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Chicago American Giants (CAG) 7 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 2

Game played on Sunday, September 3, 1939 (D) at South Side Park III, Chicago IL
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 1  0 1 0  0 0 0   -   2  7  3
Chicago American Giants             1 0 1  3 0 0  1 1 x   -   7 10  0

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Marlin Carter 2b                      2   0   2    1     2         0   0
Jelly Taylor 1b                       3   0   1    1     1         0   0
Lloyd Davenport lf                    3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Neil Robinson cf                      4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Nat Rogers rf                         4   0   2    0     0         0   0
Larry Brown c                         4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Fred Bankhead 3b                      4   0   0    0     0         0   0
T.J. Brown ss                         4   1   1    0     0         0   0
Porter Moss p                         3   1   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               31   2   7    2     3   3    24   0

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Jelly Taylor, Lloyd Davenport, T.J. Brown. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jelly Taylor, Nat Rogers, T.J. Brown. 
3B:  Marlin Carter. 
SH:  Lloyd Davenport. 
GDP:  Larry Brown. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Marlin Carter. 

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Willie Simms cf                       3   1   2    1     2         0   0
  Subby Byas lf                       0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      4   3   3    2     1         1   1
John Bissant 2b                       4   1   1    1     0         1   1
Donald Reeves rf                      4   0   2    2     0         0   0
Ed Young 1b                           3   0   0    0     1         1   0
Ernest Smith lf, cf                   4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Billy Horne ss                        4   0   1    0     0         1   1
Pepper Bassett c                      4   1   0    0     0         0   0
Jesse Houston p                       4   1   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               34   7  10    6     4   6    27   3

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Alex Radcliff, John Bissant 2, Ed Young, Billy Horne. 

BATTING -
2B:  Alex Radcliff. 
3B:  Willie Simms, Alex Radcliff, Donald Reeves. 
HR:  John Bissant. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Willie Simms. 

PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Porter Moss L                        8      10   7    5   4   6   1  38
Totals                               8      10   7    5   4   6   1  38


Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jesse Houston W                      9       7   2    2   3   3   0  35
Totals                               9       7   2    2   3   3   0  35



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 9/3/1939, game 1 -- Memphis Red Sox at Chicago
Am. Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Chicago                       
1. M.Carter            2b        W.Simms             cf        
2. J.Taylor            1b        A.Radcliff          3b        
3. L.Davenport         lf        J.Bissant           2b        
4. N.Robinson          cf        D.Reeves            rf        
5. N.Rogers            rf        E.Young             1b        
6. L.Brown             c         E.Smith             lf        
7. F.Bankhead          3b        B.Horne             ss        
8. T.Brown             ss        P.Bassett           c         
9. P.Moss              p         J.Houston           p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; M.Carter singled; M.Carter stole second; J.Taylor
walked; L.Davenport out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[M.Carter to third, J.Taylor to second]; N.Robinson out on
unknown play; N.Rogers out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 1ST: W.Simms singled; W.Simms was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); A.Radcliff walked; J.Bissant out on
unknown play; D.Reeves tripled [A.Radcliff scored]; E.Young
walked; E.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Am. Giants 1.

RED SOX 2ND: L.Brown out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on
unknown play; T.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: B.Horne singled to left field [B.Horne to
second (error by L.Davenport)]; P.Bassett out on unknown play;
J.Houston out on unknown play; W.Simms walked; A.Radcliff out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 1.

RED SOX 3RD: P.Moss singled; M.Carter tripled [P.Moss scored];
J.Taylor out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play;
N.Robinson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: J.Bissant homered; D.Reeves out on unknown
play; E.Young out on unknown play; E.Smith out on unknown play;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Am. Giants 2.

RED SOX 4TH: N.Rogers singled; L.Brown grounded into a double
play (J.Bissant to B.Horne to E.Young) [N.Rogers out at second];
F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Am. Giants 2.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on
unknown play; J.Houston singled; W.Simms tripled [J.Houston
scored]; A.Radcliff tripled [W.Simms scored]; J.Bissant reached
on an error by T.Brown [A.Radcliff scored (unearned) (no RBI),
J.Bissant to first]; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 3
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Am. Giants 5.

RED SOX 5TH: T.Brown doubled; P.Moss out on unknown play;
M.Carter walked; J.Taylor doubled [T.Brown scored, M.Carter to
third]; L.Davenport lined into a double play (A.Radcliff to
J.Bissant) [J.Taylor out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 2, Am. Giants 5.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: E.Young out on unknown play; E.Smith out on
unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 2, Am. Giants 5.

RED SOX 6TH: N.Robinson out on unknown play; N.Rogers doubled;
L.Brown out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Am. Giants 5.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: P.Bassett out on unknown play; J.Houston out on
unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 2, Am. Giants 5.

RED SOX 7TH: T.Brown out on unknown play; P.Moss out on unknown
play; M.Carter walked; J.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Am. Giants 5.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: A.Radcliff doubled; J.Bissant out on unknown
play; D.Reeves singled [A.Radcliff scored]; E.Young out on
unknown play; E.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Red Sox 2, Am. Giants 6.

RED SOX 8TH: L.Davenport out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on
unknown play; N.Rogers out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Am. Giants 6.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Bassett reached
on an error by J.Taylor [P.Bassett to first]; J.Houston out on
unknown play; W.Simms walked [P.Bassett to second]; A.Radcliff
singled (unknown fielder) [P.Bassett scored (unearned), W.Simms
to third, A.Radcliff out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Am. Giants 7.

RED SOX 9TH: S.BYAS REPLACED W.SIMMS (PLAYING LF); E.SMITH
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); L.Brown out on unknown play;
F.Bankhead out on unknown play; T.Brown out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Am. Giants 7.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          2   7   3   6
 Am. Giants       7  10   0   7


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