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Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 5 Cleveland Bears (CV9) 4

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

Cleveland Bears                     1 0 0  0 0 1  2  -   4  8  0
Birmingham Black Barons             0 0 0  0 1 3  1  -   5 10  0

BATTING

Cleveland Bears                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Johnny Ray cf                         3   2   1          1         2   0
Parnell Woods 3b                      4   0   1          0         0   1
Duke Cleveland rf                     4   0   2          0         1   0
Henry Turner c                        2   0   0          1         6   0
Ormond Sampson lf                     3   0   1          0         2   0
Skin Down Robinson 1b                 3   0   0          0         6   0
Clarence Lamar ss                     3   1   1          0         1   3
Al Frazier 2b                         3   1   2          0         2   0
Andy Sarvis p                         3   0   0          0         0   2
Totals                               28   4   8          2   2    20   6


BATTING -
Team LOB:  5


Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Buddy Allen cf                        3   0   1          0         0   0
Tommy Sampson 2b                      4   0   1          0         3   3
Fred McBride 1b                       3   0   0          0         7   0
  Sammy Burton 1b                     1   0   0          0         0   0
Jabbo Andrews lf                      3   1   1          1         0   0
Willie Nixon rf                       2   0   0          1         2   1
  Dan Thomas rf                       1   0   1          0         0   0
Lyman Bostock ss                      4   0   2          0         4   2
Ulysses Redd 3b                       2   2   1          2         0   0
Paul Hardy c                          3   1   1          1         5   0
Sam Barber p                          2   0   2          0         0   0
  Eddie Snead p                       1   1   0          0         0   0
  Red Howard p                        1   0   0          0         0   0
Totals                               30   5  10          5   6    21   6

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Tommy Sampson 2, Fred McBride 2, Lyman Bostock 2. 

BATTING -
3B:  Paul Hardy. 
HBP:  Buddy Allen. 
Team LOB:  11


PITCHING

Cleveland Bears                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Andy Sarvis L                        6.2    10   5    5   5   6   0  36
Totals                               6.2    10   5    5   5   6   0  36

HBP:  Andy Sarvis. 

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Sam Barber                           5.1     4   2    2   1   1   0  20
Eddie Snead                          1       4   2    2   1   0   0  8
Red Howard W                         0.2     0   0    0   0   1   0  2
Totals                               7       8   4    4   2   2   0  30



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Umpires: HP - ?

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