Memphis Red Sox 2 0 1 0 0 - 3 5 4 Atlanta Black Crackers 1 0 2 5 x - 8 8 1 BATTING Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Marlin Carter ss 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Cowan Hyde lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Lloyd Davenport rf 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 Neil Robinson cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 Jelly Taylor 1b 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 Larry Brown c 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 Red Longley 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Ted Radcliffe p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Leo Hannibal 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Totals 20 3 5 3 2 3 12 3 FIELDING - E: 4. Lloyd Davenport, Jelly Taylor, Red Longley 2. BATTING - 2B: Lloyd Davenport 2. SH: Cowan Hyde. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Lloyd Davenport, Larry Brown. Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Bill Cooper c 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 Spencer Davis 3b 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 Babe Davis lf 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 Don Pelham cf 3 0 2 3 0 1 0 Donald Reeves rf 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 Red Moore 1b 3 1 1 0 0 5 0 Tommy Butts ss 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 Gabby Kemp 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 Jimmy Reese p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Telosh Howard p 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 24 8 8 8 0 4 15 5 FIELDING - E: 1. Tommy Butts. BATTING - 2B: Red Moore. 3B: Don Pelham. Team LOB: 4 PITCHING Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ted Radcliffe L 4 8 8 1 0 4 0 24 Totals 4 8 8 1 0 4 0 24 Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jimmy Reese 2.1 4 3 3 1 0 0 12 Telosh Howard W 2.2 1 0 0 1 3 0 11 Totals 5 5 3 3 2 3 0 23 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - B.T. Harvey, 1B - Lewis Means Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 5000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/28/1938, game 2 -- Memphis Red Sox at Atlanta Black Crackers (D) Starting Lineups: Memphis Atlanta 1. M.Carter ss B.Cooper c 2. C.Hyde lf S.Davis 3b 3. L.Davenport rf B.Davis lf 4. N.Robinson cf D.Pelham cf 5. J.Taylor 1b D.Reeves rf 6. L.Brown c R.Moore 1b 7. R.Longley 2b T.Butts ss 8. T.Radcliffe p G.Kemp 2b 9. L.Hannibal 3b J.Reese p RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; M.Carter walked; C.Hyde out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [M.Carter to second]; L.Davenport doubled to right field [M.Carter scored]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Taylor singled to left field [L.Davenport scored]; L.Brown singled [J.Taylor to third]; L.Brown stole second; R.Longley out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: B.Cooper out on unknown play; S.Davis reached on an error by L.Davenport [S.Davis to first]; B.Davis singled to left field [S.Davis to third]; D.Pelham flied to N.Robinson [S.Davis scored (unearned)]; D.Reeves flied to L.Davenport in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Black Crackers 1. RED SOX 2ND: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; L.Hannibal out on unknown play; M.Carter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Black Crackers 1. BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: R.Moore out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Black Crackers 1. RED SOX 3RD: C.Hyde out on unknown play; L.Davenport doubled to right field; T.HOWARD REPLACED J.REESE (PITCHING); L.Davenport stole third; N.Robinson walked; J.Taylor flied to D.Reeves [L.Davenport scored]; L.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Black Crackers 1. BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: T.Howard out on unknown play; B.Cooper reached on an error by R.Longley [B.Cooper to first]; S.Davis lined to C.Hyde; B.Davis singled to right field [B.Cooper to third]; D.Pelham tripled to center field [B.Cooper scored (unearned), B.Davis scored (unearned)]; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Black Crackers 3. RED SOX 4TH: R.Longley out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe singled; L.Hannibal out on unknown play; M.Carter reached on an error by T.Butts [T.Radcliffe to second, M.Carter to first]; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 3, Black Crackers 3. BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: R.Moore doubled to right field; T.Butts reached on an error by J.Taylor [R.Moore to third, T.Butts to first]; G.Kemp out on unknown play; T.Howard singled to pitcher [R.Moore scored, T.Butts to second]; B.Cooper singled to center field [T.Butts scored (unearned), T.Howard to second]; S.Davis reached on an error by R.Longley [T.Howard to third, B.Cooper to second, S.Davis to first]; B.Davis singled [T.Howard scored (unearned), B.Cooper scored (unearned), S.Davis to second]; On a bunt D.Pelham singled [S.Davis to third, B.Davis to second]; D.Reeves flied to L.Davenport [S.Davis scored (unearned)]; R.Moore flied to N.Robinson; 5 R (1 ER), 5 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 3, Black Crackers 8. RED SOX 5TH: L.Davenport struck out; After Davenport struck out Memphis refused to send a batter to the plate; protesting that it was too dark to continue.; N.Robinson was called out on strikes; J.Taylor was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Black Crackers 8. BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: Umpire Harvey had Howard pitch despite no batters; Harvey called Robinson and Taylor out on strikes despite neither of them coming to the plate. The game was then Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 3 5 4 5 Black Crackers 8 8 1 4
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