Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 - 6 10 3 Birmingham Black Barons 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 8 1 BATTING Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Bill Byrd lf 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 Hoss Walker ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 Sammy Hughes 2b 5 1 3 1 0 0 2 4 Wild Bill Wright cf 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 Jim West 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 10 0 Biz Mackey c 4 1 1 0 0 0 9 1 Jimmy Ford 3b 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 Granville Lyons rf 4 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 Andy Porter p 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 36 6 10 6 3 0 27 10 FIELDING - DP: 1. Sammy Hughes. E: 3. Sammy Hughes, Andy Porter 2. BATTING - 2B: Sammy Hughes, Granville Lyons. 3B: Granville Lyons. SH: Hoss Walker. Team LOB: 7 Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A David Whatley rf 4 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 Parnell Woods 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Melzar Williams lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Henry McCall 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 Sylvester Owens cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Bob Smith c 4 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 Fred Bankhead 2b 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 Andrew Cephas ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 Bo Mitchell p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Dick Burton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Bert Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cliff Blackmon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 8 2 2 0 27 9 FIELDING - E: 1. Bob Smith. BATTING - Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - SB: Andrew Cephas. CS: David Whatley. PITCHING Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Andy Porter W 9 8 2 2 2 0 0 35 Totals 9 8 2 2 2 0 0 35 Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bo Mitchell L 5.2 8 5 5 1 0 0 26 Dick Burton 1.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 7 Cliff Blackmon 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 Totals 9 10 6 6 3 0 0 40 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, 8/7/1938, game 2 -- Baltimore Elite Giants at Birmingham Black Barons (D) Starting Lineups: Baltimore Birmingham 1. B.Byrd lf D.Whatley rf 2. H.Walker ss P.Woods 3b 3. S.Hughes 2b M.Williams lf 4. W.Wright cf H.McCall 1b 5. J.West 1b S.Owens cf 6. B.Mackey c B.Smith c 7. J.Ford 3b F.Bankhead 2b 8. G.Lyons rf A.Cephas ss 9. A.Porter p B.Mitchell p ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; B.Smith dropped a foul fly hit by B.Byrd; B.Byrd out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; S.Hughes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: D.Whatley singled to second base [D.Whatley to second (error by S.Hughes)]; P.Woods out on unknown play; M.Williams out on unknown play; H.McCall out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Black Barons 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: W.Wright out on unknown play; J.West out on unknown play; B.Mackey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: S.Owens singled; B.Smith singled [S.Owens to second]; F.Bankhead singled [S.Owens scored, B.Smith to second]; A.Cephas lined into a double play (S.Hughes unassisted) [B.Smith out at second]; B.Mitchell out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Black Barons 1. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: J.Ford singled; G.Lyons doubled [J.Ford scored]; A.Porter out on unknown play; B.Byrd out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 3RD: D.Whatley singled; D.Whatley was caught stealing second (B.Mackey to H.Walker); P.Woods out on unknown play; M.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 1, Black Barons 1. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: S.Hughes doubled; W.Wright singled [S.Hughes scored]; J.West out on unknown play; B.Mackey singled [W.Wright to second]; J.Ford out on unknown play; G.Lyons out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 2, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 4TH: H.McCall singled; H.McCall was picked off first, but was safe on an error by A.Porter [H.McCall to second]; S.Owens out on unknown play; B.Smith out on unknown play; F.Bankhead walked; A.Cephas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 2, Black Barons 1. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: A.Porter out on unknown play; B.Byrd out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 2, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 5TH: B.Mitchell out on unknown play; D.Whatley singled; D.Whatley was picked off first, but was safe on an error by A.Porter [D.Whatley to second]; P.Woods out on unknown play; M.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 2, Black Barons 1. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: S.Hughes singled; W.Wright out on unknown play; J.West walked [S.Hughes to second]; B.Mackey forced S.Hughes (unknown fielder) [J.West to second, B.Mackey to first]; J.Ford singled [J.West scored, B.Mackey to second]; G.Lyons tripled [B.Mackey scored, J.Ford scored]; D.BURTON REPLACED B.MITCHELL (PITCHING); A.Porter out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 5, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 6TH: H.McCall out on unknown play; S.Owens out on unknown play; B.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 5, Black Barons 1. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: B.Byrd walked; H.Walker singled [B.Byrd to second]; S.Hughes singled [B.Byrd scored, H.Walker to second]; W.Wright out on unknown play; J.West out on unknown play; B.Mackey out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 6, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 7TH: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; A.Cephas walked; B.JOHNSON BATTED FOR D.BURTON; A.Cephas stole second; B.Johnson out on unknown play; D.Whatley singled [A.Cephas scored]; P.Woods out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 6, Black Barons 2. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: C.BLACKMON REPLACED B.JOHNSON (PITCHING); J.Ford out on unknown play; G.Lyons out on unknown play; A.Porter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 6, Black Barons 2. BLACK BARONS 8TH: M.Williams out on unknown play; H.McCall out on unknown play; S.Owens out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 6, Black Barons 2. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: B.Byrd walked; H.Walker out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Byrd to second]; S.Hughes out on unknown play; W.Wright out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 6, Black Barons 2. BLACK BARONS 9TH: B.Smith out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; A.Cephas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 6, Black Barons 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Elite Giants 6 10 3 7 Black Barons 2 8 1 6
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