Memphis Red Sox 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 9 4 Birmingham Black Barons 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 6 3 BATTING Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Fred McDaniel lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 Fred Bankhead 2b 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Jimmy Ford 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Neil Robinson cf 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Cowan Hyde rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 T.J. Brown ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Canada 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Red Longley c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Verdell Mathis p 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 4 9 3 2 0 27 0 FIELDING - E: 4. Jimmy Ford, Cowan Hyde, T.J. Brown, Red Longley. BATTING - SH: Fred Bankhead, Red Longley. IW: Verdell Mathis. GDP: Fred Bankhead. Team LOB: 7 Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Artie Wilson ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Felix McLaurin cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leroy Morney 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Lester Lockett lf 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 Ed Steele rf 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 John Britton 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Ted Radcliffe c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Johnie Scott pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pepper Bassett c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alfred Saylor p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leandy Young ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmie Newberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 3 6 3 2 0 27 2 FIELDING - DP: 1. Artie Wilson, Leroy Morney, Tommy Sampson. E: 3. Tommy Sampson 2, Alfred Saylor. BATTING - 2B: Ed Steele. HR: Ed Steele. Team LOB: 5 PITCHING Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Verdell Mathis W 9 6 3 3 2 0 1 35 Totals 9 6 3 3 2 0 1 35 Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alfred Saylor L 8 8 3 2 1 0 0 32 Jimmie Newberry 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 Totals 9 9 4 2 2 0 0 38 IW: Jimmie Newberry. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/6/1944, game 1 -- Memphis Red Sox at Birmingham Black Barons (D) Starting Lineups: Memphis Birmingham 1. F.McDaniel lf A.Wilson ss 2. F.Bankhead 2b F.McLaurin cf 3. J.Ford 3b L.Morney 1b 4. N.Robinson cf L.Lockett lf 5. C.Hyde rf E.Steele rf 6. T.Brown ss T.Sampson 2b 7. J.Canada 1b J.Britton 3b 8. R.Longley c T.Radcliffe c 9. V.Mathis p A.Saylor p RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; F.Bankhead walked; J.Ford out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: J.Ford dropped a foul fly hit by A.Wilson; A.Wilson out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Black Barons 0. RED SOX 2ND: C.Hyde singled; C.Hyde was picked off first, but was safe on an error by A.Saylor [C.Hyde to second]; T.Brown out on unknown play; J.Canada out on unknown play; R.Longley out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: L.Lockett out on unknown play; E.Steele doubled; T.Sampson out on unknown play; J.Britton singled [E.Steele scored]; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Black Barons 1. RED SOX 3RD: V.Mathis singled; F.McDaniel singled [V.Mathis to second]; F.Bankhead singled [V.Mathis scored, F.McDaniel to second]; J.Ford singled to second base [F.McDaniel scored (no RBI) (error by T.Sampson), F.Bankhead to third, J.Ford to second]; N.Robinson out on unknown play [F.Bankhead scored (unearned)]; C.Hyde out on unknown play; T.Brown out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 3RD: A.Saylor out on unknown play; A.Wilson out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Black Barons 1. RED SOX 4TH: J.Canada out on unknown play; R.Longley out on unknown play; V.Mathis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 4TH: L.Morney out on unknown play; L.Lockett singled to right field [L.Lockett to second (error by C.Hyde)]; E.Steele out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Black Barons 1. RED SOX 5TH: F.McDaniel singled; F.Bankhead out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [F.McDaniel to second]; J.Ford out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 5TH: R.Longley dropped a foul fly hit by J.Britton; J.Britton out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; A.Saylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Black Barons 1. RED SOX 6TH: C.Hyde out on unknown play; T.Brown singled; J.Canada out on unknown play; R.Longley out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 6TH: A.Wilson out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Black Barons 1. RED SOX 7TH: V.Mathis singled; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; F.Bankhead grounded into a double play (A.Wilson to T.Sampson to L.Morney) [V.Mathis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 7TH: L.Lockett walked; E.Steele out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Black Barons 1. RED SOX 8TH: J.Ford out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 8TH: T.Radcliffe singled to shortstop [T.Radcliffe to second (error by T.Brown)]; J.SCOTT RAN FOR T.RADCLIFFE; L.YOUNG BATTED FOR A.SAYLOR; L.Young out on unknown play; A.Wilson walked; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 3, Black Barons 1. RED SOX 9TH: P.BASSETT REPLACED J.SCOTT (PLAYING C); J.NEWBERRY REPLACED L.YOUNG (PITCHING); T.Brown reached on an error by T.Sampson [T.Brown to first]; J.Canada singled [T.Brown to second]; R.Longley out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Brown to third, J.Canada to second]; V.Mathis was walked intentionally; F.McDaniel out on unknown play [T.Brown scored (unearned)]; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 4, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 9TH: L.Lockett singled; E.Steele homered [L.Lockett scored]; T.Sampson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Black Barons 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 4 9 4 7 Black Barons 3 6 3 5
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