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Sprinz All Stars(Spz) (SPZ) 5 Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 4

Game played on Sunday, October 21, 1945 (D) at Seals Stadium, San Francisco CA
Exhibition game

Birmingham Black Barons             1 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 2   -   4  9  2
Sprinz All Stars(Spz)               0 1 0  0 0 0  0 4 x   -   5  5  1

BATTING

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jack McLaurin cf                      4   2   2    0     1         1   0
Artie Wilson ss                       2   0   0    0     0         1   2
Ed Steele rf                          4   0   1    0     0         1   0
Piper Davis 2b                        4   0   2    2     0         3   4
Art Pennington lf                     4   1   2    1     0         5   1
Jim West 1b                           3   1   1    1     0         6   0
John Britton 3b                       4   0   0    0     0         1   1
Lou Louden c                          3   0   0    0     1         6   0
Frank Thompson p                      3   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Johnny Markham p                    0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Ted Radcliffe ph                    1   0   1    0     0         0   0
  Paul Hardy pr                       0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               32   4   9    4     2   6    24   8

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Piper Davis, Jim West. 
E: 2.  Artie Wilson, Frank Thompson. 
PB: 1.  Lou Louden. 

BATTING -
HR:  Art Pennington, Jim West. 
SH:  Artie Wilson 2, Jim West. 
GDP:  Art Pennington. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Piper Davis. 

Sprinz All Stars(Spz)                AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Frenchy Uhalt cf                      3   1   0    0     0         2   0
Del Young 2b                          3   1   0    0     1         6   3
Charles Petersen 3b                   4   0   1    2     0         1   1
Neill Sheridan rf                     4   0   2    0     0         0   0
Emil Mailho lf                        4   0   0    0     0         2   0
Gus Suhr 1b                           4   1   1    0     0         6   0
Roy Nicely ss                         3   0   0    0     0         3   1
Joe Sprinz c                          1   1   1    1     2         7   1
Bob Joyce p                           2   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Tom Seats p                         0   1   0    0     1         0   2
Totals                               28   5   5    3     4   2    27   9

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Del Young, Charles Petersen, Gus Suhr. 
E: 1.  Roy Nicely. 

BATTING -
2B:  Charles Petersen, Neill Sheridan. 
SH:  Frenchy Uhalt. 
GDP:  Charles Petersen. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Neill Sheridan. 

PITCHING

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Frank Thompson L                     7       4   4    2   4   1   0  28
Johnny Markham                       1       1   1    0   0   1   0  5
Totals                               8       5   5    2   4   2   0  33

Frank Thompson pitched to 3 batters in the 8th inning

Sprinz All Stars(Spz)                IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bob Joyce                            5       4   1    1   0   5   0  18
Tom Seats W                          4       5   3    2   2   1   2  19
Totals                               9       9   4    3   2   6   2  37



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Umpires: HP - Al Fioresi, 1B -  Russi

Time of Game: 1:40   Attendance: 8300

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 10/21/1945 -- Birmingham Black Barons at   (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Birmingham                                                  
1. J.McLaurin          cf        F.Uhalt             cf        
2. A.Wilson            ss        D.Young             2b        
3. E.Steele            rf        C.Petersen          3b        
4. P.Davis             2b        N.Sheridan          rf        
5. A.Pennington        lf        E.Mailho            lf        
6. J.West              1b        G.Suhr              1b        
7. J.Britton           3b        R.Nicely            ss        
8. L.Louden            c         J.Sprinz            c         
9. F.Thompson          p         B.Joyce             p         

BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; J.McLaurin singled; A.Wilson out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.McLaurin to second];
E.Steele singled [J.McLaurin to third]; P.Davis singled
[J.McLaurin scored, E.Steele to second]; A.Pennington grounded
into a double play (C.Petersen to D.Young to G.Suhr) [P.Davis
out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 1,  0.

 1ST: F.Uhalt out on unknown play; D.Young walked; C.Petersen
grounded into a double play (P.Davis to J.West) [D.Young out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 1,  0.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: J.West out on unknown play; J.Britton out on
unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 1,  0.

 2ND: N.Sheridan singled; E.Mailho out on unknown play; G.Suhr
singled [N.Sheridan to second]; R.Nicely forced N.Sheridan
(unknown fielder) [G.Suhr to second, R.Nicely to first];
J.Sprinz singled to left field (A.Pennington to J.Britton)
[G.Suhr scored, R.Nicely out at third]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Black Barons 1,  1.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: F.Thompson out on unknown play; J.McLaurin
singled; A.Wilson out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 1,  1.

 3RD: B.Joyce out on unknown play; F.Uhalt out on unknown play;
D.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons
1,  1.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; A.Pennington out
on unknown play; J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 1,  1.

 4TH: C.Petersen out on unknown play; N.Sheridan out on unknown
play; E.Mailho out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Barons 1,  1.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; L.Louden out
on unknown play; F.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Black Barons 1,  1.

 5TH: G.Suhr out on unknown play; R.Nicely out on unknown play;
J.Sprinz walked; L.Louden allowed a passed ball [J.Sprinz to
second]; B.Joyce out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Black Barons 1,  1.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: T.SEATS REPLACED B.JOYCE (PITCHING);
J.McLaurin reached on an error by R.Nicely [J.McLaurin to
first]; A.Wilson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[J.McLaurin to second]; E.Steele out on unknown play [J.McLaurin
to third]; P.Davis singled [J.McLaurin scored (unearned)];
P.Davis was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 2,  1.

 6TH: F.Uhalt out on unknown play; D.Young out on unknown play;
C.Petersen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Barons 2,  1.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: A.Pennington singled; J.West out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [A.Pennington to second];
J.Britton out on unknown play; L.Louden out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 2,  1.

 7TH: N.Sheridan doubled; N.Sheridan stole third; E.Mailho out
on unknown play; G.Suhr out on unknown play; R.Nicely out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 2,  1.

BLACK BARONS 8TH: F.Thompson out on unknown play; J.McLaurin
walked; A.Wilson out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 2,  1.

 8TH: J.Sprinz walked; T.Seats walked [J.Sprinz to second];
F.Uhalt reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt
[J.Sprinz scored (no RBI) (error by F.Thompson), T.Seats to
second]; J.MARKHAM REPLACED F.THOMPSON (PITCHING); D.Young
reached on an error by A.Wilson [T.Seats scored (unearned) (no
RBI), F.Uhalt to second, D.Young to first]; C.Petersen doubled
[F.Uhalt scored (unearned), D.Young scored (unearned)];
N.Sheridan out on unknown play; E.Mailho out on unknown play;
G.Suhr out on unknown play; 4 R (1 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Black
Barons 2,  5.

BLACK BARONS 9TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; A.Pennington
homered to centerfield; J.West homered to leftfield; J.Britton
out on unknown play; L.Louden walked; T.RADCLIFFE BATTED FOR
J.MARKHAM; T.Radcliffe singled [L.Louden to second]; P.HARDY RAN
FOR T.RADCLIFFE; J.McLaurin out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Black Barons 4,  5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Barons     4   9   2   6
                  5   5   1   4


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