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Birmingham Black Barons @ Philadelphia Stars

1943-08-21 · Night game

Birmingham Black Barons defeated Philadelphia Stars 5–1. Birmingham Black Barons put up 2 in the 1st.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BIR	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	5
PH5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Clyde Spearman	5	1	1	0	0
Tommy Sampson	2	2	0	0	2
Lester Lockett	4	0	1	2	1
Piper Davis	3	1	1	1	1
Alphonse Dunn	4	0	1	1	0
Leonard Lindsay	4	0	0	0	0
Hoss Walker	3	1	1	0	1
Herman Bell	4	0	0	0	0
Alvin Gipson	4	0	0	1	0

Philadelphia Stars — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Barney Brown	4	0	2	0	1	2
Marvin Williams	5	0	0	0	0	5
Goose Curry	4	1	1	0	0	2
Gene Benson	4	0	2	1	0	0
Jim West	4	0	1	0	0	3
Henry Spearman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Cash	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jimmy Johnson	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Evans	1	0	0	0	0	1
Felton Morrison	1	0	0	0	0	1
Roy Parnell	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ben Hill	1	0	0	0	0	1
Wendell Jenkins	1	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Sunkett	1	0	0	0	0	1

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alvin Gipson	9.0	7	2	20

Philadelphia Stars — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Evans	5.0	2	5	0
Ben Hill	4.0	3	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Clyde Spearman: S
Tommy Sampson: E5/SH.1-2
Lester Lockett: S.2-H;1-3
Piper Davis: 8/F.3-H(UR)
Alphonse Dunn: 99
Leonard Lindsay: 99

Bot 1

Barney Brown: W#
Marvin Williams: K
Goose Curry: K#
Gene Benson: 99

Top 2

Hoss Walker: 99
Herman Bell: 99
Alvin Gipson: 99

Bot 2

Jim West: K
Henry Spearman: E4#
Bill Cash: K
Jimmy Johnson: K

Top 3

Clyde Spearman: 99
Tommy Sampson: W
Lester Lockett: SB2
Lester Lockett: 9/F.2-H
Piper Davis: W#
Alphonse Dunn: 99

Bot 3

Bob Evans: K
Barney Brown: K.B-1(E2)#
Marvin Williams: K
Goose Curry: 99

Top 4

Leonard Lindsay: E4#
Hoss Walker: W.1-2#
Herman Bell: 99
Alvin Gipson: 99
Clyde Spearman: 99

Bot 4

Gene Benson: 99#
Jim West: S#
Henry Spearman: 99#
Bill Cash: 99#

Top 5

Tommy Sampson: W#
Lester Lockett: W.1-2#
Piper Davis: 99
Alphonse Dunn: 99
Leonard Lindsay: 99

Bot 5

Jimmy Johnson: 99
Felton Morrison: K
Barney Brown: S#
Marvin Williams: K

Top 6

Hoss Walker: D7
Herman Bell: 99/G.2-3
Alvin Gipson: 9/F.3-H
Clyde Spearman: 99

Bot 6

Goose Curry: T
Gene Benson: S8.3-H
Jim West: K
Henry Spearman: D8.1-3
Bill Cash: K
Roy Parnell: IW
Ben Hill: K

Top 7

Tommy Sampson: 99
Lester Lockett: 99
Piper Davis: D#
Alphonse Dunn: S.2-H
Leonard Lindsay: 99

Bot 7

Barney Brown: S
Marvin Williams: K
Goose Curry: K
Gene Benson: D9.1-3
Jim West: K

Top 8

Hoss Walker: 99#
Herman Bell: 99#
Alvin Gipson: 99#

Bot 8

Henry Spearman: 99
Bill Cash: 99#
Wendell Jenkins: K

Top 9

Clyde Spearman: 99#
Tommy Sampson: 99#
Lester Lockett: 99#

Bot 9

Pete Sunkett: K
Barney Brown: K
Marvin Williams: K

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score
Evans ejected for arguing a called strike. Morrison replaced him mid-PA.

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