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Pirrone All Stars(P) (PIR) 8 Baltimore Colored Giants (BCG) 2

Game played on Sunday, October 24, 1943 (D) at Gilmore Field, Los Angeles CA
Exhibition game

Pirrone All Stars(P)                0 0 0  0 0 1  4 1 2   -   8 12  3
Baltimore Colored Giants            0 0 0  1 1 0  0 0 0   -   2  8  3

BATTING

Pirrone All Stars(P)                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Peanuts Lowrey 2b                     5   3   4    1     0         4   3
Charlie English 3b                    5   1   2    3     0   1     1   2
George Metkovich rf                   4   0   2    2     1         1   1
Andy Pafko cf                         5   0   0    0     0   2     3   0
Babe Dahlgren ss                      4   1   0    0     1   1     4   4
Lou Novikoff lf                       4   0   1    0     0         1   0
Larry Barton 1b                       4   1   2    1     0         8   1
Roy Partee c                          3   1   0    0     1   1     4   2
Newt Kimball p                        2   0   0    0     0         1   0
  Ted Gullic ph                       1   1   1    1     0         0   0
  Red Kress p                         1   0   0    0     0         0   1
Totals                               38   8  12    8     3   8    27  14

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  George Metkovich, Babe Dahlgren, Roy Partee. 
E: 3.  Charlie English, Babe Dahlgren 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Peanuts Lowrey 2, George Metkovich, Lou Novikoff, Larry Barton 2. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  George Metkovich. 
CS:  George Metkovich. 

Baltimore Colored Giants             AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cowan Hyde cf                         4   1   0    0     1         0   0
Cool Papa Bell lf                     3   0   0    0     0         0   1
Clyde Spearman rf                     4   0   1    0     0         2   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   0   1    1     1        10   0
Howard Easterling 3b                  4   0   0    0     0         0   1
Tommy Sampson 2b                      4   1   3    0     0         3   5
Ted Radcliffe c                       4   0   2    0     0         9   1
Hoss Walker ss                        4   0   1    1     0         3   3
Satchel Paige p                       2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Booker McDaniel p                   1   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Johnny Markham p                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               34   2   8    2     2   2    27  13

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Clyde Spearman, Buck Leonard, Ted Radcliffe. 

BATTING -
SH:  Cool Papa Bell. 
Team LOB:  8


PITCHING

Pirrone All Stars(P)                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Newt Kimball W                       6       7   2    2   2   2   0  26
Red Kress SV                         3       1   0    0   0   0   0  11
Totals                               9       8   2    2   2   2   0  37


Baltimore Colored Giants             IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Satchel Paige                        5       2   0    0   1   5   0  17
Booker McDaniel L                    2       6   5    4   1   1   0  13
Johnny Markham                       2       4   3    3   1   2   0  11
Totals                               9      12   8    7   3   8   0  41



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Umpires: HP -  Hess, 1B - Dewey Widner

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 10800

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 10/24/1943, game 1 --   at Baltimore Colored
Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

                                 Baltimore                     
1. P.Lowrey            2b        C.Hyde              cf        
2. C.English           3b        C.Bell              lf        
3. G.Metkovich         rf        C.Spearman          rf        
4. A.Pafko             cf        B.Leonard           1b        
5. B.Dahlgren          ss        H.Easterling        3b        
6. L.Novikoff          lf        T.Sampson           2b        
7. L.Barton            1b        T.Radcliffe         c         
8. R.Partee            c         H.Walker            ss        
9. N.Kimball           p         S.Paige             p         

 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; P.Lowrey out on unknown play; C.English out on unknown play;
G.Metkovich walked; G.Metkovich was caught stealing second
(T.Radcliffe to H.Walker); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0, Colored
Giants 0.

COLORED GIANTS 1ST: C.Hyde out on unknown play; C.Bell out on
unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   0, Colored Giants 0.

 2ND: A.Pafko struck out; B.Dahlgren struck out; L.Novikoff
doubled; L.Barton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  
0, Colored Giants 0.

COLORED GIANTS 2ND: B.Leonard out on unknown play; H.Easterling
out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.   0, Colored Giants 0.

 3RD: R.Partee struck out; N.Kimball out on unknown play; On a
bunt P.Lowrey singled; C.English struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.   0, Colored Giants 0.

COLORED GIANTS 3RD: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; H.Walker
out on unknown play; S.Paige out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.   0, Colored Giants 0.

 4TH: G.Metkovich out on unknown play; A.Pafko struck out;
B.Dahlgren out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Colored Giants 0.

COLORED GIANTS 4TH: C.Hyde walked; C.Bell out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Hyde to second]; C.Spearman singled
[C.Hyde to third]; B.Leonard singled [C.Hyde scored, C.Spearman
to third]; H.Easterling hit into a double play (G.Metkovich to
R.Partee to B.Dahlgren) [B.Leonard out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.   0, Colored Giants 1.

 5TH: L.Novikoff out on unknown play; L.Barton out on unknown
play; R.Partee out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Colored Giants 1.

COLORED GIANTS 5TH: T.Sampson singled; T.Radcliffe singled
[T.Sampson to second]; H.Walker singled [T.Sampson scored,
T.Radcliffe to second]; S.Paige out on unknown play; C.Hyde out
on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.   0, Colored Giants 2.

 6TH: B.MCDANIEL REPLACED S.PAIGE (PITCHING); N.Kimball out on
unknown play; P.Lowrey singled to right field [P.Lowrey to third
(error by C.Spearman)]; C.English out on unknown play [P.Lowrey
scored (unearned)]; G.Metkovich singled; G.Metkovich stole
second [G.Metkovich to third (error by T.Radcliffe)]; A.Pafko
out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.   1, Colored
Giants 2.

COLORED GIANTS 6TH: C.Spearman out on unknown play; B.Leonard
walked; H.Easterling out on unknown play; T.Sampson singled
[B.Leonard to second]; T.Radcliffe singled [B.Leonard to third,
T.Sampson to second]; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.   1, Colored Giants 2.

 7TH: B.Dahlgren out on unknown play; L.Novikoff out on unknown
play; L.Barton doubled; R.Partee walked; T.GULLIC BATTED FOR
N.KIMBALL; T.Gullic singled [L.Barton scored, R.Partee to
second]; P.Lowrey doubled [R.Partee scored, T.Gullic to third];
C.English singled [T.Gullic scored, P.Lowrey scored];
G.Metkovich out on unknown play; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   5,
Colored Giants 2.

COLORED GIANTS 7TH: R.KRESS REPLACED T.GULLIC (PITCHING);
B.McDaniel out on unknown play; C.Hyde reached on an error by
B.Dahlgren [C.Hyde to second (error by B.Dahlgren)]; C.Bell out
on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E,
1 LOB.   5, Colored Giants 2.

 8TH: J.MARKHAM REPLACED B.MCDANIEL (PITCHING); B.Leonard
dropped a foul fly hit by A.Pafko; A.Pafko out on unknown play;
B.Dahlgren walked; L.Novikoff out on unknown play; L.Barton
doubled [B.Dahlgren scored]; R.Partee out on unknown play; 1 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.   6, Colored Giants 2.

COLORED GIANTS 8TH: B.Leonard out on unknown play; H.Easterling
out on unknown play; T.Sampson singled to third base [T.Sampson
to second (error by C.English)]; T.Radcliffe out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.   6, Colored Giants 2.

 9TH: R.Kress out on unknown play; P.Lowrey doubled; C.English
singled [P.Lowrey to third]; G.Metkovich doubled [P.Lowrey
scored, C.English scored]; A.Pafko out on unknown play;
B.Dahlgren out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   8,
Colored Giants 2.

COLORED GIANTS 9TH: H.Walker out on unknown play; J.Markham out
on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   8, Colored Giants 2.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  8  12   3   6
 Colored Giants   2   8   3   8


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