Houston Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 8 2 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 x - 2 7 1 BATTING Houston Eagles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jimmy Wilkes cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Curley Williams ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 Bob Wilson 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 Johnny Davis lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 Johnny Washington 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 Raymon Lacy rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Brooks 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bo Wallace c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jay Heard p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 1 8 1 0 7 24 0 FIELDING - E: 2. Curley Williams 2. BATTING - 2B: Johnny Washington. GDP: Bob Wilson, Raymon Lacy. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - CS: Bob Wilson. Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jim Gilliam 2b 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 Tommy Butts ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 Henry Kimbro cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 Lennie Pearson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 Butch Davis lf 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 Ed Finney 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Butch McCord rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 Johnny Hayes c 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Bill Byrd p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 2 7 0 4 6 27 4 FIELDING - DP: 2. Jim Gilliam 2, Tommy Butts 2, Lennie Pearson 2. E: 1. Jim Gilliam. BATTING - 2B: Butch McCord. SH: Ed Finney. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Jim Gilliam. PITCHING Houston Eagles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jay Heard L 8 7 2 2 4 6 0 35 Totals 8 7 2 2 4 6 0 35 Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bill Byrd W 9 8 1 1 0 7 0 32 Totals 9 8 1 1 0 7 0 32 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Wednesday, 8/17/1949 -- 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 L.Pearson 1b 5. J.Washington 1b B.Davis lf 6. R.Lacy rf E.Finney 3b 7. E.Brooks 2b B.McCord rf 8. B.Wallace c J.Hayes c 9. J.Heard p B.Byrd 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 singled; B.Wilson was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: J.Gilliam walked; T.Butts out on unknown play; J.Gilliam stole second [J.Gilliam to third (error by C.Williams)]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 2ND: J.Davis out on unknown play; J.Washington doubled; R.Lacy out on unknown play; E.Brooks out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: B.Davis singled; E.Finney out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Davis to second]; B.McCord out on unknown play; J.Hayes singled [B.Davis to third]; B.Byrd out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 3RD: B.Wallace out on unknown play; J.Heard out on unknown play; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: J.Gilliam out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 4TH: C.Williams out on unknown play; B.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: L.Pearson walked; B.Davis singled [L.Pearson to second]; E.Finney out on unknown play; B.McCord singled [L.Pearson to third, B.Davis to second]; J.Hayes out on unknown play; B.Byrd out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 5TH: J.Washington singled; R.Lacy grounded into a double play (T.Butts to J.Gilliam to L.Pearson) [J.Washington out at second]; E.Brooks out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: J.Gilliam walked; T.Butts out on unknown play; H.Kimbro singled [J.Gilliam to second]; L.Pearson out on unknown play; B.Davis singled to shortstop [J.Gilliam scored (no RBI) (error by C.Williams), H.Kimbro scored (no RBI), B.Davis to second]; E.Finney walked; B.McCord out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 2. EAGLES 6TH: B.Wallace out on unknown play; J.Heard out on unknown play; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: J.Hayes out on unknown play; B.Byrd out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 2. EAGLES 7TH: C.Williams singled; B.Wilson singled [C.Williams to second]; J.Davis singled [C.Williams scored, B.Wilson to second]; J.Washington out on unknown play; R.Lacy out on unknown play; E.Brooks out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 1, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 1, Elite Giants 2. EAGLES 8TH: B.Wallace out on unknown play; J.Heard out on unknown play; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 1, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: B.Davis out on unknown play; E.Finney out on unknown play; B.McCord doubled; J.Hayes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 1, Elite Giants 2. EAGLES 9TH: C.Williams singled; B.Wilson grounded into a double play (J.Gilliam to T.Butts to L.Pearson) [C.Williams out at second]; J.Davis singled to second base [J.Davis to second (error by J.Gilliam)]; J.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 1, Elite Giants 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Eagles 1 8 2 4 Elite Giants 2 7 1 9
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