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Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 5 Houston Eagles (HOE) 2

Game played on Thursday, June 2, 1949 (N) at Candlelite Stadium, Bridgeport CT
Regular-Season game

Houston Eagles                      0 1 0  0 0 0  1 0 0   -   2  6  5
Philadelphia Stars                  0 0 2  0 3 0  0 0 x   -   5  7  0

BATTING

Houston Eagles                       AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jimmy Wilkes cf                       3   0   1    1     2         1   0
Curley Williams ss                    4   0   0    0     1         0   7
Bob Wilson 3b                         5   0   1    0     0         0   2
Bob Harvey rf                         2   0   0    0     2         0   0
Johnny Davis lf                       4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Johnny Washington 1b                  4   1   2    0     0        15   0
Pat Patterson 2b                      3   0   1    1     0         0   3
Leon Ruffin c                         2   0   0    0     1         6   0
  Bo Wallace c                        0   0   0    0     1         2   0
Jay Heard p                           1   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Cotton Williams p                   2   1   1    0     0         0   2
Totals                               30   2   6    2     7  11    24  15

FIELDING -
E: 5.  Curley Williams, Bob Wilson, Pat Patterson, Leon Ruffin, Jay Heard. 
PB: 1.  Leon Ruffin. 

BATTING -
2B:  Bob Wilson, Johnny Washington. 
3B:  Cotton Williams. 
SH:  Pat Patterson, Jay Heard. 
Team LOB:  10

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Bob Wilson, Pat Patterson. 
CS:  Jimmy Wilkes. 

Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Murray Watkins 2b                     3   1   1    1     1         2   3
Bill Cash cf                          4   0   0    0     0         2   0
Art Hefner 3b                         4   1   1    0     1         1   0
Bus Clarkson ss                       2   0   0    0     2         2   2
Ben Littles rf                        4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Stanley Glenn c                       3   0   0    0     1        14   2
Jim Jones 1b                          4   1   1    0     0         5   0
Barney Brown lf                       3   0   1    0     0         1   0
Bill Ricks p                          4   2   3    0     0         0   2
Totals                               31   5   7    1     5   7    27   9

FIELDING -
PB: 1.  Stanley Glenn. 

BATTING -
3B:  Bill Ricks. 
SH:  Murray Watkins, Bill Cash, Barney Brown. 
Team LOB:  10

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Murray Watkins, Bill Cash, Art Hefner 2, Barney Brown. 

PITCHING

Houston Eagles                       IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jay Heard L                          5       4   5    2   2   5   0  24
Cotton Williams                      3       3   0    0   3   2   0  15
Totals                               8       7   5    2   5   7   0  39

WP:  Jay Heard, Cotton Williams 2. 

Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bill Ricks W                         9       6   2    2   7  11   0  39
Totals                               9       6   2    2   7  11   0  39

WP:  Bill Ricks. 


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Umpires: HP -  Schultz, 1B -  Zealmon

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 750

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 6/2/1949 -- Houston Eagles at Philadelphia
Stars (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Houston                       Philadelphia                  
1. J.Wilkes            cf        M.Watkins           2b        
2. C.Williams          ss        B.Cash              cf        
3. B.Wilson            3b        A.Hefner            3b        
4. B.Harvey            rf        B.Clarkson          ss        
5. J.Davis             lf        B.Littles           rf        
6. J.Washington        1b        S.Glenn             c         
7. P.Patterson         2b        J.Jones             1b        
8. L.Ruffin            c         B.Brown             lf        
9. J.Heard             p         B.Ricks             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 doubled; B.Wilson stole third; B.Harvey out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 0, Stars 0.

STARS 1ST: M.Watkins out on unknown play; B.Cash out on unknown
play; A.Hefner out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Eagles 0, Stars 0.

EAGLES 2ND: J.Davis out on unknown play; J.Washington doubled;
P.Patterson singled [J.Washington scored]; P.Patterson stole
second; L.Ruffin walked; J.Heard out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [P.Patterson to third, L.Ruffin to second];
J.Wilkes out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 1,
Stars 0.

STARS 2ND: B.Clarkson out on unknown play; B.Littles out on
unknown play; S.Glenn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Eagles 1, Stars 0.

EAGLES 3RD: C.Williams out on unknown play; B.Wilson out on
unknown play; B.Harvey walked; B.Ricks threw a wild pitch
[B.Harvey to second]; J.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Stars 0.

STARS 3RD: J.Jones reached on an error by C.Williams [J.Jones
to first]; B.Brown out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[J.Jones to second]; B.Ricks singled [J.Jones to third];
L.Ruffin allowed a passed ball [J.Jones scored (unearned),
B.Ricks to second]; M.Watkins out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [B.Ricks to third]; B.Cash reached on an error by
B.Wilson [B.Ricks scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Cash to first];
B.Cash stole second; A.Hefner out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1
H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Stars 2.

EAGLES 4TH: J.Washington singled; P.Patterson out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Washington to second];
L.Ruffin out on unknown play; J.Heard out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Stars 2.

STARS 4TH: B.Clarkson walked; B.Littles out on unknown play;
J.Heard threw a wild pitch [B.Clarkson to second]; S.Glenn
walked; J.Jones out on unknown play; B.Brown out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 1, Stars 2.

EAGLES 5TH: J.Wilkes walked; S.Glenn allowed a passed ball
[J.Wilkes to second]; C.Williams walked; B.Wilson out on unknown
play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; J.Davis out on unknown play;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 1, Stars 2.

STARS 5TH: B.Ricks tripled; M.Watkins singled [B.Ricks scored];
B.Cash out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [M.Watkins to
second]; A.Hefner singled [M.Watkins to third]; M.Watkins stole
home and A.Hefner stole second [A.Hefner to third (error by
L.Ruffin)]; A.Hefner stole home; B.Clarkson reached on an error
by P.Patterson [B.Clarkson to first]; B.Clarkson was picked off
first, but was safe on an error by J.Heard [B.Clarkson to
second]; B.Littles out on unknown play; S.Glenn out on unknown
play; 1 R, 3 H, 3 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 1, Stars 5.

EAGLES 6TH: J.Washington out on unknown play; P.Patterson out
on unknown play; L.Ruffin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Eagles 1, Stars 5.

STARS 6TH: B.WALLACE REPLACED L.RUFFIN (PLAYING C); C.WILLIAMS
REPLACED J.HEARD (PITCHING); J.Jones singled; B.Brown singled
[J.Jones to third]; B.Brown stole second; B.Ricks out on unknown
play; M.Watkins out on unknown play; B.Cash out on unknown play;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 1, Stars 5.

EAGLES 7TH: C.Williams tripled; J.Wilkes singled [C.Williams
scored]; C.Williams out on unknown play; B.Wilson out on unknown
play; B.Harvey walked [J.Wilkes to second]; J.Davis out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 2, Stars 5.

STARS 7TH: A.Hefner walked; C.Williams threw a wild pitch
[A.Hefner to second]; B.Clarkson walked; B.Littles out on
unknown play; S.Glenn out on unknown play; J.Jones out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 2, Stars 5.

EAGLES 8TH: J.Washington out on unknown play; P.Patterson out
on unknown play; B.Wallace walked; C.Williams out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Eagles 2, Stars 5.

STARS 8TH: B.Brown out on unknown play; B.Ricks singled;
C.Williams threw a wild pitch [B.Ricks to second]; M.Watkins
walked; B.Cash out on unknown play; A.Hefner out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Eagles 2, Stars 5.

EAGLES 9TH: J.Wilkes walked; J.Wilkes was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); C.Williams out on unknown play;
B.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Eagles 2,
Stars 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Eagles           2   6   5  10
 Stars            5   7   0  10


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