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Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 10 St. Louis Stars (SSA) 4

Game played on Friday, May 12, 1939 (N) at , Mounds IL
Exhibition game

Atlanta Black Crackers              1 1 0  7 0 1  0 0 0   -  10  9  4
St. Louis Stars                     0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 3   -   4  6  1

BATTING

Atlanta Black Crackers               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Red Moore 1b                          3   2   0    1     1         8   1
Babe Davis cf                         4   2   2    2     1         4   0
Oscar Boone c                         4   0   1    1     0         4   0
Jabbo Andrews lf                      4   1   2    3     0         3   0
  Sylvester Owens lf                  1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Donald Reeves rf                      4   1   0    0     1         2   0
Nish Williams 2b                      3   1   1    1     0         3   3
Tommy Butts ss                        3   0   0    0     1         2   2
Spencer Davis 3b                      3   2   1    0     1         1   2
Tee Mitchell p                        4   1   2    0     0         0   1
Totals                               33  10   9    8     5   3    27   9

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Red Moore, Nish Williams, Spencer Davis. 
E: 4.  Red Moore 2, Nish Williams, Spencer Davis. 

BATTING -
SH:  Oscar Boone. 
HBP:  Red Moore, Nish Williams. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Donald Reeves, Nish Williams. 
CS:  Spencer Davis. 

St. Louis Stars                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Buddy Armour ss                       4   0   1    1     0   0     3   6
Dan Wilson cf                         3   0   0    0     1   0     2   0
Quincy Trouppe lf                     3   1   1    0     1   0     1   0
Ed Mayweather 1b                      4   1   1    1     0   0     9   1
Raymond Taylor c                      4   1   1    1     0   0     6   1
Bill Bradford rf                      4   0   0    1     0   0     2   3
Marshall Riddle 2b                    3   1   0    0     1   0     3   1
Bobby Robinson 3b                     3   0   0    0     0   0     1   1
   Evans ph                           1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Theolic Smith p                       1   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
  Andy Drake p                        2   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               32   4   6    4     3   0    27  13

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Theolic Smith. 

BATTING -
3B:  Ed Mayweather, Raymond Taylor. 
GDP:  Quincy Trouppe. 
Team LOB:  4


PITCHING

Atlanta Black Crackers               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Tee Mitchell W                       9       6   4    4   3   0   0  35
Totals                               9       6   4    4   3   0   0  35


St. Louis Stars                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Theolic Smith L                      3.1     6   7    7   3   2   0  21
Andy Drake                           5.2     3   3    3   2   1   0  20
Totals                               9       9  10   10   5   3   0  41

WP:  Andy Drake. 
HBP:  Theolic Smith, Andy Drake. 


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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Friday, 5/12/1939 -- Atlanta Black Crackers at   (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Atlanta                                                     
1. R.Moore             1b        B.Armour            ss        
2. B.Davis             cf        D.Wilson            cf        
3. O.Boone             c         Q.Trouppe           lf        
4. J.Andrews           lf        E.Mayweather        1b        
5. D.Reeves            rf        R.Taylor            c         
6. N.Williams          2b        B.Bradford          rf        
7. T.Butts             ss        M.Riddle            2b        
8. S.Davis             3b        B.Robinson          3b        
9. T.Mitchell          p         T.Smith             p         

BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; R.Moore was hit by a pitch; B.Davis walked
[R.Moore to second]; O.Boone out on unknown play; J.Andrews
singled [R.Moore scored, B.Davis to second]; D.Reeves out on
unknown play; N.Williams out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Black Crackers 1,  0.

 1ST: R.Moore dropped a foul fly hit by B.Armour; B.Armour out
on unknown play; D.Wilson walked; Q.Trouppe grounded into a
double play (S.Davis to N.Williams to R.Moore) [D.Wilson out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Black Crackers 1,  0.

BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: T.Butts walked; S.Davis forced T.Butts
(unknown fielder) [S.Davis to first]; T.Mitchell singled
[S.Davis to third]; R.Moore out on unknown play [S.Davis
scored]; B.Davis out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Black Crackers 2,  0.

 2ND: S.Davis dropped a foul fly hit by E.Mayweather;
E.Mayweather out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play;
B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Crackers 2,  0.

BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: O.Boone reached on an error by T.Smith
[O.Boone to first]; J.Andrews out on unknown play; D.Reeves out
on unknown play; N.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Black Crackers 2,  0.

 3RD: M.Riddle walked; B.Robinson out on unknown play; T.Smith
singled [M.Riddle to second]; B.Armour singled [M.Riddle scored,
T.Smith to second]; D.Wilson out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe out
on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Crackers 2,  1.

BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; S.Davis
singled; T.Mitchell singled [S.Davis to second]; R.Moore walked
[S.Davis to third, T.Mitchell to second]; B.Davis singled
[S.Davis scored, T.Mitchell scored, R.Moore to second]; O.Boone
singled [R.Moore scored, B.Davis to third]; A.DRAKE REPLACED
T.SMITH (PITCHING); J.Andrews forced O.Boone (unknown fielder)
[B.Davis scored, J.Andrews to first]; D.Reeves walked [J.Andrews
to second]; N.Williams singled [J.Andrews scored, D.Reeves to
third, N.Williams to second (on throw)]; D.Reeves stole home and
N.Williams stole third; A.Drake threw a wild pitch [N.Williams
scored]; T.Butts out on unknown play; 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Crackers 9,  1.

 4TH: R.Moore dropped a foul fly hit by E.Mayweather;
E.Mayweather out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play;
B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Crackers 9,  1.

BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: S.Davis walked; S.Davis was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); T.Mitchell out on unknown play;
R.Moore out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Crackers 9,  1.

 5TH: M.Riddle out on unknown play; B.Robinson out on unknown
play; A.Drake singled to second base [A.Drake to second (error
by N.Williams)]; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Black Crackers 9,  1.

BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: B.Davis singled; O.Boone out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Davis to second]; J.Andrews singled to
right field (unknown fielder) [B.Davis scored, J.Andrews out at
second]; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Crackers 10,  1.

 6TH: D.Wilson out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe walked;
E.Mayweather out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Crackers 10,  1.

BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: N.Williams was hit by a pitch; N.Williams
was picked off first (unknown fielder); T.Butts out on unknown
play; S.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Crackers 10,  1.

 7TH: B.Bradford out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown
play; B.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Crackers 10,  1.

BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: T.Mitchell out on unknown play; R.Moore out
on unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Crackers 10,  1.

 8TH: S.OWENS REPLACED J.ANDREWS (PLAYING LF); A.Drake out on
unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; D.Wilson out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Crackers 10,  1.

BLACK CRACKERS 9TH: O.Boone out on unknown play; S.Owens out on
unknown play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Crackers 10,  1.

 9TH: Q.Trouppe singled; E.Mayweather tripled [Q.Trouppe
scored]; R.Taylor tripled [E.Mayweather scored]; B.Bradford out
on unknown play [R.Taylor scored]; M.Riddle out on unknown play;
 BATTED FOR B.ROBINSON;  out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Crackers 10,  4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Crackers  10   9   4   4
                  4   6   1   4


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