Memphis Red Sox 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 2 0 - 11 17 2 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 11 3 BATTING Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Fred McDaniel lf 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 T.J. Brown ss 5 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 Jimmy Ford 3b 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Neil Robinson cf 6 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 Cowan Hyde rf 5 1 3 0 0 0 6 0 Fred Bankhead 2b 4 3 3 1 1 0 4 2 Jim Canada 1b 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 Red Longley c 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Willie Wells pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Larry Brown c 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 1 Verdell Mathis p 4 2 4 3 1 0 1 2 Totals 40 11 17 10 7 0 27 7 FIELDING - DP: 2. Fred Bankhead 2, Jim Canada 2, Verdell Mathis. E: 2. T.J. Brown 2. BATTING - 2B: T.J. Brown, Verdell Mathis. 3B: Fred McDaniel. SH: Fred McDaniel, T.J. Brown. Team LOB: 11 BASERUNNING - SB: Fred McDaniel, Fred Bankhead 2. Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Ralph Wyatt ss 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 4 Jesse Douglas 3b 3 0 2 2 2 0 1 4 Art Pennington 2b 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 Lloyd Davenport cf, p 5 1 3 1 0 0 3 1 John Bissant lf 4 0 1 0 1 0 8 0 Johnny Smith rf 5 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 Clyde Nelson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 Bob Smith c 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 Gready McKinnis p 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Pepper Sharpe p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 George Minor cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 5 11 5 7 0 27 12 FIELDING - E: 3. Art Pennington, Bob Smith, Gready McKinnis. BATTING - 2B: Art Pennington, Lloyd Davenport. 3B: Jesse Douglas. GDP: John Bissant, Johnny Smith. Team LOB: 10 BASERUNNING - SB: Lloyd Davenport. CS: Johnny Smith. PITCHING Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Verdell Mathis W 9 11 5 5 7 0 0 42 Totals 9 11 5 5 7 0 0 42 Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gready McKinnis L 6.2 10 7 3 6 0 0 35 Pepper Sharpe 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 Lloyd Davenport 2.1 6 2 2 0 0 0 12 Totals 9 17 11 5 7 0 0 49 WP: Gready McKinnis. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 18640 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/2/1944, game 1 -- Memphis Red Sox at Chicago Am. Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Memphis Chicago 1. F.McDaniel lf R.Wyatt ss 2. T.Brown ss J.Douglas 3b 3. J.Ford 3b A.Pennington 2b 4. N.Robinson cf L.Davenport cf 5. C.Hyde rf J.Bissant lf 6. F.Bankhead 2b J.Smith rf 7. J.Canada 1b C.Nelson 1b 8. R.Longley c B.Smith c 9. V.Mathis p G.McKinnis p RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; T.Brown out on unknown play; J.Ford walked; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 1ST: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; J.Douglas walked; A.Pennington out on unknown play; L.Davenport singled [J.Douglas to third]; L.Davenport stole second; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 0. RED SOX 2ND: C.Hyde singled; C.Hyde was picked off first (G.McKinnis to C.Nelson); F.Bankhead walked; F.Bankhead stole second [F.Bankhead to third (error by B.Smith)]; J.Canada out on unknown play; R.Longley out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: J.Smith singled; C.Nelson out on unknown play; B.Smith out on unknown play; G.McKinnis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 0. RED SOX 3RD: V.Mathis singled; F.McDaniel out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [V.Mathis to second]; T.Brown out on unknown play; J.Ford out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 3RD: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; J.Douglas walked; A.Pennington walked [J.Douglas to second]; L.Davenport out on unknown play; J.Bissant walked [J.Douglas to third, A.Pennington to second]; J.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 0. RED SOX 4TH: N.Robinson singled; C.Hyde out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; J.Canada walked [N.Robinson to second]; R.Longley out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 4TH: C.Nelson out on unknown play; B.Smith walked; G.McKinnis forced B.Smith (unknown fielder) [G.McKinnis to first]; R.Wyatt singled to shortstop [G.McKinnis to third (error by T.Brown), R.Wyatt to second]; J.Douglas tripled [G.McKinnis scored, R.Wyatt scored]; A.Pennington walked; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Am. Giants 2. RED SOX 5TH: V.Mathis doubled; F.McDaniel singled [V.Mathis to third]; T.Brown out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [V.Mathis scored, F.McDaniel to second]; J.Ford out on unknown play; F.McDaniel stole third; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Am. Giants 2. AM. GIANTS 5TH: J.Bissant singled; J.Smith grounded into a double play (V.Mathis to F.Bankhead to J.Canada) [J.Bissant out at second]; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Am. Giants 2. RED SOX 6TH: C.Hyde out on unknown play; F.Bankhead singled to second base [F.Bankhead to second (error by A.Pennington)]; J.Canada out on unknown play; R.Longley walked; W.WELLS RAN FOR R.LONGLEY; V.Mathis singled [F.Bankhead scored, W.Wells to second]; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Am. Giants 2. AM. GIANTS 6TH: L.BROWN REPLACED W.WELLS (PLAYING C); B.Smith out on unknown play; G.McKinnis out on unknown play; R.Wyatt walked; J.Douglas singled to shortstop [R.Wyatt to third (error by T.Brown), J.Douglas to second]; A.Pennington out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Am. Giants 2. RED SOX 7TH: T.Brown flied to unknown fielder; J.Ford flied to unknown fielder; N.Robinson singled to left field; C.Hyde singled [N.Robinson to second]; F.Bankhead singled [N.Robinson scored, C.Hyde to third]; F.Bankhead stole second; G.McKinnis dropped a foul fly hit by J.Canada; J.Canada walked; G.McKinnis threw a wild pitch [C.Hyde scored (unearned), F.Bankhead to third, J.Canada to second]; L.Brown walked; P.SHARPE REPLACED G.MCKINNIS (PITCHING); V.Mathis walked [F.Bankhead scored (unearned), J.Canada to third, L.Brown to second]; F.McDaniel tripled to left-center [J.Canada scored (unearned), L.Brown scored (unearned), V.Mathis scored (unearned)]; L.DAVENPORT CHANGED POSITIONS (PITCHING); G.MINOR REPLACED P.SHARPE (PLAYING CF); T.Brown doubled to left field [F.McDaniel scored (unearned)]; J.Ford grounded out (L.Davenport to C.Nelson); 7 R (1 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 9, Am. Giants 2. AM. GIANTS 7TH: L.Davenport singled; J.Bissant grounded into a double play (F.Bankhead to J.Canada) [L.Davenport out at second]; J.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 9, Am. Giants 2. RED SOX 8TH: N.Robinson out on unknown play; C.Hyde singled; F.Bankhead singled [C.Hyde to second]; J.Canada forced C.Hyde (unknown fielder) [F.Bankhead to second, J.Canada to first]; L.Brown singled [F.Bankhead scored, J.Canada to second]; V.Mathis singled [J.Canada scored, L.Brown to second]; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 11, Am. Giants 2. AM. GIANTS 8TH: C.Nelson out on unknown play; B.Smith out on unknown play; G.Minor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 11, Am. Giants 2. RED SOX 9TH: T.Brown singled (unknown fielder) [T.Brown out at second]; J.Ford out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 11, Am. Giants 2. AM. GIANTS 9TH: R.Wyatt singled; J.Douglas out on unknown play; A.Pennington doubled [R.Wyatt scored]; L.Davenport doubled [A.Pennington scored]; J.Bissant out on unknown play; J.Smith singled [L.Davenport scored]; J.Smith was caught stealing second (L.Brown to T.Brown); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 11, Am. Giants 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 11 17 2 11 Am. Giants 5 11 3 10
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