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Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 6 Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 4

Game played on Wednesday, June 8, 1938 (N) at Martin-Perry Field, West York PA
Regular-Season game

Baltimore Elite Giants              0 0 0  1 0 1  0 0 2   -   4  7  0
Philadelphia Stars                  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 2 4   -   6  8  0

BATTING

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       4   1   2    0     1         3   0
Sammy Hughes 2b                       5   1   2    2     0         0   6
Wild Bill Wright rf                   3   0   0    0     1         3   0
Jim West 1b                           4   0   0    0     1        10   0
Biz Mackey c                          4   0   1    1     0         8   1
Lonnie Summers lf                     3   1   1    0     1         0   0
Hoss Walker ss                        3   0   0    0     1         0   1
Felton Snow 3b                        3   1   1    1     1         0   3
Woody Williams p                      3   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Jimmy Direaux p                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               33   4   7    4     6   8    24  12


BATTING -
2B:  Sammy Hughes 2, Biz Mackey. 
HBP:  Wild Bill Wright. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Wild Bill Wright. 

Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Clyde Spearman rf                     3   1   2    0     2         3   1
Roy Parnell lf                        5   1   2    0     0         1   0
George Giles 1b                       2   0   0    0     1         6   0
  Bill Perkins 1b                     2   1   1    1     0         1   0
Pat Patterson 2b                      4   1   2    2     1         3   3
Jake Dunn ss                          4   1   0    0     0         2   4
Dewey Creacy 3b                       2   1   0    0     2         2   1
Curtis Harris c                       4   0   1    0     0         7   2
Paul Dixon cf                         2   0   0    1     2         2   0
Henry McHenry p                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Jack Bruton p                       2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Slim Jones ph                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Henry Miller p                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               32   6   8    4     8   8    27  11


BATTING -
2B:  Roy Parnell. 
HR:  Pat Patterson. 
Team LOB:  10


PITCHING

Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Woody Williams                       7.2     4   2    2   6   6   0  33
Jimmy Direaux L                      0.1     4   4    4   2   2   1  7
Totals                               8       8   6    6   8   8   1  40

Jimmy Direaux pitched to 4 batters in the 9th inning
WP:  Jimmy Direaux 2. 

Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Henry McHenry                        3.2     3   1    1   2   3   0  16
Jack Bruton                          4.1     3   1    1   2   3   0  18
Henry Miller W                       1       1   2    2   2   2   0  6
Totals                               9       7   4    4   6   8   0  40

HBP:  Henry Miller. 


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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP - James Crump, 1B - Phil Cockrell

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 800

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Wednesday, 6/8/1938 -- Baltimore Elite Giants at
Philadelphia Stars (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Baltimore                     Philadelphia                  
1. H.Kimbro            cf        C.Spearman          rf        
2. S.Hughes            2b        R.Parnell           lf        
3. W.Wright            rf        G.Giles             1b        
4. J.West              1b        P.Patterson         2b        
5. B.Mackey            c         J.Dunn              ss        
6. L.Summers           lf        D.Creacy            3b        
7. H.Walker            ss        C.Harris            c         
8. F.Snow              3b        P.Dixon             cf        
9. W.Williams          p         H.McHenry           p         

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; H.Kimbro singled; S.Hughes out on unknown
play; W.Wright out on unknown play; J.West out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Stars 0.

STARS 1ST: C.Spearman singled; R.Parnell out on unknown play;
G.Giles walked [C.Spearman to second]; P.Patterson out on
unknown play [C.Spearman to third, G.Giles to second]; J.Dunn
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 0,
Stars 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: B.Mackey out on unknown play; L.Summers out
on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Stars 0.

STARS 2ND: D.Creacy out on unknown play; C.Harris out on
unknown play; P.Dixon out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Elite Giants 0, Stars 0.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: F.Snow out on unknown play; W.Williams out on
unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Stars 0.

STARS 3RD: H.McHenry out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on
unknown play; R.Parnell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Stars 0.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: S.Hughes doubled; W.Wright out on unknown
play; J.West out on unknown play; B.Mackey doubled to right
field [S.Hughes scored]; L.Summers walked; H.Walker walked
[B.Mackey to third, L.Summers to second]; J.BRUTON REPLACED
H.MCHENRY (PITCHING); F.Snow out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Stars 0.

STARS 4TH: G.Giles out on unknown play; P.Patterson out on
unknown play; J.Dunn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Elite Giants 1, Stars 0.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: W.Williams out on unknown play; H.Kimbro
singled; S.Hughes out on unknown play; W.Wright walked [H.Kimbro
to second]; J.West walked [H.Kimbro to third, W.Wright to
second]; B.Mackey out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 
Elite Giants 1, Stars 0.

STARS 5TH: D.Creacy out on unknown play; C.Harris out on
unknown play; P.Dixon out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Elite Giants 1, Stars 0.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: L.Summers singled; H.Walker out on unknown
play [L.Summers to second]; F.Snow singled [L.Summers scored];
W.Williams out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 2, Stars 0.

STARS 6TH: J.Bruton out on unknown play; C.Spearman singled;
R.Parnell singled [C.Spearman to second]; G.Giles out on unknown
play; P.Patterson walked [C.Spearman to third, R.Parnell to
second]; J.Dunn out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 
Elite Giants 2, Stars 0.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: B.PERKINS REPLACED G.GILES (PLAYING 1B);
S.Hughes out on unknown play; W.Wright out on unknown play;
J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Elite Giants
2, Stars 0.

STARS 7TH: D.Creacy walked; C.Harris out on unknown play;
P.Dixon walked [D.Creacy to second]; J.Bruton out on unknown
play; C.Spearman walked [D.Creacy to third, P.Dixon to second];
R.Parnell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Elite
Giants 2, Stars 0.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: B.Mackey out on unknown play; L.Summers out
on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 2, Stars 0.

STARS 8TH: B.Perkins out on unknown play; P.Patterson singled;
J.Dunn forced P.Patterson (unknown fielder) [J.Dunn to first];
D.Creacy walked [J.Dunn to second]; J.DIREAUX REPLACED
W.WILLIAMS (PITCHING); C.Harris singled [J.Dunn to third,
D.Creacy to second]; P.Dixon walked [J.Dunn scored, D.Creacy to
third, C.Harris to second]; J.Direaux threw a wild pitch
[D.Creacy scored, C.Harris to third, P.Dixon to second]; S.JONES
BATTED FOR J.BRUTON; S.Jones out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Elite Giants 2, Stars 2.

ELITE GIANTS 9TH: H.MILLER REPLACED S.JONES (PITCHING); F.Snow
walked; J.Direaux out on unknown play; H.Kimbro walked [F.Snow
to second]; S.Hughes doubled to right field (C.Spearman to
D.Creacy) [F.Snow scored, H.Kimbro scored, S.Hughes out at
third]; W.Wright was hit by a pitch; W.Wright stole second;
J.West out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants
4, Stars 2.

STARS 9TH: C.Spearman walked; R.Parnell doubled [C.Spearman to
third]; J.Direaux threw a wild pitch [C.Spearman scored,
R.Parnell to third]; B.Perkins singled [R.Parnell scored];
P.Patterson homered to rightfield [B.Perkins scored]; 4 R, 3 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Elite Giants 4, Stars 6.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Elite Giants     4   7   0   9
 Stars            6   8   0  10


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