5/15/1940, LAF40-ROC40, Polo Grounds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1940 Blue Sox 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 16 0 10 1 1940 Arsenal 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 12 0 9 2 Blue Sox AB R H BI AVG Arsenal AB R H BI AVG Orengo 2b 5 1 2 0 .313 Hack 3b 5 2 2 0 .378 Cooney cf 5 0 1 0 .370 Solters cf 5 1 1 0 .350 Handley 3b 5 1 2 1 .409 Keller rf 4 1 2 1 .236 Nicholson lf 4 0 2 1 .286 Greenberg lf 4 1 2 1 .358 Danning c 4 0 0 0 .248 Foxx c 4 0 1 3 .337 Owen,Mi c 0 0 0 0 .429 Herman,Bi 2b 4 0 1 0 .320 Grace rf 5 1 3 0 .306 Gantenbein 1b 1 0 1 0 .250 Dahlgren 1b 4 1 3 0 .214 Ripple ph 0 0 0 0 .333 Marion ss 4 1 2 2 .221 Lanahan p 0 0 0 0 .000 Posedel p 4 0 1 1 .188 Simmons ph 1 0 0 0 .176 Russell,J p 0 0 0 0 .000 Niggeling p 0 0 0 0 .000 40 5 16 5 Bragan ss 2 0 0 0 .156 Selkirk ph 1 0 0 0 .317 Lillard,B ss 0 0 0 0 .313 Davis,S ph 1 1 1 1 .382 Auker p 2 0 1 0 .214 Hopp ph 2 0 0 0 .283 36 6 12 6 Blue Sox INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Posedel 7.0 8 3 3 2 2 96 68 3.12 Russell,J BS 1, L 0-2 1.2 4 3 3 2 0 37 20 16.20 8.2 12 6 6 4 2 133 88 Arsenal INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Auker 7.0 11 2 2 1 2 99 68 2.14 Lanahan 1.0 4 2 2 0 0 23 15 4.50 Niggeling W 3-1 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 18 10 3.60 9.0 16 5 5 1 4 140 93 LAF: Owen,Mi inserted at c in the 9th ROC: Ripple batted for Gantenbein in the 7th Selkirk batted for Bragan in the 7th Hopp batted for Auker in the 7th Lillard,B inserted at ss in the 8th Hopp moved to 1b in the 8th Simmons batted for Lanahan in the 8th Davis,S batted for Lillard,B in the 9th 2B-Dahlgren, Posedel, Hack 2, Keller, Foxx, Herman,Bi, Gantenbein. 3B-Nicholson, Marion. HR-Handley(1), Greenberg(13), Davis,S(3). K-Cooney, Nicholson, Posedel 2, Solters, Foxx. BB-Nicholson, Keller, Greenberg, Gantenbein, Ripple. SF-Foxx. HBP-Danning. HB-Niggeling. GWRBI: Foxx Temperature: 58, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to center at 12 MPH. 5/15/1940, LAF40-ROC40, Polo Grounds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1940 Blue Sox 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 16 0 10 1 1940 Arsenal 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 12 0 9 2 Blue Sox -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Orengo 2b 1>S 7 S 7>63 53 Cooney cf 7 S.2-3;1-2 46/f 63 9>Niggeling k Handley 3b 7 3/fl 5>9 S HR Nicholson lf T.1-H 3>S W 43 k Danning c 4 note 1 3 8>Lanahan HBP 43 Owen,Mi c Grace rf 2>S S 5/L S 9 Dahlgren 1b S.1-3 9 6>D S.1x3(75) Marion ss S.3-H;1-2 4>53 note 2 T.1-H Posedel p k/b k 463/gdp D.3-H Russell,J p 1: 6/ldp.1x1(63) 2: 26/b.2x3;B-1 Arsenal -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Hack 3b 1>8 4 6>5/fl 8>D D Solters cf k 361/gdp 9 S.2-3 63 Keller rf 9 4>53 D S.3-H;1-3 W Greenberg lf 2>HR 53 23 Russell,J S.2-3;1-2 W.1-2 Foxx c 63 8 7>k note 1 note 2 Herman,Bi 2b 7 5>23/b D note 3 Gantenbein 1b W D Ripple ph IW Lanahan p Simmons ph 7 Niggeling p Bragan ss 54/f 63 Selkirk ph note 4 Lillard,B ss Davis,S ph 9>HR Auker p 3>S 9 Hopp ph 54/f 4 1: 8/SF.3-H;2-3 2: D.3-H;2-H;1-3 3: 42.3xH;1-2;B-1 4: 36/f.2-3;B-1 Blue Sox IN OUT ER Arsenal IN OUT ER Posedel A1 D3 3 Auker A1 D4 2 Russell,J D4 E5 3 BS 1, L 0-2 Lanahan D5 E1 2 Niggeling E2 E6 1 W 3-1 5/15/1940, LAF40-ROC40, Polo Grounds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1940 Blue Sox 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 16 0 10 1 1940 Arsenal 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 12 0 9 2 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Blue Sox batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Orengo grounded a single between first and second (CBCX) 0-0 0 1-- 02 Cooney flied out to left (11FFX) 0-0 1 1-- 10 Handley flied out to left (1BX) 0-0 2 1-- 20 Nicholson tripled deep to right center, Orengo scored (BBX) 1-0 2 --3 22 Danning popped out to second (CBFFBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Arsenal batting 1-0 0 --- 02 Hack flied out to center (FFX) 1-0 1 --- 22 Solters struck out (BCBFFFFS) 1-0 2 --- 10 Keller flied out to right (BX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Blue Sox batting 1-0 0 --- 11 Grace lined a single to left (BFX) 1-0 0 1-- 01 Dahlgren lined a single between first and second, Grace to third (CX) 1-0 0 1-3 00 Marion lined a single to right, Grace scored, Dahlgren to second (X) 2-0 0 12- 02 Posedel struck out on a fouled bunt (SbFbFb) 2-0 1 12- 01 Orengo flied out to left (CX) 2-0 2 12- 10 Cooney lined a single to shallow left, Dahlgren to third, Marion to second (BX) 2-0 2 123 10 Handley popped out to first (BX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Arsenal batting 2-0 0 --- 01 Greenberg homered deep down the left-field line (SX) 2-1 0 --- 22 Foxx grounded out to short (BCBSX) 2-1 1 --- 01 Herman,Bi lined out to left (CX) 2-1 2 --- 32 Gantenbein walked (BCBFFBB) 2-1 2 1-- 12 Bragan grounded to third, forcing Gantenbein at second (CBFX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Blue Sox batting 2-1 0 --- 01 Nicholson grounded a single between first and second (FX) 2-1 0 1-- 00 Danning lined into a double play, Bragan to Gantenbein, Nicholson out at first (>X) 2-1 2 --- 00 Grace grounded a single between first and second (X) 2-1 2 1-- 02 Dahlgren flied out to right (FSX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Arsenal batting 2-1 0 --- 00 Auker lined a single up the middle (X) 2-1 0 1-- 11 Hack popped out to second (FbBX) 2-1 1 1-- 11 Solters grounded into a double play, Dahlgren to Marion to Posedel (FBX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Blue Sox batting 2-1 0 --- 11 Marion grounded out to third (BFX) 2-1 1 --- 22 Posedel struck out (CCBBS) 2-1 2 --- 02 Orengo lined a single to right center (SFX) 2-1 2 1-- 22 Cooney grounded to second, forcing Orengo at second (11CBBSX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Arsenal batting 2-1 0 --- 01 Keller grounded out to third (FX) 2-1 1 --- 12 Greenberg grounded out to third (CBSX) 2-1 2 --- 11 Foxx flied out to center (FBX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Blue Sox batting 2-1 0 --- 32 Handley flied out to right (BFCBBX) 2-1 1 --- 30 Nicholson walked (BBBB) 2-1 1 1-- 22 Danning popped out to first (BCBFFFX) 2-1 2 1-- 31 Grace lined out to third (BBCBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Arsenal batting 2-1 0 --- 00 Herman,Bi bunted into an out to the catcher (Xb) 2-1 1 --- 01 Gantenbein grounded a double down the first base line (FX) 2-1 1 -2- 20 Bragan grounded out to short (BBX) 2-1 2 -2- 10 Auker flied out to right (BX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Blue Sox batting 2-1 0 --- 00 Dahlgren lined a double to left center (X) 2-1 0 -2- 00 Marion bunted into an out to the catcher, Dahlgren out at third, Marion to first (Xb) 2-1 1 1-- 12 Posedel grounded into a double play, Herman,Bi to Bragan to Gantenbein (1FbFbBFX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Arsenal batting 2-1 0 --- 01 Hack popped out to third (CX) 2-1 1 --- 00 Solters flied out to right (X) 2-1 2 --- 21 Keller lined a double to left center (BBCX) 2-1 2 -2- 01 Greenberg grounded out to the catcher (CX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Blue Sox batting 2-1 0 --- 01 Orengo grounded out to short (CX) 2-1 1 --- 01 Cooney grounded out to short (CX) 2-1 2 --- 10 Handley grounded a single up the middle (BX) 2-1 2 1-- 32 Nicholson grounded out to second (1BFCBB>F>F>X) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Arsenal batting 2-1 0 --- 12 Foxx struck out (FBCS) 2-1 1 --- 00 Herman,Bi grounded a double down the third base line (X) Ripple pinch hitting for Gantenbein 2-1 1 -2- 30 Ripple was walked intentionally (IIII) Selkirk pinch hitting for Bragan 2-1 1 12- 00 Selkirk grounded to first, forcing Ripple at second, Herman,Bi to third, Selkirk to first (X) Hopp pinch hitting for Auker 2-1 2 1-3 22 Hopp grounded to third, forcing Selkirk at second (CBFFBFFX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Blue Sox batting Lanahan now pitching Lillard,B now playing shortstop Hopp moved to first base 2-1 0 --- 01 Danning grounded out to second (CX) 2-1 1 --- 31 Grace reached on an infield single to short (BFBBX) 2-1 1 1-- 11 Dahlgren grounded a single between third and short, Grace out at third (1CBX) 2-1 2 1-- 22 Marion grounded a triple down the first base line, Dahlgren scored (FBFFFBFX) 3-1 2 --3 20 Posedel doubled deep to center, Marion scored (BBX) 4-1 2 -2- 01 Orengo grounded out to third (CX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Arsenal batting 4-1 0 --- 01 Hack doubled deep to center (CX) 4-1 0 -2- 12 Solters lined a single between third and short, Hack to third (FBCFFX) 4-1 0 1-3 12 Keller lined a single to right center, Hack scored, Solters to third (BCFX) Russell,J now pitching 4-2 0 1-3 32 Greenberg walked, Keller to second (CBBBFB) 4-2 0 123 11 Foxx hit a sacrifice fly to center, Solters scored, Keller to third (SBX) 4-3 1 1-3 12 Herman,Bi grounded to second, Keller out at home, Greenberg to second, Herman,Bi to first (FBSFX) Simmons pinch hitting for Lanahan 4-3 2 12- 10 Simmons flied out to left (BX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Blue Sox batting Niggeling now pitching 4-3 0 --- 02 Cooney struck out (CCS) 4-3 1 --- 11 Handley homered deep to left (FBX) 5-3 1 --- 12 Nicholson struck out (BFSS) 5-3 2 --- 30 Danning was hit by a pitch (BBBH) 5-3 2 1-- 21 Grace flied out to right (11BBFX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Arsenal batting Owen,Mi now playing catcher Davis,S pinch hitting for Lillard,B 5-3 0 --- 11 Davis,S homered deep down the left-field line (CBX) 5-4 0 --- 22 Hopp popped out to second (BSBFX) 5-4 1 --- 00 Hack lined a double to left center (X) 5-4 1 -2- 12 Solters grounded out to short (CSBX) 5-4 2 -2- 30 Keller walked (BBBB) 5-4 2 12- 10 Greenberg reached on an infield single to the pitcher, Hack to third, Keller to second (BX) 5-4 2 123 10 Foxx grounded a double down the first base line, Hack scored, Keller scored, Greenberg to third (BX)