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Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
July 2, 1940
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Athletics, played on July 2, 1940 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | July 2, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Athletics
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 2, 1940 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ed Heusser |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Denny Galehouse |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 9,200 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 10 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: George Moriarty 1B: Cal Hubbard 2B: (none) 3B: Eddie Rommel |
Philadelphia Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Al Brancato | Shortstop |
| Wally Moses | Right Fielder |
| Benny McCoy | Second Baseman |
| Al Simmons | Left Fielder |
| Dick Siebert | First Baseman |
| Frankie Hayes | Catcher |
| Dee Miles | Center Fielder |
| Al Rubeling | Third Baseman |
| Ed Heusser | Pitcher |
| Connie Mack | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lou Finney | Right Fielder |
| Doc Cramer | Center Fielder |
| Ted Williams | Left Fielder |
| Jimmie Foxx | First Baseman |
| Jim Tabor | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Doerr | Second Baseman |
| Joe Cronin | Shortstop |
| Gene Desautels | Catcher |
| Denny Galehouse | Pitcher |
| Joe Cronin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
July 2, 1940
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brancato vs. Galehouse
Brancato hits a fly ball into right field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Galehouse
Moses hits a fly ball into right field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCoy vs. Galehouse
McCoy is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Heusser
Finney hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Heusser
Cramer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Heusser
Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foxx vs. Heusser
Foxx hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Galehouse
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Galehouse
Siebert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hayes vs. Galehouse
Hayes hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miles vs. Galehouse
Miles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Siebert moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rubeling vs. Galehouse
Rubeling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Galehouse fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Siebert scores. Miles moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heusser vs. Galehouse
Heusser strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabor vs. Heusser
Tabor hits a popup in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Heusser
Doerr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brancato scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Heusser
Cronin strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brancato vs. Galehouse
Brancato strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Galehouse
Moses is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCoy vs. Galehouse
McCoy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. McCoy reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Simmons vs. Galehouse
Simmons strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Desautels vs. Heusser
Desautels hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Galehouse vs. Heusser
Galehouse bunts towards first. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Desautels moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Finney vs. Heusser
Finney hits a line drive into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cramer vs. Heusser
Cramer hits a line drive into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Heusser
Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Galehouse
Siebert strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Galehouse
Hayes is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miles vs. Galehouse
Miles hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Finney who is chasing the ball. Miles reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rubeling vs. Galehouse
Rubeling is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Heusser vs. Galehouse
Heusser strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foxx vs. Heusser
Foxx hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabor vs. Heusser
Tabor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brancato scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doerr vs. Heusser
Doerr hits a popup towards short. Brancato settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brancato vs. Galehouse
Brancato hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Galehouse
Moses hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Finney. Moses reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCoy vs. Galehouse
McCoy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moses scores. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simmons vs. Galehouse
Simmons hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Finney. Simmons reaches second base with a double. McCoy goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Siebert vs. Galehouse
Siebert hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Siebert reaches second base with a double. Simmons scores. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hayes vs. Galehouse
Hayes hits a fly ball into right field. Finney settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Miles vs. Galehouse
Miles strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Heusser
Cronin hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Desautels vs. Heusser
Desautels hits a line drive into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Galehouse vs. Heusser
Galehouse is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rubeling vs. Galehouse
Rubeling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Galehouse fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heusser vs. Galehouse
Heusser takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brancato vs. Galehouse
Brancato hits a ball on the ground towards first. Foxx fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Heusser for the double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finney vs. Heusser
Finney hits a popup towards first. Siebert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Heusser
Cramer hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Heusser
Williams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Foxx vs. Heusser
Foxx hits a fly ball into center field. Miles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moses vs. Galehouse
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards first. Foxx scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moses for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCoy vs. Galehouse
McCoy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Foxx scoops it up and throws to first, with Galehouse covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Galehouse
Simmons strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tabor vs. Heusser
Tabor hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Miles. Tabor reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doerr vs. Heusser
Doerr takes first base on ball four. Tabor moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cronin vs. Heusser
Cronin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tabor scores. Doerr moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Spence vs. Heusser
Stan Spence pinch hits for Gene Desautels.
Spence hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moses who is chasing the ball. Spence reaches third base with a triple. Doerr scores. Cronin goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
DiMaggio vs. Dean
Chubby Dean now pitching. Dom DiMaggio pinch hits for Denny Galehouse.
DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rubeling fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Finney vs. Dean
Finney hits a ball on the ground towards first. Siebert juggles the ball. That's an error on Siebert. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cramer vs. Dean
Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Siebert vs. Dickman
Johnny Peacock now catching. Emerson Dickman now pitching.
Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doerr scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hayes vs. Dickman
Hayes strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miles vs. Dickman
Miles strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Dean
Williams hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moses. Williams reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Foxx vs. Dean
Foxx hits a line drive into center field. Miles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tabor vs. Dean
Tabor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rubeling fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Doerr vs. Dean
Doerr hits a fly ball into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rubeling vs. Dickman
Rubeling takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dean vs. Dickman
Dean bunts towards the mound. Dickman fields it and throws to first for the out. Rubeling moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brancato vs. Dickman
Brancato hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moses vs. Dickman
Moses hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cronin vs. Dean
Cronin hits a line drive into left field. Simmons settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carey vs. Dean
Tom Carey pinch hits for Johnny Peacock.
Carey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dean fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Glenn vs. Dean
Joe Glenn pinch hits for Emerson Dickman.
Glenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Finney vs. Dean
There's a wild pitch. Glenn moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Finney vs. Dean
Finney takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cramer vs. Dean
Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dean fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/2/1940, game 1 -- Philadelphia at Boston (D)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Brancato A, ss 5 0 0 0 Finney L, rf 4 0 0 0
Moses W, rf 5 1 1 0 Cramer D, cf 5 0 1 0
McCoy B, 2b 4 1 2 1 Williams T, lf 3 0 1 0
Simmons A, lf 4 1 1 1 Foxx J, 1b 4 0 0 0
Siebert D, 1b 4 1 2 1 Tabor J, 3b 4 1 1 0
Hayes F, c 4 0 0 0 Doerr B, 2b 3 1 0 0
Miles D, cf 4 0 2 0 Cronin J, ss 4 1 1 1
Rubeling A, 3b 2 0 1 1 Desautels G, c 2 0 1 0
Heusser E, p 2 0 0 0 Spence S, ph 1 0 1 2
Dean C, p 0 0 0 0 Peacock J, c 0 0 0 0
Carey T, ph 1 0 0 0
Galehouse D, p 1 0 0 0
DiMaggio D, ph 1 0 0 0
Dickman E, p 0 0 0 0
Glenn J, ph 1 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 4 9 4 34 3 7 3
Philadelphia 010 030 000 -- 4
Boston 000 000 300 -- 3
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Heusser E (W)* 6.0 5 3 3 2 2
Dean C (S) 3.0 2 0 0 1 0
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Galehouse D (L) 7.0 9 4 4 2 10
Dickman E 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
* Pitched to 4 batters in 7th
E -- Siebert D
DP -- Philadelphia 1, Boston 1
LOB -- Philadelphia 7, Boston 8
2B -- McCoy B, Moses W, Simmons A, Siebert D, Tabor J, Williams T
3B -- Miles D, Spence S
SH -- Galehouse D, Dean C
WP -- Heusser E, Dean C
T -- 2:10
A -- 9200
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