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Chicago American Giants (CAG) 4 Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 2

Game played on Sunday, August 14, 1938 (D) at South Side Park III, Chicago IL
Regular-Season game

Atlanta Black Crackers              1 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 0   -   2  5  1
Chicago American Giants             2 0 0  2 0 0  0 0 x   -   4  8  0

BATTING

Atlanta Black Crackers               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Bill Cooper c                         4   0   1    0     0         2   0
Spencer Davis 3b                      4   2   2    0     0         0   0
Don Pelham lf                         4   0   1    1     0         0   0
Donald Reeves rf                      3   0   0    0     1         0   0
Red Moore 1b                          4   0   1    1     0         0   0
Babe Davis cf                         4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Gabby Kemp 2b                         3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Tommy Butts ss                        3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Scottie Duncan p                      3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               32   2   5    2     1  11    24   0

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Tommy Butts. 

BATTING -
2B:  Spencer Davis 2. 
Team LOB:  4


Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Willie Simms cf                       4   1   1    0     0         0   0
Ernest Smith rf                       4   0   1    0     0         0   0
Wilson Redus lf                       4   1   1    1     0         0   0
Subby Byas 1b                         4   1   1    0     0         0   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      4   1   2    2     0         0   0
Frank Duncan II c                     4   0   1    0     0   1     0   0
Joe Sparks ss                         3   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
Billy Horne 2b                        3   0   1    1     0         0   0
Ted Trent p                           3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               33   4   8    4     0   7    27   0


BATTING -
2B:  Wilson Redus, Alex Radcliff. 
3B:  Alex Radcliff. 
Team LOB:  5


PITCHING

Atlanta Black Crackers               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Scottie Duncan L                     8       8   4    3   0   7   0  33
Totals                               8       8   4    3   0   7   0  33


Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ted Trent W                          9       5   2    2   1  11   0  33
Totals                               9       5   2    2   1  11   0  33



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 8/14/1938, game 2 -- Atlanta Bl. Crackers at
Chicago Am. Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Atlanta                       Chicago                       
1. B.Cooper            c         W.Simms             cf        
2. S.Davis             3b        E.Smith             rf        
3. D.Pelham            lf        W.Redus             lf        
4. D.Reeves            rf        S.Byas              1b        
5. R.Moore             1b        A.Radcliff          3b        
6. B.Davis             cf        F.Duncan II         c         
7. G.Kemp              2b        J.Sparks            ss        
8. T.Butts             ss        B.Horne             2b        
9. S.Duncan            p         T.Trent             p         

BL. CRACKERS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories; B.Cooper out on unknown play; S.Davis doubled; D.Pelham
singled [S.Davis scored]; D.Reeves out on unknown play; R.Moore
out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 1, Am.
Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 1ST: W.Simms singled; E.Smith out on unknown play;
W.Redus doubled [W.Simms scored]; S.Byas out on unknown play;
A.Radcliff doubled [W.Redus scored]; F.Duncan II out on unknown
play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 1, Am. Giants 2.

BL. CRACKERS 2ND: B.Davis out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on
unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Bl. Crackers 1, Am. Giants 2.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: J.Sparks out on unknown play; B.Horne out on
unknown play; T.Trent out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Bl. Crackers 1, Am. Giants 2.

BL. CRACKERS 3RD: S.Duncan out on unknown play; B.Cooper
singled; S.Davis out on unknown play; D.Pelham out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 1, Am. Giants 2.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: W.Simms out on unknown play; E.Smith out on
unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Bl. Crackers 1, Am. Giants 2.

BL. CRACKERS 4TH: D.Reeves walked; R.Moore out on unknown play;
B.Davis out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 1, Am. Giants 2.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: S.Byas reached on an error by T.Butts [S.Byas
to first]; A.Radcliff tripled [S.Byas scored (unearned)];
F.Duncan II struck out; J.Sparks struck out; B.Horne singled
[A.Radcliff scored]; T.Trent out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 1, Am. Giants 4.

BL. CRACKERS 5TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; S.Duncan out on
unknown play; B.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Bl. Crackers 1, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: W.Simms out on unknown play; E.Smith singled;
W.Redus out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 1, Am. Giants 4.

BL. CRACKERS 6TH: S.Davis doubled; D.Pelham out on unknown
play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; R.Moore singled [S.Davis
scored]; B.Davis out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bl.
Crackers 2, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; F.Duncan II
singled; J.Sparks out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 2, Am. Giants 4.

BL. CRACKERS 7TH: G.Kemp out on unknown play; T.Butts out on
unknown play; S.Duncan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Bl. Crackers 2, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: T.Trent out on unknown play; W.Simms out on
unknown play; E.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Bl. Crackers 2, Am. Giants 4.

BL. CRACKERS 8TH: B.Cooper out on unknown play; S.Davis out on
unknown play; D.Pelham out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Bl. Crackers 2, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: W.Redus out on unknown play; S.Byas singled;
A.Radcliff out on unknown play; F.Duncan II out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Bl. Crackers 2, Am. Giants 4.

BL. CRACKERS 9TH: D.Reeves out on unknown play; R.Moore out on
unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Bl. Crackers 2, Am. Giants 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Bl. Crackers     2   5   1   4
 Am. Giants       4   8   0   5


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