Indianapolis ABCs 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 - 8 12 0 Atlanta Black Crackers 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 5 3 BATTING Indianapolis ABCs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A John Lyles cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 Buddy Armour ss 5 3 2 0 0 1 4 Quincy Trouppe lf 5 2 3 5 0 0 0 Ted Strong 1b 5 0 2 2 0 14 1 Bill Bradford rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bobby Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 Marshall Riddle 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 Raymond Taylor c 4 0 1 1 0 10 0 Lefty Calhoun p 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 Totals 41 8 12 8 0 2 27 15 FIELDING - DP: 1. Buddy Armour, Ted Strong, Marshall Riddle. BATTING - 2B: Buddy Armour, Quincy Trouppe 2. HR: Quincy Trouppe. Team LOB: 6 Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Hap Glenn 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Flit Holliday ph, cf 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Bill Cooper ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 Red Howard lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 Nish Williams c 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 Babe Davis 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 Don Pelham cf, 3b 4 0 1 1 0 3 3 Red Moore 1b 2 0 1 1 0 1 11 0 Joe Greene ph, 1b 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 Red Hadley rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Telosh Howard p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Scottie Duncan p 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 31 2 5 2 2 10 27 18 FIELDING - E: 3. Bill Cooper, Don Pelham, Joe Greene. BATTING - 2B: Babe Davis. 3B: Red Moore. GDP: Joe Greene. Team LOB: 4 PITCHING Indianapolis ABCs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Lefty Calhoun W 9 5 2 2 2 10 0 33 Totals 9 5 2 2 2 10 0 33 Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Telosh Howard L 5 6 5 5 0 1 1 23 Scottie Duncan 4 6 3 2 0 1 0 18 Totals 9 12 8 7 0 2 1 41 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 4567 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 6/12/1938, game 1 -- Indianapolis ABCs at Atlanta Black Crackers (D) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Atlanta 1. J.Lyles cf H.Glenn 3b 2. B.Armour ss B.Cooper ss 3. Q.Trouppe lf R.Howard lf 4. T.Strong 1b N.Williams c 5. B.Bradford rf B.Davis 2b 6. B.Robinson 3b D.Pelham cf 7. M.Riddle 2b R.Moore 1b 8. R.Taylor c R.Hadley rf 9. L.Calhoun p T.Howard p ABCS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Lyles out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: H.Glenn struck out; B.Cooper struck out; R.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 0, Black Crackers 0. ABCS 2ND: T.Strong singled; B.Bradford out on unknown play; B.Robinson out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: N.Williams walked; B.Davis out on unknown play; D.Pelham out on unknown play; R.Moore tripled to right-center [N.Williams scored]; R.Hadley out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 0, Black Crackers 1. ABCS 3RD: R.Taylor out on unknown play; L.Calhoun out on unknown play; J.Lyles out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 0, Black Crackers 1. BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: T.Howard out on unknown play; H.Glenn out on unknown play; B.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 0, Black Crackers 1. ABCS 4TH: B.Armour singled; Q.Trouppe doubled [B.Armour scored]; T.Strong out on unknown play; B.Bradford reached on an error by B.Cooper [Q.Trouppe to third, B.Bradford to first]; B.Robinson out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. ABCs 1, Black Crackers 1. BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: R.Howard walked; N.Williams struck out; B.Davis out on unknown play; D.Pelham out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 1, Black Crackers 1. ABCS 5TH: R.Taylor out on unknown play; L.Calhoun singled; J.Lyles singled to third base [L.Calhoun to second]; B.Armour reached on a fielder's choice [L.Calhoun to third, J.Lyles to second]; Q.Trouppe homered to rightfield [L.Calhoun scored, J.Lyles scored, B.Armour scored]; T.Strong out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown play; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 5, Black Crackers 1. BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: R.Moore struck out; R.Hadley out on unknown play; T.Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 5, Black Crackers 1. ABCS 6TH: S.DUNCAN REPLACED T.HOWARD (PITCHING); B.Robinson out on unknown play; M.Riddle singled to center field [M.Riddle to second (error by D.Pelham)]; R.Taylor singled [M.Riddle scored (unearned)]; L.Calhoun out on unknown play; J.Lyles out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 6, Black Crackers 1. BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: F.HOLLIDAY BATTED FOR H.GLENN; F.Holliday struck out; B.Cooper out on unknown play; R.Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 6, Black Crackers 1. ABCS 7TH: F.HOLLIDAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); D.PELHAM CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); B.Armour doubled; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play [B.Armour to third]; T.Strong out on unknown play [B.Armour scored]; B.Bradford out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 7, Black Crackers 1. BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: N.Williams out on unknown play; B.Davis doubled to left field; D.Pelham singled [B.Davis scored]; J.GREENE BATTED FOR R.MOORE; J.Greene grounded into a double play (B.Armour to M.Riddle to T.Strong) [D.Pelham out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 7, Black Crackers 2. ABCS 8TH: J.GREENE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); B.Robinson singled; B.Robinson was picked off first, but was safe on an error by J.Greene [B.Robinson to second]; M.Riddle out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play; L.Calhoun out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 7, Black Crackers 2. BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: R.Hadley out on unknown play; S.Duncan out on unknown play; F.Holliday singled; B.Cooper singled [F.Holliday to second]; R.Howard struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. ABCs 7, Black Crackers 2. ABCS 9TH: J.Lyles out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe doubled; T.Strong singled [Q.Trouppe scored]; B.Bradford out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 8, Black Crackers 2. BLACK CRACKERS 9TH: N.Williams out on unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; D.Pelham out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 8, Black Crackers 2. Final Totals R H E LOB ABCs 8 12 0 6 Black Crackers 2 5 3 4
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