Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 Birmingham Black Barons 1 0 1 1 0 0 x - 3 5 4 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cool Papa Bell cf 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 John Bissant lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Art Pennington 1b 3 0 1 0 0 9 1 Alex Radcliff 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 Walter Cannady 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 Clyde Spearman rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ralph Wyatt ss 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 Cleo Benson c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 John Huber ph, c 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Willie Cornelius p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Jimmie Crutchfield ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ulysses Evans p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W. Miller ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 26 0 4 0 3 3 18 8 FIELDING - DP: 2. Art Pennington 2, Alex Radcliff, Walter Cannady, Ralph Wyatt. BATTING - Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: John Bissant, John Huber. Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Tommy Sampson 2b 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 Bill Bradford rf 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 Lloyd Davenport cf 3 0 2 2 0 2 1 Lyman Bostock 1b 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 Lester Lockett 3b 3 0 1 0 0 3 2 Jesse Warren lf 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 Leroy Morney ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 Paul Hardy c 2 0 0 1 0 5 1 Dan Bankhead p 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 Totals 22 3 5 3 3 2 21 11 FIELDING - E: 4. Tommy Sampson, Lester Lockett, Leroy Morney, Paul Hardy. BATTING - 2B: Bill Bradford. GDP: Lyman Bostock. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: Bill Bradford, Lloyd Davenport. PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Cornelius L 4 5 3 3 2 1 0 18 Ulysses Evans 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 Totals 6 5 3 3 3 2 0 25 Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Dan Bankhead W 7 4 0 0 3 3 0 29 Totals 7 4 0 0 3 3 0 29 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Poindexter Williams, 1B - William Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 8000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/17/1942, game 2 -- 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. C.Benson c P.Hardy c 9. W.Cornelius p D.Bankhead p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; C.Bell singled; J.Bissant forced C.Bell (unknown fielder) [J.Bissant to first]; J.Bissant stole second; A.Pennington out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: T.Sampson out on unknown play; B.Bradford singled; B.Bradford stole second; L.Davenport singled [B.Bradford scored]; L.Davenport stole second; L.Bostock out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 1. AM. GIANTS 2ND: W.Cannady singled; C.Spearman forced W.Cannady (unknown fielder) [C.Spearman to second (error by T.Sampson)]; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; C.Benson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 2ND: J.Warren out on unknown play; L.Morney walked; P.Hardy out on unknown play; D.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 1. AM. GIANTS 3RD: W.Cornelius singled to third base [W.Cornelius to second (error by L.Lockett)]; C.Bell walked; J.Bissant out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 3RD: T.Sampson out on unknown play; B.Bradford doubled; L.Davenport singled [B.Bradford scored]; L.Bostock grounded into a double play (R.Wyatt to A.Pennington) [L.Davenport out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 2. AM. GIANTS 4TH: W.Cannady out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 2. BLACK BARONS 4TH: L.Lockett singled; J.Warren walked [L.Lockett to second]; L.Morney hit into a double play (W.Cannady to A.Pennington to A.Radcliff) [L.Lockett out at home, J.Warren to third]; P.Hardy reached on a fielder's choice [J.Warren scored]; D.Bankhead out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 3. AM. GIANTS 5TH: J.HUBER BATTED FOR C.BENSON; J.Huber out on unknown play; J.CRUTCHFIELD BATTED FOR W.CORNELIUS; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 5TH: U.EVANS REPLACED J.CRUTCHFIELD (PITCHING); J.HUBER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); T.Sampson out on unknown play; B.Bradford walked; L.Davenport out on unknown play; L.Bostock out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 3. AM. GIANTS 6TH: J.Bissant out on unknown play; A.Pennington singled; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; W.Cannady walked [A.Pennington to second]; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 6TH: L.Lockett out on unknown play; J.Warren out on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 3. AM. GIANTS 7TH: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; J.Huber reached on an error by L.Morney [J.Huber to first]; J.Huber stole second [J.Huber to third (error by P.Hardy)]; W.MILLER BATTED FOR U.EVANS; W.Miller out on unknown play; C.Bell walked; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 0 4 0 8 Black Barons 3 5 4 4
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