{"id":33428,"date":"2020-05-23T16:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T20:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/?p=33428"},"modified":"2020-05-24T01:14:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T05:14:41","slug":"negro-leagues-game-of-the-day-on-this-date-in-1928-may-23nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/23\/negro-leagues-game-of-the-day-on-this-date-in-1928-may-23nd\/","title":{"rendered":"Negro Leagues Game of the Day on This Date in 1928 (May 23nd)"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday, May 23rd \u2013 The Cleveland Tigers are visiting the Birmingham Black Barons at \u201cThe Wood\u201d (Rickwood Field) for a double header. Birmingham won game #1 9-1. As is common in the Negro Leagues, the second game is scheduled for 7 innings. <br \/><br \/>Here are the starting lineups:<br \/><br \/>Cleveland Tigers<br \/>1. Tack Summers, LF <br \/>2. Harry Jeffries, 3B<br \/>3. Heavy Johnson, RF<br \/>4. Babe Melton, 2B<br \/>5. Charles Zomphier, 1B<br \/>6. Ted Stockard, SS<br \/>7. Frank Stevens, CF<br \/>8. Chancellor Edwards, C<br \/>9. Nelson Dean, P<br \/><br \/>Birmingham Black Barons<br \/>1. Geechie Meredith, 2B<br \/>2. George McAllister, 1B<br \/>3. Chuffy Alexander, LF<br \/>4. Roy Parnell, CF<br \/>5. Ray Sheppard, 3B<br \/>6. Dewitt Owens, SS<br \/>7. Reuben Jones, RF<br \/>8. Satchel Paige, P<br \/>9. Bill Perkins, C<br \/><br \/>Cleveland sends their #1 pitcher, 29-year-old Nelson Dean, against Birmingham\u2019s 21-year-old sensation, Satchel Paige.<br \/><br \/>Birmingham scores 3 runs in 3 innings against Dean, who switches positions in the 4th with RF Heavy Johnson. Johnson manages to hold Birmingham scoreless the rest of the way. <br \/><br \/>On other side, Paige is being Paige. In his complete game 7 innings, he gives up 1 run (0 Earned), 5 hits, 1 walk, and strikes out 8. Birmingham wins 3-1, sweeping the double-header from Cleveland.<br \/><br \/>NOTES: Geechie Meredith goes 2-3 with 3 runs scored. Ray Sheppard is 2 for 3 with a triple and 1 RBI. <br \/><br \/>Other Scores:<br \/>No other games played.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_33435\" style=\"width: 189px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33435\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33435\" src=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ray-Sheppard-179x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ray-Sheppard-179x300.jpg 179w, https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ray-Sheppard.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-33435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ray Sheppard -Birmingham<\/p><\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, May 23rd \u2013 The Cleveland Tigers are visiting the Birmingham Black Barons at \u201cThe Wood\u201d (Rickwood Field) for a double header. 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