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Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 6 Cincinnati Clowns (CI2) 1

Game played on Tuesday, July 20, 1943 (N) at Municipal Stadium, Davenport IA
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     4 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 1   -   6 14  0
Cincinnati Clowns                   0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0   -   1  5  2

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Emmett Wilson lf                      5   0   2    0     0         1   0
Fred Bankhead 2b                      5   1   2    0     0         2   3
Cowan Hyde 3b                         5   1   1    0     0         0   3
Red Longley ss                        5   1   2    1     0         0   3
Neil Robinson cf                      3   2   2    2     1         2   0
Jim Canada 1b                         5   1   2    0     0        13   0
Nat Rogers rf                         1   0   1    1     0         0   0
  Bob Smith pr, rf                    3   0   1    0     0         1   0
Larry Brown c                         3   0   1    1     1         8   1
Verdell Mathis p                      4   0   0    0     0         0   2
Totals                               39   6  14    5     2   3    27  12

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Fred Bankhead, Cowan Hyde, Jim Canada. 

BATTING -
2B:  Neil Robinson, Jim Canada. 
HBP:  Neil Robinson. 
GDP:  Cowan Hyde. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Fred Bankhead. 
CS:  Neil Robinson. 

Cincinnati Clowns                    AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Smith ss, 2b                    4   1   2    0     0         4   0
Sylvester Snead 2b, 3b                4   0   1    1     0   1     3   4
Buster Haywood rf                     3   0   0    0     1         0   0
Goose Tatum cf                        4   0   2    0     0         1   0
Pepper Bassett c                      4   0   0    0     0   3     4   1
Leonard Lindsay 1b                    3   0   0    0     1        10   0
Johnny Ray lf                         4   0   0    0     0         2   0
Clarence Lamar 3b, ss                 3   0   0    0     0         3   4
Felix Evans p                         0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Fred Wilson p                       2   0   0    0     1         0   2
Totals                               31   1   5    1     3   7    27  11

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sylvester Snead, Leonard Lindsay, Fred Wilson. 
E: 2.  Buster Haywood, Johnny Ray. 

BATTING -
3B:  Sylvester Snead, Goose Tatum. 
GDP:  Johnny Ray. 
Team LOB:  6


PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Verdell Mathis W                     9       5   1    1   3   7   0  34
Totals                               9       5   1    1   3   7   0  34

WP:  Verdell Mathis. 

Cincinnati Clowns                    IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Felix Evans L                        1       6   4    4   0   0   0  9
Fred Wilson                          8       8   2    0   2   3   0  33
Totals                               9      14   6    4   2   3   0  42

HBP:  Fred Wilson. 


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Umpires: HP -  Knudson, 1B -  Thomer

Time of Game: 2:03   Attendance: 4150

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 7/20/1943 -- Memphis Red Sox at Cincinnati
Clowns (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Cincinnati                    
1. E.Wilson            lf        H.Smith             ss        
2. F.Bankhead          2b        S.Snead             2b        
3. C.Hyde              3b        B.Haywood           rf        
4. R.Longley           ss        G.Tatum             cf        
5. N.Robinson          cf        P.Bassett           c         
6. J.Canada            1b        L.Lindsay           1b        
7. N.Rogers            rf        J.Ray               lf        
8. L.Brown             c         C.Lamar             3b        
9. V.Mathis            p         F.Evans             p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; E.Wilson grounded out (S.Snead to L.Lindsay);
F.Bankhead singled; F.Bankhead stole second; C.Hyde popped to
C.Lamar; R.Longley singled [F.Bankhead scored, R.Longley to
second (on throw)]; N.Robinson doubled [R.Longley scored];
J.Canada singled [N.Robinson to third]; N.Rogers singled
[N.Robinson scored, J.Canada to second]; B.SMITH RAN FOR
N.ROGERS; L.Brown singled [J.Canada scored, B.Smith to second];
V.Mathis grounded out (S.Snead to L.Lindsay); 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 4, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 1ST: B.SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); H.Smith
singled to pitcher; V.Mathis threw a wild pitch [H.Smith to
second]; S.Snead struck out; B.Haywood walked; G.Tatum flied to
B.Smith; P.Bassett struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Clowns 0.

RED SOX 2ND: F.WILSON REPLACED F.EVANS (PITCHING); E.Wilson out
on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 2ND: L.Lindsay out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown
play; C.Lamar out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 4, Clowns 0.

RED SOX 3RD: R.Longley out on unknown play; N.Robinson was hit
by a pitch; N.Robinson was caught stealing second (P.Bassett to
H.Smith); J.Canada doubled; B.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 3RD: F.Wilson out on unknown play; H.Smith out on
unknown play; S.Snead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 4, Clowns 0.

RED SOX 4TH: L.Brown out on unknown play; V.Mathis out on
unknown play; E.Wilson singled; F.Bankhead out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 4TH: B.Haywood out on unknown play; G.Tatum tripled;
P.Bassett struck out; L.Lindsay grounded out (R.Longley to
J.Canada); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Clowns 0.

RED SOX 5TH: C.Hyde out on unknown play; R.Longley out on
unknown play; N.Robinson singled; J.Canada out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 5TH: J.Ray out on unknown play; C.Lamar out on unknown
play; F.Wilson walked; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Clowns 0.

RED SOX 6TH: H.SMITH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); S.SNEAD
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); C.LAMAR CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING SS); B.Smith out on unknown play; L.Brown out on
unknown play; V.Mathis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 4, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 6TH: S.Snead out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on
unknown play; G.Tatum singled; P.Bassett struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Clowns 0.

RED SOX 7TH: E.Wilson singled; F.Bankhead singled [E.Wilson to
second]; C.Hyde grounded into a double play (F.Wilson to S.Snead
to L.Lindsay) [E.Wilson out at third, F.Bankhead to second];
R.Longley out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 7TH: L.Lindsay walked; J.Ray grounded into a double play
(C.Hyde to F.Bankhead to J.Canada) [L.Lindsay out at second];
C.Lamar out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Clowns 0.

RED SOX 8TH: N.Robinson walked; J.Canada out on unknown play;
B.Smith singled to right field [N.Robinson scored (unearned) (no
RBI) (error by B.Haywood)]; L.Brown walked [B.Smith to second];
V.Mathis out on unknown play; E.Wilson out on unknown play; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 8TH: F.Wilson out on unknown play; H.Smith singled to
right field; S.Snead tripled to left field [H.Smith scored];
B.Haywood out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Clowns 1.

RED SOX 9TH: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; C.Hyde singled to
left field [C.Hyde to second (error by J.Ray)]; R.Longley
singled [C.Hyde to third]; N.Robinson popped to H.Smith [C.Hyde
scored (unearned)]; Smith and Haywood collided; J.Canada out on
unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Clowns 1.

CLOWNS 9TH: P.Bassett out on unknown play; L.Lindsay out on
unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Red Sox 6, Clowns 1.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          6  14   0   9
 Clowns           1   5   2   6


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