Games on August 2, 1940

The games of August 2, 1940

On August 2, 1940, 11 games went into the books. The Chicago White Sox routed the Washington Senators 10-2, the widest margin of the day. Runs came easiest when the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 12-9. A shutout went on the board for the St. Louis Browns over the Philadelphia Athletics (5-0). One-run games: the Chicago Cubs 4-3 over the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Boston Bees 4-3 over the Cincinnati Reds, and the New York Giants 5-4 over the St. Louis Cardinals. Elsewhere, the Boston Bees beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-3, the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 10-2, the Indianapolis Crawfords fell to the Kansas City Monarchs, 6-6, the St. Louis Cardinals topped the New York Giants 3-1, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2. The Indianapolis Crawfords and the Kansas City Monarchs played to a 6-6 tie. The Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Bees and the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Giants each met twice, as doubleheaders. The list shows final scores; no game on this date has a full box score here. Neighboring dates are one click away: the previous game day, Aug 1, 1940 and the next, Aug 3, 1940. For the wider picture, see the 1940 season.