Birmingham Black Barons 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 Newark Eagles 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 x - 5 9 0 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Quincy Smith cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 Piper Davis 2b, 1b 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 Artie Wilson ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 Lester Lockett 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 Ed Steele rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 Earl Bumpus lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Herman Bell c 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 Walter Trehearn 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Pepper Bassett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Spencer 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alfred Saylor p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 John Huber ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 3 7 3 1 14 24 0 BATTING - Team LOB: 8 Newark Eagles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Murray Watkins 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Cotton Williams lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Wells ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Lennie Pearson 1b 4 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 Johnny Davis cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Harvey rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Biz Mackey c 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Charlie Humber 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Don Newcombe p 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 5 9 5 1 0 27 0 BATTING - HR: Lennie Pearson 2, Biz Mackey. SH: Biz Mackey. Team LOB: 4 PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alfred Saylor L 8 9 5 5 1 0 3 33 Totals 8 9 5 5 1 0 3 33 Newark Eagles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Don Newcombe W 9 7 3 3 1 14 0 38 Totals 9 7 3 3 1 14 0 38 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Friday, 6/22/1945 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Newark Eagles (N) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Newark 1. Q.Smith cf M.Watkins 3b 2. P.Davis 2b C.Williams lf 3. A.Wilson ss W.Wells ss 4. L.Lockett 3b L.Pearson 1b 5. E.Steele rf J.Davis cf 6. E.Bumpus lf B.Harvey rf 7. H.Bell c B.Mackey c 8. W.Trehearn 1b C.Humber 2b 9. A.Saylor p D.Newcombe p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; Q.Smith singled; P.Davis reached on a fielder's choice [Q.Smith to second]; A.Wilson out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; E.Steele singled [Q.Smith scored, P.Davis to second]; E.Bumpus out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Eagles 0. EAGLES 1ST: M.Watkins out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; W.Wells out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Eagles 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: H.Bell out on unknown play; W.Trehearn out on unknown play; A.Saylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Eagles 0. EAGLES 2ND: L.Pearson out on unknown play; J.Davis out on unknown play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Eagles 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: Q.Smith out on unknown play; P.Davis singled; A.Wilson reached on a fielder's choice [P.Davis to second]; L.Lockett singled [P.Davis scored, A.Wilson to second]; E.Steele out on unknown play; E.Bumpus out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 2, Eagles 0. EAGLES 3RD: B.Mackey homered; C.Humber out on unknown play; D.Newcombe singled; M.Watkins singled (unknown fielder) [D.Newcombe out at third]; C.Williams out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Eagles 1. BLACK BARONS 4TH: H.Bell out on unknown play; W.Trehearn walked; A.Saylor singled [W.Trehearn to second]; Q.Smith out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 2, Eagles 1. EAGLES 4TH: W.Wells out on unknown play; L.Pearson homered; J.Davis out on unknown play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Eagles 2. BLACK BARONS 5TH: A.Wilson singled; L.Lockett reached on a fielder's choice [A.Wilson to second]; E.Steele out on unknown play; E.Bumpus out on unknown play; H.Bell singled [A.Wilson scored, L.Lockett to second]; W.Trehearn out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 3, Eagles 2. EAGLES 5TH: B.Mackey out on unknown play; C.Humber singled; D.Newcombe out on unknown play; M.Watkins out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Eagles 2. BLACK BARONS 6TH: A.Saylor out on unknown play; Q.Smith out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Eagles 2. EAGLES 6TH: C.Williams out on unknown play; W.Wells out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Eagles 2. BLACK BARONS 7TH: A.Wilson out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Eagles 2. EAGLES 7TH: J.Davis singled; B.Harvey singled [J.Davis to second]; B.Mackey out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Davis to third, B.Harvey to second]; C.Humber out on unknown play; D.Newcombe singled [J.Davis scored, B.Harvey to third]; M.Watkins out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 3, Eagles 3. BLACK BARONS 8TH: E.Bumpus out on unknown play; H.Bell out on unknown play; P.BASSETT BATTED FOR W.TREHEARN; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Eagles 3. EAGLES 8TH: J.SPENCER REPLACED P.BASSETT (PLAYING 2B); P.DAVIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); C.Williams out on unknown play; W.Wells walked; L.Pearson homered [W.Wells scored]; J.Davis out on unknown play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Eagles 5. BLACK BARONS 9TH: J.HUBER BATTED FOR A.SAYLOR; J.Huber out on unknown play; Q.Smith out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Eagles 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 3 7 0 8 Eagles 5 9 0 4
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