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Chicago American Giants (CAG) 5 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 1

Game played on Sunday, July 2, 1944 (D) at Tiger Stadium, Detroit MI
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0   -   1  3  2
Chicago American Giants             0 0 0  2 0 2  0 1 x   -   5  9  0

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Fred McDaniel lf                      3   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Willie Wells ss                       4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Jimmy Ford 3b                         4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Neil Robinson cf                      3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Cowan Hyde rf                         3   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
Fred Bankhead 2b                      3   0   1    1     0   0     0   1
Jim Canada 1b                         3   0   0    0     0   0     1   1
Larry Brown c                         3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Steve Wylie p                         3   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Totals                               29   1   3    1     1   0    24   2

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Willie Wells, Jim Canada. 

BATTING -
3B:  Cowan Hyde. 
Team LOB:  2

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Neil Robinson. 

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Ralph Wyatt ss                        4   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Jesse Douglas 3b                      3   2   1    0     1   0     0   0
Art Pennington 2b                     4   2   1    1     0   0     0   0
Lloyd Davenport cf                    4   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
John Bissant lf                       4   1   1    1     0   0     0   0
Johnny Smith rf                       4   0   2    2     0   0     0   0
Clyde Nelson 1b                       4   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Herb Barnhill c                       4   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Gentry Jessup p                       3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               34   5   9    4     1   0    27   0


BATTING -
2B:  Art Pennington. 
HR:  John Bissant. 
Team LOB:  6


PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Steve Wylie L                        8       9   5    2   1   0   1  35
Totals                               8       9   5    2   1   0   1  35


Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Gentry Jessup W                      9       3   1    1   1   0   0  30
Totals                               9       3   1    1   1   0   0  30



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 18640

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/2/1944, game 2 -- Memphis Red Sox at Chicago
Am. Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Chicago                       
1. F.McDaniel          lf        R.Wyatt             ss        
2. W.Wells             ss        J.Douglas           3b        
3. J.Ford              3b        A.Pennington        2b        
4. N.Robinson          cf        L.Davenport         cf        
5. C.Hyde              rf        J.Bissant           lf        
6. F.Bankhead          2b        J.Smith             rf        
7. J.Canada            1b        C.Nelson            1b        
8. L.Brown             c         H.Barnhill          c         
9. S.Wylie             p         G.Jessup            p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories;
F.McDaniel out on unknown play; W.Wells out on unknown play;
J.Ford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 1ST: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on
unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 0.

RED SOX 2ND: N.Robinson out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on
unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: L.Davenport singled; J.Bissant out on unknown
play; J.Smith out on unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 0.

RED SOX 3RD: J.Canada out on unknown play; L.Brown out on
unknown play; S.Wylie out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: H.Barnhill out on unknown play; G.Jessup out on
unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 0.

RED SOX 4TH: F.McDaniel walked; W.Wells out on unknown play;
J.Ford out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: J.Douglas singled; A.Pennington reached on an
error by W.Wells [J.Douglas to second, A.Pennington to first];
L.Davenport out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play
[J.Douglas to third, A.Pennington to second]; J.Smith singled
[J.Douglas scored (unearned), A.Pennington scored (unearned)];
C.Nelson out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Am. Giants 2.

RED SOX 5TH: C.Hyde out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on
unknown play; J.Canada out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 2.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: H.Barnhill out on unknown play; G.Jessup out on
unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 2.

RED SOX 6TH: L.Brown out on unknown play; S.Wylie out on
unknown play; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 2.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: J.Douglas walked; A.Pennington doubled to left
field [J.Douglas scored]; L.Davenport out on unknown play;
J.Bissant grounded out,  (F.Bankhead to J.Canada) [A.Pennington
scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by J.Canada)]; J.Smith
singled; C.Nelson grounded out (J.Canada to S.Wylie); 2 R (1
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 4.

RED SOX 7TH: W.Wells out on unknown play; J.Ford out on unknown
play; N.Robinson singled; N.Robinson was caught stealing second
(unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Am. Giants
4.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: H.Barnhill singled; G.Jessup out on unknown
play; R.Wyatt singled [H.Barnhill to second]; J.Douglas out on
unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 4.

RED SOX 8TH: C.Hyde tripled; F.Bankhead singled [C.Hyde
scored]; J.Canada out on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown
play; S.Wylie out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: L.Davenport out on unknown play; J.Bissant
homered; J.Smith out on unknown play; C.Nelson singled;
H.Barnhill out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Am. Giants 5.

RED SOX 9TH: F.McDaniel out on unknown play; W.Wells out on
unknown play; J.Ford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Red Sox 1, Am. Giants 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          1   3   2   2
 Am. Giants       5   9   0   6


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