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Chicago American Giants (CAG) 8 Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 7

Game played on Thursday, August 11, 1938 (N) at Athletic Park, Milwaukee WI
Regular-Season game

Atlanta Black Crackers              3 0 0  0 0 1  3 0 0   -   7 11  0
Chicago American Giants             0 4 0  0 0 0  0 0 4   -   8 11  2

BATTING

Atlanta Black Crackers               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Red Moore 1b                          4   0   1    0     1   0     2   0
Spencer Davis 3b                      4   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Babe Davis lf                         5   2   2    0     0   0     0   0
Don Pelham cf                         4   1   2    1     0   0     0   0
Bill Cooper c                         4   2   1    1     1   0     0   0
Donald Reeves rf                      5   2   3    4     0   0     0   0
Gabby Kemp 2b                         4   0   2    0     0   0     1   2
Tommy Butts ss                        4   0   0    0     1   0     1   2
Jimmy Reese p                         1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Felix Evans p                       3   0   0    1     0   0     0   0
  Eddie Dixon p                       0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               38   7  11    7     4   0    26   4

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Red Moore 2, Gabby Kemp 2, Tommy Butts 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Babe Davis, Don Pelham 2, Donald Reeves, Gabby Kemp. 
HR:  Donald Reeves. 
SH:  Don Pelham, Gabby Kemp. 
Team LOB:  10

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Babe Davis, Bill Cooper, Donald Reeves. 

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Willie Simms cf                       3   1   2    1     1   0     0   0
Herman Dunlap rf                      3   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
  Ernest Smith ph                     1   1   1    1     0   0     0   0
Wilson Redus lf                       4   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Subby Byas 1b, ss                     4   1   0    0     1   0     0   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      5   2   2    2     0   0     0   0
Frank Duncan II c                     2   1   1    2     2   0     0   0
Jesse Houston 2b                      4   0   2    2     1   0     0   0
Billy Horne ss                        2   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
  Ed Young ph, 1b                     1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Willie Cornelius p                    3   1   2    0     1   0     0   0
Totals                               32   8  11    8     8   0    27   0

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Jesse Houston, Billy Horne. 

BATTING -
2B:  Billy Horne. 
HR:  Frank Duncan II. 
SH:  Willie Simms, Billy Horne. 
HBP:  Frank Duncan II. 
GDP:  Jesse Houston, Ed Young. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Willie Simms, Subby Byas. 
CS:  Wilson Redus. 

PITCHING

Atlanta Black Crackers               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jimmy Reese                          1.1     5   4    4   1   0   1  10
Felix Evans                          6.2     4   3    3   6   0   0  28
Eddie Dixon L                        0.2     2   1    1   1   0   0  5
Totals                               8.2    11   8    8   8   0   1  43

Felix Evans pitched to 3 batters in the 9th inning
HBP:  Felix Evans. 

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Cornelius W                   9      11   7    7   4   0   1  44
Totals                               9      11   7    7   4   0   1  44



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Umpires: HP - Virgil Blueitt, 1B - Mike Armstrong

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 3954

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 8/11/1938 -- Atlanta Bl. Crackers at Chicago
Am. Giants (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Atlanta                       Chicago                       
1. R.Moore             1b        W.Simms             cf        
2. S.Davis             3b        H.Dunlap            rf        
3. B.Davis             lf        W.Redus             lf        
4. D.Pelham            cf        S.Byas              1b        
5. B.Cooper            c         A.Radcliff          3b        
6. D.Reeves            rf        F.Duncan II         c         
7. G.Kemp              2b        J.Houston           2b        
8. T.Butts             ss        B.Horne             ss        
9. J.Reese             p         W.Cornelius         p         

BL. CRACKERS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; R.Moore out on unknown play; S.Davis out on
unknown play; B.Davis doubled; D.Pelham doubled [B.Davis
scored]; B.Cooper singled [D.Pelham scored]; B.Cooper stole
second; D.Reeves singled [B.Cooper scored]; D.Reeves stole
second; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bl.
Crackers 3, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 1ST: W.Simms out on unknown play; H.Dunlap out on
unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Bl. Crackers 3, Am. Giants 0.

BL. CRACKERS 2ND: T.Butts out on unknown play; J.Reese out on
unknown play; R.Moore walked; S.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 3, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: S.Byas walked; S.Byas stole second; A.Radcliff
singled [S.Byas scored]; F.Duncan II homered [A.Radcliff
scored]; J.Houston out on unknown play; B.Horne doubled;
W.Cornelius singled [B.Horne to third]; W.Simms singled [B.Horne
scored, W.Cornelius to second]; F.EVANS REPLACED J.REESE
(PITCHING); H.Dunlap out on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown
play; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 3, Am. Giants 4.

BL. CRACKERS 3RD: B.Davis out on unknown play; D.Pelham
doubled; B.Cooper out on unknown play; D.Reeves out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 3, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: S.Byas out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on
unknown play; F.Duncan II out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Bl. Crackers 3, Am. Giants 4.

BL. CRACKERS 4TH: G.Kemp reached on an error by J.Houston
[G.Kemp to first]; T.Butts out on unknown play; F.Evans out on
unknown play; R.Moore out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Bl. Crackers 3, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: J.Houston walked; B.Horne out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Houston to second]; W.Cornelius
walked; W.Simms out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[J.Houston to third, W.Cornelius to second]; H.Dunlap out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 3, Am. Giants
4.

BL. CRACKERS 5TH: S.Davis walked; B.Davis out on unknown play;
D.Pelham out on unknown play; B.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 3, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: W.Redus walked; W.Redus was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); S.Byas out on unknown play; A.Radcliff
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 3, Am.
Giants 4.

BL. CRACKERS 6TH: D.Reeves doubled; G.Kemp out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [D.Reeves to third]; T.Butts walked;
F.Evans reached on an error by B.Horne [D.Reeves scored, T.Butts
to second, F.Evans to first]; R.Moore out on unknown play;
S.Davis out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Bl. Crackers
4, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: F.Duncan II was hit by a pitch; J.Houston
grounded into a double play (T.Butts to G.Kemp to R.Moore)
[F.Duncan II out at second]; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 4, Am. Giants 4.

BL. CRACKERS 7TH: B.Davis singled; B.Davis stole second;
D.Pelham out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Davis to
third]; B.Cooper walked; D.Reeves homered [B.Davis scored,
B.Cooper scored]; G.Kemp doubled; T.Butts out on unknown play;
F.Evans out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bl. Crackers
7, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: W.Cornelius out on unknown play; W.Simms
singled; W.Simms stole second; H.Dunlap walked; W.Redus out on
unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Bl. Crackers 7, Am. Giants 4.

BL. CRACKERS 8TH: R.Moore singled; S.Davis out on unknown play;
B.Davis out on unknown play; D.Pelham out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 7, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; F.Duncan II
walked; J.Houston singled [F.Duncan II to second]; E.YOUNG
BATTED FOR B.HORNE; E.Young grounded into a double play (G.Kemp
to T.Butts to R.Moore) [J.Houston out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 7, Am. Giants 4.

BL. CRACKERS 9TH: S.BYAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
E.YOUNG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); B.Cooper out on unknown
play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; G.Kemp singled; T.Butts out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 7, Am.
Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: W.Cornelius singled; W.Simms walked
[W.Cornelius to second]; E.SMITH BATTED FOR H.DUNLAP; E.Smith
singled [W.Cornelius scored, W.Simms to second]; E.DIXON
REPLACED F.EVANS (PITCHING); W.Redus out on unknown play; S.Byas
out on unknown play; A.Radcliff singled [W.Simms scored, E.Smith
to second]; F.Duncan II walked [E.Smith to third, A.Radcliff to
second]; J.Houston singled [E.Smith scored, A.Radcliff scored,
F.Duncan II to second]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 7,
Am. Giants 8.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Bl. Crackers     7  11   0  10
 Am. Giants       8  11   2   9


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