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Yankees 5 @ White Sox 6
Comiskey Park
July 27, 1940

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees, played on July 27, 1940 at Comiskey Park. The home team White Sox beat the visiting Yankees with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJuly 27, 1940 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 5 H: 9 E: 3 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 6 H: 9 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 9
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherJohnny Rigney  
Losing PitcherMarv Breuer  
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Game Winning RBIMoose Solters 

Game Info

DateJuly 27, 1940 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamChicago White Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherMarv Breuer  
Home Starting PitcherJohnny Rigney  
BallparkComiskey Park 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance7,199 
Time of Game2 hours 17 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Red Ormsby
1B: Bill Summers
2B: Eddie Rommel
3B: George Pipgras

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Knickerbocker  Shortstop 
Red Rolfe  Third Baseman 
Tommy Henrich  Right Fielder 
Joe DiMaggio  Center Fielder 
Charlie Keller  Left Fielder 
Bill Dickey  Catcher 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
Babe Dahlgren  First Baseman 
Marv Breuer  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

Chicago White Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Skeeter Webb  Second Baseman 
Mike Kreevich  Center Fielder 
Joe Kuhel  First Baseman 
Moose Solters  Left Fielder 
Taffy Wright  Right Fielder 
Luke Appling  Shortstop 
Mike Tresh  Catcher 
Bob Kennedy  Third Baseman 
Johnny Rigney  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

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Yankees 5 @ White Sox 6
Comiskey Park
July 27, 1940

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/27/1940 -- New York at Chicago (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Knickerbocker B, ss   5  0  0  0   Webb S, 2b            5  0  0  0   
Rolfe R, 3b           6  1  2  0   Kreevich M, cf        5  0  0  0   
Henrich T, rf         5  2  1  1   Kuhel J, 1b           5  1  2  1   
DiMaggio J, cf        5  1  3  0   Solters M, lf         6  1  1  1   
Keller C, lf          5  0  0  0   Wright T, rf          4  0  0  0   
Dickey B, c           5  0  0  0   Appling L, ss         5  1  1  0   
Gordon J, 2b          5  1  2  1   Tresh M, c            4  0  1  0   
Dahlgren B, 1b        4  0  1  0   Kennedy B, 3b         3  2  1  0   
Breuer M, p           5  0  0  0   Rigney J, p           5  1  3  2   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45  5  9  2                        42  6  9  4

New York         100 101 200 000 --  5
Chicago          102 002 000 001 --  6
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Breuer M (L)         11.1  9  6  4  6  1

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Rigney J (W)         12.0  9  5  2  6  5

E -- Solters M, DiMaggio J 2, Gordon J, Kuhel J
DP -- New York 1, Chicago 1
LOB -- New York 10, Chicago 9
2B -- Rigney J, Gordon J
HR -- Gordon J, Henrich T, Solters M
SB -- Keller C
SH -- Webb S
WP -- Rigney J
T -- 2:17
A -- 7199

    

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