Chicago American Giants 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 - 6 11 2 Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 4 8 3 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cool Papa Bell cf 5 1 3 0 0 3 0 John Bissant lf 5 2 2 0 0 2 0 Art Pennington 1b 4 2 1 1 0 9 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 Walter Cannady 2b 4 0 3 3 0 6 2 Clyde Spearman rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ralph Wyatt ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 John Huber c 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 Leroy Sutton p 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 Totals 38 6 11 6 0 7 27 9 FIELDING - E: 2. Ralph Wyatt, Leroy Sutton. BATTING - 2B: Walter Cannady. 3B: Alex Radcliff. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - CS: Leroy Sutton. Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Tommy Sampson 2b 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 Bill Bradford rf 4 2 3 0 0 5 0 Lloyd Davenport cf 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 Lyman Bostock 1b 4 0 2 2 0 6 1 Lester Lockett 3b 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 Jesse Warren lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Leroy Morney ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 Paul Hardy c 3 0 0 0 0 8 1 Albert Shaw ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnny Markham p 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Goose Tatum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 4 8 4 1 3 27 8 FIELDING - E: 3. Lyman Bostock, Paul Hardy, Johnny Markham. BATTING - 2B: Lloyd Davenport. 3B: Lyman Bostock. Team LOB: 6 PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Leroy Sutton W 9 8 4 3 1 3 0 37 Totals 9 8 4 3 1 3 0 37 Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Johnny Markham L 9 11 6 5 0 7 0 38 Totals 9 11 6 5 0 7 0 38 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - William, 1B - Poindexter Williams Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 8000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/17/1942, game 1 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Birmingham Black Barons (D) Starting Lineups: Chicago Birmingham 1. C.Bell cf T.Sampson 2b 2. J.Bissant lf B.Bradford rf 3. A.Pennington 1b L.Davenport cf 4. A.Radcliff 3b L.Bostock 1b 5. W.Cannady 2b L.Lockett 3b 6. C.Spearman rf J.Warren lf 7. R.Wyatt ss L.Morney ss 8. J.Huber c P.Hardy c 9. L.Sutton p J.Markham p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Bissant singled; J.Bissant was picked off first, but was safe on an error by J.Markham [J.Bissant to second]; A.Pennington singled [J.Bissant scored]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; W.Cannady doubled [A.Pennington scored]; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: T.Sampson out on unknown play; B.Bradford singled; B.Bradford was picked off first, but was safe on an error by L.Sutton [B.Bradford to second]; L.Davenport out on unknown play; L.Bostock out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Black Barons 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; J.Huber out on unknown play; L.Sutton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: L.Lockett out on unknown play; J.Warren singled; L.Morney walked [J.Warren to second]; P.Hardy out on unknown play; J.Markham out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Black Barons 0. AM. GIANTS 3RD: C.Bell singled; J.Bissant out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: T.Sampson out on unknown play; B.Bradford singled; L.Davenport doubled [B.Bradford scored]; L.Bostock out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Black Barons 1. AM. GIANTS 4TH: P.Hardy dropped a foul fly hit by W.Cannady; W.Cannady out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 4TH: J.Warren out on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; P.Hardy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Black Barons 1. AM. GIANTS 5TH: J.Huber out on unknown play; L.Sutton out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.Markham out on unknown play; T.Sampson singled; B.Bradford singled [T.Sampson to second]; L.Davenport out on unknown play; L.Bostock tripled [T.Sampson scored, B.Bradford scored]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Black Barons 3. AM. GIANTS 6TH: J.Bissant singled; A.Pennington out on unknown play [J.Bissant to second]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; W.Cannady singled [J.Bissant scored]; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 6TH: J.Warren out on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; P.Hardy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Black Barons 3. AM. GIANTS 7TH: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; J.Huber out on unknown play; L.Sutton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 7TH: J.Markham out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Black Barons 3. AM. GIANTS 8TH: C.Bell singled; J.Bissant out on unknown play; A.Pennington reached on a fielder's choice [C.Bell to second (error by L.Bostock)]; A.Radcliff tripled [C.Bell scored, A.Pennington scored (unearned)]; W.Cannady singled to left field [A.Radcliff scored]; C.Spearman out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 6, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 8TH: L.Davenport reached on an error by R.Wyatt [L.Davenport to first]; L.Bostock singled [L.Davenport to third]; L.Lockett out on unknown play [L.Davenport scored (unearned)]; J.Warren out on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 6, Black Barons 4. AM. GIANTS 9TH: J.Huber out on unknown play; L.Sutton singled; L.Sutton was caught stealing second (P.Hardy to T.Sampson); C.Bell singled; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 6, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 9TH: A.SHAW BATTED FOR P.HARDY; A.Shaw out on unknown play; G.TATUM BATTED FOR J.MARKHAM; G.Tatum out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 6, Black Barons 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 6 11 2 5 Black Barons 4 8 3 6
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