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Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 20 St. Louis Stars (SSA) 7

Game played on Saturday, June 12, 1937 at Stars Park, St. Louis MO
Regular-Season game

Birmingham Black Barons             2 0 6  0 6 4  1 1 0   -  20 19  1
St. Louis Stars                     0 1 3  0 0 1  0 1 1   -   7 13  4

BATTING

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Parnell Woods 3b                      6   2   2          1              
Johnny Ray cf                         3   2   2          1              
  Red Howard cf                       2   0   1          0              
Sylvester Owens 2b                    5   2   2          1              
David Whatley rf                      5   1   2          1              
Melzar Williams lf                    5   3   3          1              
Jack Bruton 1b                        5   3   3          1              
Fred Bankhead ss                      5   2   1          1              
Melvin Coleman c                      4   3   2          2              
Ben Henderson p                       3   2   1          3              
Totals                               43  20  19         12   2    27    

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Ben Henderson. 

BATTING -
2B:  David Whatley, Melzar Williams, Jack Bruton 2. 
3B:  Melvin Coleman. 
Team LOB:  8


St. Louis Stars                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Les Pearson rf                        4   0   0          1              
Joe Sparks 2b                         5   2   3          0              
Bill Carter ss                        5   1   1          0              
Luther Gilyard 1b                     4   1   1          1              
Willie Davis 3b                       5   2   2          0              
Curtis Reed cf                        5   0   0          0              
Henry Williams c                      5   0   4          0              
Marcellus Thomas lf                   4   0   1          0              
Tommy Johnson p                       2   0   0          0              
  Cornelius Augustus p                0   0   0          0              
  Robert Griffin p                    1   1   1          0              
Totals                               40   7  13          2  10    27    

FIELDING -
E: 4.  Les Pearson, Bill Carter, Curtis Reed, Marcellus Thomas. 

BATTING -
2B:  Joe Sparks 2, Luther Gilyard, Henry Williams. 
HR:  Joe Sparks. 
SH:  Robert Griffin. 
Team LOB:  9


PITCHING

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ben Henderson W                      9      13   7        2  10   1  43
Totals                               9      13   7        2  10   1  43


St. Louis Stars                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Tommy Johnson L                      4.1    13  11        2   2   0  26
Cornelius Augustus                   0.1     2   3        4   0   0  7
Robert Griffin                       4.1     4   6        6   0   0  22
Totals                               9      19  20       12   2   0  55



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