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Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 8 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 3

Game played on Sunday, August 28, 1938 (D) at Ponce de Leon Park, Atlanta GA
Regular-Season game

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



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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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