On a bunt Gehringer forced McCosky
(third to shortstop) [Fox to third]; Greenberg flied out to
right [Fox scored]; Wilson threw a wild pitch [Gehringer to
second]; York was walked intentionally; Higgins popped to first
in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 8, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 9TH: Williams singled; Doerr out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Williams to second]; Tabor was walked
intentionally; GLENN BATTED FOR PEACOCK; Glenn grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Tabor out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 8, Red Sox 8.

TIGERS 10TH: GLENN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Kress out on an
unknown play; Tebbetts out on an unknown play; Seats struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 8, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 10TH: Owen out on an unknown play; Wilson out on an
unknown play; DiMaggio out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 8, Red Sox 8.

TIGERS 11TH: Fox walked; McCosky walked [Fox to second];
Gehringer out on a sacrifice bunt [Fox to third, McCosky to
second]; Greenberg was called out on strikes; York was walked
intentionally; Higgins singled to center [Fox scored, McCosky
scored, York out at third (center to third)]; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 10, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 11TH: Cramer singled; Cronin singled to center [Cramer
to second]; Williams out on a sacrifice bunt [Cramer to third,
Cronin to second]; BENTON REPLACED SEATS (PITCHING); Doerr
popped to catcher; Tabor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 10, Red Sox 8.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Tigers          10  17   1   17
 Red Sox          8  14   2   10
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