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. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. 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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