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Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 5 St. Louis Stars (SSA) 4

Game played on Thursday, May 27, 1937 (N) at White City Park, Springfield MO
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 0  0 0 1  1 3 0   -   5 12  0
St. Louis Stars                     0 1 0  0 0 1  0 0 2   -   4  9  3

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Pen Gilliard lf                       5   1   2    0     0         1   0
Leo Sanders ss                        5   0   1    0     0         2   5
Jimmy Ford 2b                         4   0   4    1     1         2   0
Nat Rogers cf                         4   0   0    1     1         4   0
Raymond Taylor c                      4   1   1    0     1         7   2
Granville Lyons 1b                    3   1   1    2     2         8   1
Bob Smith 3b                          3   1   0    0     1         2   4
Red Longley rf                        3   1   1    0     0         0   0
Goose Curry p                         3   0   2    1     1         1   1
Totals                               34   5  12    5     7   4    27  13


BATTING -
3B:  Jimmy Ford. 
HR:  Granville Lyons. 
SH:  Red Longley. 
GDP:  Granville Lyons. 
Team LOB:  10

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Pen Gilliard 3, Nat Rogers, Raymond Taylor. 
CS:  Leo Sanders. 

St. Louis Stars                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Les Pearson lf                        3   1   0    0     1         0   0
Joe Sparks 2b                         4   0   0    0     0         4   4
Bill Hoskins cf                       3   0   1    0     1         2   0
Bill Carter 3b                        4   0   2    0     0         1   1
Luther Gilyard 1b                     4   1   1    1     0         8   1
Curtis Reed p                         1   1   1    0     0         0   1
  Tommy Johnson p                     2   0   1    0     0         0   3
  Henry Williams ph                   1   1   1    1     0         0   0
Tenny Edwards c                       4   0   0    2     0         4   2
Clarence Lamar ss                     4   0   1    0     0         8   2
Joe Burke rf                          4   0   1    0     0         0   1
Totals                               34   4   9    4     2   6    27  15

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Joe Sparks, Luther Gilyard 2, Clarence Lamar 2. 
E: 3.  Joe Sparks, Tommy Johnson, Joe Burke. 

BATTING -
2B:  Bill Hoskins, Luther Gilyard, Joe Burke. 
3B:  Curtis Reed, Henry Williams. 
Team LOB:  5

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Clarence Lamar. 
CS:  Bill Carter, Joe Burke. 

PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Goose Curry W                        9       9   4    4   2   6   0  36
Totals                               9       9   4    4   2   6   0  36


St. Louis Stars                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Curtis Reed                          3       3   0    0   4   1   0  13
Tommy Johnson L                      6       9   5    5   3   3   1  29
Totals                               9      12   5    5   7   4   1  42

Curtis Reed pitched to 2 batters in the 4th inning
WP:  Tommy Johnson. 
BK:  Curtis Reed. 


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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP -  Kraft, 1B -  Coker

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 5/27/1937 -- Memphis Red Sox at   (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                                                     
1. P.Gilliard          lf        L.Pearson           lf        
2. L.Sanders           ss        J.Sparks            2b        
3. J.Ford              2b        B.Hoskins           cf        
4. N.Rogers            cf        B.Carter            3b        
5. R.Taylor            c         L.Gilyard           1b        
6. G.Lyons             1b        C.Reed              p         
7. B.Smith             3b        T.Edwards           c         
8. R.Longley           rf        C.Lamar             ss        
9. G.Curry             p         J.Burke             rf        

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; P.Gilliard singled; P.Gilliard stole second;
L.Sanders out on unknown play; J.Ford walked; P.Gilliard stole
third; N.Rogers out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0,  0.

 1ST: L.Pearson out on unknown play; J.Sparks out on unknown
play; B.Hoskins doubled; B.Carter out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0,  0.

RED SOX 2ND: G.Lyons walked; C.Reed balked [G.Lyons to second];
B.Smith lined into a double play (L.Gilyard to C.Lamar) [G.Lyons
out at second]; R.Longley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0,  0.

 2ND: L.Gilyard out on unknown play; C.Reed tripled; T.Edwards
out on unknown play [C.Reed scored]; C.Lamar out on unknown
play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,  1.

RED SOX 3RD: G.Curry walked; P.Gilliard out on unknown play;
L.Sanders singled to right field (J.Burke to B.Carter) [G.Curry
out at third]; L.Sanders was caught stealing second (T.Edwards
to C.Lamar); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,  1.

 3RD: J.Burke doubled; J.Burke was caught stealing third
(R.Taylor to B.Smith); L.Pearson out on unknown play; J.Sparks
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,  1.

RED SOX 4TH: J.Ford tripled; N.Rogers walked; T.JOHNSON
REPLACED C.REED (PITCHING); R.Taylor out on unknown play;
G.Lyons grounded into a double play (J.Sparks to C.Lamar to
L.Gilyard) [N.Rogers out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 0,  1.

 4TH: B.Hoskins out on unknown play; B.Carter singled; B.Carter
was caught stealing second (R.Taylor to L.Sanders); L.Gilyard
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,  1.

RED SOX 5TH: B.Smith out on unknown play; R.Longley out on
unknown play; G.Curry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 0,  1.

 5TH: T.Johnson singled; T.Edwards out on unknown play; C.Lamar
out on unknown play; J.Burke out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 0,  1.

RED SOX 6TH: P.Gilliard singled; P.Gilliard stole second;
L.Sanders out on unknown play; J.Ford singled [P.Gilliard to
third]; N.Rogers out on unknown play [P.Gilliard scored];
T.Johnson threw a wild pitch [J.Ford to second]; R.Taylor
walked; G.Lyons walked [J.Ford to third, R.Taylor to second];
B.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 1, 
1.

 6TH: L.Pearson walked; J.Sparks out on unknown play; B.Hoskins
walked [L.Pearson to second]; B.Carter out on unknown play;
L.Gilyard doubled [L.Pearson scored, B.Hoskins to third];
T.Johnson out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
 2.

RED SOX 7TH: R.Longley singled; G.Curry singled [R.Longley to
second]; P.Gilliard out on unknown play; L.Sanders out on
unknown play; J.Ford singled [R.Longley scored, G.Curry to
second]; N.Rogers out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Red Sox 2,  2.

 7TH: T.Edwards out on unknown play; C.Lamar out on unknown
play; J.Burke out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 2,  2.

RED SOX 8TH: R.Taylor singled to second base [R.Taylor to
second (error by J.Sparks)]; R.Taylor stole third; G.Lyons
homered [R.Taylor scored]; B.Smith walked; B.Smith was picked
off first, but was safe on an error by T.Johnson [B.Smith to
second]; R.Longley out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[B.Smith to third]; G.Curry singled to right field [B.Smith
scored, G.Curry to second (error by J.Burke)]; P.Gilliard out on
unknown play; L.Sanders out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 3 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 5,  2.

 8TH: L.Pearson out on unknown play; J.Sparks out on unknown
play; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 5,  2.

RED SOX 9TH: J.Ford singled; N.Rogers forced J.Ford (unknown
fielder) [N.Rogers to first]; N.Rogers stole second; R.Taylor
out on unknown play; G.Lyons out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 5,  2.

 9TH: B.Carter singled; L.Gilyard forced B.Carter (unknown
fielder) [L.Gilyard to first]; H.WILLIAMS BATTED FOR T.JOHNSON;
H.Williams tripled [L.Gilyard scored]; T.Edwards out on unknown
play [H.Williams scored]; C.Lamar singled; C.Lamar stole second;
J.Burke out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, 
4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          5  12   0  10
                  4   9   3   5


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