Jacksonville Red Caps 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 2 Atlanta Black Crackers 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 x - 4 9 4 BATTING Jacksonville Red Caps AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Philly Holmes ss 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 Skin Down Robinson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Joe Royal cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Bo Williams lf 4 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 Herb Barnhill c 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 Lacey Thomas rf 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Henry Turner rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ty Johnson 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1 9 0 Al Frazier 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 Specs Ellis p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Preacher Henry p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alonzo Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 35 3 6 2 2 4 24 7 FIELDING - E: 2. Herb Barnhill, Preacher Henry. PB: 1. Herb Barnhill. BATTING - 2B: Philly Holmes. 3B: Bo Williams. GDP: Herb Barnhill. Team LOB: 7 Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gabby Kemp 2b 5 0 1 0 0 2 4 1 Ormond Sampson ss 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 Babe Davis lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Joe Greene c 3 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 Jack Thornton 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 11 0 Bill Cooper 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Red Hadley rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 Don Pelham cf 4 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 Jimmy Reese p 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Totals 33 4 9 3 3 5 27 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Ormond Sampson, Jack Thornton, Jimmy Reese. E: 4. Gabby Kemp, Ormond Sampson, Jack Thornton, Bill Cooper. BATTING - 2B: Babe Davis, Joe Greene, Don Pelham. 3B: Don Pelham 2. HBP: Ormond Sampson. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Gabby Kemp 2. PITCHING Jacksonville Red Caps IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Specs Ellis 3.1 7 3 3 0 0 0 17 Preacher Henry L 4.2 2 1 0 3 5 0 20 Totals 8 9 4 3 3 5 0 37 HBP: Specs Ellis. Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jimmy Reese W 9 6 3 1 2 4 0 37 Totals 9 6 3 1 2 4 0 37 WP: Jimmy Reese 3. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 2344 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Friday, 7/23/1937 -- Jacksonville Red Caps at Atlanta Bl. Crackers (N) Starting Lineups: Jacksonville Atlanta 1. P.Holmes ss G.Kemp 2b 2. S.Robinson 2b O.Sampson ss 3. J.Royal cf B.Davis lf 4. B.Williams lf J.Greene c 5. H.Barnhill c J.Thornton 1b 6. L.Thomas rf B.Cooper 3b 7. T.Johnson 1b R.Hadley rf 8. A.Frazier 3b D.Pelham cf 9. S.Ellis p J.Reese p RED CAPS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; P.Holmes walked; J.Reese threw a wild pitch [P.Holmes to second]; S.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Royal out on unknown play; B.Williams tripled [P.Holmes scored]; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 1, Bl. Crackers 0. BL. CRACKERS 1ST: G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson out on unknown play; B.Davis doubled; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 1, Bl. Crackers 0. RED CAPS 2ND: L.Thomas out on unknown play; T.Johnson walked; A.Frazier reached on an error by B.Cooper [T.Johnson to third, A.Frazier to first]; J.Reese threw a wild pitch [T.Johnson scored (unearned), A.Frazier to second]; S.Ellis out on unknown play; P.Holmes singled [A.Frazier to third]; S.Robinson out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Caps 2, Bl. Crackers 0. BL. CRACKERS 2ND: J.Thornton out on unknown play; B.Cooper out on unknown play; R.Hadley singled; D.Pelham tripled to right field [R.Hadley scored]; J.Reese out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 2, Bl. Crackers 1. RED CAPS 3RD: J.Royal out on unknown play; B.Williams singled; H.Barnhill grounded into a double play (J.Reese to O.Sampson to J.Thornton) [B.Williams out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 2, Bl. Crackers 1. BL. CRACKERS 3RD: G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson was hit by a pitch; H.Barnhill allowed a passed ball [O.Sampson to second]; B.Davis out on unknown play; J.Greene doubled [O.Sampson scored]; J.Greene was picked off second (S.Ellis to S.Robinson); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 2, Bl. Crackers 2. RED CAPS 4TH: L.Thomas reached on an error by O.Sampson [L.Thomas to first]; J.Reese threw a wild pitch [L.Thomas to second]; T.Johnson out on unknown play; A.Frazier singled [L.Thomas scored (unearned)]; S.Ellis out on unknown play; P.Holmes out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 3, Bl. Crackers 2. BL. CRACKERS 4TH: J.Thornton singled; B.Cooper out on unknown play; R.Hadley singled [J.Thornton to second]; D.Pelham doubled to right-center [J.Thornton scored, R.Hadley to third]; P.HENRY REPLACED S.ELLIS (PITCHING); J.Reese struck out; G.Kemp struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Caps 3, Bl. Crackers 3. RED CAPS 5TH: S.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Royal out on unknown play; B.Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 3, Bl. Crackers 3. BL. CRACKERS 5TH: H.TURNER REPLACED L.THOMAS (PLAYING RF); O.Sampson walked; B.Davis struck out; J.Greene walked [O.Sampson to second]; J.Thornton walked [O.Sampson to third, J.Greene to second]; B.Cooper out on unknown play; R.Hadley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Red Caps 3, Bl. Crackers 3. RED CAPS 6TH: H.Barnhill reached on an error by G.Kemp [H.Barnhill to first]; H.Turner out on unknown play; T.Johnson struck out; A.Frazier out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 3, Bl. Crackers 3. BL. CRACKERS 6TH: D.Pelham out on unknown play; J.Reese out on unknown play; G.Kemp singled to center field; G.Kemp stole second; G.Kemp stole third; O.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 3, Bl. Crackers 3. RED CAPS 7TH: P.Henry out on unknown play; P.Holmes doubled; S.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Royal out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 3, Bl. Crackers 3. BL. CRACKERS 7TH: H.Barnhill dropped a foul fly hit by B.Davis; B.Davis out on unknown play; J.Greene struck out; J.Thornton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 3, Bl. Crackers 3. RED CAPS 8TH: B.Williams singled; B.Williams was picked off first, but was safe on an error by J.Thornton [B.Williams to second]; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; H.Turner out on unknown play; T.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 3, Bl. Crackers 3. BL. CRACKERS 8TH: B.Cooper out on unknown play; R.Hadley out on unknown play; D.Pelham tripled to right field; J.Reese reached on an error by P.Henry [D.Pelham scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Reese to first]; G.Kemp struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Caps 3, Bl. Crackers 4. RED CAPS 9TH: A.Frazier struck out; A.MITCHELL BATTED FOR P.HENRY; A.Mitchell struck out; P.Holmes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Caps 3, Bl. Crackers 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Caps 3 6 2 7 Bl. Crackers 4 9 4 9
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