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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 3 Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 2

Game played on Sunday, June 24, 1945 (D) at Bugle Field, Baltimore MD
Regular-Season game

Philadelphia Stars                  2 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0  -   2 11  0
Baltimore Elite Giants              1 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  1  -   3 10  2

BATTING

Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Tommy Woods 2b                        4   1   2    0     0   0     2   0
Gene Benson cf                        5   1   2    1     0   0     0   0
Frank Austin ss                       4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Ed Stone 3b                           5   0   2    1     0   0     0   0
Jim West 1b                           5   0   2    0     0   0     0   0
Goose Curry lf                        4   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Bill Cash c                           4   0   2    0     0   0     0   0
Roy Partlow rf                        3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Bill Davis p                          1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Wilmer Harris p                     3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               38   2  11    2     1   0    27   0

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Tommy Woods. 

BATTING -
2B:  Gene Benson 2, Ed Stone. 
3B:  Tommy Woods. 
SH:  Tommy Woods, Frank Austin, Roy Partlow. 
GDP:  Jim West. 
Team LOB:  10


Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       5   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Tommy Butts ss                        4   2   2    0     0   0     1   1
Harry Williams 2b                     4   0   2    0     0   0     0   0
Roy Campanella c                      5   1   2    2     0   0     0   0
Wild Bill Wright rf                   4   0   1    1     1   0     0   0
Bill Hoskins lf                       3   0   2    0     1   0     0   0
Felton Snow 3b                        1   0   0    0     2   0     0   0
Doc Dennis 1b                         2   0   0    0     1   0     1   1
  Bill Byrd ph, 1b                    1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Andy Porter p                         4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               33   3  10    3     5   0    30   2

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Tommy Butts, Doc Dennis. 
E: 2.  Doc Dennis, Andy Porter. 

BATTING -
2B:  Tommy Butts, Roy Campanella. 
3B:  Roy Campanella. 
SH:  Tommy Butts, Harry Williams, Felton Snow. 
Team LOB:  11


PITCHING

Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bill Davis                           1       2   1    1   1   0   0  6
Wilmer Harris L                      8       8   2    2   4   0   0  35
Totals                               9      10   3    3   5   0   0  41

Wilmer Harris pitched to 2 batters in the 10th inning

Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Andy Porter W                        10     11   2    2   1   0   0  42
Totals                               10     11   2    2   1   0   0  42



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 4000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 6/24/1945, game 2 --   at Baltimore Elite Giants
(D)

Starting Lineups:

                                 Baltimore                     
1. T.Woods             2b        H.Kimbro            cf        
2. G.Benson            cf        T.Butts             ss        
3. F.Austin            ss        H.Williams          2b        
4. E.Stone             3b        R.Campanella        c         
5. J.West              1b        W.Wright            rf        
6. G.Curry             lf        B.Hoskins           lf        
7. B.Cash              c         F.Snow              3b        
8. R.Partlow           rf        D.Dennis            1b        
9. B.Davis             p         A.Porter            p         

 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; T.Woods tripled; G.Benson doubled [T.Woods scored]; F.Austin
out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [G.Benson to third];
E.Stone doubled [G.Benson scored]; J.West out on unknown play;
G.Curry walked; B.Cash out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.   2, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; T.Butts
singled; H.Williams out on unknown play; R.Campanella tripled
[T.Butts scored]; W.Wright walked; B.Hoskins out on unknown
play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   2, Elite Giants 1.

 2ND: D.Dennis dropped a foul fly hit by R.Partlow; R.Partlow
out on unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; T.Woods
singled; G.Benson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  
2, Elite Giants 1.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: W.HARRIS REPLACED B.DAVIS (PITCHING); F.Snow
walked; D.Dennis out on unknown play; A.Porter out on unknown
play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   2,
Elite Giants 1.

 3RD: F.Austin out on unknown play; E.Stone singled; J.West
grounded into a double play (D.Dennis to T.Butts to D.Dennis)
[E.Stone out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   2, Elite Giants
1.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: T.Butts doubled; H.Williams out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Butts to third];
R.Campanella out on unknown play [T.Butts scored]; W.Wright out
on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   2, Elite Giants 2.

 4TH: G.Curry out on unknown play; B.Cash out on unknown play;
R.Partlow out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   2, Elite
Giants 2.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: B.Hoskins singled; F.Snow walked [B.Hoskins
to second]; D.Dennis out on unknown play; A.Porter out on
unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.   2, Elite Giants 2.

 5TH: W.Harris singled; T.Woods out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [W.Harris to second]; G.Benson out on unknown
play; F.Austin out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   2,
Elite Giants 2.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; H.Williams
singled; R.Campanella out on unknown play; W.Wright out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   2, Elite Giants 2.

 6TH: E.Stone out on unknown play; J.West singled; G.Curry out
on unknown play; B.Cash singled [J.West to second]; R.Partlow
out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   2, Elite Giants 2.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: B.Hoskins walked; F.Snow out on unknown play;
D.Dennis walked [B.Hoskins to second]; A.Porter out on unknown
play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   2,
Elite Giants 2.

 7TH: W.Harris out on unknown play; T.Woods out on unknown
play; G.Benson doubled; F.Austin out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.   2, Elite Giants 2.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; H.Williams
singled; R.Campanella out on unknown play; W.Wright out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   2, Elite Giants 2.

 8TH: E.Stone out on unknown play; J.West out on unknown play;
G.Curry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   2, Elite
Giants 2.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: B.Hoskins singled; F.Snow out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Hoskins to second]; B.BYRD BATTED FOR
D.DENNIS; B.Byrd out on unknown play; A.Porter out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   2, Elite Giants 2.

 9TH: B.BYRD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); B.Cash singled;
R.Partlow out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Cash to
second]; W.Harris out on unknown play; T.Woods out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   2, Elite Giants 2.

ELITE GIANTS 9TH: H.Kimbro singled; T.Butts out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Kimbro to second]; H.Williams lined
into a double play (T.Woods unassisted) [H.Kimbro out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   2, Elite Giants 2.

 10TH: G.Benson reached on an error by A.Porter [G.Benson to
first]; F.Austin out on unknown play; E.Stone out on unknown
play; J.West singled [G.Benson to second]; G.Curry out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.   2, Elite Giants 2.

ELITE GIANTS 10TH: R.Campanella doubled; W.Wright singled to
center field [R.Campanella scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   2,
Elite Giants 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  2  11   0  10
 Elite Giants     3  10   2  11


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