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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 8 Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 0

Game played on Saturday, September 3, 1938 (N) at Lloyd Field, Chester PA
Regular-Season game

Baltimore Elite Giants              0 0 3  0 0 4  0 1 0   -   8 10  0
Philadelphia Stars                  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   0  6  2

BATTING

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       5   2   2    1     0         4   0
Felton Snow ss                        5   1   1    1     0         5   3
Sammy Hughes 2b                       4   1   2    2     1         3   2
Wild Bill Wright rf                   4   1   2    1     1         1   0
Bill Hoskins lf                       5   0   0    1     0         3   0
George Scales 1b                      3   0   1    2     2         8   0
Lonnie Summers 3b                     4   0   0    0     1         1   2
Roy Campanella c                      5   1   1    0     0         2   0
Jonas Gaines p                        0   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Jimmy Direaux p                     1   1   0    0     1         0   1
   Phelps p                           3   1   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               39   8  10    8     6   1    27  10

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Felton Snow, Sammy Hughes, George Scales. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  10


Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Roy Parnell lf                        4   0   1    0     0         1   0
Clyde Spearman rf                     2   0   0    0     2         4   0
Pat Patterson 2b                      4   0   2    0     0         4   3
Jake Dunn ss                          4   0   2    0     0         2   2
Bill Perkins c                        4   0   0    0     0         3   0
Curtis Harris 1b                      2   0   1    0     0         4   1
  Slim Jones 1b                       1   0   0    0     0         5   0
  Henry McHenry ph                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Gene Benson cf                        3   0   0    0     0         2   0
  Jack Bruton ph                      1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Dewey Creacy 3b                       3   0   0    0     0         2   2
George Proctor p                      2   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Webster McDonald p                  1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               32   0   6    0     2   1    27   9

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Jake Dunn, Webster McDonald. 

BATTING -
GDP:  Gene Benson. 
Team LOB:  7


PITCHING

Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jonas Gaines                         1       1   0    0   1   1   0  5
Jimmy Direaux                        2       3   0    0   1   0   0  9
 Phelps W                            6       2   0    0   0   0   0  20
Totals                               9       6   0    0   2   1   0  34


Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
George Proctor L                     5.1     8   6    5   4   1   0  29
Webster McDonald                     3.2     2   2    1   2   0   0  16
Totals                               9      10   8    6   6   1   0  45



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

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 9/3/1938 -- Baltimore Elite Giants at
Philadelphia Stars (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Baltimore                     Philadelphia                  
1. H.Kimbro            cf        R.Parnell           lf        
2. F.Snow              ss        C.Spearman          rf        
3. S.Hughes            2b        P.Patterson         2b        
4. W.Wright            rf        J.Dunn              ss        
5. B.Hoskins           lf        B.Perkins           c         
6. G.Scales            1b        C.Harris            1b        
7. L.Summers           3b        G.Benson            cf        
8. R.Campanella        c         D.Creacy            3b        
9. J.Gaines            p         G.Proctor           p         

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; F.Snow out on
unknown play; S.Hughes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Stars 0.

STARS 1ST: R.Parnell out on unknown play; C.Spearman walked;
P.Patterson singled [C.Spearman to second]; J.Dunn out on
unknown play; B.Perkins out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Stars 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: W.Wright out on unknown play; B.Hoskins out
on unknown play; G.Scales walked; L.Summers out on unknown play;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Stars 0.

STARS 2ND: J.DIREAUX REPLACED J.GAINES (PITCHING); C.Harris
singled; G.Benson grounded into a double play (F.Snow to
S.Hughes to G.Scales) [C.Harris out at second]; D.Creacy out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Stars 0.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: R.Campanella singled; J.Direaux walked
[R.Campanella to second]; H.Kimbro singled [R.Campanella scored,
J.Direaux to second]; F.Snow out on unknown play; S.Hughes
singled [J.Direaux scored, H.Kimbro to second]; W.Wright singled
[H.Kimbro scored, S.Hughes to second]; B.Hoskins out on unknown
play; G.Scales out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite
Giants 3, Stars 0.

STARS 3RD: G.Proctor out on unknown play; R.Parnell out on
unknown play; C.Spearman walked; P.Patterson singled [C.Spearman
to second]; J.Dunn singled [C.Spearman to third, P.Patterson to
second]; B.Perkins out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 
Elite Giants 3, Stars 0.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: L.Summers walked; R.Campanella reached on an
error by J.Dunn [L.Summers to second, R.Campanella to first];
J.Direaux out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play;
F.Snow out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants
3, Stars 0.

STARS 4TH:  REPLACED J.DIREAUX (PITCHING); C.Harris out on
unknown play; G.Benson out on unknown play; D.Creacy out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Elite Giants 3, Stars 0.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: S.JONES REPLACED C.HARRIS (PLAYING 1B);
S.Hughes singled; W.Wright out on unknown play; B.Hoskins out on
unknown play; G.Scales walked [S.Hughes to second]; L.Summers
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 3,
Stars 0.

STARS 5TH: G.Proctor out on unknown play; R.Parnell out on
unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 3, Stars 0.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: R.Campanella out on unknown play;  singled;
H.Kimbro singled [ to second]; F.Snow singled [ scored, H.Kimbro
to third]; W.MCDONALD REPLACED G.PROCTOR (PITCHING); S.Hughes
out on unknown play [H.Kimbro scored]; W.Wright walked [F.Snow
to second]; B.Hoskins reached on an error by W.McDonald [F.Snow
to third, W.Wright to second, B.Hoskins to first]; G.Scales
singled [F.Snow scored (unearned), W.Wright scored (unearned),
B.Hoskins to second]; L.Summers out on unknown play; 4 R (2 ER),
4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 7, Stars 0.

STARS 6TH: P.Patterson out on unknown play; J.Dunn singled;
B.Perkins out on unknown play; S.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 7, Stars 0.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: R.Campanella out on unknown play;  out on
unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 7, Stars 0.

STARS 7TH: G.Benson out on unknown play; D.Creacy out on
unknown play; W.McDonald out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 7, Stars 0.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: F.Snow out on unknown play; S.Hughes walked;
W.Wright singled [S.Hughes to third]; B.Hoskins out on unknown
play [S.Hughes scored]; G.Scales out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 8, Stars 0.

STARS 8TH: R.Parnell singled; C.Spearman out on unknown play;
P.Patterson out on unknown play; J.Dunn out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 8, Stars 0.

ELITE GIANTS 9TH: L.Summers out on unknown play; R.Campanella
out on unknown play;  out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Elite Giants 8, Stars 0.

STARS 9TH: B.Perkins out on unknown play; H.MCHENRY BATTED FOR
S.JONES; H.McHenry out on unknown play; J.BRUTON BATTED FOR
G.BENSON; J.Bruton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Elite Giants 8, Stars 0.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Elite Giants     8  10   0  10
 Stars            0   6   2   7


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