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Cleveland Bears (CV9) 3 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 2

Game played on Sunday, July 9, 1939 (D) at League Park IV, Cleveland OH
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     0 1 0  1 0 0  0  -   2  3  0
Cleveland Bears                     0 0 3  0 0 0  x  -   3  9  0

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Marlin Carter 2b                      3   0   0    0     0         0   7
Fred Bankhead 3b                      1   1   0    0     1         0   2
Lloyd Davenport lf                    2   0   1    0     1         0   0
Neil Robinson cf                      3   1   2    1     0         0   0
Red Longley rf                        1   0   0    0     1         1   0
Larry Brown c                         2   0   0    1     0         1   2
Jelly Taylor 1b                       3   0   0    0     0        12   0
T.J. Brown ss                         3   0   0    0     0         4   1
Cliff Blackmon p                      2   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Nat Rogers ph                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               21   2   3    2     3   1    18  14


BATTING -
2B:  Neil Robinson. 
SH:  Red Longley, Larry Brown. 
HBP:  Fred Bankhead. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Red Longley. 
CS:  Fred Bankhead. 

Cleveland Bears                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Johnny Ray cf                         4   0   1    0     0         4   0
Parnell Woods 3b                      2   1   1    0     1         0   1
John Lyles ss                         3   1   3    0     0         0   2
Henry Turner lf                       2   1   2    2     0         0   0
  Ralph Coles lf                      1   0   0    0     0         2   0
Mint Jones 1b                         2   0   0    0     0        11   0
Duke Cleveland rf                     3   0   1    1     0         1   0
Walter Burch c                        2   0   0    0     1         1   1
Al Frazier 2b                         3   0   1    0     0         1   4
Smoky Owens p                         2   0   0    0     0         1   2
Totals                               24   3   9    3     2   1    21  10


BATTING -
2B:  Henry Turner. 
SH:  Mint Jones, Smoky Owens. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Parnell Woods. 
CS:  Johnny Ray. 

PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Cliff Blackmon L                     6       9   3    3   2   1   0  28
Totals                               6       9   3    3   2   1   0  28


Cleveland Bears                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Smoky Owens W                        7       3   2    2   3   1   0  27
Totals                               7       3   2    2   3   1   0  27

HBP:  Smoky Owens. 


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Umpires: HP - Harry Walker, 1B - Gerald Hayes

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/9/1939, game 2 -- Memphis Red Sox at Cleveland
Bears (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Cleveland                     
1. M.Carter            2b        J.Ray               cf        
2. F.Bankhead          3b        P.Woods             3b        
3. L.Davenport         lf        J.Lyles             ss        
4. N.Robinson          cf        H.Turner            lf        
5. R.Longley           rf        M.Jones             1b        
6. L.Brown             c         D.Cleveland         rf        
7. J.Taylor            1b        W.Burch             c         
8. T.Brown             ss        A.Frazier           2b        
9. C.Blackmon          p         S.Owens             p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; M.Carter out on unknown play; F.Bankhead walked;
F.Bankhead was caught stealing second (unknown fielder);
L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Bears 0.

BEARS 1ST: J.Ray out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown
play; J.Lyles singled; H.Turner singled [J.Lyles to second];
M.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Bears 0.

RED SOX 2ND: N.Robinson doubled; R.Longley out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [N.Robinson to third]; L.Brown out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [N.Robinson scored]; J.Taylor
out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Bears 0.

BEARS 2ND: D.Cleveland out on unknown play; W.Burch walked;
A.Frazier singled [W.Burch to second]; S.Owens out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Burch to third, A.Frazier to
second]; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Bears 0.

RED SOX 3RD: T.Brown out on unknown play; C.Blackmon out on
unknown play; M.Carter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Bears 0.

BEARS 3RD: P.Woods singled; P.Woods stole second; J.Lyles
singled [P.Woods to third]; H.Turner doubled to right field
[P.Woods scored, J.Lyles scored]; M.Jones out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Turner to third]; D.Cleveland singled
[H.Turner scored]; W.Burch out on unknown play; A.Frazier out on
unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Bears 3.

RED SOX 4TH: R.COLES REPLACED H.TURNER (PLAYING LF); F.Bankhead
was hit by a pitch; L.Davenport singled [F.Bankhead to second];
N.Robinson singled [F.Bankhead scored, L.Davenport to second];
R.Longley forced N.Robinson (unknown fielder) [L.Davenport to
third, R.Longley to first]; R.Longley stole second; L.Brown out
on unknown play; J.Taylor out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Bears 3.

BEARS 4TH: S.Owens out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown
play; P.Woods walked; J.Lyles singled [P.Woods to second];
R.Coles out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Bears 3.

RED SOX 5TH: T.Brown out on unknown play; C.Blackmon out on
unknown play; M.Carter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Bears 3.

BEARS 5TH: M.Jones out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on
unknown play; W.Burch out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 2, Bears 3.

RED SOX 6TH: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; L.Davenport
walked; N.Robinson out on unknown play; R.Longley walked
[L.Davenport to second]; L.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Bears 3.

BEARS 6TH: A.Frazier out on unknown play; S.Owens out on
unknown play; J.Ray singled; J.Ray was caught stealing second
(unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Bears 3.

RED SOX 7TH: J.Taylor out on unknown play; T.Brown out on
unknown play; N.ROGERS BATTED FOR C.BLACKMON; N.Rogers out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Bears 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          2   3   0   4
 Bears            3   9   0   7


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