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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 7 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 1

Game played on Sunday, August 21, 1949 (D) at Bugle Field, Baltimore MD
Regular-Season game

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



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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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