Cleveland Buckeyes 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 4 Chicago American Giants 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 x - 5 10 2 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Billy Horne ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 Marshall Riddle 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 Parnell Woods 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Sam Jethroe cf 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 Duke Cleveland lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Henry Turner rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Archie Ware 1b 2 1 1 0 1 9 1 Raymond Taylor c 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 Theolic Smith p 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 Totals 32 2 5 0 1 2 24 14 FIELDING - DP: 1. Billy Horne, Marshall Riddle, Archie Ware. E: 4. Billy Horne, Parnell Woods, Archie Ware, Theolic Smith. BATTING - 2B: Sam Jethroe. GDP: Parnell Woods. Team LOB: 4 Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Ralph Wyatt ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 6 Lloyd Davenport cf 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 Johnny Smith rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 Ed Young 1b 3 1 2 1 0 15 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 Art Pennington lf 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 Bill Charter 2b 4 0 2 1 0 3 6 Ted Radcliffe c 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 Leroy Sutton p 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 Willie Ferrell pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gentry Jessup p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 5 10 3 1 2 27 16 FIELDING - DP: 2. Ralph Wyatt, Lloyd Davenport, Ed Young 2, Bill Charter 2. E: 2. Ted Radcliffe, Leroy Sutton. BATTING - 2B: Ed Young. SH: Johnny Smith, Ed Young. GDP: Ralph Wyatt. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - SB: Lloyd Davenport, Ted Radcliffe. PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Theolic Smith L 8 10 5 2 1 2 0 35 Totals 8 10 5 2 1 2 0 35 Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Leroy Sutton W 7 4 2 0 1 2 0 26 Gentry Jessup SV 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 Totals 9 5 2 0 1 2 0 33 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 8000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 6/13/1943, game 1 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Chicago Am. Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Chicago 1. B.Horne ss R.Wyatt ss 2. M.Riddle 2b L.Davenport cf 3. P.Woods 3b J.Smith rf 4. S.Jethroe cf E.Young 1b 5. D.Cleveland lf A.Radcliff 3b 6. H.Turner rf A.Pennington lf 7. A.Ware 1b B.Charter 2b 8. R.Taylor c T.Radcliffe c 9. T.Smith p L.Sutton p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 1ST: R.Wyatt singled (unknown fielder) [R.Wyatt out at second]; L.Davenport singled; J.Smith singled [L.Davenport to second]; E.Young singled to center field (S.Jethroe to P.Woods) [L.Davenport scored, J.Smith out at third]; A.Radcliff flied to S.Jethroe; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 1. BUCKEYES 2ND: S.Jethroe doubled; D.Cleveland out on unknown play [S.Jethroe to third]; H.Turner out on unknown play; A.Ware walked; R.Taylor reached on a fielder's choice [S.Jethroe scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by L.Sutton), A.Ware to second]; T.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 2ND: A.Pennington out on unknown play; B.Charter out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe walked; T.Radcliffe stole second; L.Sutton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Am. Giants 1. BUCKEYES 3RD: B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle singled; P.Woods grounded into a double play (R.Wyatt to B.Charter to E.Young) [M.Riddle out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 3RD: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; L.Davenport singled; L.Davenport stole second; J.Smith out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Am. Giants 1. BUCKEYES 4TH: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; H.Turner out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 4TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; B.Charter singled to pitcher [B.Charter to second (error by T.Smith)]; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Am. Giants 1. BUCKEYES 5TH: A.Ware singled; R.Taylor singled [A.Ware to second]; T.Smith reached on a fielder's choice [A.Ware scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by T.Radcliffe), R.Taylor to second]; B.Horne hit into a double play (L.Davenport to B.Charter to E.Young) [T.Smith out at first]; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 5TH: L.Sutton out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Am. Giants 1. BUCKEYES 6TH: P.Woods out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 6TH: J.Smith out on unknown play; E.Young doubled; A.Radcliff singled [E.Young scored]; A.Pennington out on unknown play; B.Charter out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Am. Giants 2. BUCKEYES 7TH: H.Turner out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Am. Giants 2. AM. GIANTS 7TH: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; L.Sutton singled; W.FERRELL RAN FOR L.SUTTON; R.Wyatt grounded into a double play (M.Riddle to B.Horne to A.Ware) [W.Ferrell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Am. Giants 2. BUCKEYES 8TH: G.JESSUP REPLACED W.FERRELL (PITCHING); T.Smith out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Am. Giants 2. AM. GIANTS 8TH: L.Davenport reached on an error by B.Horne [L.Davenport to first]; J.Smith reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [L.Davenport to second (error by P.Woods)]; E.Young reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by A.Ware [L.Davenport scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Smith scored (unearned) (no RBI), E.Young to third]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; A.Pennington reached on a fielder's choice (unknown fielder) [E.Young out at home, A.Pennington to second]; B.Charter singled [A.Pennington scored (unearned)]; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 3 R (0 ER), 1 H, 3 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Am. Giants 5. BUCKEYES 9TH: P.Woods singled; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; H.Turner out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Am. Giants 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 2 5 4 4 Am. Giants 5 10 2 6
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