CAG @ SSN

October 05, 1928

Final Score: CAG 2 - SSN 9

Game Information

Ballpark
Stars Park
Game Duration
125 minutes
Day/Night
Day
Winning Pitcher
trent101
Losing Pitcher
Willie Foster

Umpires

Home Plate
Bert Gholston
First Base
Billy Donaldson

Line Score

CAG @ SSN — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CAG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 9 0
SSN 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 x 9 10 1

CAG Batting

CAG @ SSN — CAG Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Jim Brown 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Steel Arm Davis 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250
Willie Foster 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lemuel Hawkins 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
John Hines 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200
Sanford Jackson 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Ruben Jones 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Dave Malarcher 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Mitchell Murray 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Pythias Russ 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.000
Sandy Thompson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000
Team Totals 31 2 9 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 .290

SSN Batting

CAG @ SSN — SSN Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Cool Papa Bell 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
Dewey Creacy 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Wilson Redus 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Branch Russell 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
John Henry Russell 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250
Mule Suttles 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667
Willie Wells 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .750
Henry Williams 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 30 9 10 0 4 0 1 1 3 0 .333

CAG Pitching

CAG @ SSN — CAG Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Willie Foster (L) L 8.0 10 9 0 5 7 3 0.00
Team Totals 8.0 10 9 0 5 7 3 0.00

Chicago American Giants at St. Louis Stars, October 5, 1928

On October 5, 1928, the St. Louis Stars defeated the Chicago American Giants 9-2 at Stars Park in a League Championship Series game. The St. Louis Stars won comfortably. Retrosheet records a running time of 125 minutes and a day start for this game. All of the Chicago American Giants scoring came in one inning, 2 runs in the eighth. The line score has the St. Louis Stars crossing the plate in the first, third, sixth, and eighth; the sixth brought 4 runs. The Chicago American Giants had 9 hits and the St. Louis Stars 10, with 0 and 1 errors. Trent101 was the winning pitcher. Willie Foster took the loss after 8.0 innings and 9 runs. Willie Foster led all pitchers with 7 strikeouts. For the Chicago American Giants, Pythias Russ went 3 for 3 and 1 home run. The St. Louis Stars' top hitter was Willie Wells, 3 for 4 and 2 home runs. John Henry Russell also homered for the St. Louis Stars. The home-plate umpire was Bert Gholston.

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