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Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 3 Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 2

Game played on Sunday, June 2, 1940 (D) at Rickwood Field , Birmingham AL
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 0  0 0 0  1 1 0  0 0 0  0 1  -   3  9  4
Birmingham Black Barons             0 0 0  1 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0  -   2  8  1

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Marlin Carter 3b                      6   0   2    0     0         3   7
Fred Bankhead 2b                      6   1   0    1     0         7   3
Neil Robinson cf                      6   1   1    0     0         3   0
Nat Rogers rf                         3   0   1    0     0         4   0
  Bill Bradford rf                    3   0   1    1     0         0   0
Red Longley lf                        6   0   1    1     0         1   0
Larry Brown c                         5   0   1    0     1        11   0
Jelly Taylor 1b                       5   0   1    0     0        13   0
  Johnnie Dawson                      1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Verdell Mathis 1b                   0   0   0    0     0         0   0
T.J. Brown ss                         2   0   1    0     0         0   3
  Eugene Bremer ss                    3   1   0    0     1         0   0
Big Train Jackson p                   5   0   0    0     0         0   1
Totals                               51   3   9    3     2   3    42  14

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Marlin Carter. 
E: 4.  Marlin Carter 2, Fred Bankhead, Nat Rogers. 
PB: 1.  Larry Brown. 

BATTING -
2B:  Bill Bradford. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Fred Bankhead. 

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Dan Thomas cf                         4   0   1    0     0         3   1
  Candy Jim Taylor                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Dan Bankhead cf                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Sammy Burton lf                       6   0   1    0     0         1   0
Tommy Sampson 2b                      6   1   1    0     0         5   8
Fred McBride 3b                       5   0   0    0     0         2   3
  Cap Tyson                           1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Willie Nixon rf                       6   1   2    1     0         5   1
Lyman Bostock 1b                      6   0   1    0     0        14   3
Ulysses Redd ss                       6   0   1    0     0         5   5
Paul Hardy c                          4   0   1    0     2         7   0
Eddie Snead p                         3   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Red Howard p                        2   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               51   2   8    1     2  10    42  22

FIELDING -
DP: 3.  Dan Thomas, Tommy Sampson 2, Willie Nixon, Lyman Bostock 2, Ulysses Redd, Paul Hardy 2. 
E: 1.  Tommy Sampson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Dan Thomas, Willie Nixon 2, Lyman Bostock, Paul Hardy. 
SH:  Red Howard. 
Team LOB:  10


PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Big Train Jackson W                  14      8   2    0   2  10   0  54
Totals                               14      8   2    0   2  10   0  54


Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Eddie Snead                          7       4   1    1   2   2   0  27
Red Howard L                         7       5   2    2   0   1   0  26
Totals                               14      9   3    3   2   3   0  53



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Umpires: HP - Bill Moore, 1B - Poindexter Williams

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