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Chicago American Giants (CAG) 8 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 7

Game played on Thursday, May 15, 1947 (N) at Sportsmans Park, Greenville MS
Regular-Season game

Chicago American Giants             1 0 2  1 1 0  2 0 0  1  -   8  8  3
Memphis Red Sox                     2 0 1  0 2 0  0 0 2  0  -   7  9  6

BATTING

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Bernell Longest 2b                    6   2   3    2     0         5   4
Jim McCurine rf                       5   0   0    0     1         2   0
Sam Hill lf                           4   2   2    1     0         0   0
Earl Bumpus 1b, p                     4   0   0    0     1         9   0
John Ritchey c                        5   1   1    3     0         5   0
Buddy Armour cf                       5   0   0    1     0         3   0
John Miles 3b                         4   1   1    0     1         1   1
Clyde McNeal ss                       5   1   0    0     0         4   4
Riley Stewart p                       3   1   1    0     0         0   1
  Walter McCoy p                      1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Jake Tolbert ph, 1b                 0   0   0    0     1         1   0
Totals                               42   8   8    7     4   7    30  10

FIELDING -
E: 3.  John Miles 2, Clyde McNeal. 

BATTING -
2B:  John Miles. 
3B:  Bernell Longest. 
SH:  Sam Hill. 
Team LOB:  9

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Sam Hill 2. 

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
George Handy 2b                       5   1   1    0     0         2   5
Marlin Carter 3b                      4   4   2    0     1         0   0
Neil Robinson lf                      5   1   2    1     0         1   0
Pedro Formental rf                    3   1   2    4     2         2   0
Bob Boyd 1b                           5   0   1    1     0         8   1
Jose Colas cf                         5   0   0    0     0         5   0
Casey Jones c                         5   0   0    0     0         9   0
Willie Wells ss                       4   0   0    0     0         2   3
  Pepper Sharpe ph                    1   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
Ladd White p                          4   0   1    0     0         1   0
  Dan Bankhead p                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               41   7   9    6     3   2    30   9

FIELDING -
E: 6.  George Handy 2, Marlin Carter, Jose Colas, Willie Wells, Ladd White. 

BATTING -
2B:  Marlin Carter, Neil Robinson, Pedro Formental, Bob Boyd. 
HR:  Pedro Formental. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Bob Boyd. 

PITCHING

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Riley Stewart                        6       6   5    2   1   0   0  27
Walter McCoy W                       3       3   2    2   2   2   1  14
Earl Bumpus SV                       1       0   0    0   0       0  3
Totals                               10      9   7    4   3   2   1  44


Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ladd White L                         9.1     7   8    5   3   6   0  43
Dan Bankhead                         0.2     1   0    0   1   1   0  4
Totals                               10      8   8    5   4   7   0  47

WP:  Dan Bankhead 2. 


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Umpires: HP - W. Goodman, 1B - Walker West

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 2400

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 5/15/1947 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Memphis Red
Sox (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Chicago                       Memphis                       
1. B.Longest           2b        G.Handy             2b        
2. J.McCurine          rf        M.Carter            3b        
3. S.Hill              lf        N.Robinson          lf        
4. E.Bumpus            1b        P.Formental         rf        
5. J.Ritchey           c         B.Boyd              1b        
6. B.Armour            cf        J.Colas             cf        
7. J.Miles             3b        C.Jones             c         
8. C.McNeal            ss        W.Wells             ss        
9. R.Stewart           p         L.White             p         

AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; B.Longest tripled; J.McCurine out on unknown play;
S.Hill out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Longest
scored]; E.Bumpus out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Am. Giants 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: G.Handy singled; M.Carter reached on an error by
J.Miles [G.Handy scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by J.Miles),
M.Carter to third]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; P.Formental
walked; B.Boyd out on unknown play [M.Carter scored (unearned)];
J.Colas out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Am.
Giants 1, Red Sox 2.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: J.Ritchey out on unknown play; B.Armour out on
unknown play; J.Miles out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Am. Giants 1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 2ND: C.Jones out on unknown play; W.Wells out on
unknown play; L.White singled; G.Handy out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Red Sox 2.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: C.McNeal reached on an error by G.Handy
[C.McNeal to first]; R.Stewart singled [C.McNeal to third,
R.Stewart to second (on throw)]; B.Longest singled [C.McNeal
scored (unearned), R.Stewart scored]; J.McCurine out on unknown
play; S.Hill out on unknown play; E.Bumpus out on unknown play;
2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 3, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 3RD: M.Carter doubled; N.Robinson out on unknown play
[M.Carter to third]; P.Formental out on unknown play [M.Carter
scored]; B.Boyd doubled; B.Boyd stole third; J.Colas out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 3, Red Sox 3.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: J.Ritchey reached on an error by J.Colas
[J.Ritchey to third]; B.Armour out on unknown play [J.Ritchey
scored (unearned)]; J.Miles walked; C.McNeal reached on an error
by G.Handy [J.Miles to second, C.McNeal to first]; R.Stewart out
on unknown play; B.Longest reached on an error by M.Carter
[J.Miles to third, C.McNeal to second, B.Longest to first];
J.McCurine out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 3 E, 3 LOB. 
Am. Giants 4, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 4TH: C.Jones out on unknown play; W.Wells out on
unknown play; L.White out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Am. Giants 4, Red Sox 3.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: S.Hill singled; S.Hill stole second; E.Bumpus
out on unknown play; S.Hill stole third; J.Ritchey out on
unknown play [S.Hill scored]; B.Armour out on unknown play; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants 5, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 5TH: G.Handy out on unknown play; M.Carter reached on
an error by C.McNeal [M.Carter to first]; N.Robinson doubled
[M.Carter scored (unearned)]; P.Formental doubled [N.Robinson
scored]; B.Boyd out on unknown play; J.Colas out on unknown
play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 5, Red Sox 5.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: J.Miles out on unknown play; C.McNeal out on
unknown play; R.Stewart out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 5, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 6TH: C.Jones out on unknown play; W.Wells out on
unknown play; L.White out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Am. Giants 5, Red Sox 5.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: B.Longest reached on an error by W.Wells
[B.Longest to first]; J.McCurine out on unknown play; S.Hill
singled [B.Longest to second]; E.Bumpus walked [B.Longest to
third, S.Hill to second]; J.Ritchey singled [B.Longest scored
(unearned), S.Hill scored, E.Bumpus to second]; B.Armour out on
unknown play; J.Miles out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Am. Giants 7, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 7TH: W.MCCOY REPLACED R.STEWART (PITCHING); G.Handy out
on unknown play; M.Carter singled; N.Robinson singled [M.Carter
to second]; P.Formental walked [M.Carter to third, N.Robinson to
second]; B.Boyd out on unknown play; J.Colas out on unknown
play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Am. Giants 7, Red Sox 5.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: C.McNeal out on unknown play; W.McCoy out on
unknown play; B.Longest out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 7, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 8TH: C.Jones out on unknown play; W.Wells out on
unknown play; L.White out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Am. Giants 7, Red Sox 5.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: J.McCurine walked; J.McCurine was picked off
first, but was safe on an error by L.White [J.McCurine to
second]; S.Hill out on unknown play; E.Bumpus out on unknown
play; J.Ritchey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Am.
Giants 7, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 9TH: G.Handy out on unknown play; M.Carter walked;
N.Robinson out on unknown play; P.Formental homered to
rightfield [M.Carter scored]; B.Boyd out on unknown play; 2 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants 7, Red Sox 7.

AM. GIANTS 10TH: B.Armour out on unknown play; J.Miles doubled;
D.BANKHEAD REPLACED L.WHITE (PITCHING); C.McNeal out on unknown
play; J.TOLBERT BATTED FOR W.MCCOY; D.Bankhead threw a wild
pitch [J.Miles to third]; D.Bankhead threw a wild pitch [J.Miles
scored]; J.Tolbert walked; B.Longest singled [J.Tolbert to
second]; J.McCurine out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Am. Giants 8, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 10TH: J.TOLBERT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); E.BUMPUS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PITCHING); J.Colas out on unknown play;
C.Jones out on unknown play; P.SHARPE BATTED FOR W.WELLS;
P.Sharpe struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants 8, Red
Sox 7.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Am. Giants       8   8   3   9
 Red Sox          7   9   6   7


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