Atlanta Black Crackers 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 - 3 8 1 Birmingham Black Barons 1 0 2 0 1 0 x - 4 6 3 BATTING Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gabby Kemp 2b, ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 Leo Sims ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 Bill Cooper ph, c 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 Donald Reeves rf 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 Red Hadley pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nish Williams c, 2b 4 2 2 1 0 7 0 Babe Davis lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 Don Pelham cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Red Moore 1b 2 0 0 0 1 5 1 Hap Glenn 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 Telosh Howard p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 3 8 3 2 3 18 4 FIELDING - E: 1. Gabby Kemp. BATTING - 3B: Nish Williams. GDP: Nish Williams. Team LOB: 7 Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Parnell Woods 3b 4 1 1 0 0 2 4 Fred Bankhead 2b 3 0 0 0 0 4 5 David Whatley rf 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 Melzar Williams lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Lester Lockett ss 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 Henry McCall 1b 2 1 1 1 1 8 0 Sylvester Owens cf 3 0 1 2 0 3 0 Harry Barnes c 2 0 1 0 1 4 0 Elbert Eatmon p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 23 4 6 4 5 7 21 14 FIELDING - DP: 1. Fred Bankhead, Lester Lockett, Henry McCall. E: 3. Parnell Woods, Lester Lockett 2. BATTING - HR: Henry McCall. SH: Fred Bankhead. Team LOB: 7 PITCHING Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Telosh Howard L 6 6 4 4 5 7 1 29 Totals 6 6 4 4 5 7 1 29 Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Elbert Eatmon W 7 8 3 3 2 3 0 31 Totals 7 8 3 3 2 3 0 31 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/22/1938, game 2 -- Atlanta Black Crackers at Birmingham Black Barons (D) Starting Lineups: Atlanta Birmingham 1. G.Kemp 2b P.Woods 3b 2. L.Sims ss F.Bankhead 2b 3. D.Reeves rf D.Whatley rf 4. N.Williams c M.Williams lf 5. B.Davis lf L.Lockett ss 6. D.Pelham cf H.McCall 1b 7. R.Moore 1b S.Owens cf 8. H.Glenn 3b H.Barnes c 9. T.Howard p E.Eatmon p BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; G.Kemp out on unknown play; L.Sims singled; D.Reeves singled to left field (M.Williams to P.Woods) [L.Sims out at third]; N.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: P.Woods singled; F.Bankhead out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [P.Woods to second]; D.Whatley singled [P.Woods scored]; M.Williams out on unknown play; L.Lockett walked [D.Whatley to second]; H.McCall out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Black Barons 1. BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: B.Davis reached on an error by L.Lockett [B.Davis to second (error by L.Lockett)]; D.Pelham out on unknown play; R.Moore out on unknown play; H.Glenn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 2ND: S.Owens out on unknown play; H.Barnes singled to second base [H.Barnes to second (error by G.Kemp)]; E.Eatmon out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Black Barons 1. BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: T.Howard out on unknown play; G.Kemp reached on an error by P.Woods [G.Kemp to first]; L.Sims out on unknown play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 3RD: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; D.Whatley singled; M.Williams out on unknown play; L.Lockett walked [D.Whatley to second]; H.McCall walked [D.Whatley to third, L.Lockett to second]; S.Owens singled [D.Whatley scored, L.Lockett scored, H.McCall to second]; H.Barnes walked [H.McCall to third, S.Owens to second]; E.Eatmon out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Black Barons 3. BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: N.Williams singled; B.Davis singled [N.Williams to second]; D.Pelham out on unknown play; R.Moore walked [N.Williams to third, B.Davis to second]; H.Glenn singled [N.Williams scored, B.Davis to third, R.Moore to second]; T.Howard out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Black Crackers 1, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 4TH: P.Woods out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; D.Whatley walked; M.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 1, Black Barons 3. BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: B.COOPER BATTED FOR L.SIMS; B.Cooper out on unknown play; D.Reeves singled; N.Williams tripled [D.Reeves scored]; B.Davis out on unknown play [N.Williams scored]; D.Pelham out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 3, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 5TH: B.COOPER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); N.WILLIAMS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); G.KEMP CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); L.Lockett out on unknown play; H.McCall homered to right-center; S.Owens out on unknown play; H.Barnes out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 3, Black Barons 4. BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: R.Moore out on unknown play; H.Glenn out on unknown play; T.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 3, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 6TH: E.Eatmon out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 3, Black Barons 4. BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: G.Kemp out on unknown play; B.Cooper singled; D.Reeves walked [B.Cooper to second]; R.HADLEY RAN FOR D.REEVES; N.Williams grounded into a double play (L.Lockett to F.Bankhead to H.McCall) [R.Hadley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 3, Black Barons 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Crackers 3 8 1 7 Black Barons 4 6 3 7
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