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Indianapolis Clowns @ Birmingham Black Barons

1948-05-18 · Night game · Att: 2816 · 2:10

Birmingham Black Barons defeated Indianapolis Clowns 9–3. Birmingham Black Barons put up 3 in the 3rd. Ray Neil went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
IN9	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8
BIR	0	1	3	1	2	0	1	1		9	13

Indianapolis Clowns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Andrés Mesa	3	0	1	0	1	0
Rafael Cabrera	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ray Neil	4	2	2	2	0	0
Sam Hairston	4	0	1	1	0	0
Leonard Pigg	4	0	0	0	0	0
(unknown)	3	0	0	0	1	0
Reinaldo Drake	2	0	1	0	1	0
Goose Tatum	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Cohen	2	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Cathey	1	0	0	0	0	0
Henry Merchant	1	0	1	0	0	0
Koney Williams	1	0	0	0	0	1

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Artie Wilson	5	1	3	2	0
John Britton	5	2	1	1	0
Joe Scott	5	0	1	1	0
Ed Steele	4	2	1	1	1
Piper Davis	4	2	2	0	0
Bobby Robinson	4	1	1	1	0
Jim Zapp	4	0	2	2	0
Herman Bell	3	1	1	0	1
Alonzo Perry	4	0	1	0	0

Indianapolis Clowns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Cohen	4.1	9	1	0
Willie Cathey	3.2	4	1	0

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alonzo Perry	9.0	8	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Andrés Mesa: W
Rafael Cabrera: CS2(99)#
Rafael Cabrera: 99
Ray Neil: HR
Sam Hairston: 99

Bot 1

Artie Wilson: 99
John Britton: 99
Joe Scott: 99

Top 2

Leonard Pigg: 99
99
Reinaldo Drake: S
Goose Tatum: S.1-2
Jim Cohen: 99

Bot 2

Ed Steele: 99
Piper Davis: D
Bobby Robinson: S.2-H
Jim Zapp: CS2(99)#
Jim Zapp: 99

Top 3

Andrés Mesa: 99
Rafael Cabrera: T
Ray Neil: S.3-H
Sam Hairston: D.1-H
Leonard Pigg: 99
99

Bot 3

Herman Bell: D
Alonzo Perry: 99
Artie Wilson: T.2-H
John Britton: D.3-H
Joe Scott: S.2-H
Ed Steele: 99
Piper Davis: 99

Top 4

Reinaldo Drake: W
Goose Tatum: 99/SH.1-2#
Jim Cohen: 99
Andrés Mesa: 99

Bot 4

Bobby Robinson: E8#
Jim Zapp: 99
Herman Bell: 99
Alonzo Perry: S.1-2
Artie Wilson: S.2-H(UR);1-2
John Britton: 99

Top 5

Rafael Cabrera: 99
Ray Neil: 99
Sam Hairston: 99

Bot 5

Joe Scott: 99
Ed Steele: W
Piper Davis: S.1-2
Bobby Robinson: 99
Jim Zapp: D.2-H;1-H
Herman Bell: W
Alonzo Perry: 99

Top 6

Leonard Pigg: 9
99
Reinaldo Drake: 99

Bot 6

Artie Wilson: 99
John Britton: 99
Joe Scott: 99

Top 7

Goose Tatum: 99
Willie Cathey: 99
Andrés Mesa: S
Rafael Cabrera: 99

Bot 7

Ed Steele: HR/9
Piper Davis: 99
Bobby Robinson: 99
Jim Zapp: S
Herman Bell: 99

Top 8

Ray Neil: 99
Sam Hairston: 99
Leonard Pigg: 99

Bot 8

Alonzo Perry: 99
Artie Wilson: S
John Britton: 99(1)/FO.B-2(E4/TH)#
Joe Scott: E1/TH.2-H(NR)(UR)#
Ed Steele: 99

Top 9

W
Henry Merchant: D9.1XH(92)#
Goose Tatum: 99
Koney Williams: K

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score

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