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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                     2 0 0  0 0 0  0  -   2  7  2
Chicago American Giants             0 0 0  0 0 0  0  -   0  1  1

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Lloyd Davenport cf                    3   1   2    0     0         0   0
Jelly Taylor 1b                       3   0   1    0     0         3   1
Cowan Hyde lf                         3   1   1    1     0         3   1
Neil Robinson ss                      3   0   1    0     0   1     3   2
Nat Rogers rf                         2   0   1    1     0         3   0
Larry Brown c                         3   0   0    0     0         6   0
Red Longley 2b                        3   0   0    0     0         3   0
Bob Smith 3b                          3   0   1    0     0         0   0
Porter Moss p                         3   0   0    0     0         0   1
Totals                               26   2   7    2     0   3    21   5

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Jelly Taylor, Porter Moss. 

BATTING -
SH:  Nat Rogers. 
GDP:  Cowan Hyde. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Cowan Hyde. 
CS:  Neil Robinson. 

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Rainey Bibbs 2b                       3   0   1    0     0         0   2
Herman Dunlap rf                      3   0   0    0     0         1   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      3   0   0    0     0         1   1
Turkey Stearnes cf                    3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Ormond Sampson ss                     3   0   0    0     0         0   1
Wilson Redus lf                       2   0   0    0     0         1   0
Luther Gilyard 1b                     1   0   0    0     0         9   1
  Ed Young ph, 1b                     1   0   0    0     0   1     1   0
Paul Hardy c                          1   0   0    0     0         7   2
  Subby Byas ph, c                    1   0   0    0     0         1   0
Ted Trent p                           1   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Tommy Johnson p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Leland Davis ph                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Willie Cornelius p                  0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               23   0   1    0     0   6    21  11

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Luther Gilyard, Paul Hardy, Tommy Johnson. 
E: 1.  Ormond Sampson. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  2

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Alex Radcliff, Wilson Redus. 

PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Porter Moss W                        7       1   0    0   0   6   0  23
Totals                               7       1   0    0   0   6   0  23


Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ted Trent L                          4       6   2    2   0   2   0  19
Tommy Johnson                        2       1   0    0   0   0   0  5
Willie Cornelius                     1       0   0    0   0   1   0  3
Totals                               7       7   2    2   0   3   0  27

Ted Trent pitched to 3 batters in the 5th inning


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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 6750

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/22/1938, game 2 -- 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        O.Sampson           ss        
6. L.Brown             c         W.Redus             lf        
7. R.Longley           2b        L.Gilyard           1b        
8. B.Smith             3b        P.Hardy             c         
9. P.Moss              p         T.Trent             p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; L.Davenport singled to second base; J.Taylor
grounded out (R.Bibbs to L.Gilyard) [L.Davenport to second];
C.Hyde singled to center field [L.Davenport scored]; C.Hyde
stole second; N.Robinson was called out on strikes; N.Rogers
singled to center field [C.Hyde scored]; L.Brown lined to
H.Dunlap; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: R.Bibbs singled to left field (C.Hyde to
R.Longley) [R.Bibbs out at second]; H.Dunlap out on unknown
play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 2, American Giants 0.

RED SOX 2ND: R.Longley out on unknown play; B.Smith out on
unknown play; P.Moss out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Red Sox 2, American Giants 0.

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

RED SOX 3RD: L.Davenport out on unknown play; J.Taylor singled;
C.Hyde out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: L.Gilyard out on unknown play; P.Hardy out
on unknown play; T.Trent out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 2, American Giants 0.

RED SOX 4TH: N.Rogers out on unknown play; L.Brown out on
unknown play; R.Longley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 2, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: R.Bibbs out on unknown play; H.Dunlap out
on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, American Giants 0.

RED SOX 5TH: B.Smith singled; P.Moss reached on an error by
O.Sampson [B.Smith to second, P.Moss to first]; L.Davenport
singled to pitcher [B.Smith to third, P.Moss to second];
T.JOHNSON REPLACED T.TRENT (PITCHING); J.Taylor forced B.Smith
(L.Gilyard to P.Hardy) [P.Moss to third, L.Davenport to second,
J.Taylor to first]; C.Hyde grounded into a double play
(T.Johnson to P.Hardy to L.Gilyard) [P.Moss out at home]; 0 R, 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: T.Stearnes out on unknown play; O.Sampson
out on unknown play; W.Redus reached on an error [W.Redus to
first (error by P.Moss; assist by J.Taylor)]; E.YOUNG BATTED FOR
L.GILYARD; W.Redus stole second; E.Young struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, American Giants 0.

RED SOX 6TH: E.YOUNG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); N.Robinson
singled to left field; N.Rogers out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [N.Robinson to second]; N.Robinson was caught stealing
third (P.Hardy to A.Radcliff); L.Brown popped to E.Young in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: S.BYAS BATTED FOR P.HARDY; S.Byas out on
unknown play; L.DAVIS BATTED FOR T.JOHNSON; L.Davis out on
unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 2, American Giants 0.

RED SOX 7TH: S.BYAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); W.CORNELIUS
REPLACED L.DAVIS (PITCHING); R.Longley out on unknown play;
B.Smith out on unknown play; P.Moss out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: H.Dunlap out on unknown play; A.Radcliff
reached on an error by J.Taylor [A.Radcliff to first];
A.Radcliff stole second; T.Stearnes lined to N.Rogers; O.Sampson
grounded out (N.Robinson to J.Taylor); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Red Sox 2, American Giants 0.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          2   7   2   4
 American Giants   0   1   1   2


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