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Baltimore Colored Giants (BCG) 4 Pirrone All Stars(P) (PIR) 3

Game played on Sunday, October 31, 1943 (D) at Gilmore Field, Los Angeles CA
Exhibition game

Pirrone All Stars(P)                0 0 0  0 0 2  0 0 1   -   3  6  2
Baltimore Colored Giants            0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 4   -   4 13  2

BATTING

Pirrone All Stars(P)                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Peanuts Lowrey lf                     3   0   0    0     1   1     2   0
Charlie English 3b                    4   1   1    0     0   2     1   0
George Metkovich rf                   4   1   2    1     0   1     2   0
Andy Pafko cf                         4   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Jack Calvey ss                        4   1   1    0     0   2     3   6
Jerry Priddy 2b                       4   0   1    0     0   2     3   4
Larry Barton 1b                       3   0   1    0     1   2     9   0
Roy Partee c                          4   0   0    0     0   2     4   0
Newt Kimball p                        4   0   0    0     0   2     0   0
  Red Kress p                         0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               34   3   6    1     2  14    25  10

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Peanuts Lowrey, Jack Calvey. 

BATTING -
2B:  George Metkovich. 
3B:  George Metkovich. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Peanuts Lowrey, Jack Calvey. 

Baltimore Colored Giants             AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cowan Hyde lf                         5   1   2    1     0         2   0
Cool Papa Bell cf                     3   0   1    0     2         0   0
Clyde Spearman rf                     5   0   1    0     0         1   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       5   0   2    1     0         7   0
Howard Easterling 3b                  4   0   3    0     0         0   2
Tommy Sampson 2b                      4   1   1    0     0         2   1
Ted Radcliffe c                       4   1   1    1     0        14   0
Hoss Walker ss                        4   1   2    0     0         1   0
Satchel Paige p                       4   0   0    1     0         0   2
Totals                               38   4  13    4     2   2    27   5

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Tommy Sampson 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Cowan Hyde, Howard Easterling. 
3B:  Tommy Sampson. 
Team LOB:  11

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Cowan Hyde. 

PITCHING

Pirrone All Stars(P)                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Newt Kimball                         8      10   3    3   1   2   0  35
Red Kress L                          0.1     3   1    1   1   0   0  5
Totals                               8.1    13   4    4   2   2   0  40

Newt Kimball pitched to 3 batters in the 9th inning

Baltimore Colored Giants             IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Satchel Paige W                      9       6   3    2   2  14   0  36
Totals                               9       6   3    2   2  14   0  36



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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP -  Ford, 1B - Dewey Widner

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 7000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 10/31/1943, game 1 --   at Baltimore Colored
Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

                                 Baltimore                     
1. P.Lowrey            lf        C.Hyde              lf        
2. C.English           3b        C.Bell              cf        
3. G.Metkovich         rf        C.Spearman          rf        
4. A.Pafko             cf        B.Leonard           1b        
5. J.Calvey            ss        H.Easterling        3b        
6. J.Priddy            2b        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 walked; P.Lowrey stole second; C.English struck
out; G.Metkovich out on unknown play; A.Pafko out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0, Colored Giants 0.

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

 2ND: J.Calvey struck out; J.Priddy out on unknown play;
L.Barton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0, Colored Giants 0.

COLORED GIANTS 2ND: H.Easterling doubled; T.Sampson out on
unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; H.Walker out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0, Colored Giants 0.

 3RD: R.Partee reached on an error by T.Sampson [R.Partee to
first]; N.Kimball struck out; P.Lowrey struck out; C.English out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.   0, Colored Giants 0.

COLORED GIANTS 3RD: S.Paige out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on
unknown play; C.Bell singled to shortstop [C.Bell to second
(error by J.Calvey)]; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.   0, Colored Giants 0.

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

COLORED GIANTS 4TH: B.Leonard out on unknown play; H.Easterling
singled; T.Sampson out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0, Colored Giants 0.

 5TH: J.Priddy struck out; L.Barton struck out; R.Partee struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0, Colored Giants 0.

COLORED GIANTS 5TH: H.Walker singled to left field [H.Walker to
second (error by P.Lowrey)]; S.Paige out on unknown play; C.Hyde
out on unknown play; C.Bell walked; C.Spearman out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.   0, Colored Giants 0.

 6TH: N.Kimball out on unknown play; P.Lowrey grounded out
(S.Paige to B.Leonard); C.English singled; G.Metkovich tripled
[C.English scored, G.Metkovich scored (unearned) (error by
T.Sampson)]; A.Pafko out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.   2, Colored Giants 0.

COLORED GIANTS 6TH: B.Leonard out on unknown play; H.Easterling
singled; T.Sampson out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   2, Colored Giants 0.

 7TH: J.Calvey out on unknown play; J.Priddy singled; L.Barton
walked [J.Priddy to second]; R.Partee struck out; N.Kimball
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   2, Colored Giants 0.

COLORED GIANTS 7TH: H.Walker out on unknown play; S.Paige out
on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   2, Colored Giants 0.

 8TH: P.Lowrey out on unknown play; C.English struck out;
G.Metkovich doubled; A.Pafko out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.   2, Colored Giants 0.

COLORED GIANTS 8TH: C.Bell out on unknown play; C.Spearman out
on unknown play; B.Leonard singled; H.Easterling out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   2, Colored Giants 0.

 9TH: J.Calvey singled; J.Priddy struck out; L.Barton singled
[J.Calvey to third]; R.Partee out on unknown play; J.Calvey
stole home; N.Kimball out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
  3, Colored Giants 0.

COLORED GIANTS 9TH: T.Sampson tripled; T.Radcliffe singled
[T.Sampson scored]; H.Walker singled [T.Radcliffe to third];
R.KRESS REPLACED N.KIMBALL (PITCHING); S.Paige out on unknown
play [T.Radcliffe scored, H.Walker to second]; C.Hyde doubled
[H.Walker scored]; C.Bell walked; C.Spearman singled [C.Hyde to
third, C.Bell to second]; B.Leonard singled [C.Hyde scored,
C.Bell to third, C.Spearman to second]; 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  
3, Colored Giants 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  3   6   2   6
 Colored Giants   4  13   2  11


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