Memphis Red Sox 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 1 Baltimore Elite Giants 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 x - 7 9 4 BATTING Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Joe Burt Scott lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Orlando Varona ss 4 0 3 1 0 4 0 Bob Boyd 1b 4 0 1 0 0 6 1 Pedro Formental rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 Casey Jones c 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 Neil Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 Jose Colas cf 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 Johnnie Cowan 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 Verdell Mathis p 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 Totals 34 1 7 1 0 1 24 7 FIELDING - E: 1. Casey Jones. BATTING - 2B: Verdell Mathis. GDP: Pedro Formental. Team LOB: 6 Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jim Gilliam 2b 4 2 2 1 1 2 3 Tommy Butts ss 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 Henry Kimbro cf 4 0 2 3 1 1 0 Lennie Pearson 1b 4 0 0 0 1 15 0 Butch Davis lf 4 1 2 0 0 4 0 Ed Finney 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 Butch McCord rf 3 1 1 0 1 3 0 Johnny Hayes c 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 Joe Black p 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 31 7 9 6 8 3 27 8 FIELDING - DP: 1. Jim Gilliam, Tommy Butts, Lennie Pearson. E: 4. Tommy Butts 2, Lennie Pearson, Ed Finney. BATTING - 2B: Henry Kimbro. 3B: Ed Finney. HR: Jim Gilliam. SH: Tommy Butts. Team LOB: 9 PITCHING Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Verdell Mathis L 8 9 7 6 8 3 1 40 Totals 8 9 7 6 8 3 1 40 Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Joe Black W 9 7 1 1 0 1 0 34 Totals 9 7 1 1 0 1 0 34 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Ted Lewis Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/21/1949, game 1 -- Memphis Red Sox at Baltimore Elite Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Memphis Baltimore 1. J.Scott lf J.Gilliam 2b 2. O.Varona ss T.Butts ss 3. B.Boyd 1b H.Kimbro cf 4. P.Formental rf L.Pearson 1b 5. C.Jones c B.Davis lf 6. N.Robinson 3b E.Finney 3b 7. J.Colas cf B.McCord rf 8. J.Cowan 2b J.Hayes c 9. V.Mathis p J.Black p RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Scott out on unknown play; O.Varona singled; O.Varona was picked off first, but was safe on an error by L.Pearson [O.Varona to second]; B.Boyd out on unknown play; P.Formental out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: J.Gilliam out on unknown play; T.Butts walked; H.Kimbro singled [T.Butts to second]; L.Pearson out on unknown play; B.Davis singled [T.Butts scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by C.Jones), H.Kimbro to third, B.Davis to second]; E.Finney out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Elite Giants 1. RED SOX 2ND: C.Jones out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Colas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: B.McCord out on unknown play; J.Hayes out on unknown play; J.Black out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Elite Giants 1. RED SOX 3RD: J.Cowan out on unknown play; V.Mathis doubled; J.Scott out on unknown play; O.Varona singled [V.Mathis scored]; B.Boyd out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Elite Giants 1. 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. Red Sox 1, Elite Giants 1. RED SOX 4TH: P.Formental out on unknown play; C.Jones out on unknown play; N.Robinson singled to shortstop [N.Robinson to second (error by T.Butts)]; J.Colas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: L.Pearson out on unknown play; On a bunt B.Davis singled; E.Finney tripled to right field [B.Davis scored]; B.McCord out on unknown play; J.Hayes out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Elite Giants 2. RED SOX 5TH: J.Cowan out on unknown play; V.Mathis singled to third base [V.Mathis to second (error by E.Finney)]; J.Scott out on unknown play; O.Varona out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: J.Black out on unknown play; J.Gilliam homered to leftfield; T.Butts out on unknown play; H.Kimbro walked; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Elite Giants 3. RED SOX 6TH: B.Boyd singled; P.Formental grounded into a double play (T.Butts to J.Gilliam to L.Pearson) [B.Boyd out at second]; C.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Elite Giants 3. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: B.Davis out on unknown play; E.Finney walked; E.Finney was picked off first (V.Mathis to B.Boyd); B.McCord singled; J.Hayes walked [B.McCord to second]; J.Black out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Elite Giants 3. RED SOX 7TH: N.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Colas reached on an error by T.Butts [J.Colas to first]; J.Cowan out on unknown play; V.Mathis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Elite Giants 3. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: J.Gilliam singled; T.Butts out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Gilliam to second]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Pearson walked; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Elite Giants 3. RED SOX 8TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; O.Varona singled; B.Boyd out on unknown play; P.Formental out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Elite Giants 3. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: E.Finney out on unknown play; B.McCord walked; J.Hayes walked [B.McCord to second]; J.Black out on unknown play; J.Gilliam walked [B.McCord to third, J.Hayes to second]; T.Butts singled to center field [B.McCord scored, J.Hayes to third, J.Gilliam to second]; H.Kimbro doubled to left field [J.Hayes scored, J.Gilliam scored, T.Butts scored]; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Elite Giants 7. RED SOX 9TH: C.Jones out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Colas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Elite Giants 7. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 1 7 1 6 Elite Giants 7 9 4 9
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