Memphis Red Sox 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 - 4 7 2 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 1 1 4 0 0 x - 6 12 4 BATTING Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Carlos Colas lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Orlando Varona ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 Willie Wells Jr. 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Bob Boyd 1b 4 0 1 1 0 9 0 Pedro Formental rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Casey Jones c 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 Jose Colas cf 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 Verdell Mathis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Neil Robinson 3b, ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 Johnnie Cowan 2b 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Sam Woods p 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 Totals 31 4 7 4 2 5 18 6 FIELDING - DP: 1. Bob Boyd, Neil Robinson, Johnnie Cowan. E: 2. Jose Colas, Johnnie Cowan. BATTING - 2B: Johnnie Cowan, Sam Woods. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Carlos Colas, Jose Colas. Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jim Gilliam 2b 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 Tommy Butts ss 4 1 2 2 0 2 2 Henry Kimbro cf 4 2 1 0 0 2 0 Butch Davis lf 4 1 2 1 0 2 0 Lennie Pearson 1b 3 0 1 0 1 6 0 Butch McCord rf 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 Ed Finney 3b 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 William Makell c 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Johnny Hayes ph, c 3 1 2 1 0 3 0 Alfred Wilmore p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 29 6 12 5 2 1 21 5 FIELDING - E: 4. Tommy Butts, Butch Davis, Ed Finney, Alfred Wilmore. BATTING - 2B: Butch McCord, Johnny Hayes. 3B: Henry Kimbro. HR: Tommy Butts. SH: Alfred Wilmore. GDP: Johnny Hayes. Team LOB: 8 PITCHING Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Sam Woods L 6 12 6 5 2 1 1 32 Totals 6 12 6 5 2 1 1 32 Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alfred Wilmore W 7 7 4 4 2 5 0 33 Totals 7 7 4 4 2 5 0 33 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Ted Lewis Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/21/1949, game 2 -- Memphis Red Sox at Baltimore Elite Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Memphis Baltimore 1. C.Colas lf J.Gilliam 2b 2. O.Varona ss T.Butts ss 3. B.Boyd 1b H.Kimbro cf 4. P.Formental rf B.Davis lf 5. C.Jones c L.Pearson 1b 6. J.Colas cf B.McCord rf 7. N.Robinson 3b E.Finney 3b 8. J.Cowan 2b W.Makell c 9. S.Woods p A.Wilmore p RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; C.Colas reached on an error by E.Finney [C.Colas to first]; O.Varona out on unknown play; B.Boyd out on unknown play; P.Formental out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: 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 0, Elite Giants 0. RED SOX 2ND: C.Jones out on unknown play; J.Colas singled; J.Colas stole second; N.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Cowan doubled [J.Colas scored]; S.Woods singled [J.Cowan scored]; C.Colas out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: B.Davis singled; L.Pearson out on unknown play; B.McCord doubled [B.Davis to third]; E.Finney out on unknown play; J.HAYES BATTED FOR W.MAKELL; J.Hayes singled [B.Davis scored, B.McCord to third]; A.Wilmore out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Elite Giants 1. RED SOX 3RD: J.HAYES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); O.Varona singled; B.Boyd singled [O.Varona to second]; P.Formental walked [O.Varona to third, B.Boyd to second]; C.Jones out on unknown play [O.Varona scored]; J.Colas out on unknown play; N.Robinson reached on an error by T.Butts [B.Boyd to third, P.Formental to second, N.Robinson to first]; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 3, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: J.Gilliam out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; H.Kimbro tripled to right field; B.Davis singled [H.Kimbro scored]; L.Pearson walked [B.Davis to second]; B.McCord singled [B.Davis to third, L.Pearson to second]; E.Finney out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 3, Elite Giants 2. RED SOX 4TH: S.Woods doubled; C.Colas singled [S.Woods to third]; C.Colas stole second; O.Varona out on unknown play; B.Boyd flied to unknown fielder [S.Woods scored]; P.Formental out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: J.Hayes doubled; A.Wilmore out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Hayes to third]; J.Gilliam singled [J.Hayes scored]; T.Butts homered [J.Gilliam scored]; H.Kimbro reached on an error by J.Cowan [H.Kimbro to first]; B.Davis out on unknown play; L.Pearson singled to center field [H.Kimbro scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by J.Colas), L.Pearson to second]; B.McCord out on unknown play; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Elite Giants 6. RED SOX 5TH: C.Jones out on unknown play; J.Colas out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Elite Giants 6. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: E.Finney walked; J.Hayes grounded into a double play (N.Robinson to J.Cowan to B.Boyd) [E.Finney out at second]; A.Wilmore out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, Elite Giants 6. RED SOX 6TH: J.Cowan walked; J.Cowan was picked off first, but was safe on an error by A.Wilmore [J.Cowan to second]; S.Woods out on unknown play; C.Colas out on unknown play; O.Varona was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Elite Giants 6. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: Varona ejected by Umpire McCreary for arguing called third ; W.WELLS JR. REPLACED O.VARONA (PLAYING 3B); N.ROBINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); J.Gilliam singled; T.Butts singled [J.Gilliam to second]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 4, Elite Giants 6. RED SOX 7TH: B.Boyd reached on an error by B.Davis [B.Boyd to second]; P.Formental out on unknown play; C.Jones out on unknown play; V.MATHIS BATTED FOR J.COLAS; V.Mathis flied to unknown fielder; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, Elite Giants 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 4 7 2 8 Elite Giants 6 12 4 8
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