Houston Eagles 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 11 1 Baltimore Elite Giants 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 BATTING Houston Eagles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jimmy Wilkes cf 5 0 1 0 0 4 0 Curley Williams ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 Bob Wilson 3b 4 2 2 1 0 3 2 Johnny Davis lf 3 2 2 2 1 2 0 Johnny Washington 1b 4 1 2 0 0 12 0 Raymon Lacy rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 Eddie Brooks 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 Leon Ruffin c 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Max Manning p 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 5 11 4 1 9 27 9 FIELDING - E: 1. Eddie Brooks. PB: 1. Leon Ruffin. BATTING - 2B: Johnny Davis. HR: Bob Wilson, Johnny Davis. GDP: Bob Wilson, Eddie Brooks. Team LOB: 5 Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jim Gilliam 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 Tommy Butts ss 3 1 1 0 1 3 2 Henry Kimbro cf 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 Butch Davis lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Lennie Pearson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 9 0 Butch McCord rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Romby ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ed Finney 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 Bill Byrd ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Johnny Hayes c 4 0 1 0 0 9 0 Joe Black p 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 1 6 1 3 2 27 8 FIELDING - DP: 2. Jim Gilliam 2, Tommy Butts, Lennie Pearson 2, Ed Finney. E: 1. Jim Gilliam. BATTING - 2B: Henry Kimbro 2. Team LOB: 8 PITCHING Houston Eagles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Max Manning W 9 6 1 1 3 2 0 36 Totals 9 6 1 1 3 2 0 36 Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Joe Black L 9 11 5 5 1 9 2 37 Totals 9 11 5 5 1 9 2 37 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Ted Lewis, 1B - H. Williams Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Tuesday, 8/16/1949 -- Houston Eagles at Baltimore Elite Giants (N) Starting Lineups: Houston Baltimore 1. J.Wilkes cf J.Gilliam 2b 2. C.Williams ss T.Butts ss 3. B.Wilson 3b H.Kimbro cf 4. J.Davis lf B.Davis lf 5. J.Washington 1b L.Pearson 1b 6. R.Lacy rf B.McCord rf 7. E.Brooks 2b E.Finney 3b 8. L.Ruffin c J.Hayes c 9. M.Manning p J.Black p EAGLES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; C.Williams singled; B.Wilson grounded into a double play (E.Finney to J.Gilliam to L.Pearson) [C.Williams out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: J.Gilliam out on unknown play; T.Butts walked; H.Kimbro doubled [T.Butts scored]; B.Davis out on unknown play; L.Pearson walked; B.McCord out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 1. EAGLES 2ND: J.Davis doubled; J.Washington singled to second base [J.Davis scored (no RBI) (error by J.Gilliam), J.Washington to second]; R.Lacy out on unknown play; E.Brooks singled [J.Washington scored]; L.Ruffin out on unknown play; M.Manning out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 2, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: E.Finney out on unknown play; J.Hayes singled; J.Black out on unknown play; J.Gilliam singled [J.Hayes to second]; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 2, Elite Giants 1. EAGLES 3RD: J.Wilkes out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; B.Wilson singled; J.Davis homered [B.Wilson scored]; J.Washington out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 4, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: H.Kimbro doubled; B.Davis out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; B.McCord out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 4, Elite Giants 1. EAGLES 4TH: R.Lacy singled; E.Brooks out on unknown play; L.Ruffin out on unknown play; M.Manning out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 4, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: E.Finney out on unknown play; J.Hayes out on unknown play; J.Black out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 4, Elite Giants 1. EAGLES 5TH: J.Wilkes singled; C.Williams out on unknown play; B.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 4, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: J.Gilliam out on unknown play; T.Butts singled to second base [T.Butts to second (error by E.Brooks)]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 4, Elite Giants 1. EAGLES 6TH: J.Washington out on unknown play; R.Lacy out on unknown play; E.Brooks out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 4, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: L.Pearson out on unknown play; B.McCord out on unknown play; E.Finney out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 4, Elite Giants 1. EAGLES 7TH: L.Ruffin singled; M.Manning out on unknown play; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 4, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: J.Hayes out on unknown play; J.Black out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 4, Elite Giants 1. EAGLES 8TH: B.Wilson homered; J.Davis walked; J.Washington singled [J.Davis to second]; R.Lacy out on unknown play; E.Brooks grounded into a double play (J.Gilliam to T.Butts to L.Pearson) [J.Washington out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 5, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; H.Kimbro walked; L.Ruffin allowed a passed ball [H.Kimbro to second]; B.Davis out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 5, Elite Giants 1. EAGLES 9TH: L.Ruffin out on unknown play; M.Manning out on unknown play; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 5, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: B.ROMBY BATTED FOR B.MCCORD; B.Romby flied to unknown fielder; B.BYRD BATTED FOR E.FINNEY; B.Byrd singled; J.Hayes out on unknown play; J.Black out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 5, Elite Giants 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Eagles 5 11 1 5 Elite Giants 1 6 1 8
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