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Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 5 Houston Eagles (HOE) 4

Game played on Tuesday, May 3, 1949 (N) at Ponce de Leon Park, Atlanta GA
Regular-Season game

Houston Eagles                      0 0 0  1 0 0  0 2 1   -   4  7  1
Birmingham Black Barons             3 0 0  1 0 0  0 1 x   -   5  9  3

BATTING

Houston Eagles                       AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jimmy Wilkes cf                       5   1   1    1     0   0     0   0
Curley Williams ss                    4   1   1    0     1   0     0   0
Bob Wilson 3b                         5   1   2    1     0   0     0   0
Bob Harvey rf                         4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Johnny Washington 1b                  4   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Johnny Davis lf                       3   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Eddie Brooks 2b                       4   0   2    2     0   0     0   0
Leon Ruffin c                         3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Bo Wallace c                        0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Jerome Brown ph                     1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Jonas Gaines pr                     0   1   0    0     0   0     0   0
Rufus Lewis p                         3   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Totals                               36   4   7    4     3   0    24   0

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Bob Wilson. 

BATTING -
3B:  Curley Williams, Bob Wilson. 
Team LOB:  8


Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Ed Steele rf                          3   0   2    0     0   0     0   0
John Britton 3b                       4   1   0    0     0   0     0   0
Luther Branham lf                     3   1   0    0     1   0     0   0
Alonzo Perry 1b                       4   1   1    1     0   0     0   0
Piper Davis 2b                        4   1   2    2     0   0     0   0
Norman Robinson cf                    4   1   2    1     0   0     0   0
Jose Burgos ss                        4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Herman Bell c                         4   0   1    1     0   0     0   0
Jimmie Newberry p                     3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               33   5   9    5     1   0    27   0

FIELDING -
E: 3.  John Britton 2, Jose Burgos. 

BATTING -
2B:  Alonzo Perry, Piper Davis. 
3B:  Norman Robinson 2. 
SH:  Ed Steele. 
Team LOB:  6


PITCHING

Houston Eagles                       IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Rufus Lewis L                        8       9   5    4   1   0   0  35
Totals                               8       9   5    4   1   0   0  35


Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jimmie Newberry W                    9       7   4    0   3   0   0  39
Totals                               9       7   4    0   3   0   0  39



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Umpires: HP - Joe Doyle, 1B - Lewis Means

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 5/3/1949 -- Houston Eagles at Birmingham Black
Barons (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Houston                       Birmingham                    
1. J.Wilkes            cf        E.Steele            rf        
2. C.Williams          ss        J.Britton           3b        
3. B.Wilson            3b        L.Branham           lf        
4. B.Harvey            rf        A.Perry             1b        
5. J.Washington        1b        P.Davis             2b        
6. J.Davis             lf        N.Robinson          cf        
7. E.Brooks            2b        J.Burgos            ss        
8. L.Ruffin            c         H.Bell              c         
9. R.Lewis             p         J.Newberry          p         

EAGLES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown
play; B.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Eagles 0, Black Barons 0.

BLACK BARONS 1ST: E.Steele singled; J.Britton reached on an
error by B.Wilson [E.Steele to second, J.Britton to first];
L.Branham forced E.Steele (unknown fielder) [J.Britton to
second, L.Branham to first]; A.Perry doubled [J.Britton scored,
L.Branham to third]; P.Davis doubled [L.Branham scored
(unearned), A.Perry scored]; N.Robinson out on unknown play;
J.Burgos out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Eagles 0, Black Barons 3.

EAGLES 2ND: B.Harvey out on unknown play; J.Washington out on
unknown play; J.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Eagles 0, Black Barons 3.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: H.Bell out on unknown play; J.Newberry out on
unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Eagles 0, Black Barons 3.

EAGLES 3RD: E.Brooks out on unknown play; L.Ruffin out on
unknown play; R.Lewis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Eagles 0, Black Barons 3.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: J.Britton out on unknown play; L.Branham out
on unknown play; A.Perry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Eagles 0, Black Barons 3.

EAGLES 4TH: J.Wilkes reached on an error by J.Burgos [J.Wilkes
to first]; C.Williams out on unknown play; B.Wilson tripled
[J.Wilkes scored (unearned)]; B.Harvey out on unknown play;
J.Washington out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Eagles 1, Black Barons 3.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; N.Robinson
tripled to left field; J.Burgos out on unknown play; H.Bell
singled to left field [N.Robinson scored]; J.Newberry out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Black Barons 4.

EAGLES 5TH: J.Davis out on unknown play; E.Brooks singled;
L.Ruffin out on unknown play; R.Lewis walked [E.Brooks to
second]; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Eagles 1, Black Barons 4.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: E.Steele singled; J.Britton out on unknown
play; L.Branham walked [E.Steele to second]; A.Perry out on
unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Eagles 1, Black Barons 4.

EAGLES 6TH: C.Williams walked; B.Wilson singled [C.Williams to
second]; B.Harvey out on unknown play; J.Washington singled
[C.Williams to third, B.Wilson to second]; J.Davis out on
unknown play; E.Brooks out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Eagles 1, Black Barons 4.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: N.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Burgos out
on unknown play; H.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Eagles 1, Black Barons 4.

EAGLES 7TH: L.Ruffin out on unknown play; R.Lewis out on
unknown play; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Eagles 1, Black Barons 4.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: B.WALLACE REPLACED L.RUFFIN (PLAYING C);
J.Newberry singled; E.Steele out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [J.Newberry to second]; J.Britton out on unknown play;
L.Branham out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1,
Black Barons 4.

EAGLES 8TH: C.Williams tripled; B.Wilson reached on an error by
J.Britton [B.Wilson to first]; B.Harvey out on unknown play;
J.Washington out on unknown play; J.Davis walked [B.Wilson to
second]; E.Brooks singled (unknown fielder) [C.Williams scored
(unearned), B.Wilson scored (unearned), J.Davis out at third]; 2
R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 3, Black Barons 4.

BLACK BARONS 8TH: A.Perry out on unknown play; P.Davis singled;
N.Robinson tripled [P.Davis scored]; J.Burgos out on unknown
play; H.Bell out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles
3, Black Barons 5.

EAGLES 9TH: J.BROWN BATTED FOR B.WALLACE; J.Brown reached on an
error by J.Britton [J.Brown to first]; J.GAINES RAN FOR J.BROWN;
R.Lewis out on unknown play [J.Gaines to second]; J.Wilkes
singled [J.Gaines scored (unearned)]; C.Williams out on unknown
play; B.Wilson out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Eagles 4, Black Barons 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Eagles           4   7   1   8
 Black Barons     5   9   3   6


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