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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 6 Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 2

Game played on Sunday, August 7, 1938 (D) at Rickwood Field , Birmingham AL
Exhibition game

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



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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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