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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 4 New York Black Yankees (NY5) 0

Game played on Sunday, July 2, 1939 (D) at Yankee Stadium I, New York NY
Regular-Season game

Baltimore Elite Giants              0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 3   -   4 12  0
New York Black Yankees              0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   0  7  3

BATTING

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       5   1   2    0     0         1   0
Sammy Hughes 2b                       4   1   1    0     1         3   6
Wild Bill Wright rf                   1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Bill Byrd rf                        4   1   2    2     0         1   1
Jim West 1b                           5   0   1    0     0        12   0
Felton Snow ss                        5   1   1    1     0         2   2
Bill Hoskins lf                       3   0   3    1     1         3   0
Charlie Rivera 3b                     4   0   1    0     0         1   2
Biz Mackey c                          4   0   1    0     1         4   1
Jonas Gaines p                        4   0   0    0     0         0   2
Totals                               39   4  12    4     3   7    27  14

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sammy Hughes, Bill Byrd. 

BATTING -
2B:  Sammy Hughes, Bill Hoskins. 
3B:  Felton Snow. 
SH:  Charlie Rivera. 
HBP:  Bill Hoskins. 
Team LOB:  13


New York Black Yankees               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
David Campbell 2b                     3   0   1    0     0         2   1
  Ralph Burgin ph, 3b                 1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Flash Miller ss                       4   0   0    0     0         0   5
Walter Cannady 3b, 2b                 4   0   1    0     0         2   1
Zollie Wright rf                      4   0   2    0     0         2   0
Marvin Barker lf                      3   0   0    0     0         1   0
  George Scales ph                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Charlie Biot cf                       3   0   1    0     0         1   0
Johnny Washington 1b                  3   0   1    0     0        10   0
Bob Clarke c                          3   0   0    0     0         9   1
Terris McDuffie p                     3   0   1    0     0         0   2
Totals                               32   0   7    0     0   3    27  10

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Walter Cannady, Zollie Wright, Bob Clarke. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  5

BASERUNNING -
CS:  David Campbell. 

PITCHING

Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jonas Gaines W                       9       7   0    0   0   3   0  32
Totals                               9       7   0    0   0   3   0  32


New York Black Yankees               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Terris McDuffie L                    9      12   4    3   3   7   0  44
Totals                               9      12   4    3   3   7   0  44

HBP:  Terris McDuffie. 


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Umpires: HP - Cool Turner, 1B - Fred McCreary, 2B -  , 3B - Josh Devoe

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 15000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/2/1939, game 2 -- Baltimore Elite Giants at
New York Black Yankees (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Baltimore                     New York                      
1. H.Kimbro            cf        D.Campbell          2b        
2. S.Hughes            2b        F.Miller            ss        
3. W.Wright            rf        W.Cannady           3b        
4. J.West              1b        Z.Wright            rf        
5. F.Snow              ss        M.Barker            lf        
6. B.Hoskins           lf        C.Biot              cf        
7. C.Rivera            3b        J.Washington        1b        
8. B.Mackey            c         B.Clarke            c         
9. J.Gaines            p         T.McDuffie          p         

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; B.Clarke dropped a foul fly hit by H.Kimbro;
H.Kimbro singled; S.Hughes out on unknown play; W.Wright out on
unknown play; J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Elite Giants 0, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 1ST: D.Campbell out on unknown play; F.Miller out
on unknown play; W.Cannady out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Black Yankees 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: F.Snow out on unknown play; B.Hoskins
doubled; C.Rivera out on unknown play; B.Mackey walked; J.Gaines
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 0,
Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 2ND: B.BYRD REPLACED W.WRIGHT (PLAYING RF);
Z.Wright singled; M.Barker out on unknown play; C.Biot out on
unknown play; J.Washington singled [Z.Wright to second];
B.Clarke out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite
Giants 0, Black Yankees 0.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: H.Kimbro singled to center field; S.Hughes
reached on an error by W.Cannady [H.Kimbro to third, S.Hughes to
first]; B.Byrd singled to left field [H.Kimbro scored
(unearned), S.Hughes to second]; J.West out on unknown play;
F.Snow out on unknown play; B.Hoskins was hit by a pitch
[S.Hughes to third, B.Byrd to second]; C.Rivera out on unknown
play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Black
Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 3RD: T.McDuffie out on unknown play; D.Campbell
out on unknown play; F.Miller out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 0.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: B.Mackey singled; J.Gaines out on unknown
play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; S.Hughes walked [B.Mackey to
second]; B.Byrd out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 4TH: W.Cannady singled; Z.Wright flied into a
double play (B.Byrd to S.Hughes) [W.Cannady out at second];
M.Barker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Elite
Giants 1, Black Yankees 0.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: J.West out on unknown play; F.Snow out on
unknown play; B.Hoskins singled to right field [B.Hoskins to
second (error by Z.Wright)]; C.Rivera out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 5TH: C.Biot out on unknown play; J.Washington out
on unknown play; B.Clarke out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 0.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: B.Mackey out on unknown play; J.Gaines out on
unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 6TH: T.McDuffie out on unknown play; D.Campbell
singled; D.Campbell was caught stealing second (unknown
fielder); F.Miller out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 0.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: S.Hughes out on unknown play; B.Byrd out on
unknown play; J.West singled; F.Snow out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 7TH: W.Cannady out on unknown play; Z.Wright out
on unknown play; M.Barker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 0.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: B.Hoskins walked; C.Rivera out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Hoskins to second]; B.Mackey out on
unknown play; J.Gaines out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 8TH: C.Biot singled; J.Washington out on unknown
play; B.Clarke out on unknown play; T.McDuffie singled [C.Biot
to second]; R.BURGIN BATTED FOR D.CAMPBELL; R.Burgin out on
unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 1, Black
Yankees 0.

ELITE GIANTS 9TH: R.BURGIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B);
W.CANNADY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); H.Kimbro out on
unknown play; S.Hughes doubled; B.Byrd singled [S.Hughes
scored]; J.West out on unknown play; F.Snow tripled [B.Byrd
scored]; B.Hoskins singled to left field [F.Snow scored];
C.Rivera singled [B.Hoskins to second]; B.Mackey out on unknown
play; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 4, Black Yankees 0.

BLACK YANKEES 9TH: F.Miller out on unknown play; W.Cannady out
on unknown play; Z.Wright singled; G.SCALES BATTED FOR M.BARKER;
G.Scales out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite
Giants 4, Black Yankees 0.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Elite Giants     4  12   0  13
 Black Yankees    0   7   3   5


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