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July 17, 1940

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Marv Owen Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .263
OBP .500 .333
At Bats 2 19
Hits 1 5
• Singles 1 5
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 2 5

Al Benton Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 4 6
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Fenway Park - July 17, 1940
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Out
Al Benton
Billy Sullivan
Rudy York
Charlie Gehringer
Red Kress
Frank Croucher
Hank Greenberg
Barney McCosky
Pete Fox
Marv Owen
Johnny Peacock
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Owen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Owen hits a popup, foul, towards first. York settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on York.
Bottom 6 Peacock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Tabor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kress fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 McCosky hits a line drive into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Croucher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Benton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Doerr hits a popup towards third. Kress settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Cronin scores. Williams moves to third.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Williams reaches second base with a double. Cronin moves to third.
Bottom 5 Cronin hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 There goes Cramer. The throw from Sullivan and he is out, Croucher applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Cramer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Al Benton now pitching. DiMaggio hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kress hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sullivan hits a popup towards third. Tabor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Fox takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 York hits a fly ball into right field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ostermueller hits a line drive towards third. Kress reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Owen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Williams scores. Tabor scores.
Bottom 4 Peacock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Williams moves to third. Tabor moves to second.
Bottom 4 Tabor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 4 Doerr hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. York fields the ball and throws to Newsom covering. Safe.
Top 4 Greenberg strikes out.
Top 4 Gehringer takes first base on ball four. Kress moves to third. Croucher moves to second.
Top 4 Fritz Ostermueller now pitching. McCosky hits a fly ball into center field. Cramer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Croucher takes first base on ball four. Kress moves to second.
Top 4 Newsom bunts towards the mound. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kress takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Cronin hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cramer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. DiMaggio moves to second.
Bottom 3 DiMaggio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Croucher scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Owen hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sullivan hits a line drive into right field. DiMaggio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cronin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 York hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Peacock hits a ball on the ground towards first. York fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Tabor hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Doerr hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Owen fields it and throws to second for the out. Croucher moves to third.
Top 2 McCosky hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Croucher moves to second.
Top 2 Croucher takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Cronin hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 DiMaggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kress fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Newsom hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kress hits a ball on the ground towards third. Tabor fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Tabor. York scores. Fox moves to third. Sullivan moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Sullivan takes first base on ball four. Gehringer scores. York moves to third. Fox moves to second.
Top 1 Fox takes first base on ball four. Gehringer moves to third. York moves to second.
Top 1 York is hit by the pitch. Gehringer moves to second.
Top 1 Greenberg hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doerr settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gehringer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCosky scores.
Top 1 McCosky hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Cramer. McCosky reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Croucher strikes out.