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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 13 Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 12

Game played on Friday, September 2, 1949 (N) at Bugle Field, Baltimore MD
Regular-Season game

Philadelphia Stars                  0 1 1  1 7 0  2  -  12 18  1
Baltimore Elite Giants              0 6 0  0 5 0  2  -  13 15  1

BATTING

Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Ben Littles rf                        4   1   2    3     0         0   0
  Stanley Glenn ph, c                 1   0   0    0     0         1   0
Art Hefner lf                         5   2   2    0     0         1   0
Nat Davis 1b                          5   1   2    0     0         4   0
Jim Jones cf                          4   2   3    3     1         2   0
Bus Clarkson ss                       3   2   3    3     2         2   0
Bill Cash c, rf                       5   1   2    0     0         8   1
Murray Watkins 3b                     4   1   2    1     1         0   1
Milt Smith 2b                         5   2   2    1     0         1   0
Jonas Gaines p                        1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Wilmer Harris p                     1   0   0    0     2         0   0
  Henry Miller p                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               38  12  18   11     6   5    19   2

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Art Hefner. 
PB: 1.  Bill Cash. 

BATTING -
2B:  Ben Littles, Bill Cash, Murray Watkins. 
HR:  Bus Clarkson. 
Team LOB:  11

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Nat Davis. 

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jim Gilliam 2b                        3   1   0    1     1   0     1   6
Tommy Butts ss                        5   2   2    3     0   0     0   0
Henry Kimbro cf                       3   2   1    0     2   0     4   0
Lennie Pearson 1b                     4   2   3    3     1   0     8   0
  Alfred Wilmore pr                   0   1   0    0     0   0     0   0
Butch Davis lf                        3   0   2    3     1   0     0   0
Ed Finney 3b                          3   1   1    0     1   0     0   1
  Leon Day ph                         1   0   1    2     0   0     0   0
Butch McCord rf                       4   1   2    0     0   0     1   0
Johnny Hayes c                        2   2   2    0     1   0     7   0
Joe Black p                           2   1   1    1     0   0     0   1
  Toots Ferrell p                     1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Bob Romby p                         0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               31  13  15   13     7   0    21   8

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Henry Kimbro. 

BATTING -
2B:  Tommy Butts, Butch Davis, Joe Black. 
3B:  Butch McCord. 
HR:  Lennie Pearson. 
SH:  Jim Gilliam, Butch Davis, Johnny Hayes, Toots Ferrell. 
Team LOB:  10


PITCHING

Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jonas Gaines                         2       7   6    6   3   0   0  16
Wilmer Harris L                      4.1     7   7    7   4   0   1  25
Henry Miller                         0       1   0    0   0   0   0  1
Totals                               6.1    15  13   13   7   0   1  42

Jonas Gaines pitched to 1 batters in the 3rd inning

Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Joe Black                            4.2    15  10   10   4   2   1  32
Toots Ferrell                        1.1     1   1    1   1   1   0  6
Bob Romby W                          1       2   1    0   1   2   0  6
Totals                               7      18  12   11   6   5   1  44

Toots Ferrell pitched to 1 batters in the 7th inning


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Umpires: HP - Ted Lewis, 1B - Fred McCreary

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Friday, 9/2/1949 -- Philadelphia Stars at Baltimore
Elite Giants (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Philadelphia                  Baltimore                     
1. B.Littles           rf        J.Gilliam           2b        
2. A.Hefner            lf        T.Butts             ss        
3. N.Davis             1b        H.Kimbro            cf        
4. J.Jones             cf        L.Pearson           1b        
5. B.Clarkson          ss        B.Davis             lf        
6. B.Cash              c         E.Finney            3b        
7. M.Watkins           3b        B.McCord            rf        
8. M.Smith             2b        J.Hayes             c         
9. J.Gaines            p         J.Black             p         

STARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; B.Littles out on unknown play; A.Hefner singled; N.Davis
out on unknown play; J.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Stars 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: J.Gilliam out on unknown play; T.Butts out on
unknown play; H.Kimbro walked; L.Pearson singled [H.Kimbro to
second]; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Stars 0, Elite Giants 0.

STARS 2ND: B.Clarkson singled; B.Cash doubled [B.Clarkson to
third]; M.Watkins singled [B.Clarkson scored, B.Cash to third];
M.Smith out on unknown play; J.Gaines out on unknown play;
B.Littles out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Stars 1,
Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: E.Finney singled; B.McCord out on unknown
play; J.Hayes singled [E.Finney to second]; J.Black doubled
[E.Finney scored, J.Hayes to third]; J.Gilliam walked; T.Butts
singled [J.Hayes scored, J.Black scored, J.Gilliam to second];
H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Pearson walked [J.Gilliam to
third, T.Butts to second]; B.Davis doubled [J.Gilliam scored,
T.Butts scored, L.Pearson scored]; E.Finney out on unknown play;
6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 1, Elite Giants 6.

STARS 3RD: A.Hefner out on unknown play; N.Davis singled;
N.Davis stole second; J.Jones singled [N.Davis scored];
B.Clarkson walked [J.Jones to second]; B.Cash out on unknown
play; M.Watkins out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Stars 2, Elite Giants 6.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: B.McCord singled; W.HARRIS REPLACED J.GAINES
(PITCHING); J.Hayes out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[B.McCord to second]; J.Black out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 2, Elite Giants 6.

STARS 4TH: M.Smith singled; W.Harris out on unknown play
[M.Smith to second]; B.Littles doubled [M.Smith scored];
B.Littles was picked off second (J.Black to J.Gilliam); A.Hefner
out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Stars 3, Elite
Giants 6.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: T.Butts reached on an error by A.Hefner
[T.Butts to second]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Pearson out
on unknown play; B.Davis walked; B.Cash allowed a passed ball
[T.Butts to third, B.Davis to second]; E.Finney out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Stars 3, Elite Giants 6.

STARS 5TH: N.Davis out on unknown play; J.Jones walked;
B.Clarkson homered [J.Jones scored]; B.Cash singled; M.Watkins
doubled [B.Cash to third]; M.Smith singled [B.Cash scored,
M.Watkins to third]; W.Harris walked [M.Smith to second];
B.Littles singled [M.Watkins scored, M.Smith scored, W.Harris to
second]; A.Hefner forced W.Harris (unknown fielder) [B.Littles
to second, A.Hefner to first]; N.Davis singled [B.Littles to
third, A.Hefner to second]; J.Jones singled [B.Littles scored,
A.Hefner to third, N.Davis to second]; B.Clarkson walked
[A.Hefner scored, N.Davis to third, J.Jones to second];
T.FERRELL REPLACED J.BLACK (PITCHING); B.Cash out on unknown
play; 7 R, 7 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Stars 10, Elite Giants 6.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: B.McCord tripled; J.Hayes walked; T.Ferrell
out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Hayes to second];
J.Gilliam out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.McCord
scored, J.Hayes to third]; T.Butts doubled [J.Hayes scored];
H.Kimbro walked; L.Pearson homered [T.Butts scored, H.Kimbro
scored]; B.Davis singled; E.Finney walked [B.Davis to second];
B.McCord out on unknown play; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Stars 10,
Elite Giants 11.

STARS 6TH: M.Watkins out on unknown play; M.Smith out on
unknown play; W.Harris walked; S.GLENN BATTED FOR B.LITTLES;
S.Glenn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 10,
Elite Giants 11.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: S.GLENN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); B.CASH
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); J.Hayes singled; T.Ferrell out
on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; T.Butts out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 10, Elite Giants 11.

STARS 7TH: A.Hefner singled; B.ROMBY REPLACED T.FERRELL
(PITCHING); N.Davis out on unknown play [A.Hefner to second];
J.Jones singled [A.Hefner scored]; B.Clarkson singled to center
field [J.Jones scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by H.Kimbro),
B.Clarkson to second]; B.Cash out on unknown play; M.Watkins
walked; M.Smith out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Stars 12, Elite Giants 11.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: H.Kimbro singled; L.Pearson singled [H.Kimbro
to second]; A.WILMORE RAN FOR L.PEARSON; B.Davis out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Kimbro to third, A.Wilmore
to second]; H.MILLER REPLACED W.HARRIS (PITCHING); L.DAY BATTED
FOR E.FINNEY; L.Day singled [H.Kimbro scored, A.Wilmore scored];
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Stars 12, Elite Giants 13.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Stars           12  18   1  11
 Elite Giants    13  15   1  10


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