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Chicago American Giants (CAG) 2 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 1

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

Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 0  0 1 0  0  -   1  7  1
Chicago American Giants             1 0 0  0 0 1  x  -   2  4  2

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Fred McDaniel lf                      4   0   1    0     0   0     1   0
Jimmy Ford 2b                         3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Cowan Hyde rf                         3   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
Neil Robinson cf                      3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Fred Bankhead ss                      3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Red Longley 3b                        3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Jim Canada 1b                         3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Larry Brown c                         3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Edgar Chatman p                       2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Verdell Mathis p                    1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               28   1   7    0     0   0    18   0

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Red Longley. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Cowan Hyde. 

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
T.J. Brown ss                         2   1   0    0     1   0     0   0
Art Pennington 2b                     2   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
Lloyd Davenport cf                    3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
George Minor lf                       2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Herb Barnhill ph                    1   0   0    1     0   0     0   0
  Clyde Nelson 3b                     0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
John Bissant 3b, lf                   3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Jimmie Crutchfield rf                 3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Henry McCall 1b                       2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Bob Smith c                           2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Gentry Jessup p                       2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               22   2   4    1     1   0    21   0

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Art Pennington, Bob Smith. 

BATTING -
2B:  Art Pennington. 
SH:  Art Pennington. 
Team LOB:  4


PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Edgar Chatman L                      5       4   2    1   1   0   0  21
Verdell Mathis                       1       0   0    0   0   0   0  3
Totals                               6       4   2    1   1   0   0  24

Edgar Chatman pitched to 2 batters in the 6th inning

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Gentry Jessup W                      7       7   1    0   0   0   0  28
Totals                               7       7   1    0   0   0   0  28



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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 2 -- Memphis Red Sox at Chicago
Am. Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Chicago                       
1. F.McDaniel          lf        T.Brown             ss        
2. J.Ford              2b        A.Pennington        2b        
3. C.Hyde              rf        L.Davenport         cf        
4. N.Robinson          cf        G.Minor             lf        
5. F.Bankhead          ss        J.Bissant           3b        
6. R.Longley           3b        J.Crutchfield       rf        
7. J.Canada            1b        H.McCall            1b        
8. L.Brown             c         B.Smith             c         
9. E.Chatman           p         G.Jessup            p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories;
F.McDaniel singled; J.Ford out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on
unknown play; N.Robinson singled [F.McDaniel to second];
F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 1ST: T.Brown walked; A.Pennington out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Brown to second]; L.Davenport reached
on an error by R.Longley [T.Brown scored (unearned) (no RBI),
L.Davenport to first]; G.Minor out on unknown play; J.Bissant
out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Am. Giants 1.

RED SOX 2ND: R.Longley singled; J.Canada out on unknown play;
L.Brown out on unknown play; E.Chatman out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: J.Crutchfield singled; H.McCall out on unknown
play; B.Smith out on unknown play; G.Jessup out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 1.

RED SOX 3RD: F.McDaniel out on unknown play; J.Ford singled;
C.Hyde out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: T.Brown out on unknown play; A.Pennington out
on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 1.

RED SOX 4TH: F.Bankhead singled; R.Longley out on unknown play;
J.Canada singled [F.Bankhead to second]; L.Brown out on unknown
play; E.Chatman out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Am. Giants 1.

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

RED SOX 5TH: F.McDaniel out on unknown play; J.Ford out on
unknown play; C.Hyde singled to second base [C.Hyde to second
(error by A.Pennington)]; C.Hyde stole third [C.Hyde scored
(unearned) (error by B.Smith)]; N.Robinson out on unknown play;
1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: B.Smith out on unknown play; G.Jessup out on
unknown play; T.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 1, 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 1, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: A.Pennington doubled; L.Davenport singled
[A.Pennington to third]; V.MATHIS REPLACED E.CHATMAN (PITCHING);
H.BARNHILL BATTED FOR G.MINOR; H.Barnhill flied to F.McDaniel
[A.Pennington scored]; J.Bissant out on unknown play;
J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Am. Giants 2.

RED SOX 7TH: C.NELSON REPLACED H.BARNHILL (PLAYING 3B);
J.BISSANT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); L.Brown out on unknown
play; V.Mathis out on unknown play; F.McDaniel out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Am. Giants 2.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          1   7   1   6
 Am. Giants       2   4   2   4


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