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Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 7 Augie Galan All Stars(AG) (AGS) 4

Game played on Sunday, October 15, 1944 (N) at Seals Stadium, San Francisco CA
Exhibition game

Birmingham Black Barons             5 0 0  1 0 0  0 1 0   -   7 14  0
Augie Galan All Stars(AG)           0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 3   -   4 11  3

BATTING

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cool Papa Bell lf                     5   2   3    0     0         1   0
Jerry Benjamin cf                     5   0   0    0     0         2   0
Artie Wilson ss                       5   1   3    0     0         4   2
Sam Bankhead 2b                       5   1   2    1     0         1   3
Harry Williams 3b                     5   1   3    1     0         1   2
Piper Davis 1b                        3   1   1    1     0        13   0
John Britton rf                       4   1   2    2     0         1   0
Lou Louden c                          3   0   0    0     0         4   1
Johnny Markham p                      4   0   0    0     0         0   1
Totals                               39   7  14    5     0   7    27   9

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Artie Wilson, Piper Davis. 

BATTING -
2B:  Sam Bankhead, Piper Davis. 
SH:  Piper Davis, Lou Louden. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Cool Papa Bell 2, Artie Wilson. 

Augie Galan All Stars(AG)            AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Frenchy Uhalt cf                      5   0   0    0     0         1   0
Eddie Lake ss                         4   0   0    0     0         3   1
Ray Bowden 3b                         4   0   1    0     0         0   4
Augie Galan lf                        4   0   0    0     0         2   0
Frankie Kelleher rf                   4   2   3    0     0         2   1
Les Scarsella 1b                      4   1   1    0     0        12   1
Ray Roman c                           4   1   3    2     0         7   1
Frank Gira 2b                         3   0   0    1     0         0   4
  Billy Raimondi ph                   1   0   1    0     0         0   0
Sam Gibson p                          0   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Jim Tobin p                         4   0   2    1     0         0   0
Totals                               37   4  11    4     0   3    27  13

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Eddie Lake, Augie Galan, Les Scarsella. 

BATTING -
2B:  Frankie Kelleher, Les Scarsella, Billy Raimondi. 
GDP:  Les Scarsella. 
Team LOB:  6


PITCHING

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Johnny Markham W                     9      11   4    4   0   3   0  37
Totals                               9      11   4    4   0   3   0  37


Augie Galan All Stars(AG)            IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Sam Gibson L                         0.1     5   5    5   0   0   0  6
Jim Tobin                            8.2     9   2    1   0   7   0  35
Totals                               9      14   7    6   0   7   0  41

WP:  Jim Tobin. 


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Umpires: HP -  Forest, 1B -  Cole

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 7500

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 10/15/1944 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Augie
Galan All Stars(AG) (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Birmingham                    Augie Galan                   
1. C.Bell              lf        F.Uhalt             cf        
2. J.Benjamin          cf        E.Lake              ss        
3. A.Wilson            ss        R.Bowden            3b        
4. S.Bankhead          2b        A.Galan             lf        
5. H.Williams          3b        F.Kelleher          rf        
6. P.Davis             1b        L.Scarsella         1b        
7. J.Britton           rf        R.Roman             c         
8. L.Louden            c         F.Gira              2b        
9. J.Markham           p         S.Gibson            p         

BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; C.Bell singled; C.Bell stole second;
J.Benjamin out on unknown play; A.Wilson singled [C.Bell to
third]; S.Bankhead singled [C.Bell scored, A.Wilson to second];
H.Williams singled [A.Wilson scored, S.Bankhead to second];
P.Davis doubled to left field [S.Bankhead scored, H.Williams to
third]; J.TOBIN REPLACED S.GIBSON (PITCHING); J.Britton singled
[H.Williams scored, P.Davis scored]; L.Louden out on unknown
play; J.Markham out on unknown play; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Black Barons 5, All Stars(AG) 0.

ALL STARS(AG) 1ST: F.Uhalt out on unknown play; E.Lake out on
unknown play; R.Bowden singled; A.Galan out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 5, All Stars(AG) 0.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on
unknown play; A.Wilson singled; A.Wilson stole second;
S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black
Barons 5, All Stars(AG) 0.

ALL STARS(AG) 2ND: F.Kelleher singled; L.Scarsella grounded
into a double play (A.Wilson to P.Davis) [F.Kelleher out at
second]; R.Roman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Barons 5, All Stars(AG) 0.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: H.Williams singled; P.Davis out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Williams to second];
J.Britton out on unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 5, All Stars(AG) 0.

ALL STARS(AG) 3RD: F.Gira out on unknown play; J.Tobin singled;
F.Uhalt out on unknown play; E.Lake out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 5, All Stars(AG) 0.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: J.Markham out on unknown play; C.Bell
singled; C.Bell stole second; J.Benjamin out on unknown play;
A.Wilson singled [C.Bell to third]; J.Tobin threw a wild pitch
[C.Bell scored, A.Wilson to second]; S.Bankhead out on unknown
play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 6, All Stars(AG) 0.

ALL STARS(AG) 4TH: R.Bowden out on unknown play; A.Galan out on
unknown play; F.Kelleher out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 6, All Stars(AG) 0.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: H.Williams singled to left field [H.Williams
to second (error by A.Galan)]; P.Davis out on unknown play;
J.Britton out on unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 6, All Stars(AG) 0.

ALL STARS(AG) 5TH: L.Scarsella out on unknown play; R.Roman
singled; F.Gira out on unknown play; J.Tobin singled [R.Roman to
second]; F.Uhalt out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Black Barons 6, All Stars(AG) 0.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: J.Markham out on unknown play; C.Bell out on
unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 6, All Stars(AG) 0.

ALL STARS(AG) 6TH: E.Lake out on unknown play; R.Bowden out on
unknown play; A.Galan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Black Barons 6, All Stars(AG) 0.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: A.Wilson out on unknown play; S.Bankhead
doubled; H.Williams out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 6, All Stars(AG) 0.

ALL STARS(AG) 7TH: F.Kelleher doubled to left field;
L.Scarsella out on unknown play; R.Roman singled [F.Kelleher to
third]; F.Gira forced R.Roman (unknown fielder) [F.Kelleher
scored, F.Gira to first]; J.Tobin out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 6, All Stars(AG) 1.

BLACK BARONS 8TH: J.Britton singled to right field; L.Louden
out on a sacrifice bunt,  (unknown fielder) [J.Britton scored
(unearned) (no RBI) (error by L.Scarsella)]; J.Markham out on
unknown play; C.Bell singled to shortstop [C.Bell to second
(error by E.Lake)]; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER),
2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 7, All Stars(AG) 1.

ALL STARS(AG) 8TH: F.Uhalt out on unknown play; E.Lake out on
unknown play; R.Bowden out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 7, All Stars(AG) 1.

BLACK BARONS 9TH: A.Wilson out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out
on unknown play; H.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Black Barons 7, All Stars(AG) 1.

ALL STARS(AG) 9TH: A.Galan out on unknown play; F.Kelleher
singled to left field; L.Scarsella doubled to right field
[F.Kelleher to third]; R.Roman singled to center field
[F.Kelleher scored, L.Scarsella scored]; B.RAIMONDI BATTED FOR
F.GIRA; B.Raimondi doubled to left field [R.Roman to third];
J.Tobin flied to C.Bell [R.Roman scored]; F.Uhalt grounded out
(P.Davis unassisted); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 7, All
Stars(AG) 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Barons     7  14   0   7
 All Stars(AG)    4  11   3   6


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