Games on June 28, 1940

7 games

The games of June 28, 1940

On June 28, 1940, 7 games went into the books. The St. Louis Cardinals routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-2, the widest margin of the day. One-run games: the Washington Senators 4-3 over the Boston Red Sox, the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-1 over the Boston Bees, the Chicago Cubs 3-2 over the Cincinnati Reds, and the Indianapolis Crawfords 5-4 over the Kansas City Monarchs. In the other games, the Cleveland Bears fell to the Birmingham Black Barons, 7-3 and the Philadelphia Athletics fell to the New York Yankees, 4-1. None of these games has a full box score on the site, so the list gives the final scores. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Jun 27, 1940 and the next, Jun 29, 1940. The 1940 season page has the standings and leaders for the year.

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