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Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 6 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 1

Game played on Sunday, June 18, 1939 (D) at Ponce de Leon Park, Atlanta GA
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1  -   1  4  0
Atlanta Black Crackers              0 0 0  0 4 2  0 0  -   6 10  1

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cowan Hyde lf                         3   0   1    0     0         0   0
Marlin Carter 2b                      2   0   0    0     2         2   4
Lloyd Davenport cf                    4   1   1    0     0         4   0
Neil Robinson rf, ss                  4   0   1    0     0         3   0
Jelly Taylor 1b                       3   0   1    1     1         8   1
Larry Brown c                         4   0   0    0     0         5   0
Fred Bankhead 3b                      3   0   0    0     0         1   1
T.J. Brown ss                         1   0   0    0     1         0   2
  Nat Rogers ph, rf                   0   0   0    0     1         0   0
Porter Moss p                         2   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Red Longley ph                      1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Eugene Bremer p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               27   1   4    1     5   4    23  10


BATTING -
2B:  Lloyd Davenport. 
HBP:  Cowan Hyde. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Cowan Hyde. 
CS:  Marlin Carter. 

Atlanta Black Crackers               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Philly Holmes ss                      4   1   1    0     0         0   4
Gabby Kemp 2b                         4   1   3    1     0         3   3
Red Moore 1b                          2   1   1    1     1         8   1
Babe Davis cf                         4   1   1    2     0         2   0
Jabbo Andrews rf                      4   1   1    2     0         0   0
Sylvester Owens lf                    4   0   2    0     0         2   0
Oscar Boone c                         3   0   0    0     0         6   1
Tommy Butts 3b                        3   0   0    0     1   1     0   1
Felix Evans p                         4   1   1    0     0         3   1
Totals                               32   6  10    6     2   4    24  11

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Philly Holmes. 

BATTING -
2B:  Gabby Kemp, Red Moore. 
HR:  Jabbo Andrews. 
SH:  Oscar Boone. 
SF:  Red Moore. 
Team LOB:  7


PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Porter Moss L                        6      10   6    6   2   3   1  31
Eugene Bremer                        1.2     0   0    0   0   1   0  5
Totals                               7.2    10   6    6   2   4   1  36


Atlanta Black Crackers               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Felix Evans W                        8       4   1    1   5   4   0  33
Totals                               8       4   1    1   5   4   0  33

HBP:  Felix Evans. 


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Umpires: HP - B.T. Harvey, 1B - Lewis Means

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 2000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 6/18/1939 -- Memphis Red Sox at Atlanta Black
Crackers (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Atlanta                       
1. C.Hyde              lf        P.Holmes            ss        
2. M.Carter            2b        G.Kemp              2b        
3. L.Davenport         cf        R.Moore             1b        
4. N.Robinson          rf        B.Davis             cf        
5. J.Taylor            1b        J.Andrews           rf        
6. L.Brown             c         S.Owens             lf        
7. F.Bankhead          3b        O.Boone             c         
8. T.Brown             ss        T.Butts             3b        
9. P.Moss              p         F.Evans             p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; C.Hyde out on unknown play; M.Carter walked;
L.Davenport out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Black Crackers 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: P.Holmes out on unknown play; G.Kemp
singled; R.Moore reached on a fielder's choice [G.Kemp to
second]; B.Davis out on unknown play; J.Andrews out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Black Crackers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: J.Taylor walked; L.Brown out on unknown play;
F.Bankhead out on unknown play; T.Brown walked [J.Taylor to
second]; P.Moss out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Black Crackers 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: S.Owens singled; O.Boone out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [S.Owens to second]; T.Butts walked;
F.Evans out on unknown play; P.Holmes out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Black Crackers 0.

RED SOX 3RD: C.Hyde was hit by a pitch; C.Hyde stole second;
M.Carter out on unknown play [C.Hyde to third]; L.Davenport
reached on a fielder's choice (G.Kemp to O.Boone) [C.Hyde out at
home]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Red Sox 0, Black Crackers 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: G.Kemp out on unknown play; R.Moore walked;
B.Davis out on unknown play; J.Andrews out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Black Crackers 0.

RED SOX 4TH: J.Taylor out on unknown play; L.Brown out on
unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Black Crackers 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: S.Owens out on unknown play; O.Boone out on
unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 0, Black Crackers 0.

RED SOX 5TH: T.Brown out on unknown play; P.Moss out on unknown
play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Black Crackers 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: F.Evans grounded out (M.Carter to
J.Taylor); P.Holmes grounded out (J.Taylor unassisted); G.Kemp
singled to right field; R.Moore doubled to left-center [G.Kemp
to third]; B.Davis singled to right-center [G.Kemp scored,
R.Moore scored]; J.Andrews homered to rightfield [B.Davis
scored]; S.Owens singled to center field; O.Boone popped to
L.Brown; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Black Crackers 4.

RED SOX 6TH: M.Carter walked; M.Carter was caught stealing
second (O.Boone to G.Kemp); L.Davenport out on unknown play;
N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Black Crackers 4.

BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: T.Butts lined to N.Robinson; F.Evans
singled to right field; P.Holmes singled [F.Evans to second];
G.Kemp doubled [F.Evans scored, P.Holmes to third]; R.Moore out
on a sacrifice fly to L.Davenport [P.Holmes scored]; B.Davis out
on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Black
Crackers 6.

RED SOX 7TH: J.Taylor reached on an error by P.Holmes [J.Taylor
to first]; L.Brown out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on
unknown play; N.ROGERS BATTED FOR T.BROWN; N.Rogers walked
[J.Taylor to second]; R.LONGLEY BATTED FOR P.MOSS; R.Longley out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Black
Crackers 6.

BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: N.ROGERS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
N.ROBINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); E.BREMER REPLACED
R.LONGLEY (PITCHING); J.Andrews out on unknown play; S.Owens out
on unknown play; O.Boone out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Black Crackers 6.

RED SOX 8TH: C.Hyde singled to second base; M.Carter forced
C.Hyde (P.Holmes to G.Kemp) [M.Carter to first]; M.Carter was
picked off first (F.Evans unassisted); L.Davenport doubled;
N.Robinson singled to left field [L.Davenport to third];
J.Taylor singled [L.Davenport scored, N.Robinson to second];
L.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Black Crackers 6.

BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: T.Butts struck out; F.Evans grounded out
(M.Carter to J.Taylor); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Black
Crackers 6.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          1   4   0   8
 Black Crackers   6  10   1   7


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