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Detroit Stars (DT2) 12 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 6

Game played on Tuesday, June 29, 1937 (N) at Lippincott Park, South Bend IN
Regular-Season game

Chicago American Giants             0 0 1  0 0 2  1 0 2   -   6 10  1
Detroit Stars                       0 2 1  0 3 0  0 6 x   -  12 17  4

BATTING

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Roosevelt Tate rf                     5   0   0    0     0         2   0
Tobias Barnes 3b                      4   2   2    0     1         2   4
Alex Radcliff ss                      4   1   2    5     1         2   6
Luther Gilyard 1b                     4   0   1    0     0         9   0
  Zack Clayton 1b                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Wilson Redus lf                       4   0   0    0     0         2   0
Joe Sparks 2b                         3   0   0    0     0         5   0
  Subby Byas 2b                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Herman Dunlap cf                      4   2   1    0     0         0   0
Paul Hardy c                          4   1   1    0     0         2   0
Joe Lillard p                         3   0   3    1     0         0   5
  Zell Miles p                        1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               38   6  10    6     2   6    24  15

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Alex Radcliff, Luther Gilyard. 
E: 1.  Alex Radcliff. 

BATTING -
2B:  Joe Lillard. 
3B:  Alex Radcliff. 
HR:  Alex Radcliff. 
GDP:  Alex Radcliff, Wilson Redus. 
Team LOB:  7


Detroit Stars                        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Alphonse Dunn 1b                      3   3   1    0     2        11   0
Red Hale ss                           5   2   2    2     0         3   4
Turkey Stearnes cf                    4   1   1    3     1         2   0
Bill Hoskins lf                       5   2   4    4     0         1   0
Roosevelt Cox 2b                      5   2   3    0     0         3   4
Eli Underwood rf                      5   0   3    2     0         2   0
Charley House 3b                      5   1   1    1     0   1     0   1
Shirley Petway c                      4   0   2    0     0         5   1
Dean Thomas p                         4   1   0    0     0         0   1
Totals                               40  12  17   12     3   2    27  11

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Alphonse Dunn 2, Red Hale 2, Roosevelt Cox 2. 
E: 4.  Alphonse Dunn, Red Hale, Roosevelt Cox, Shirley Petway. 

BATTING -
3B:  Eli Underwood. 
HR:  Turkey Stearnes, Bill Hoskins. 
GDP:  Roosevelt Cox. 
Team LOB:  7


PITCHING

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Joe Lillard L                        7.2    15  11   11   3   1   2  40
Zell Miles                           0.1     2   1    1   0   1   0  3
Totals                               8      17  12   12   3   2   2  43


Detroit Stars                        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Dean Thomas W                        9      10   6    4   2   6   1  40
Totals                               9      10   6    4   2   6   1  40



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Umpires: HP -  DeRose, 1B -  Horvath

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 1200

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 6/29/1937 -- Chicago American Giants at Detroit
Stars (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Chicago                       Detroit                       
1. R.Tate              rf        A.Dunn              1b        
2. T.Barnes            3b        R.Hale              ss        
3. A.Radcliff          ss        T.Stearnes          cf        
4. L.Gilyard           1b        B.Hoskins           lf        
5. W.Redus             lf        R.Cox               2b        
6. J.Sparks            2b        E.Underwood         rf        
7. H.Dunlap            cf        C.House             3b        
8. P.Hardy             c         S.Petway            c         
9. J.Lillard           p         D.Thomas            p         

AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; R.Tate out on unknown play; T.Barnes
singled; A.Radcliff grounded into a double play (R.Hale to R.Cox
to A.Dunn) [T.Barnes out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
American Giants 0, Stars 0.

STARS 1ST: A.Dunn out on unknown play; R.Hale out on unknown
play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
American Giants 0, Stars 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: L.Gilyard singled; W.Redus grounded into a
double play (R.Hale to R.Cox to A.Dunn) [L.Gilyard out at
second]; J.Sparks out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
American Giants 0, Stars 0.

STARS 2ND: B.Hoskins singled; R.Cox singled [B.Hoskins to
second]; E.Underwood singled [B.Hoskins scored, R.Cox to third];
C.House out on unknown play [R.Cox scored]; S.Petway out on
unknown play; D.Thomas out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  American Giants 0, Stars 2.

AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: H.Dunlap singled; P.Hardy out on unknown
play; J.Lillard doubled [H.Dunlap scored]; R.Tate out on unknown
play; T.Barnes out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
American Giants 1, Stars 2.

STARS 3RD: A.Dunn singled; R.Hale out on unknown play;
T.Stearnes walked [A.Dunn to second]; B.Hoskins singled [A.Dunn
scored, T.Stearnes to second]; R.Cox out on unknown play;
E.Underwood out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  American
Giants 1, Stars 3.

AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: A.Radcliff reached on an error by A.Dunn
[A.Radcliff to first]; A.Radcliff was picked off first, but was
safe on an error by S.Petway [A.Radcliff to second]; L.Gilyard
out on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; J.Sparks out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 1, Stars
3.

STARS 4TH: C.House out on unknown play; S.Petway out on unknown
play; D.Thomas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
American Giants 1, Stars 3.

AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: H.Dunlap out on unknown play; P.Hardy out
on unknown play; J.Lillard singled; R.Tate out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 1, Stars 3.

STARS 5TH: A.Dunn walked; R.Hale singled [A.Dunn to second];
T.Stearnes homered [A.Dunn scored, R.Hale scored]; B.Hoskins
singled; R.Cox grounded into a double play (A.Radcliff to
L.Gilyard) [B.Hoskins out at second]; E.Underwood singled;
C.House out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American
Giants 1, Stars 6.

AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: T.Barnes reached on an error by R.Hale
[T.Barnes to first]; A.Radcliff homered to left-center [T.Barnes
scored (unearned)]; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; W.Redus out
on unknown play; J.Sparks out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  American Giants 3, Stars 6.

STARS 6TH: S.Petway singled; D.Thomas out on unknown play;
A.Dunn out on unknown play; R.Hale out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 3, Stars 6.

AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: H.Dunlap reached on an error by R.Cox
[H.Dunlap to first]; P.Hardy out on unknown play; J.Lillard
singled [H.Dunlap to second]; R.Tate out on unknown play;
T.Barnes walked [H.Dunlap to third, J.Lillard to second];
A.Radcliff walked [H.Dunlap scored (unearned), J.Lillard to
third, T.Barnes to second]; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  American Giants 4, Stars 6.

STARS 7TH: Z.CLAYTON REPLACED L.GILYARD (PLAYING 1B); S.BYAS
REPLACED J.SPARKS (PLAYING 2B); T.Stearnes out on unknown play;
B.Hoskins out on unknown play; R.Cox singled to shortstop [R.Cox
to second (error by A.Radcliff)]; E.Underwood out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 4, Stars 6.

AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: W.Redus out on unknown play; S.Byas out on
unknown play; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  American Giants 4, Stars 6.

STARS 8TH: C.House singled; S.Petway singled [C.House to
second]; D.Thomas forced S.Petway (unknown fielder) [C.House to
third, D.Thomas to first]; A.Dunn walked [D.Thomas to second];
R.Hale singled [C.House scored, D.Thomas scored, A.Dunn to
second]; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; B.Hoskins homered
[A.Dunn scored, R.Hale scored]; Z.MILES REPLACED J.LILLARD
(PITCHING); R.Cox singled; E.Underwood tripled [R.Cox scored];
C.House struck out; 6 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American Giants 4,
Stars 12.

AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: P.Hardy singled; Z.Miles out on unknown
play; R.Tate out on unknown play; T.Barnes singled [P.Hardy to
second]; A.Radcliff tripled [P.Hardy scored, T.Barnes scored];
Z.Clayton out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  American
Giants 6, Stars 12.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 American Giants   6  10   1   7
 Stars           12  17   4   7


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