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. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. 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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