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Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 2 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 0

Game played on Sunday, May 22, 1938 (D) at South Side Park III, Chicago IL
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 0  0 1 0  1 0 0   -   2  7  1
Chicago American Giants             0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   0  6  1

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Lloyd Davenport cf                    5   0   1    0     0   1     0   0
Jelly Taylor 1b                       4   1   1    0     1   1    11   0
Cowan Hyde lf                         5   0   0    0     0         2   0
Neil Robinson ss                      4   0   2    1     0         1   4
Nat Rogers rf                         3   0   0    0     1         1   0
Larry Brown c                         3   0   1    0     1         9   0
Red Longley 2b                        3   0   0    0     1         1   2
Bob Smith 3b                          4   1   1    0     0         1   2
Ted Radcliffe p                       4   0   1    1     0         1   5
Totals                               35   2   7    2     4   5    27  13

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Jelly Taylor. 

BATTING -
2B:  Bob Smith. 
IW:  Nat Rogers. 
Team LOB:  10


Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Rainey Bibbs 2b                       4   0   0    0     0         1   6
Herman Dunlap rf                      4   0   1    0     0         2   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Turkey Stearnes cf                    4   0   2    0     0         2   0
Subby Byas c                          4   0   1    0     0         5   0
Ormond Sampson ss                     4   0   2    0     0   1     1   3
Wilson Redus lf                       3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Luther Gilyard 1b                     2   0   0    0     0   1    15   0
  Ed Young ph, 1b                     1   0   0    0     0   1     1   0
Jesse Houston p                       2   0   0    0     0         0   5
  Leland Davis ph                     1   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
  Ted Trent p                         0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               33   0   6    0     0   9    27  14

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Ormond Sampson. 

BATTING -
3B:  Ormond Sampson. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Turkey Stearnes, Subby Byas. 

PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ted Radcliffe W                      9       6   0    0   0   9   0  33
Totals                               9       6   0    0   0   9   0  33


Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jesse Houston L                      8       7   2    1   4   3   0  36
Ted Trent                            1       0   0    0   0   2   0  3
Totals                               9       7   2    1   4   5   0  39

IW:  Jesse Houston. 


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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP - Roy Young

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 6750

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/22/1938, game 1 -- Memphis Red Sox at Chicago
American Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Chicago                       
1. L.Davenport         cf        R.Bibbs             2b        
2. J.Taylor            1b        H.Dunlap            rf        
3. C.Hyde              lf        A.Radcliff          3b        
4. N.Robinson          ss        T.Stearnes          cf        
5. N.Rogers            rf        S.Byas              c         
6. L.Brown             c         O.Sampson           ss        
7. R.Longley           2b        W.Redus             lf        
8. B.Smith             3b        L.Gilyard           1b        
9. T.Radcliffe         p         J.Houston           p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; L.Davenport out on unknown play; J.Taylor out on
unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Red Sox 0, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: R.Bibbs out on unknown play; H.Dunlap
singled; A.Radcliff forced H.Dunlap (unknown fielder)
[A.Radcliff to first]; T.Stearnes singled to right field
[A.Radcliff to second]; S.Byas lined to T.Radcliffe; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, American Giants 0.

RED SOX 2ND: N.Robinson out on unknown play; N.Rogers out on
unknown play; L.Brown singled; R.Longley out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: O.Sampson struck out; W.Redus out on
unknown play; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, American Giants 0.

RED SOX 3RD: B.Smith out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on
unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: J.Houston out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out
on unknown play; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, American Giants 0.

RED SOX 4TH: J.Taylor out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on
unknown play; N.Robinson singled; N.Rogers out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; T.Stearnes
out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, American Giants 0.

RED SOX 5TH: L.Brown out on unknown play; R.Longley out on
unknown play; B.Smith doubled to left field; T.Radcliffe singled
to center field [B.Smith scored]; L.Davenport singled to second
base [T.Radcliffe to second]; J.Taylor singled to second base
[T.Radcliffe to third, L.Davenport to second]; C.Hyde grounded
out (L.Gilyard unassisted); 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: O.Sampson tripled to left field; O.Sampson
was picked off third (T.Radcliffe to B.Smith); W.Redus popped to
R.Longley; L.Gilyard was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, American Giants 0.

RED SOX 6TH: N.Robinson out on unknown play; N.Rogers out on
unknown play; L.Brown walked; R.Longley walked [L.Brown to
second]; B.Smith grounded out (L.Gilyard unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: J.Houston out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out
on unknown play; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, American Giants 0.

RED SOX 7TH: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; L.Davenport out
on unknown play; J.Taylor walked; C.Hyde reached on an error by
O.Sampson [J.Taylor to second, C.Hyde to first]; N.Robinson
singled to left field [J.Taylor scored (unearned), C.Hyde to
second]; N.Rogers was walked intentionally [C.Hyde to third,
N.Robinson to second]; L.Brown grounded out (O.Sampson to
L.Gilyard); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 2, American
Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; T.Stearnes
out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, American Giants 0.

RED SOX 8TH: R.Longley out on unknown play; B.Smith out on
unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 2, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: O.Sampson singled to center field; W.Redus
reached on an error [O.Sampson to third, W.Redus to second
(error by J.Taylor; assist by B.Smith)]; E.YOUNG BATTED FOR
L.GILYARD; E.Young struck out; L.DAVIS BATTED FOR J.HOUSTON;
L.Davis was called out on strikes; R.Bibbs out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, American Giants 0.

RED SOX 9TH: E.YOUNG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); T.TRENT
REPLACED L.DAVIS (PITCHING); L.Davenport struck out; J.Taylor
struck out; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Red Sox 2, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: H.Dunlap out on unknown play; A.Radcliff
out on unknown play; T.Stearnes singled; S.Byas singled
[T.Stearnes to second]; T.Stearnes stole third and S.Byas stole
second; O.Sampson grounded out (N.Robinson to J.Taylor); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, American Giants 0.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          2   7   1  10
 American Giants   0   6   1   6


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