Boston Red Sox 7 – 10 Detroit Tigers
20 May 1940 · DET04
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game · 3 | Pinky Higgins | 1 in 321 games |
| 33 | final score 10–7 | 1 in 278 games | |
| 14 | 3 walks | Charlie Gehringer | 1 in 192 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| Detroit Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 10 | 12 | 0 |
Box score
Boston Red Sox batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Finney | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc Cramer | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ted Williams | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmie Foxx | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Joe Cronin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Doerr | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Tabor | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gene Desautels | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Red Nonnenkamp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lefty Grove | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Mickey Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 34 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
Boston Red Sox pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lefty Grove | 6.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Herb Hash | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Wilson | 0.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Harris | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Detroit Tigers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Bartell | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2B |
| Barney McCosky | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Charlie Gehringer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Hank Greenberg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rudy York | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Pinky Higgins | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 HR |
| Pete Fox | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Birdie Tebbetts | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | HR, 2B |
| Tommy Bridges | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Schoolboy Rowe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 35 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
Detroit Tigers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Bridges | 4.1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Schoolboy Rowe | 4.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |