Cincinnati Clowns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 2 Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 x - 6 9 0 BATTING Cincinnati Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A John Britton 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 Sylvester Snead ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 Fred Wilson rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Goose Tatum 1b 3 0 0 0 0 8 0 Buster Haywood c 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 Johnny Ray cf 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 Sam Segraves lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Clarence Lamar 2b 2 0 0 0 0 4 3 Leonard Lindsay ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Preacher Henry p 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 Perry Hall ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 28 0 2 0 0 8 24 11 FIELDING - E: 2. Johnny Ray, Sam Segraves. BATTING - Team LOB: 1 Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Leroy Morney 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 Alphonse Dunn cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Clyde Spearman rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 Hoss Walker 3b 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 Piper Davis ss 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 Alfred Saylor 1b 4 1 2 1 0 13 0 Paul Hardy lf 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 Herman Bell c 3 0 0 0 0 6 1 John Huber p 3 0 1 0 0 0 6 Totals 33 6 9 3 1 3 27 12 BATTING - 2B: Paul Hardy. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: Piper Davis, Paul Hardy. PITCHING Cincinnati Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Preacher Henry L 8 9 6 6 1 3 0 34 Totals 8 9 6 6 1 3 0 34 Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP John Huber W 9 2 0 0 0 8 0 28 Totals 9 2 0 0 0 8 0 28 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 1:35 Attendance: 1246 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Thursday, 8/5/1943 -- Cincinnati Clowns at Birmingham Black Barons (N) Starting Lineups: Cincinnati Birmingham 1. J.Britton 3b L.Morney 2b 2. S.Snead ss A.Dunn cf 3. F.Wilson rf C.Spearman rf 4. G.Tatum 1b H.Walker 3b 5. B.Haywood c P.Davis ss 6. J.Ray cf A.Saylor 1b 7. S.Segraves lf P.Hardy lf 8. C.Lamar 2b H.Bell c 9. P.Henry p J.Huber p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Britton out on unknown play; S.Snead out on unknown play; F.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: L.Morney out on unknown play; A.Dunn singled; C.Spearman out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 0. CLOWNS 2ND: G.Tatum out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; J.Ray singled; J.Ray was picked off first (J.Huber to A.Saylor); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: P.Davis out on unknown play; A.Saylor out on unknown play; P.Hardy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 0. CLOWNS 3RD: S.Segraves out on unknown play; C.Lamar out on unknown play; P.Henry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: H.Bell out on unknown play; J.Huber out on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 0. CLOWNS 4TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; S.Snead out on unknown play; F.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: A.Dunn out on unknown play; C.Spearman singled; H.Walker singled [C.Spearman to second]; P.Davis singled [C.Spearman scored, H.Walker to second]; A.Saylor singled [H.Walker scored, P.Davis to second]; P.Hardy forced A.Saylor (unknown fielder) [P.Davis to third, P.Hardy to first]; P.Davis stole home and P.Hardy stole second; H.Bell out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 3. CLOWNS 5TH: G.Tatum out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.Huber singled; L.Morney out on unknown play; A.Dunn out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 3. CLOWNS 6TH: S.Segraves out on unknown play; C.Lamar out on unknown play; P.Henry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 6TH: H.Walker walked; P.Davis singled to left field [H.Walker scored (no RBI) (error by S.Segraves), P.Davis to second]; A.Saylor singled to center field [P.Davis scored (no RBI) (error by J.Ray), A.Saylor to second]; P.Hardy doubled [A.Saylor scored]; H.Bell out on unknown play; J.Huber out on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 6. CLOWNS 7TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; S.Snead out on unknown play; F.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 6. BLACK BARONS 7TH: A.Dunn out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 6. CLOWNS 8TH: G.Tatum out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 6. BLACK BARONS 8TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; A.Saylor out on unknown play; P.Hardy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 6. CLOWNS 9TH: S.Segraves out on unknown play; L.LINDSAY BATTED FOR C.LAMAR; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; P.HALL BATTED FOR P.HENRY; P.Hall singled; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 0 2 2 1 Black Barons 6 9 0 4
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