Memphis Red Sox 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 - 5 6 0 Birmingham Black Barons 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 - 6 16 0 BATTING Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Joe Burt Scott lf 3 2 1 0 1 3 0 Orlando Varona ss 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 Goose Curry ph, ss 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 Bob Boyd 1b 4 1 1 4 0 7 2 Pedro Formental rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 Casey Jones c 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 Carlos Colas cf 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 Neil Robinson 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnnie Cowan 2b 3 0 0 0 0 4 4 Sam Woods p 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Frank Thompson p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 5 6 5 2 5 26 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Orlando Varona, Bob Boyd, Johnnie Cowan. BATTING - HR: Bob Boyd, Pedro Formental. SH: Orlando Varona. Team LOB: 0 BASERUNNING - CS: Joe Burt Scott, Carlos Colas. Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jose Burgos ss 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 John Britton 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 Henry Baylis ph, 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Willie Mays cf 6 2 4 2 0 1 0 Ed Steele rf 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 Piper Davis 2b 5 1 5 2 0 4 2 Norman Robinson lf 4 0 2 1 1 6 0 Joe Scott 1b 3 0 0 0 2 7 2 Pepper Bassett c 3 0 1 0 1 3 2 Herman Bell pr, c 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Alonzo Perry p 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 Totals 39 6 16 6 6 5 27 11 BATTING - 2B: Piper Davis. 3B: Willie Mays, Piper Davis. SH: Jose Burgos, Henry Baylis. HBP: Alonzo Perry. GDP: Pepper Bassett. Team LOB: 16 BASERUNNING - SB: Piper Davis. PITCHING Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Sam Woods 6.2 10 3 3 5 4 0 35 Frank Thompson L 2 6 3 3 1 1 0 13 Totals 8.2 16 6 6 6 5 0 48 HBP: Sam Woods. Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alonzo Perry W 9 6 5 5 2 5 2 32 Totals 9 6 5 5 2 5 2 32 WP: Alonzo Perry. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Charles Moore, 1B - H.L. Moseley, 2B - , 3B - Austin Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 1911 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Wednesday, 7/27/1949 -- Memphis Red Sox at Birmingham Black Barons (N) Starting Lineups: Memphis Birmingham 1. J.Scott lf J.Burgos ss 2. O.Varona ss J.Britton 3b 3. B.Boyd 1b W.Mays cf 4. P.Formental rf E.Steele rf 5. C.Jones c P.Davis 2b 6. C.Colas cf N.Robinson lf 7. N.Robinson 3b J.Scott 1b 8. J.Cowan 2b P.Bassett c 9. S.Woods p A.Perry p RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Scott singled; O.Varona out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Scott to second]; A.Perry threw a wild pitch [J.Scott to third]; B.Boyd out on unknown play [J.Scott scored]; P.Formental out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: J.Burgos out on unknown play; J.Britton singled; W.Mays out on unknown play; E.Steele walked [J.Britton to second]; P.Davis singled [J.Britton scored, E.Steele to second]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Black Barons 1. RED SOX 2ND: C.Jones out on unknown play; C.Colas singled; C.Colas was caught stealing second (P.Bassett to P.Davis); N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 2ND: J.Scott walked; P.Bassett grounded into a double play (J.Cowan to O.Varona to B.Boyd) [J.Scott out at second]; A.Perry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Black Barons 1. RED SOX 3RD: J.Cowan out on unknown play; S.Woods walked; S.Woods was picked off first (A.Perry to J.Scott); J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 3RD: J.Burgos out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; W.Mays singled; E.Steele out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Black Barons 1. RED SOX 4TH: O.Varona out on unknown play; B.Boyd out on unknown play; P.Formental out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 4TH: P.Davis tripled; N.Robinson singled [P.Davis scored]; J.Scott out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; A.Perry was hit by a pitch [N.Robinson to second]; J.Burgos out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Black Barons 2. RED SOX 5TH: C.Jones out on unknown play; C.Colas out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Black Barons 2. BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; W.Mays tripled; E.Steele out on unknown play [W.Mays scored]; P.Davis singled; N.Robinson walked [P.Davis to second]; J.Scott out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Black Barons 3. RED SOX 6TH: J.Cowan out on unknown play; S.Woods out on unknown play; J.Scott walked; J.Scott was caught stealing second (P.Bassett to P.Davis); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 6TH: P.Bassett singled; A.Perry singled [P.Bassett to second]; J.Burgos out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [P.Bassett to third, A.Perry to second]; J.Britton out on unknown play; W.Mays out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Black Barons 3. RED SOX 7TH: O.Varona out on unknown play; B.Boyd out on unknown play; P.Formental homered; C.Jones out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 7TH: E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis singled; P.Davis stole second; N.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Scott walked; P.Bassett walked [P.Davis to third, J.Scott to second]; F.THOMPSON REPLACED S.WOODS (PITCHING); H.BELL RAN FOR P.BASSETT; A.Perry out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 2, Black Barons 3. RED SOX 8TH: H.BELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); C.Colas out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 8TH: J.Burgos walked; H.BAYLIS BATTED FOR J.BRITTON; H.Baylis out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Burgos to second]; W.Mays singled [J.Burgos scored]; E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis doubled [W.Mays scored]; N.Robinson singled [P.Davis to third]; J.Scott out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Black Barons 5. RED SOX 9TH: H.BAYLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); F.Thompson singled; J.Scott forced F.Thompson (unknown fielder) [J.Scott to first]; G.CURRY BATTED FOR O.VARONA; G.Curry singled [J.Scott to second]; B.Boyd homered [J.Scott scored, G.Curry scored]; P.Formental out on unknown play; C.Jones out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 5, Black Barons 5. BLACK BARONS 9TH: G.CURRY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); H.Bell out on unknown play; A.Perry out on unknown play; J.Burgos singled; H.Baylis singled [J.Burgos to second]; W.Mays singled to right field [J.Burgos scored, H.Baylis to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 5, Black Barons 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 5 6 0 0 Black Barons 6 16 0 16
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