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Pirrone All Stars(P) (PIR) 3 Baltimore Colored Giants (BCG) 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 3   -   3  6  1
Baltimore Colored Giants            1 0 0  2 0 0   -   3  7  0

BATTING

Pirrone All Stars(P)                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Peanuts Lowrey lf                     2   0   0    0     1         0   0
Charlie English 3b                    3   0   0    0     0         2   1
George Metkovich rf                   2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Fred Bell ph, rf                    1   1   1    0     0         1   0
Andy Pafko cf                         3   1   2    0     0         1   0
Jack Calvey ss                        2   0   1    0     1         0   4
Jerry Priddy 2b                       3   1   1    2     0         2   5
Larry Barton 1b                       3   0   1    1     0         9   1
Eddie Malone c                        3   0   0    0     0         2   0
Fay Thomas p                          2   0   0    0     0         1   2
Totals                               24   3   6    3     2   6    18  13

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Larry Barton. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jack Calvey, Jerry Priddy. 
Team LOB:  5


Baltimore Colored Giants             AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cowan Hyde lf                         4   2   2    1     0         1   0
Cool Papa Bell cf                     4   0   1    1     0         0   0
Clyde Spearman rf                     3   0   1    0     0         0   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   0   1    0     0         3   0
Howard Easterling 3b                  1   0   0    0     2         0   1
Tommy Sampson 2b                      3   0   1    1     0         5   0
Ted Radcliffe c                       3   0   0    0     0         6   1
Hoss Walker ss                        3   1   1    0     0         3   0
Porter Moss p                         2   0   0    0     0         0   2
  Booker McDaniel ph                  1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               27   3   7    3     2   1    18   4


BATTING -
2B:  Cowan Hyde. 
Team LOB:  8


PITCHING

Pirrone All Stars(P)                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Fay Thomas                           6       7   3    2   2   1   0  29
Totals                               6       7   3    2   2   1   0  29


Baltimore Colored Giants             IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Porter Moss                          6       6   3    3   2   6   0  26
Totals                               6       6   3    3   2   6   0  26



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Umpires: HP - Dewey Widner, 1B -  Ford

Time of Game: 1:20   Attendance: 7000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 10/31/1943, game 2 --   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. E.Malone            c         H.Walker            ss        
9. F.Thomas            p         P.Moss              p         

 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; P.Lowrey walked; C.English out on unknown play; 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.Bell out on unknown play;
C.Spearman out on unknown play; B.Leonard reached on an error by
L.Barton [C.Hyde to second, B.Leonard to first]; H.Easterling
walked [C.Hyde to third, B.Leonard to second]; T.Sampson singled
[C.Hyde scored (unearned), B.Leonard to third, H.Easterling to
second]; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
3 LOB.   0, Colored Giants 1.

 2ND: J.Calvey doubled; J.Priddy out on unknown play; L.Barton
out on unknown play; E.Malone out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.   0, Colored Giants 1.

COLORED GIANTS 2ND: H.Walker out on unknown play; P.Moss out on
unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
 0, Colored Giants 1.

 3RD: F.Thomas out on unknown play; P.Lowrey out on unknown
play; C.English out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Colored Giants 1.

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

 4TH: G.Metkovich out on unknown play; A.Pafko singled;
J.Calvey walked [A.Pafko to second]; J.Priddy out on unknown
play; L.Barton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   0,
Colored Giants 1.

COLORED GIANTS 4TH: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; H.Walker
singled; P.Moss out on unknown play; C.Hyde doubled [H.Walker
scored]; C.Bell singled [C.Hyde scored]; C.Spearman out on
unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0, Colored Giants 3.

 5TH: E.Malone out on unknown play; F.Thomas out on unknown
play; P.Lowrey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Colored Giants 3.

COLORED GIANTS 5TH: B.Leonard out on unknown play; H.Easterling
walked; T.Sampson reached on a fielder's choice [H.Easterling to
second]; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; H.Walker out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   0, Colored Giants 3.

 6TH: C.English out on unknown play; F.BELL BATTED FOR
G.METKOVICH; F.Bell singled; A.Pafko singled [F.Bell to second];
J.Calvey out on unknown play; J.Priddy doubled [F.Bell scored,
A.Pafko scored]; L.Barton singled [J.Priddy scored]; E.Malone
out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   3, Colored Giants 3.

COLORED GIANTS 6TH: F.BELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
B.MCDANIEL BATTED FOR P.MOSS; B.McDaniel grounded out (J.Priddy
to L.Barton); C.Hyde grounded out (J.Priddy to L.Barton); C.Bell
grounded out (J.Priddy to L.Barton); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   3,
Colored Giants 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  3   6   1   5
 Colored Giants   3   7   0   8


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