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Cleveland Bears (CV9) 8 Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 7

Game played on Sunday, June 23, 1940 (D) at Rickwood Field , Birmingham AL
Regular-Season game

Cleveland Bears                     1 0 0  0 0 0  3 2 1  1  -   8 11  0
Birmingham Black Barons             0 0 0  0 4 2  0 0 1  0  -   7 16  0

BATTING

Cleveland Bears                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Johnny Ray cf                         5   3   2          0         4   0
Parnell Woods 3b                      5   0   1          0         0   4
Duke Cleveland rf                     5   1   2          0         0   0
Henry Turner c                        4   1   2          1         4   1
  Herb Barnhill c                     0   0   0          0         0   0
Ormond Sampson lf                     5   2   2          0         4   0
Skin Down Robinson 1b                 4   0   0          0        13   0
Clarence Lamar ss                     4   0   2          0         2   6
Al Frazier 2b                         3   0   0          1         3   4
Preacher Henry p                      1   0   0          0         0   1
  Specs Ellis p                       1   0   0          0         0   0
  Alonzo Boone p                      2   1   0          0         0   0
Totals                               39   8  11          2        30  16


BATTING -
Team LOB:  3


Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Buddy Allen cf                        6   2   2          0         0   1
Tommy Sampson 2b                      6   1   3          0         3   3
Fred McBride 1b                       6   2   3          0        10   1
Jabbo Andrews lf                      5   1   2          1         1   0
Willie Nixon rf                       6   0   1          0         5   0
Lyman Bostock ss                      4   0   1          1         2   1
Sammy Burton 3b                       5   0   1          0         0   3
Paul Hardy c                          4   0   1          1         9   2
Dan Bankhead p                        2   1   1          0         0   3
  Ulysses Redd                        1   0   0          0         0   0
  Eddie Snead p                       0   0   0          0         0   0
  Gentry Jessup p                     0   0   0          0         0   0
  Red Howard p                        1   0   0          0         0   0
  Blanch Moody p                      0   0   0          0         0   0
  Dan Thomas                          1   0   1          0         0   0
Totals                               47   7  16          3        30  14


BATTING -
Team LOB:  13


PITCHING

Cleveland Bears                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Preacher Henry                       4.1     6   3        1       0  21
Specs Ellis                          1       6   3        1       0  10
Alonzo Boone W                       4.2     4   1        1       0  19
Totals                               10     16   7        3       0  50


Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Dan Bankhead L                       6       2   1        1       0  20
Eddie Snead                          0.1     3   3        0       0  4
Gentry Jessup                        1       3   2        1       0  6
Red Howard                           1.2     2   1        0       0  7
Blanch Moody                         1       1   1        0       0  4
Totals                               10     11   8        2       0  41



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