5/6/1940, LAF40-KCB40, Griffith Stadium
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1940 Blue Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 3 9 0
1940 Blues 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 x 9 10 1 9 0
Blue Sox AB R H BI AVG Blues AB R H BI AVG
Grace rf 5 1 1 0 .271 Gordon 2b 5 2 3 2 .239
Miles,D cf 5 0 2 1 .282 Garms 3b 5 1 1 1 .310
Handley 3b 4 1 1 0 .300 McCormick,F 1b 3 2 0 0 .238
Nicholson lf 4 0 1 0 .300 Moses lf 5 2 2 2 .327
Danning c 2 0 1 1 .243 McCormick,M rf 4 0 1 1 .258
Dahlgren 1b 3 0 1 0 .176 Travis ss 4 0 0 0 .336
Wright ph 1 0 1 0 .319 Todd c 3 0 1 2 .219
Root p 0 0 0 0 .000 Cramer cf 3 1 2 1 .311
Durocher ss 3 0 0 0 .100 Craft cf 0 0 0 0 .600
Besse p 0 0 0 0 .000 Dietrich p 3 1 0 0 .222
Cooney ph 1 0 0 0 .364 Lawson p 0 0 0 0 .000
Heffner 2b 4 0 1 0 .222 35 9 10 9
Earley p 1 0 0 0 .000
Orengo ss 2 0 0 0 .308
35 2 9 2
Blue Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Earley L 0-1 5.0 9 9 8 3 0 106 62 14.40
Besse 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 27 18 0.00
Root 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 12 10 1.06
8.0 10 9 8 3 4 145 90
Blues INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Dietrich W 5-1 8.0 9 2 1 1 2 100 65 1.63
Lawson 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 10 7 0.00
9.0 9 2 1 1 4 110 72
LAF: Orengo inserted at ss in the 6th
Wright batted for Dahlgren in the 8th
Cooney batted for Besse in the 8th
Cooney moved to 1b in the 8th
KCB: Craft inserted at cf in the 9th
E-Grace, Dahlgren, Orengo, Travis. 2B-Grace. HR-Gordon(5). K-Grace, Durocher,
Orengo 2, Moses, McCormick,M 2, Dietrich. BB-Danning, McCormick,F, Travis,
Dietrich. SH-Earley, McCormick,M, Cramer. SF-Danning. HBP-McCormick,F, Todd.
HB-Earley 2.
GWRBI: McCormick,M
Temperature: 68, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 10 MPH.
5/6/1940, LAF40-KCB40, Griffith Stadium
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1940 Blue Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 3 9 0
1940 Blues 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 x 9 10 1 9 0
Blue Sox -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Grace rf 1>9 3/g.2-3 3/g D k
Miles,D cf S 3/g 53 S.2-H 43
Handley 3b 8 4>e6.B-1 6>S 43
Nicholson lf 63 S.1-3 64/f.B-1 8>63
Danning c 2>53 8/SF.3-H S.1-2 W
Dahlgren 1b 63 S.1-2 43.2-3;1-2
Wright ph S.1-2
Root p
Durocher ss 9 note 1 k
Besse p
Cooney ph note 2
Heffner 2b 3>S 43 7>8 7
Earley p 14/SH.1-2 5>63
Orengo ss k 9>Lawson
k
1: 36/f.2-3;B-1 2: 46/f.2-3;B-1
Blues -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Gordon 2b 1>63 S.2-H;1-3 4>HR 6>S e6.B-1
Garms 3b 53 43.3-H;1-2 3/g S.1-2 26/f.B-1
McCormick,F 1b HBP 43 8 W.2-3;1-2 63
Moses lf e3.1-2;B-1 3>S 63 note 1 8>Root
k
McCormick,M rf S.2-H;1-3 14/SH.1-2 5>3/g Besse k
k
Travis ss 46/f W 43 43.2-3;1-2 63
Todd c 2>53 note 2 e9.B-2 S.3-H;2-H
Cramer cf S note 3 S.2-3 13
Craft cf
Dietrich p W.1-2 7 9 7>k
Lawson p
1: S.3-H;2-H;1-2 2: HBP.2-3;1-2 3: 54/SH.3-H;2-3;1-2
Blue Sox IN OUT ER Blues IN OUT ER
Earley A1 D4 8 L 0-1 Dietrich A1 D8 1 W 5-1
Besse D5 E3 0 Lawson D9 E2 0
Root E4 E6 0
5/6/1940, LAF40-KCB40, Griffith Stadium
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1940 Blue Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 3 9 0
1940 Blues 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 x 9 10 1 9 0
Score O Rnr BS Event
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************** Top of the 1st inning, Blue Sox batting
0-0 0 --- 00 Grace flied out to right (X)
0-0 1 --- 22 Miles,D reached on an infield single to short (CFBBX)
0-0 1 1-- 11 Handley flied out to center (FBX)
0-0 2 1-- 11 Nicholson grounded out to short (FBX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Blues batting
0-0 0 --- 11 Gordon grounded out to short (BFX)
0-0 1 --- 22 Garms grounded out to third (BFFBFX)
0-0 2 --- 00 McCormick,F was hit by a pitch (H)
0-0 2 1-- 11 McCormick,F to second, Moses to first on an error by the
first baseman Dahlgren (BCX)
0-0 2 12- 10 McCormick,M singled to right center, McCormick,F scored,
Moses to third (BX)
0-1 2 1-3 00 Travis grounded to second, forcing McCormick,M at second
(1X)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Blue Sox batting
0-1 0 --- 00 Danning grounded out to third (X)
0-1 1 --- 22 Dahlgren grounded out to short (CBBFX)
0-1 2 --- 01 Durocher flied out to right (CX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Blues batting
0-1 0 --- 21 Todd grounded out to third (BBFX)
0-1 1 --- 00 Cramer lined a single to left (X)
0-1 1 1-- 31 Dietrich walked, Cramer to second (FbBBBB)
0-1 1 12- 00 Gordon lined a single to right center, Cramer scored,
Dietrich to third (X)
0-2 1 1-3 22 Garms grounded out to second, Dietrich scored, Gordon to
second (BCBFX)
0-3 2 -2- 32 McCormick,F grounded out to second (BCBFFBX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Blue Sox batting
0-3 0 --- 21 Heffner lined a single to shallow right (BCBX)
0-3 0 1-- 10 Earley sacrifice bunted to the mound, Heffner to second
(BbXb)
0-3 1 -2- 10 Grace grounded out to first, Heffner to third (BX)
0-3 2 --3 00 Miles,D grounded out to first (X)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Blues batting
0-3 0 --- 00 Moses lined a single to shallow center (X)
0-3 0 1-- 00 McCormick,M sacrifice bunted to the mound, Moses to
second (Xb)
0-3 1 -2- 32 Travis walked (CFBBBFB)
0-3 1 12- 00 Todd was hit by a pitch, Moses to third, Travis to second
(H)
0-3 1 123 00 Cramer sacrifice bunted to third, Moses scored, Travis to
third, Todd to second (Xb)
0-4 2 -23 32 Dietrich flied out to left (CBBSBFX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Blue Sox batting
0-4 0 --- 10 Handley to first on an error by the shortstop Travis (BX)
0-4 0 1-- 12 Nicholson lined a single down the right field line,
Handley to third (BCFX)
0-4 0 1-3 00 Danning hit a sacrifice fly to center, Handley scored (>X)
1-4 1 1-- 32 Dahlgren lined a single to left, Nicholson to second
(BBCBSX)
1-4 1 12- 02 Durocher grounded to first, forcing Dahlgren at second,
Nicholson to third, Durocher to first (CSX)
1-4 2 1-3 11 Heffner grounded out to second (CBX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Blues batting
1-4 0 --- 32 Gordon homered deep to left (BCBFBX)
1-5 0 --- 10 Garms grounded out to first (BX)
1-5 1 --- 32 McCormick,F lined out to center (BCFFFBBX)
1-5 2 --- 01 Moses grounded out to short (FX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Blue Sox batting
1-5 0 --- 01 Earley grounded out to short (CX)
1-5 1 --- 12 Grace grounded out to first (BCFX)
1-5 2 --- 30 Miles,D grounded out to third (BBBX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Blues batting
1-5 0 --- 10 McCormick,M grounded out to first (BX)
1-5 1 --- 00 Travis grounded out to second (X)
1-5 2 --- 11 Todd to second on an error by the right fielder Grace
(BCX)
1-5 2 -2- 21 Cramer reached on an infield single to second, Todd to
third (BBCX)
1-5 2 1-3 21 Dietrich lined out to right (BFBX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Blue Sox batting
1-5 0 --- 00 Handley reached on an infield single to second (X)
1-5 0 1-- 11 Nicholson grounded to short, forcing Handley at second,
Nicholson to first (BFX)
1-5 1 1-- 20 Danning reached on an infield single to first, Nicholson
to second (BBX)
1-5 1 12- 00 Dahlgren grounded out to second, Nicholson to third,
Danning to second (X)
1-5 2 -23 02 Durocher struck out (CCS)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Blues batting
1-5 0 --- 20 Gordon lined a single between third and short (BBX)
1-5 0 1-- 02 Garms lined a single to left, Gordon to second (CCFFX)
1-5 0 12- 32 McCormick,F walked, Gordon to third, Garms to second
(FbBSBBFFB)
1-5 0 123 00 Moses grounded a single between first and second, Gordon
scored, Garms scored, McCormick,F to second (X)
Orengo now playing shortstop
Besse now pitching
1-7 0 12- 22 McCormick,M struck out (SBSFBC)
1-7 1 12- 02 Travis grounded out to second, McCormick,F to third,
Moses to second (FFX)
1-7 2 -23 01 Todd grounded a single between third and short,
McCormick,F scored, Moses scored (CX)
1-9 2 1-- 10 Cramer grounded out to the mound (BX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Blue Sox batting
1-9 0 --- 01 Heffner flied out to center (FX)
1-9 1 --- 12 Orengo struck out (CBSS)
1-9 2 --- 10 Grace doubled deep to right center (BX)
1-9 2 -2- 01 Miles,D lined a single to left, Grace scored (FX)
2-9 2 1-- 01 Handley grounded out to second (CX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Blues batting
2-9 0 --- 22 Dietrich struck out (SFBBS)
2-9 1 --- 20 Gordon to first on an error by the shortstop Orengo (BBX)
2-9 1 1-- 12 Garms grounded to the catcher, forcing Gordon at second,
Garms to first (CBFX)
2-9 2 1-- 10 McCormick,F grounded out to short (BX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Blue Sox batting
2-9 0 --- 00 Nicholson grounded out to short (X)
2-9 1 --- 31 Danning walked (CBBBB)
Wright pinch hitting for Dahlgren
2-9 1 1-- 21 Wright grounded a single between first and second,
Danning to second (CBBX)
Cooney pinch hitting for Besse
2-9 1 12- 11 Cooney grounded to second, forcing Wright at second,
Danning to third, Cooney to first (BCX)
2-9 2 1-3 32 Heffner flied out to left (BBFSB>X)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Blues batting
Root now pitching
Cooney moved to first base
2-9 0 --- 12 Moses struck out (CFFBS)
2-9 1 --- 02 McCormick,M struck out (CFS)
2-9 2 --- 12 Travis grounded out to short (CBFX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Blue Sox batting
Lawson now pitching
2-9 0 --- 22 Orengo struck out (CBBFC)
Craft now playing center field
2-9 1 --- 02 Grace struck out (SSS)
2-9 2 --- 10 Miles,D grounded out to second (BX)