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Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 4 St. Louis Stars (SSA) 3

Game played on Wednesday, July 26, 1939 (N) at National Park, St. Louis MO
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     3 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0   -   4  4  0
St. Louis Stars                     1 0 0  0 1 1  0 0 0   -   3  6  0

BATTING

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

FIELDING -
PB: 1.  Larry Brown. 

BATTING -
2B:  Neil Robinson. 
3B:  Neil Robinson. 
SH:  Cliff Blackmon 2. 
GDP:  Lloyd Davenport. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Jelly Taylor. 

St. Louis Stars                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Leslie Green cf                       3   1   1    0     1         0   0
Dan Wilson ss                         4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Bill Bradford 1b                      4   1   1    1     0         1   0
Jimmy Ford lf                         4   0   1    0     0         0   0
Marshall Riddle 2b                    4   0   2    0     0         2   2
Raymond Taylor c                      3   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
Bobby Robinson 3b                     3   0   0    0     1   1     1   0
Frank McAllister rf                   1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Theolic Smith ph, rf                3   1   1    0     0   1     0   0
Lefty Calhoun p                       1   0   0    1     1         0   1
  George Mitchell ph                  1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               31   3   6    2     3   0    27   3

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Bill Bradford, Marshall Riddle 2, Bobby Robinson, Lefty Calhoun. 

BATTING -
2B:  Bill Bradford. 
SH:  Leslie Green, Raymond Taylor, Lefty Calhoun. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Leslie Green, Bill Bradford, Jimmy Ford, Theolic Smith. 

PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Cliff Blackmon                       5       4   3    3   3       0  23
Ted Radcliffe W                      4       2   0    0   0       0  14
Totals                               9       6   3    3   3   0   0  37

Cliff Blackmon pitched to 3 batters in the 6th inning

St. Louis Stars                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Lefty Calhoun L                      9       4   4    4  10   0   0  39
Totals                               9       4   4    4  10   0   0  39



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Umpires: HP - Billy Donaldson

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Wednesday, 7/26/1939 -- Memphis Red Sox at   (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                                                     
1. M.Carter            3b        L.Green             cf        
2. J.Taylor            1b        D.Wilson            ss        
3. L.Davenport         cf        B.Bradford          1b        
4. N.Robinson          2b        J.Ford              lf        
5. N.Rogers            rf        M.Riddle            2b        
6. R.Longley           lf        R.Taylor            c         
7. L.Brown             c         B.Robinson          3b        
8. T.Brown             ss        F.McAllister        rf        
9. C.Blackmon          p         L.Calhoun           p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; M.Carter out on unknown play; J.Taylor walked;
J.Taylor stole second; L.Davenport singled [J.Taylor scored];
N.Robinson tripled [L.Davenport scored]; N.Rogers out on unknown
play [N.Robinson scored]; R.Longley walked; L.Brown out on
unknown play; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3,  0.

 1ST: L.Green walked; L.Green stole second; D.Wilson out on
unknown play [L.Green to third]; B.Bradford out on unknown play
[L.Green scored]; J.Ford out on unknown play; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 3,  1.

RED SOX 2ND: T.Brown walked; C.Blackmon out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [T.Brown to second]; M.Carter out on unknown
play; J.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 3,  1.

 2ND: M.Riddle out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown
play; B.Robinson walked; F.McAllister out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3,  1.

RED SOX 3RD: L.Davenport walked; N.Robinson walked [L.Davenport
to second]; N.Rogers hit into a double play (M.Riddle to
B.Robinson to L.Calhoun to M.Riddle) [L.Davenport to third,
N.Rogers to first]; R.Longley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3,  1.

 3RD: L.Calhoun walked; L.Green out on unknown play; D.Wilson
out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3,  1.

RED SOX 4TH: L.Brown walked; T.Brown out on unknown play;
C.Blackmon out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Brown to
second]; M.Carter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Red Sox 3,  1.

 4TH: J.Ford out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play;
R.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, 
1.

RED SOX 5TH: J.Taylor out on unknown play; L.Davenport walked;
N.Robinson out on unknown play; N.Rogers out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3,  1.

 5TH: B.Robinson out on unknown play; T.SMITH BATTED FOR
F.MCALLISTER; T.Smith singled; T.Smith stole second; L.Brown
allowed a passed ball [T.Smith to third]; L.Calhoun reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [T.Smith scored]; L.Green
out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Calhoun to second];
D.Wilson out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, 
2.

RED SOX 6TH: T.SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); R.Longley out
on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; T.Brown walked;
C.Blackmon out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
3,  2.

 6TH: B.Bradford doubled; J.Ford singled [B.Bradford to third];
B.Bradford stole home and J.Ford stole second; M.Riddle singled
[J.Ford to third]; T.RADCLIFFE REPLACED C.BLACKMON (PITCHING);
R.Taylor struck out; B.Robinson struck out; T.Smith struck out;
0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3,  3.

RED SOX 7TH: M.Carter out on unknown play; J.Taylor out on
unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 3,  3.

 7TH: L.Calhoun out on unknown play; L.Green singled; D.Wilson
out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3,  3.

RED SOX 8TH: N.Robinson doubled to center field; F.BANKHEAD
BATTED FOR N.ROGERS; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; R.Longley
walked; L.Brown out on unknown play [N.Robinson to third,
R.Longley to second]; T.Brown singled to pitcher [N.Robinson
scored, R.Longley to third]; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4,  3.

 8TH: F.BANKHEAD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); J.Ford out on
unknown play; M.Riddle singled; R.Taylor out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [M.Riddle to second]; B.Robinson out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4,  3.

RED SOX 9TH: M.Carter out on unknown play; J.Taylor walked;
L.Davenport grounded into a double play (M.Riddle to B.Bradford)
[J.Taylor out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4,  3.

 9TH: T.Smith out on unknown play; G.MITCHELL BATTED FOR
L.CALHOUN; G.Mitchell out on unknown play; L.Green out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4,  3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          4   4   0   8
                  3   6   0   7


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