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White Sox 4 @ Indians 5
League Park
August 15, 1940

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox, played on August 15, 1940 at League Park. The home team Indians beat the visiting White Sox with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateAugust 15, 1940 
Visiting Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 4 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 5 H: 15 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 5
Hits: 15
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherJohnny Allen  
Losing PitcherThornton Lee  
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Game Winning RBILou Boudreau 

Game Info

DateAugust 15, 1940 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night 
Visiting TeamChicago White Sox 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherThornton Lee  
Home Starting PitcherAl Milnar  
BallparkLeague Park 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance5,600 
Time of Game1 hour 59 minutes 
UmpiresHP: John Quinn
1B: Steve Basil
2B: Bill Grieve
3B: Harry Geisel

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 
Thornton Lee  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

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

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White Sox 4 @ Indians 5
League Park
August 15, 1940

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         Game of 8/15/1940 -- Chicago at Cleveland

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Webb S, 2b            3  0  0  0   Chapman B, lf         4  0  2  1   
Kreevich M, cf        4  1  1  0   Weatherly R, cf       5  1  2  0   
Kuhel J, 1b           3  1  0  0   Boudreau L, ss        4  1  2  2   
Solters M, lf         4  1  2  1   Trosky H, 1b          5  0  2  1   
Rosenthal L, lf       0  0  0  0   Bell B, rf            5  0  2  0   
Appling L, ss         4  1  2  1   Keltner K, 3b         3  1  1  0   
Wright T, rf          4  0  1  0   Mack R, 2b            4  0  1  0   
Tresh M, c            3  0  1  1   Hemsley R, c          4  1  2  1   
Kennedy B, 3b         4  0  2  0   Milnar A, p           3  1  1  0   
Lee T, p              3  0  1  0   Allen J, p            1  0  0  0   
Silvestri K, ph       1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  4 10  3                        38  5 15  5

Chicago          010 102 000 --  4
Cleveland        001 012 01x --  5

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lee T (L)             8.0 15  5  5  3  5

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Milnar A*             6.0  8  4  4  3  1
Allen J (W)           3.0  2  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 7th

E -- Bell B, Wright T
DP -- Chicago 1, Cleveland 3
LOB -- Chicago 6, Cleveland 12
2B -- Chapman B, Solters M, Bell B, Boudreau L 2, Kreevich M, Keltner K
CS -- Chapman B
SH -- Webb S
T -- 1:59
A -- 5600

    

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