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Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 6 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 3

Game played on Sunday, May 28, 1939 at South Side Park III, Chicago IL
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     1 4 0  0 0 0  0 0 1   -   6  7  0
Chicago American Giants             0 1 2  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   3  7  2

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Marlin Carter 3b, 2b                  5   1   2    1     0         3   1
Cowan Hyde lf                         4   1   2    3     0         0   0
Lloyd Davenport cf                    4   0   1    1     0         3   0
Neil Robinson ss                      4   0   0    0     0         2   1
Nat Rogers rf                         3   0   0    0     1         1   0
Jelly Taylor 1b                       3   1   2    0     0         8   0
Larry Brown c                         4   0   0    0     0        10   1
Fred Bankhead 2b                      2   1   0    0     2         0   1
  Eugene Bremer pr                    0   1   0    0     0         0   0
  Red Longley 3b                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Ted Radcliffe p                       4   1   0    0     0         0   2
Totals                               33   6   7    5     3   2    27   6


BATTING -
2B:  Cowan Hyde, Jelly Taylor. 
SH:  Jelly Taylor. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Fred Bankhead. 

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Willie Simms cf                       4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      4   1   1    2     0         1   2
Ernest Smith lf                       4   0   1    0     0         2   0
Ed Young 1b                           4   1   2    0     0        16   0
Subby Byas rf                         3   0   0    0     1         1   0
Red Hale ss                           2   0   0    0     0   1     2   3
  Jesse Houston ph                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Joe Sparks ss                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Billy Horne 2b                        4   0   1    0     0   1     3   7
Pepper Bassett c                      3   0   1    0     0         2   0
Ted Trent p                           0   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Tommy Johnson p                     3   1   1    0     0         0   4
Totals                               33   3   7    2     1   6    27  17

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Billy Horne 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Ed Young 2. 
HR:  Alex Radcliff. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Ed Young. 
CS:  Subby Byas. 

PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ted Radcliffe W                      9       7   3    3   1   6   1  34
Totals                               9       7   3    3   1   6   1  34


Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ted Trent L                          1.2     3   4    0   1   1   0  10
Tommy Johnson                        7.1     4   2    1   2   1   0  27
Totals                               9       7   6    1   3   2   0  37



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/28/1939, game 1 -- Memphis Red Sox at Chicago
Am. Giants 

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Chicago                       
1. M.Carter            3b        W.Simms             cf        
2. C.Hyde              lf        A.Radcliff          3b        
3. L.Davenport         cf        E.Smith             lf        
4. N.Robinson          ss        E.Young             1b        
5. N.Rogers            rf        S.Byas              rf        
6. J.Taylor            1b        R.Hale              ss        
7. L.Brown             c         B.Horne             2b        
8. F.Bankhead          2b        P.Bassett           c         
9. T.Radcliffe         p         T.Trent             p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; M.Carter singled; C.Hyde singled to second base
[M.Carter scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by B.Horne)];
L.Davenport out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play;
N.Rogers out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 1ST: W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on
unknown play; E.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 1, Am. Giants 0.

RED SOX 2ND: J.Taylor doubled; L.Brown out on unknown play;
F.Bankhead walked; T.Radcliffe reached on an error by B.Horne
[J.Taylor to third, F.Bankhead to second, T.Radcliffe to first];
M.Carter out on unknown play; T.JOHNSON REPLACED T.TRENT
(PITCHING); C.Hyde doubled [J.Taylor scored (unearned),
F.Bankhead scored (unearned), T.Radcliffe scored (unearned)];
L.Davenport singled [C.Hyde scored (unearned)]; N.Robinson out
on unknown play; 4 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am.
Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: E.Young doubled; E.Young stole third; S.Byas
walked; S.Byas was caught stealing second (L.Brown to
N.Robinson) [E.Young scored]; R.Hale struck out; B.Horne struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 1.

RED SOX 3RD: N.Rogers walked; J.Taylor out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [N.Rogers to second]; L.Brown out on unknown
play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 5, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: P.Bassett out on unknown play; T.Johnson
singled; W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff homered to deep
rightfield [T.Johnson scored]; Over RF fence; E.Smith singled;
E.Young out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Am. Giants 3.

RED SOX 4TH: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; M.Carter out on
unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 3.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: S.Byas out on unknown play; R.Hale out on
unknown play; B.Horne singled; P.Bassett singled [B.Horne to
second]; T.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 3.

RED SOX 5TH: L.Davenport out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on
unknown play; N.Rogers out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 3.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on
unknown play; E.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 3.

RED SOX 6TH: J.Taylor singled; L.Brown out on unknown play;
F.Bankhead out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 3.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: E.Young doubled; S.Byas out on unknown play;
J.HOUSTON BATTED FOR R.HALE; J.Houston out on unknown play;
B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Am. Giants 3.

RED SOX 7TH: J.SPARKS REPLACED J.HOUSTON (PLAYING SS); M.Carter
out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; L.Davenport out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 3.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: P.Bassett out on unknown play; T.Johnson out on
unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 3.

RED SOX 8TH: N.Robinson out on unknown play; N.Rogers out on
unknown play; J.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 3.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; E.Smith out on
unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 3.

RED SOX 9TH: L.Brown out on unknown play; F.Bankhead walked;
F.Bankhead stole second; Bankhead was hit on the forehead when
he collided with Sparks at 2B.; E.BREMER RAN FOR F.BANKHEAD;
T.Radcliffe popped to B.Horne; M.Carter singled [E.Bremer
scored]; M.Carter was out trying to advance to second (unknown
fielder); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Am. Giants 3.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: M.CARTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B);
R.LONGLEY REPLACED E.BREMER (PLAYING 3B); S.Byas out on unknown
play; J.Sparks out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Am. Giants 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          6   7   0   4
 Am. Giants       3   7   2   4


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