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Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 6 Cleveland Bears (CV9) 3

Game played on Sunday, July 23, 1939 (D) at Martin Stadium, Memphis TN
Regular-Season game

Cleveland Bears                     2 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   3  7  4
Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 2  0 4 0  0 0 x   -   6  8  1

BATTING

Cleveland Bears                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Johnny Ray cf                         4   1   0    0     0         2   0
Parnell Woods 3b                      4   1   2    1     0         0   1
John Lyles lf                         4   0   0    0     0         5   0
Henry Turner c                        4   0   2    1     0         1   2
Mint Jones 1b                         3   0   0    0     0         8   1
  Philly Holmes ph                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Duke Cleveland rf                     4   0   0    0     0         3   0
Al Frazier 2b                         4   0   1    0     0         1   3
Clarence Lamar ss                     3   1   1    0     0         4   2
Preacher Henry p                      3   0   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               34   3   7    2     0   6    24   9

FIELDING -
E: 4.  Parnell Woods 2, Al Frazier, Clarence Lamar. 

BATTING -
2B:  Parnell Woods. 
3B:  Parnell Woods. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Clarence Lamar. 
CS:  Al Frazier. 

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Marlin Carter 3b                      4   2   1    0     1         0   1
Fred Bankhead 2b                      5   0   1    2     0         4   3
Lloyd Davenport rf                    4   1   1    2     0         1   0
Neil Robinson cf                      3   0   1    0     1         1   0
Red Longley lf                        3   0   0    0     1         3   0
Larry Brown c                         3   0   1    0     1         7   1
Jelly Taylor 1b                       3   0   0    0     1        10   0
T.J. Brown ss                         3   1   1    0     0         1   1
Ted Radcliffe p                       4   2   2    0     0         0   2
Totals                               32   6   8    4     5   1    27   8

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Jelly Taylor. 

BATTING -
2B:  Marlin Carter. 
SH:  T.J. Brown. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Neil Robinson. 

PITCHING

Cleveland Bears                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Preacher Henry L                     8       8   6    4   5   1   0  38
Totals                               8       8   6    4   5   1   0  38


Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ted Radcliffe W                      9       7   3    2   0   6   0  34
Totals                               9       7   3    2   0   6   0  34



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Umpires: HP - W. Goodman, 1B - Greenie Walls

Time of Game: 1:55   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/23/1939, game 1 -- Cleveland Bears at Memphis
Red Sox (D)

Starting Lineups:

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

BEARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; J.Ray reached on an error by J.Taylor [J.Ray to first];
P.Woods tripled [J.Ray scored (unearned)]; J.Lyles out on
unknown play; H.Turner singled [P.Woods scored]; M.Jones out on
unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Bears 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: P.Woods dropped a foul fly hit by M.Carter;
M.Carter out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play;
L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Bears 2,
Red Sox 0.

BEARS 2ND: A.Frazier out on unknown play; C.Lamar singled;
P.Henry singled [C.Lamar to third]; C.Lamar stole home; J.Ray
out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Bears 3, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: N.Robinson out on unknown play; R.Longley out on
unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Bears 3, Red Sox 0.

BEARS 3RD: J.Lyles out on unknown play; H.Turner singled;
M.Jones out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bears 3, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: J.Taylor walked; T.Brown out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [J.Taylor to second]; T.Radcliffe reached on a
fielder's choice (unknown fielder) [J.Taylor out at third];
M.Carter doubled [T.Radcliffe to third]; F.Bankhead singled
[T.Radcliffe scored, M.Carter scored]; L.Davenport out on
unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bears 3, Red Sox 2.

BEARS 4TH: A.Frazier singled; A.Frazier was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); C.Lamar out on unknown play; P.Henry
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Bears 3, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 4TH: N.Robinson out on unknown play; R.Longley out on
unknown play; L.Brown singled to second base [L.Brown to second
(error by A.Frazier)]; J.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Bears 3, Red Sox 2.

BEARS 5TH: J.Ray out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown
play; J.Lyles out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Bears
3, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: T.Brown singled; T.Radcliffe singled [T.Brown to
second]; M.Carter walked [T.Brown to third, T.Radcliffe to
second]; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; L.Davenport singled
[T.Brown scored, T.Radcliffe scored, M.Carter to second];
N.Robinson walked [M.Carter to third, L.Davenport to second];
R.Longley reached on an error by P.Woods [M.Carter scored
(unearned) (no RBI), L.Davenport scored (unearned) (no RBI),
N.Robinson to third, R.Longley to first]; L.Brown out on unknown
play; J.Taylor out on unknown play; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Bears 3, Red Sox 6.

BEARS 6TH: H.Turner out on unknown play; M.Jones out on unknown
play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Bears 3, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 6TH: T.Brown out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on
unknown play; M.Carter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Bears 3, Red Sox 6.

BEARS 7TH: A.Frazier out on unknown play; C.Lamar out on
unknown play; P.Henry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Bears 3, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 7TH: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on
unknown play; N.Robinson singled; N.Robinson stole second;
R.Longley walked; L.Brown walked [N.Robinson to third, R.Longley
to second]; J.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 
Bears 3, Red Sox 6.

BEARS 8TH: J.Ray out on unknown play; P.Woods doubled; J.Lyles
out on unknown play; H.Turner out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Bears 3, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 8TH: T.Brown out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe singled
to shortstop [T.Radcliffe to second (error by C.Lamar)];
M.Carter out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Bears 3, Red Sox 6.

BEARS 9TH: P.HOLMES BATTED FOR M.JONES; P.Holmes out on unknown
play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; A.Frazier out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Bears 3, Red Sox 6.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Bears            3   7   4   4
 Red Sox          6   8   1   8


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