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Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 6 New York Black Yankees (NY5) 4

Game played on Thursday, September 1, 1938 (N) at 44th and Parkside, Philadelphia PA
Regular-Season game

New York Black Yankees              0 0 1  0 0 1  2 0 0   -   4 11  2
Philadelphia Stars                  2 0 2  0 0 0  2 0 x   -   6  7  1

BATTING

New York Black Yankees               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Marvin Barker 3b, cf                  4   0   0    0     1   0     1   1
Leroy Morney ss                       5   2   2    1     0   0     2   3
Walter Cannady 2b                     5   0   2    0     0   0     1   7
Thad Christopher lf                   5   0   4    1     0   0     1   0
Johnny Washington 1b                  5   1   0    0     0   0    13   0
Zollie Wright rf                      4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Clarence Palm c                       3   1   2    2     1   0     5   0
Barney Brown cf, p                    4   0   1    0     0   0     1   0
Bob Clarke p, 3b                      4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               39   4  11    4     2   0    24  11

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Leroy Morney, Johnny Washington. 

BATTING -
HR:  Leroy Morney, Clarence Palm. 
Team LOB:  10


Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Roy Parnell lf                        4   1   1    1     0   0     2   0
Clyde Spearman cf                     4   1   1    0     0   0     1   0
Pat Patterson 2b                      4   1   1    2     0   0     2   4
Gene Benson rf                        4   1   1    2     0   0     2   0
Jake Dunn ss                          4   0   0    0     0   0     1   5
Bill Perkins c                        4   0   0    0     0   0     6   0
Curtis Harris 1b                      3   1   1    0     0   0    13   0
Dewey Creacy 3b                       3   1   1    0     0   0     0   3
Henry McHenry p                       3   0   1    1     0   0     0   1
Totals                               33   6   7    6     0   0    27  13

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Jake Dunn. 

BATTING -
HR:  Pat Patterson, Gene Benson. 
Team LOB:  3


PITCHING

New York Black Yankees               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bob Clarke L                         6.1     7   6    6   0   0   2  27
Barney Brown                         1.2     0   0    0   0   0   0  6
Totals                               8       7   6    6   0   0   2  33


Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Henry McHenry W                      9      11   4    4   2   0   2  41
Totals                               9      11   4    4   2   0   2  41



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Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - John Craig

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 9/1/1938 -- New York Black Yankees at
Philadelphia Stars (N)

Starting Lineups:

   New York                      Philadelphia                  
1. M.Barker            3b        R.Parnell           lf        
2. L.Morney            ss        C.Spearman          cf        
3. W.Cannady           2b        P.Patterson         2b        
4. T.Christopher       lf        G.Benson            rf        
5. J.Washington        1b        J.Dunn              ss        
6. Z.Wright            rf        B.Perkins           c         
7. C.Palm              c         C.Harris            1b        
8. B.Brown             cf        D.Creacy            3b        
9. B.Clarke            p         H.McHenry           p         

BLACK YANKEES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; M.Barker walked; L.Morney out on unknown
play; W.Cannady out on unknown play; T.Christopher singled
[M.Barker to second]; J.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Yankees 0, Stars 0.

STARS 1ST: R.Parnell singled; C.Spearman out on unknown play;
P.Patterson homered [R.Parnell scored]; G.Benson out on unknown
play; J.Dunn out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Yankees 0, Stars 2.

BLACK YANKEES 2ND: Z.Wright out on unknown play; C.Palm
singled; B.Brown singled [C.Palm to second]; B.Clarke out on
unknown play; M.Barker out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Black Yankees 0, Stars 2.

STARS 2ND: B.Perkins reached on an error by L.Morney [B.Perkins
to first]; C.Harris out on unknown play; D.Creacy out on unknown
play; H.McHenry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Black Yankees 0, Stars 2.

BLACK YANKEES 3RD: L.Morney singled; W.Cannady singled
[L.Morney to second]; T.Christopher singled [L.Morney scored,
W.Cannady to second]; J.Washington out on unknown play; Z.Wright
out on unknown play; C.Palm out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Black Yankees 1, Stars 2.

STARS 3RD: R.Parnell out on unknown play; C.Spearman singled;
P.Patterson out on unknown play; G.Benson homered [C.Spearman
scored]; J.Dunn out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Yankees 1, Stars 4.

BLACK YANKEES 4TH: B.Brown reached on an error by J.Dunn
[B.Brown to first]; B.Clarke out on unknown play; M.Barker out
on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Black Yankees 1, Stars 4.

STARS 4TH: B.Perkins out on unknown play; C.Harris out on
unknown play; D.Creacy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Yankees 1, Stars 4.

BLACK YANKEES 5TH: W.Cannady singled; T.Christopher singled
[W.Cannady to second]; J.Washington out on unknown play;
Z.Wright out on unknown play; C.Palm walked [W.Cannady to third,
T.Christopher to second]; B.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Black Yankees 1, Stars 4.

STARS 5TH: H.McHenry out on unknown play; R.Parnell out on
unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Yankees 1, Stars 4.

BLACK YANKEES 6TH: B.Clarke out on unknown play; M.Barker out
on unknown play; L.Morney homered; W.Cannady out on unknown
play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Yankees 2, Stars 4.

STARS 6TH: P.Patterson out on unknown play; G.Benson out on
unknown play; J.Dunn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Yankees 2, Stars 4.

BLACK YANKEES 7TH: T.Christopher singled; J.Washington forced
T.Christopher (unknown fielder) [J.Washington to first];
Z.Wright out on unknown play; C.Palm homered [J.Washington
scored]; B.Brown out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Yankees 4, Stars 4.

STARS 7TH: B.Perkins out on unknown play; C.Harris singled;
D.Creacy singled [C.Harris to second]; H.McHenry singled
[C.Harris scored, D.Creacy to third]; B.CLARKE CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 3B); M.BARKER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); B.BROWN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PITCHING); R.Parnell out on unknown play
[D.Creacy scored]; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Black Yankees 4, Stars 6.

BLACK YANKEES 8TH: B.Clarke out on unknown play; M.Barker out
on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Yankees 4, Stars 6.

STARS 8TH: P.Patterson reached on an error by J.Washington
[P.Patterson to first]; G.Benson out on unknown play; J.Dunn out
on unknown play; B.Perkins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Black Yankees 4, Stars 6.

BLACK YANKEES 9TH: W.Cannady out on unknown play; T.Christopher
out on unknown play; J.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Yankees 4, Stars 6.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Yankees    4  11   2  10
 Stars            6   7   1   3


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