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Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 8 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 7

Game played on Monday, May 29, 1939 (N) at South Side Park III, Chicago IL
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 2  0 0 3  0 0 0  0 0 0  3  -   8 16  2
Chicago American Giants             2 0 1  1 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 0  2  -   7 15  3

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Marlin Carter 2b                      6   1   1    1     1         0   1
Cowan Hyde lf                         5   1   1    1     0         0   0
Lloyd Davenport cf                    7   1   5    0     0         2   0
Neil Robinson ss                      5   1   3    1     1         0   0
Nat Rogers rf                         7   0   1    1     0         0   0
Jelly Taylor 1b                       6   0   0    0     1         3   0
Larry Brown c                         6   1   1    0     0         0   0
Fred Bankhead 3b                      6   2   3    0     0         1   0
Eugene Bremer p                       2   1   1    2     0         0   0
  Willie Jefferson p                  2   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               52   8  16    6     3   3    39   1

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Marlin Carter, Neil Robinson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Larry Brown. 
3B:  Eugene Bremer. 
SH:  Cowan Hyde, Eugene Bremer, Willie Jefferson. 
SF:  Cowan Hyde, Neil Robinson. 
Team LOB:  13

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Lloyd Davenport, Neil Robinson, Nat Rogers. 
CS:  Lloyd Davenport. 

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Willie Simms cf                       7   1   2    0     0         1   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      6   0   0    0     0         1   1
Ernest Smith lf                       6   1   2    1     0         0   0
Ed Young 1b                           5   3   3    3     1         1   0
Subby Byas rf                         5   1   2    1     0         0   0
Red Hale ss                           3   0   1    0     0         0   0
   Langrum ph                         1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Joe Sparks ss                       2   0   0    1     0         0   0
Billy Horne 2b                        6   0   2    0     0         0   1
Pepper Bassett c                      5   1   2    1     0         0   1
Jesse Houston p                       2   0   1    0     0         0   0
  Ted Trent p                         2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Logan Hensley p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Wilson Redus ph                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               51   7  15    7     1   8    39   3

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Alex Radcliff, Red Hale, Billy Horne. 

BATTING -
2B:  Pepper Bassett. 
HR:  Ed Young 2. 
SH:  Jesse Houston. 
SF:  Subby Byas, Pepper Bassett. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Willie Simms, Ernest Smith. 

PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Eugene Bremer                        6      10   5    3   0   3   2  28
Willie Jefferson W                   7       5   2    2   1   5   0  27
Totals                               13     15   7    5   1   8   2  55

Eugene Bremer pitched to 1 batters in the 7th inning

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jesse Houston                        6      11   5    5   2   3   0  31
Ted Trent L                          6.2     5   3    2   1   0   0  27
Logan Hensley                        0.1     0   0    0   0   0   0  2
Totals                               13     16   8    7   3   3   0  60



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Monday, 5/29/1939 -- Memphis Red Sox at Chicago Am.
Giants (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Chicago                       
1. M.Carter            2b        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          3b        P.Bassett           c         
9. E.Bremer            p         J.Houston           p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories;
M.Carter walked; C.Hyde out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [M.Carter to second]; L.Davenport out on unknown play;
N.Robinson walked; N.Rogers out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 1ST: W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on
unknown play; E.Smith reached on an error by M.Carter [E.Smith
to first]; E.Young homered to leftfield (unearned) [E.Smith
scored (unearned)]; S.Byas out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 2.

RED SOX 2ND: J.Taylor reached on an error by R.Hale [J.Taylor
to first]; L.Brown out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on
unknown play; E.Bremer out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 2.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: R.Hale out on unknown play; B.Horne singled;
P.Bassett singled [B.Horne to second]; J.Houston out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Horne to third, P.Bassett to
second]; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Am. Giants 2.

RED SOX 3RD: M.Carter out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on
unknown play; L.Davenport singled; N.Robinson singled
[L.Davenport to second]; N.Rogers singled [L.Davenport scored,
N.Robinson to third]; N.Robinson stole home and N.Rogers stole
second; J.Taylor out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 2, Am. Giants 2.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; E.Smith out on
unknown play; E.Young homered to leftfield; S.Byas singled;
R.Hale singled [S.Byas to second]; B.Horne out on unknown play;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Am. Giants 3.

RED SOX 4TH: L.Brown out on unknown play; F.Bankhead singled;
E.Bremer out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [F.Bankhead
to second]; M.Carter out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Red Sox 2, Am. Giants 3.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: P.Bassett doubled; J.Houston singled [P.Bassett
to third]; W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on
unknown play; E.Smith singled [P.Bassett scored, J.Houston to
third]; E.Smith was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Am. Giants 4.

RED SOX 5TH: C.Hyde out on unknown play; L.Davenport singled;
N.Robinson singled [L.Davenport to second]; N.Rogers out on
unknown play; J.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: E.Young out on unknown play; S.Byas out on
unknown play; R.Hale out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Red Sox 2, Am. Giants 4.

RED SOX 6TH: L.Brown doubled to right field; F.Bankhead singled
to second base [L.Brown to third]; E.Bremer tripled to left
field [L.Brown scored, F.Bankhead scored]; M.Carter out on
unknown play; C.Hyde out on a sacrifice fly to W.Simms [E.Bremer
scored]; L.Davenport singled; L.Davenport stole second;
N.Robinson singled to second base [L.Davenport to third];
L.Davenport was caught stealing home (P.Bassett to B.Horne to
P.Bassett to A.Radcliff); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am.
Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on
unknown play; J.Houston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 4.

RED SOX 7TH: T.TRENT REPLACED J.HOUSTON (PITCHING); N.Rogers
reached on an error by A.Radcliff [N.Rogers to first]; J.Taylor
out on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: W.Simms singled; W.JEFFERSON REPLACED E.BREMER
(PITCHING); A.Radcliff popped to J.Taylor; E.Smith singled to
pitcher [W.Simms to second]; E.Young walked [W.Simms to third,
E.Smith to second]; S.Byas out on a sacrifice fly to L.Davenport
[W.Simms scored];  BATTED FOR R.HALE;  popped to J.Taylor; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 5.

RED SOX 8TH: J.SPARKS REPLACED  (PLAYING SS); W.Jefferson 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 5.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on
unknown play; T.Trent out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 5.

RED SOX 9TH: L.Davenport singled; N.Robinson out on unknown
play; N.Rogers out on unknown play; J.Taylor walked [L.Davenport
to second]; L.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 5.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: W.Simms singled; W.Simms was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); A.Radcliff out on unknown play;
E.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Am. Giants 5.

RED SOX 10TH: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; W.Jefferson out
on unknown play; M.Carter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 5.

AM. GIANTS 10TH: E.Young out on unknown play; S.Byas out on
unknown play; J.Sparks out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 5.

RED SOX 11TH: C.Hyde out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on
unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 5.

AM. GIANTS 11TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on
unknown play; T.Trent out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 5.

RED SOX 12TH: N.Rogers out on unknown play; J.Taylor out on
unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 5.

AM. GIANTS 12TH: 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 5.

RED SOX 13TH: F.Bankhead singled; W.Jefferson out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [F.Bankhead to second];
M.Carter singled [F.Bankhead scored]; C.Hyde singled [M.Carter
to second]; L.Davenport singled [M.Carter to third, C.Hyde to
second]; N.Robinson out on a sacrifice fly to unknown fielder
[M.Carter scored, C.Hyde to third]; L.HENSLEY REPLACED T.TRENT
(PITCHING); N.Rogers reached on an error by B.Horne [C.Hyde
scored (unearned) (no RBI), L.Davenport to second, N.Rogers to
first]; J.Taylor grounded out (A.Radcliff to E.Young); 3 R (2
ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Am. Giants 5.

AM. GIANTS 13TH: E.Young singled to right field; S.Byas singled
to right field [E.Young to third]; J.Sparks reached on an error
by N.Robinson [E.Young scored, S.Byas to second, J.Sparks to
first]; B.Horne singled to shortstop [S.Byas to third, J.Sparks
to second]; P.Bassett out on a sacrifice fly to L.Davenport
[S.Byas scored]; W.REDUS BATTED FOR L.HENSLEY; W.Redus grounded
out (M.Carter to J.Taylor) [J.Sparks to third, B.Horne to
second]; W.Simms lined to F.Bankhead; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 8, Am. Giants 7.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          8  16   2  13
 Am. Giants       7  15   3   9


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