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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 4 Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 3

Game played on Sunday, August 7, 1949 (D) at Bugle Field, Baltimore MD
Regular-Season game

Birmingham Black Barons             0 0 0  0 0 1  2  -   3  8  1
Baltimore Elite Giants              0 0 3  0 1 0  x  -   4  7  0

BATTING

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jose Burgos ss                        2   0   0    0     2   0     2   0
John Britton 3b                       2   0   1    0     2   0     0   0
Willie Mays cf                        4   0   1    0     0   0     1   0
Ed Steele rf                          4   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
Piper Davis 2b                        4   2   2    0     0   0     2   2
Alonzo Perry 1b                       4   0   2    2     0   0     5   1
Joe Scott lf                          3   0   0    0     0   0     2   0
  Pepper Bassett ph                   1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Herman Bell c                         2   0   1    0     2   0     5   0
Bill Greason p                        3   0   0    1     0   0     1   1
Totals                               29   3   8    3     6   0    18   4

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Alonzo Perry. 

BATTING -
2B:  Piper Davis, Alonzo Perry. 
Team LOB:  11


Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jim Gilliam 2b                        4   1   1    0     0         2   3
Leon Day 3b                           3   2   2    2     0         0   0
Henry Kimbro cf                       3   0   1    2     0         2   0
Lennie Pearson 1b                     3   0   0    0     0         5   1
Butch Davis lf                        3   0   0    0     0         2   0
Butch McCord rf                       3   0   0    0     0         2   0
Tommy Butts ss                        3   0   2    0     0         3   2
Johnny Hayes c                        1   1   1    0     1         5   0
Bob Romby p                           0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Joe Black p                         3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               26   4   7    4     1   6    21   6


BATTING -
2B:  Leon Day. 
3B:  Leon Day. 
SH:  Johnny Hayes. 
Team LOB:  6


PITCHING

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bill Greason L                       6       7   4    4   1   6   0  28
Totals                               6       7   4    4   1   6   0  28


Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bob Romby                            2.1     1   0    0   4   0   0  12
Joe Black W                          4.2     7   3    3   2   0   0  23
Totals                               7       8   3    3   6   0   0  35



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Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Ted Lewis

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 8/7/1949, game 2 -- Birmingham Black Barons at
Baltimore Elite Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Birmingham                    Baltimore                     
1. J.Burgos            ss        J.Gilliam           2b        
2. J.Britton           3b        L.Day               3b        
3. W.Mays              cf        H.Kimbro            cf        
4. E.Steele            rf        L.Pearson           1b        
5. P.Davis             2b        B.Davis             lf        
6. A.Perry             1b        B.McCord            rf        
7. J.Scott             lf        T.Butts             ss        
8. H.Bell              c         J.Hayes             c         
9. B.Greason           p         B.Romby             p         

BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; J.Burgos walked; J.Britton walked [J.Burgos
to second]; W.Mays out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown
play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black
Barons 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: J.Gilliam reached on an error by A.Perry
[J.Gilliam to first]; L.Day out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on
unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Black Barons 0, Elite Giants 0.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: A.Perry out on unknown play; J.Scott out on
unknown play; H.Bell walked; B.Greason out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: B.Davis out on unknown play; B.McCord out on
unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Black Barons 0, Elite Giants 0.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: J.Burgos out on unknown play; J.Britton
walked; W.Mays singled [J.Britton to second]; J.BLACK REPLACED
B.ROMBY (PITCHING); E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Elite
Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: J.Hayes singled; J.Black out on unknown play;
J.Gilliam singled [J.Hayes to second]; L.Day tripled [J.Hayes
scored, J.Gilliam scored]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play [L.Day
scored]; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Barons 0, Elite Giants 3.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: A.Perry out on unknown play; J.Scott out on
unknown play; H.Bell singled; B.Greason out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Elite Giants 3.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: B.Davis out on unknown play; B.McCord out on
unknown play; T.Butts singled; J.Hayes walked [T.Butts to
second]; J.Black out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Black Barons 0, Elite Giants 3.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.Burgos out on unknown play; J.Britton
singled; W.Mays out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Elite Giants 3.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: J.Gilliam out on unknown play; L.Day doubled;
H.Kimbro singled [L.Day scored]; L.Pearson out on unknown play;
B.Davis out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons
0, Elite Giants 4.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: P.Davis doubled; A.Perry singled [P.Davis to
third]; J.Scott out on unknown play; H.Bell walked [A.Perry to
second]; B.Greason out on unknown play [P.Davis scored];
J.Burgos walked [A.Perry to third, H.Bell to second]; J.Britton
out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Black Barons 1,
Elite Giants 4.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: B.McCord out on unknown play; T.Butts
singled; J.Hayes reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice
bunt [T.Butts to second]; J.Black out on unknown play; J.Gilliam
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 1,
Elite Giants 4.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: W.Mays out on unknown play; E.Steele singled;
P.Davis singled [E.Steele to second]; A.Perry doubled [E.Steele
scored, P.Davis scored]; P.BASSETT BATTED FOR J.SCOTT; P.Bassett
out on unknown play; H.Bell out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Black Barons 3, Elite Giants 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Barons     3   8   1  11
 Elite Giants     4   7   0   6


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