Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 7 1 Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 x - 6 7 0 BATTING Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Merchant cf 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 Henry Smith 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 Leovigildo Xiques lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 Hoss Walker ss 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 Walter Cannady ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnny Ray rf 4 0 2 0 0 3 0 Armando Vazquez 1b 3 0 0 0 0 11 0 Fermin Valdes ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buster Haywood c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 Pepper Bassett p 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 Totals 30 1 7 1 2 8 24 10 FIELDING - DP: 1. Henry Smith, Hoss Walker, Armando Vazquez. E: 1. Alex Radcliff. BATTING - 2B: Henry Smith, Pepper Bassett. SH: Hoss Walker, Pepper Bassett. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - SB: Armando Vazquez. Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sam Jethroe cf 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 Johnnie Cowan 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 Parnell Woods 3b 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 Buddy Armour lf 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 Archie Ware 1b 4 0 1 1 0 11 1 Willie Grace rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Billy Horne ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 George Britt c 3 1 1 0 0 10 0 Willie Jefferson p 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 Totals 30 6 7 4 2 2 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Johnnie Cowan, Billy Horne. BATTING - 2B: Willie Jefferson. 3B: Buddy Armour. SH: Johnnie Cowan, Willie Jefferson. GDP: Billy Horne. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: Sam Jethroe. PITCHING Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Pepper Bassett L 8 7 6 4 2 2 0 34 Totals 8 7 6 4 2 2 0 34 WP: Pepper Bassett. Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Jefferson W 9 7 1 1 2 8 0 34 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 8 0 34 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Harry Walker, 1B - Banaham, 2B - , 3B - Jimmy Thompson Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 10000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/14/1944, game 1 -- Cin-Ind Clowns at Cleveland Buckeyes (D) Starting Lineups: Cin-Ind Cleveland 1. H.Merchant cf S.Jethroe cf 2. H.Smith 2b J.Cowan 2b 3. L.Xiques lf P.Woods 3b 4. A.Radcliff 3b B.Armour lf 5. H.Walker ss A.Ware 1b 6. J.Ray rf W.Grace rf 7. A.Vazquez 1b B.Horne ss 8. B.Haywood c G.Britt c 9. P.Bassett p W.Jefferson p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Merchant out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; L.Xiques out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 1ST: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 0. CLOWNS 2ND: A.Radcliff singled; H.Walker out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [A.Radcliff to second]; J.Ray out on unknown play; A.Vazquez out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: B.Armour out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; W.Grace singled; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 0. CLOWNS 3RD: B.Haywood singled; P.Bassett out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Haywood to second]; H.Merchant lined into a double play (B.Horne to J.Cowan) [B.Haywood out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 3RD: G.Britt singled; W.Jefferson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [G.Britt to second]; S.Jethroe singled [G.Britt scored]; S.Jethroe stole second; J.Cowan walked; P.Woods forced J.Cowan (unknown fielder) [S.Jethroe scored, P.Woods to first]; B.Armour walked [P.Woods to second]; A.Ware forced P.Woods (unknown fielder) [A.Ware to first]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 2. CLOWNS 4TH: H.Smith out on unknown play; L.Xiques out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 2. BUCKEYES 4TH: W.Grace out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; G.Britt out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 2. CLOWNS 5TH: H.Walker out on unknown play; J.Ray singled; A.Vazquez forced J.Ray (unknown fielder) [A.Vazquez to first]; A.Vazquez stole second; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 2. BUCKEYES 5TH: W.Jefferson doubled to right field; S.Jethroe singled [W.Jefferson scored]; J.Cowan out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [S.Jethroe to second]; P.Woods flied to H.Merchant [S.Jethroe to third]; B.Armour reached on an error by A.Radcliff [S.Jethroe scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Armour to third]; P.Bassett threw a wild pitch [B.Armour scored (unearned)]; A.Ware flied to H.Merchant; 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 5. CLOWNS 6TH: P.Bassett doubled; H.Merchant out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; L.Xiques out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 5. BUCKEYES 6TH: W.Grace out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; G.Britt out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 5. CLOWNS 7TH: A.Radcliff walked; A.Radcliff was picked off first (W.Jefferson to A.Ware); H.Walker out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 5. BUCKEYES 7TH: W.Jefferson out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 5. CLOWNS 8TH: A.Vazquez out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 5. BUCKEYES 8TH: P.Woods out on unknown play; B.Armour tripled; A.Ware singled [B.Armour scored]; W.Grace reached on a fielder's choice [A.Ware to second]; B.Horne grounded into a double play (H.Smith to H.Walker to A.Vazquez) [W.Grace out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Buckeyes 6. CLOWNS 9TH: H.Merchant singled; H.Smith doubled [H.Merchant scored]; L.Xiques walked; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; W.CANNADY BATTED FOR H.WALKER; W.Cannady out on unknown play; J.Ray singled [H.Smith to third, L.Xiques to second]; F.VALDES BATTED FOR A.VAZQUEZ; F.Valdes out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Clowns 1, Buckeyes 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 1 7 1 6 Buckeyes 6 7 0 4
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