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Birmingham Black Barons @ Memphis Red Sox

1949-07-09 · Day game · Att: 1500

Birmingham Black Barons defeated Memphis Red Sox 9–6. Birmingham Black Barons put up 6 in the 3rd. Orlando Varona went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
(unknown)	9	1	6	1	0
Ed Steele	5	1	1	0	0
Willie Mays	2	2	1	2	2
Pepper Bassett	4	2	1	2	1
Bobby Robinson	5	1	2	1	0
Henry Baylis	4	2	2	1	0
John Britton	5	0	0	1	0
Felix Evans	4	0	0	0	0
Alonzo Perry	1	0	0	0	0

Memphis Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Joe Burt Scott	3	0	0	0	2
Goose Curry	4	0	0	0	1
Bob Boyd	4	1	1	1	1
Pedro Formental	5	0	1	0	0
Casey Jones	5	1	2	0	0
José Colás	5	1	0	0	0
Orlando Varona	4	2	3	3	0
Willie Wells	1	0	0	0	0
Ladd White	1	0	0	0	0
Johnnie Cowan	2	1	2	2	1
Sam Woods	2	0	0	0	1

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Felix Evans	7.0	9	6	0
Alonzo Perry	2.0	0	0	0

Memphis Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ladd White	3.2	8	1	0
Sam Woods	5.1	5	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

S
Ed Steele: 99
Willie Mays: 99/SH.1-2#
Pepper Bassett: 99

Bot 1

Joe Burt Scott: W
Goose Curry: 99
Bob Boyd: 99
Pedro Formental: 99

Top 2

Bobby Robinson: 99
Henry Baylis: 99
S4.B-2(E4/TH)#
John Britton: 99

Bot 2

Casey Jones: S
José Colás: E4.1-2#
Orlando Varona: 99
Willie Wells: 99
Ladd White: 99

Top 3

Felix Evans: 99
S
Ed Steele: E5/TH.1-3;B-2#
Willie Mays: S.3-H;2-H(UR)
Pepper Bassett: SB2
Pepper Bassett: HR.2-H
Bobby Robinson: D
Henry Baylis: E3/SH.2-3#
S.3-H(UR);1-3
John Britton: 99.3-H(UR)#
Felix Evans: 99

Bot 3

Joe Burt Scott: 99
Goose Curry: W
Bob Boyd: 46(1)3/GDP#

Top 4

99
Ed Steele: S
Willie Mays: 99(1)/FO
Pepper Bassett: SB2
Pepper Bassett: W
Bobby Robinson: S.2-H;1-2
Henry Baylis: S.2-H;1-2
99

Bot 4

Pedro Formental: 99
Casey Jones: S
José Colás: E4.1-2#
Orlando Varona: HR.2-H;1-H(UR)
Johnnie Cowan: W
Sam Woods: 6(1)3/GDP#

Top 5

John Britton: 99
Felix Evans: 99
99

Bot 5

Joe Burt Scott: W
Goose Curry: 99
Bob Boyd: WP.1-2#
Bob Boyd: W
Pedro Formental: 99
Casey Jones: 99

Top 6

Ed Steele: 99
Willie Mays: W
Pepper Bassett: PB.1-2#
Pepper Bassett: 99
Bobby Robinson: 99

Bot 6

José Colás: 99
Orlando Varona: S
Johnnie Cowan: S.1-2
Sam Woods: 99
Joe Burt Scott: 99

Top 7

Henry Baylis: S
99/SH.1-2#
John Britton: E5.2-H(NR)(UR)#
Felix Evans: 99
S.1-2
Ed Steele: 99

Bot 7

Goose Curry: 99
Bob Boyd: HR
Pedro Formental: S
Casey Jones: 99
José Colás: 99

Top 8

Willie Mays: W
Pepper Bassett: 4(1)3/GDP#
Bobby Robinson: 99

Bot 8

Orlando Varona: S
Johnnie Cowan: HR.1-H
Sam Woods: W
Joe Burt Scott: 99
Goose Curry: 99
Bob Boyd: 99

Top 9

Henry Baylis: E4#
S8.1X3(85)#
John Britton: PO1(E3).1-2#
John Britton: 99
Alonzo Perry: 99

Bot 9

Pedro Formental: 99
Casey Jones: 99
José Colás: 99

Notes & reviews

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

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