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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 4 Pittsburgh Crawfords (PTC) 3

Game played on Sunday, May 22, 1938 (D) at Greenlee Field, Pittsburgh PA
Regular-Season game

Baltimore Elite Giants              1 1 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  1  -   4  9  0
Pittsburgh Crawfords                0 0 0  3 0 0  0 0 0  0  -   3  7  0

BATTING

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       4   1   0    0     1   0     0   0
Lonnie Summers lf                     5   0   1    0     0   0     3   0
Wild Bill Wright rf                   4   0   1    1     1   0     1   0
Jim West 1b                           4   2   1    0     1   0    16   0
George Scales 3b                      5   0   2    0     0   0     2   1
Biz Mackey c                          5   0   1    1     0   1     4   1
Hoss Walker ss                        4   1   0    0     1   0     2   6
Felton Snow 2b                        4   0   0    0     0   0     2   3
Bill Byrd p                           4   0   3    1     0   0     0   7
Totals                               39   4   9    3     4   1    30  18


BATTING -
2B:  Wild Bill Wright. 
Team LOB:  9


Pittsburgh Crawfords                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gene Benson rf                        5   0   1    0     0   0     5   0
Chester Williams ss                   4   1   1    0     0   0     3   4
Sam Bankhead cf                       4   1   0    0     0   0     2   0
Napoleon Hairston lf                  4   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Harry Williams 2b                     4   1   2    2     0   0     2   1
Johnny Washington 1b                  4   0   2    1     0   0    11   1
Dan Wilson 3b                         4   0   1    0     0   0     1   0
Leon Ruffin c                         4   0   0    0     0   0     5   1
Barney Morris p                       3   0   0    0     0   0     0   5
  Leroy Matlock ph                    1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Bill Harvey pr                      0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               37   3   7    3     0   0    30  12

FIELDING -
PB: 1.  Leon Ruffin. 

BATTING -
2B:  Johnny Washington. 
Team LOB:  4


PITCHING

Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bill Byrd W                          10      7   3    3   0   0   0  37
Totals                               10      7   3    3   0   0   0  37


Pittsburgh Crawfords                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Barney Morris L                      10      9   4    3   4   1   0  43
Totals                               10      9   4    3   4   1   0  43



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/22/1938, game 1 -- Baltimore Elite Giants at  
(D)

Starting Lineups:

   Baltimore                                                   
1. H.Kimbro            cf        G.Benson            rf        
2. L.Summers           lf        C.Williams          ss        
3. W.Wright            rf        S.Bankhead          cf        
4. J.West              1b        N.Hairston          lf        
5. G.Scales            3b        H.Williams          2b        
6. B.Mackey            c         J.Washington        1b        
7. H.Walker            ss        D.Wilson            3b        
8. F.Snow              2b        L.Ruffin            c         
9. B.Byrd              p         B.Morris            p         

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; H.Kimbro walked; L.Summers singled [H.Kimbro
to third]; W.Wright out on unknown play [H.Kimbro scored];
J.West out on unknown play; G.Scales out on unknown play; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 1,  0.

 1ST: G.Benson out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown
play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Elite Giants 1,  0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: B.Mackey out on unknown play; H.Walker
walked; F.Snow out on unknown play [H.Walker to second]; B.Byrd
singled [H.Walker scored]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 2,  0.

 2ND: N.Hairston out on unknown play; H.Williams out on unknown
play; J.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Elite Giants 2,  0.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: L.Summers out on unknown play; W.Wright out
on unknown play; J.West singled; G.Scales singled [J.West to
second]; B.Mackey singled [J.West scored, G.Scales to second];
H.Walker out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite
Giants 3,  0.

 3RD: D.Wilson out on unknown play; L.Ruffin out on unknown
play; B.Morris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Elite
Giants 3,  0.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: F.Snow out on unknown play; B.Byrd singled;
H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Summers out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 3,  0.

 4TH: G.Benson singled; C.Williams singled [G.Benson to
second]; S.Bankhead forced G.Benson (unknown fielder)
[C.Williams to second, S.Bankhead to first]; N.Hairston out on
unknown play [C.Williams to third, S.Bankhead to second];
H.Williams singled [C.Williams scored, S.Bankhead scored];
J.Washington doubled [H.Williams scored]; D.Wilson out on
unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 3,  3.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: W.Wright out on unknown play; J.West walked;
G.Scales out on unknown play; B.Mackey out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 3,  3.

 5TH: L.Ruffin out on unknown play; B.Morris out on unknown
play; G.Benson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Elite
Giants 3,  3.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: H.Walker out on unknown play; F.Snow out on
unknown play; B.Byrd singled; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 3,  3.

 6TH: C.Williams out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown
play; N.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Elite Giants 3,  3.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: L.Summers out on unknown play; W.Wright
walked; J.West out on unknown play; G.Scales out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 3,  3.

 7TH: H.Williams singled; J.Washington singled [H.Williams to
second]; D.Wilson out on unknown play; L.Ruffin out on unknown
play; B.Morris out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite
Giants 3,  3.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: B.Mackey out on unknown play; H.Walker out on
unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Elite Giants 3,  3.

 8TH: G.Benson out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown
play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Elite Giants 3,  3.

ELITE GIANTS 9TH: B.Byrd out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on
unknown play; L.Summers out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 3,  3.

 9TH: N.Hairston out on unknown play; H.Williams out on unknown
play; J.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Elite Giants 3,  3.

ELITE GIANTS 10TH: W.Wright doubled to left-center; J.West
reached on a fielder's choice (unknown fielder) [W.Wright out at
third]; G.Scales singled to center field [J.West to second];
B.Mackey struck out while J.West advanced to home on a passed
ball and G.Scales advanced to second on a passed ball; H.Walker
out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 4,  3.

 10TH: D.Wilson singled; L.Ruffin out on unknown play;
L.MATLOCK BATTED FOR B.MORRIS; L.Matlock forced D.Wilson
(unknown fielder) [L.Matlock to first]; B.HARVEY RAN FOR
L.MATLOCK; G.Benson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Elite Giants 4,  3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Elite Giants     4   9   0   9
                  3   7   0   4


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