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Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 5 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 4

Game played on Sunday, May 14, 1944 (D) at Comiskey Park I, Chicago IL
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     1 1 2  0 1 0  0 0 0   -   5 10  1
Chicago American Giants             0 1 0  0 0 0  3 0 0   -   4 12  4

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Fred McDaniel lf                      2   1   2    0     0         3   0
  Verdell Mathis pr, lf               2   1   0    0     0         1   0
Jimmy Ford 2b                         3   1   1    0     1         2   2
Cowan Hyde rf                         4   1   1    0     0         1   0
Neil Robinson cf                      4   0   3    4     0         3   0
Fred Bankhead ss                      4   0   0    0     0         1   3
  Buck Felder ss                      0   0   0    0     0         1   2
Red Longley 3b                        4   1   2    0     0         0   2
Jim Canada 1b                         2   0   0    0     1         9   0
Larry Brown c                         3   0   0    0     0         6   0
Porter Moss p                         3   0   1    0     0         0   2
  Willie Hutchinson p                 0   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Rufus Ligon p                       0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               31   5  10    4     2   3    27  12

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Jimmy Ford 2, Fred Bankhead 2, Jim Canada 2. 
E: 1.  Fred Bankhead. 

BATTING -
SH:  Jim Canada, Rufus Ligon. 
HBP:  Fred McDaniel, Larry Brown. 
GDP:  Larry Brown. 
Team LOB:  5

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Fred McDaniel, Neil Robinson. 

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
T.J. Brown ss                         4   1   2    0     1   0     2   3
Jesse Douglas 2b                      4   0   1    2     0   0     2   3
Lloyd Davenport cf                    4   0   2    0     0   0     2   0
John Bissant lf                       4   0   1    0     0   0     1   0
Clyde Nelson 3b                       3   1   1    0     1   0     2   1
Jimmie Crutchfield rf                 4   0   1    0     0   0     1   0
Henry McCall 1b                       3   1   3    1     0   0     5   0
  Art Pennington ph                   1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Walter Trehearn 1b                  0   0   0    0     0   0     5   0
Herb Barnhill c                       3   0   1    0     0   0     4   3
  Rufus Hatten pr, c                  1   1   0    0     0   0     3   0
Gready McKinnis p                     1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Leroy Sutton p                      1   0   0    0     0   0     0   2
  George Minor ph                     0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Ollie West p                        0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Gentry Jessup ph                    0   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Totals                               33   4  12    3     3   0    27  12

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  T.J. Brown, Jesse Douglas, Henry McCall. 
E: 4.  T.J. Brown, Jesse Douglas, Clyde Nelson, Gready McKinnis. 

BATTING -
SH:  Jesse Douglas, George Minor. 
IW:  T.J. Brown. 
GDP:  Clyde Nelson, Herb Barnhill. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  T.J. Brown. 
CS:  Gentry Jessup. 

PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Porter Moss W                        6.2     8   4    3   2   0   0  28
Willie Hutchinson                    0.2     3   0    0   0   0   0  4
Rufus Ligon SV                       1.2     1   0    0   1   0   0  6
Totals                               9      12   4    3   3   0   0  38

IW:  Porter Moss. 

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Gready McKinnis L                    4.2     7   5    4   2   2   0  22
Leroy Sutton                         2.1     2   0    0   0   0   0  7
Ollie West                           2       1   0    0   0   1   0  8
Totals                               9      10   5    4   2   3   0  37

WP:  Gready McKinnis 2. 
HBP:  Gready McKinnis, Ollie West. 


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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 10000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/14/1944, game 1 -- Memphis Red Sox at Chicago
Am. Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Chicago                       
1. F.McDaniel          lf        T.Brown             ss        
2. J.Ford              2b        J.Douglas           2b        
3. C.Hyde              rf        L.Davenport         cf        
4. N.Robinson          cf        J.Bissant           lf        
5. F.Bankhead          ss        C.Nelson            3b        
6. R.Longley           3b        J.Crutchfield       rf        
7. J.Canada            1b        H.McCall            1b        
8. L.Brown             c         H.Barnhill          c         
9. P.Moss              p         G.McKinnis          p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; On a bunt F.McDaniel singled to pitcher [F.McDaniel
to second (error by G.McKinnis)]; J.Ford out on unknown play;
C.Hyde flied to L.Davenport [F.McDaniel to third (error by
C.Nelson)]; N.Robinson singled [F.McDaniel scored (unearned)];
F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. 
Red Sox 1, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 1ST: T.Brown singled; J.Douglas out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Brown to second]; L.Davenport out on
unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Am. Giants 0.

RED SOX 2ND: R.Longley singled to shortstop [R.Longley to
second (error by T.Brown)]; G.McKinnis threw a wild pitch
[R.Longley to third]; G.McKinnis threw a wild pitch [R.Longley
scored]; J.Canada walked; L.Brown grounded into a double play
(T.Brown to J.Douglas to H.McCall) [J.Canada out at second];
P.Moss out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: C.Nelson walked; J.Crutchfield singled
[C.Nelson to second]; H.McCall singled to left-center [C.Nelson
scored, J.Crutchfield to second]; H.Barnhill grounded into a
double play (F.Bankhead to J.Ford to J.Canada) [J.Crutchfield to
third, H.McCall out at second]; G.McKinnis out on unknown play;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Am. Giants 1.

RED SOX 3RD: F.McDaniel singled; F.McDaniel was caught stealing
second (H.Barnhill to T.Brown); J.Ford walked; C.Hyde singled
[J.Ford to third, C.Hyde to second (on throw)]; N.Robinson
singled [J.Ford scored, C.Hyde scored]; F.Bankhead out on
unknown play; R.Longley out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 4, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: T.Brown lined to F.McDaniel; J.Douglas out on
unknown play; L.Davenport singled; J.Bissant out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Am. Giants 1.

RED SOX 4TH: J.Canada out on unknown play; L.Brown out on
unknown play; P.Moss out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Red Sox 4, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: C.Nelson out on unknown play; J.Crutchfield out
on unknown play; H.McCall singled; H.Barnhill out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Am. Giants 1.

RED SOX 5TH: F.McDaniel was hit by a pitch; V.MATHIS RAN FOR
F.MCDANIEL; J.Ford out on unknown play [V.Mathis to second];
C.Hyde out on unknown play; N.Robinson singled to center field
[V.Mathis scored]; L.SUTTON REPLACED G.MCKINNIS (PITCHING);
N.Robinson was caught stealing second (H.Barnhill to T.Brown); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: V.MATHIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); L.Sutton
out on unknown play; T.Brown out on unknown play; J.Douglas out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 1.

RED SOX 6TH: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; R.Longley out on
unknown play; J.Canada out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: L.Davenport out on unknown play; J.Bissant
singled; C.Nelson grounded into a double play (J.Ford to
F.Bankhead to J.Canada) [J.Bissant out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 1.

RED SOX 7TH: L.Brown out on unknown play; P.Moss singled;
V.Mathis out on unknown play; J.Ford singled to second base
[P.Moss to third (error by J.Douglas), J.Ford to second]; P.Moss
was picked off third (H.Barnhill to C.Nelson); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; H.McCall
singled to center field; H.Barnhill singled to left field
[H.McCall to second]; R.HATTEN RAN FOR H.BARNHILL; G.MINOR
BATTED FOR L.SUTTON; G.Minor out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [H.McCall to third, R.Hatten to second]; T.Brown was
walked intentionally; W.HUTCHINSON REPLACED P.MOSS (PITCHING);
J.Douglas singled to left field [H.McCall scored, R.Hatten
scored, T.Brown to second]; L.Davenport singled to shortstop
(unknown fielder) [T.Brown scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by
F.Bankhead), L.Davenport out at second]; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 4.

RED SOX 8TH: R.HATTEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); O.WEST
REPLACED G.MINOR (PITCHING); C.Hyde out on unknown play;
N.Robinson out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: J.Bissant out on unknown play; C.Nelson
singled; R.LIGON REPLACED W.HUTCHINSON (PITCHING); B.FELDER
REPLACED F.BANKHEAD (PLAYING SS); J.Crutchfield popped to
L.Brown in foul territory; A.PENNINGTON BATTED FOR H.MCCALL;
A.Pennington popped to L.Brown in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 4.

RED SOX 9TH: W.TREHEARN REPLACED A.PENNINGTON (PLAYING 1B);
R.Longley singled; J.Canada out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [R.Longley to second]; L.Brown was hit by a pitch;
R.Ligon out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Longley to
third, L.Brown to second]; V.Mathis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: R.Hatten out on unknown play; G.JESSUP BATTED
FOR O.WEST; G.Jessup walked; T.Brown singled [G.Jessup to
third]; T.Brown stole second; J.Douglas out on unknown play;
G.Jessup was caught stealing home (unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Am. Giants 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          5  10   1   5
 Am. Giants       4  12   4   7


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