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St. Louis Stars (SSA) 7 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 1

Game played on Tuesday, August 1, 1939 (N) at Pelican Stadium, New Orleans LA
Regular-Season game

St. Louis Stars                     2 0 4  1 0 0  0 0 0   -   7 10  1
Memphis Red Sox                     0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   1  7  1

BATTING

St. Louis Stars                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Leslie Green cf                       3   1   0    0     1         2   0
Dan Wilson lf                         5   2   3    1     0         4   0
Jimmy Ford ss                         5   1   1    1     0         0   3
Ed Mayweather 1b                      3   0   1    1     2         9   0
Marshall Riddle 2b                    5   1   2    2     0         4   4
Bill Bradford rf                      4   1   2    0     1         2   0
Bobby Robinson 3b                     3   0   0    1     1         0   0
Raymond Taylor c                      4   0   0    0     0         5   1
Theolic Smith p                       4   1   1    0     0         1   2
Totals                               36   7  10    6     5   9    27  10

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Jimmy Ford, Ed Mayweather, Marshall Riddle. 
E: 1.  Marshall Riddle. 

BATTING -
2B:  Marshall Riddle 2, Theolic Smith. 
3B:  Jimmy Ford. 
SH:  Leslie Green, Bobby Robinson. 
Team LOB:  9


Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Marlin Carter 1b                      5   0   1    0     0        11   0
Jelly Taylor 2b                       4   0   1    0     1         2   3
Lloyd Davenport rf                    4   0   1    0     0         0   0
Neil Robinson cf                      4   1   1    0     0         0   1
Nat Rogers lf                         3   0   0    0     1         3   0
Larry Brown c                         4   0   1    1     0         9   0
Fred Bankhead 3b                      3   0   1    0     0         0   2
T.J. Brown ss                         3   0   0    0     1         2   1
Ted Radcliffe p                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Ralph Ross p                        3   0   1    0     0         0   5
Totals                               34   1   7    1     3   5    27  12

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Nat Rogers. 

BATTING -
2B:  Marlin Carter, Neil Robinson. 
SH:  Fred Bankhead. 
GDP:  Lloyd Davenport. 
Team LOB:  10

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Lloyd Davenport 2. 

PITCHING

St. Louis Stars                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Theolic Smith W                      9       7   1    1   3   5   0  38
Totals                               9       7   1    1   3   5   0  38


Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ted Radcliffe L                      3       7   6    5   2   5   0  17
Ralph Ross                           6       3   1    1   3   4   0  26
Totals                               9      10   7    6   5   9   0  43



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Umpires: HP - West Buntyn, 1B -  Giddon, 2B -  , 3B -  Benjamin

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 3000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 8/1/1939 --   at Memphis Red Sox (N)

Starting Lineups:

                                 Memphis                       
1. L.Green             cf        M.Carter            1b        
2. D.Wilson            lf        J.Taylor            2b        
3. J.Ford              ss        L.Davenport         rf        
4. E.Mayweather        1b        N.Robinson          cf        
5. M.Riddle            2b        N.Rogers            lf        
6. B.Bradford          rf        L.Brown             c         
7. B.Robinson          3b        F.Bankhead          3b        
8. R.Taylor            c         T.Brown             ss        
9. T.Smith             p         T.Radcliffe         p         

 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; L.Green walked; D.Wilson singled [L.Green to second]; J.Ford
out on unknown play; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; M.Riddle
doubled [L.Green scored, D.Wilson scored]; B.Bradford out on
unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: M.Carter out on unknown play; J.Taylor singled;
L.Davenport grounded into a double play (J.Ford to M.Riddle to
E.Mayweather) [J.Taylor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  
2, Red Sox 0.

 2ND: B.Robinson walked; R.Taylor out on unknown play; T.Smith
out on unknown play; L.Green out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.   2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: N.Robinson doubled; N.Rogers out on unknown play;
L.Brown singled [N.Robinson scored]; F.Bankhead out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Brown to second]; T.Brown
out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   2, Red Sox 1.

 3RD: D.Wilson singled; J.Ford tripled [D.Wilson scored];
E.Mayweather singled to center field (N.Robinson to J.Taylor)
[J.Ford scored, E.Mayweather out at second]; M.Riddle doubled;
B.Bradford singled to left field [M.Riddle scored (no RBI)
(error by N.Rogers), B.Bradford to third]; B.Robinson out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Bradford scored (unearned)];
R.Taylor out on unknown play; 4 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.   6,
Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; M.Carter doubled;
J.Taylor walked; L.Davenport out on unknown play; N.Robinson out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   6, Red Sox 1.

 4TH: R.ROSS REPLACED T.RADCLIFFE (PITCHING); T.Smith doubled;
L.Green out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Smith to
third]; D.Wilson singled [T.Smith scored]; J.Ford out on unknown
play; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  
7, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: N.Rogers walked; L.Brown out on unknown play;
F.Bankhead singled [N.Rogers to second]; T.Brown out on unknown
play; R.Ross out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   7, Red
Sox 1.

 5TH: M.Riddle out on unknown play; B.Bradford singled;
B.Robinson reached on a fielder's choice [B.Bradford to second];
R.Taylor out on unknown play; T.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   7, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: M.Carter out on unknown play; J.Taylor out on
unknown play; L.Davenport singled; L.Davenport stole second;
N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   7, Red
Sox 1.

 6TH: L.Green out on unknown play; D.Wilson out on unknown
play; J.Ford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   7, Red
Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: N.Rogers out on unknown play; L.Brown out on
unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   7, Red Sox 1.

 7TH: E.Mayweather walked; M.Riddle reached on a fielder's
choice [E.Mayweather to second]; B.Bradford out on unknown play;
B.Robinson out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   7, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: T.Brown out on unknown play; R.Ross singled;
M.Carter out on unknown play; J.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   7, Red Sox 1.

 8TH: T.Smith out on unknown play; L.Green out on unknown play;
D.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   7, Red Sox
1.

RED SOX 8TH: L.Davenport reached on an error by M.Riddle
[L.Davenport to first]; L.Davenport stole second; N.Robinson
reached on a fielder's choice [L.Davenport to third]; N.Rogers
out on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.   7, Red Sox 1.

 9TH: J.Ford out on unknown play; E.Mayweather walked; M.Riddle
out on unknown play; B.Bradford walked [E.Mayweather to second];
B.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   7, Red
Sox 1.

RED SOX 9TH: T.Brown walked; R.Ross out on unknown play;
M.Carter out on unknown play; J.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   7, Red Sox 1.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  7  10   1   9
 Red Sox          1   7   1  10


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