Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 - 4 4 0 Cleveland Buckeyes 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 2 BATTING Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Merchant cf 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 Henry Smith 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 Leovigildo Xiques lf 3 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Hoss Walker ss 2 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 Johnny Ray rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Armando Vazquez 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 8 1 Buster Haywood c 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Antonio Ruiz p 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 Totals 23 4 4 4 6 0 21 16 BATTING - SH: Henry Smith 2. Team LOB: 6 Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sam Jethroe cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Johnnie Cowan 2b 3 0 1 0 0 4 2 Parnell Woods 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 Buddy Armour lf 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 Archie Ware 1b 2 0 1 0 0 9 0 Willie Grace rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 Billy Horne ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 Shirley Petway c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 George Britt c 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 Eugene Bremer p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 27 1 9 1 0 1 21 7 FIELDING - E: 2. Johnnie Cowan, Eugene Bremer. BATTING - SH: Archie Ware. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - CS: Sam Jethroe. PITCHING Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Antonio Ruiz W 7 9 1 1 0 1 0 28 Totals 7 9 1 1 0 1 0 28 Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Eugene Bremer L 7 4 4 4 6 0 0 31 Totals 7 4 4 4 6 0 0 31 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 2 -- 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 S.Petway c 9. A.Ruiz p E.Bremer 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 out on unknown play; H.Walker walked; J.Ray walked [H.Walker to second]; A.Vazquez singled [H.Walker scored, J.Ray to second]; B.Haywood out on unknown play; A.Ruiz out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 1, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: B.Armour singled; A.Ware singled [B.Armour to third]; W.Grace out on unknown play [B.Armour scored]; B.Horne out on unknown play; S.Petway singled (H.Merchant to H.Walker) [A.Ware to third, S.Petway out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Buckeyes 1. CLOWNS 3RD: G.BRITT REPLACED S.PETWAY (PLAYING C); H.Merchant walked; H.Smith out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Merchant to second]; L.Xiques singled [H.Merchant scored]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 2, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 3RD: E.Bremer out on unknown play; S.Jethroe singled; S.Jethroe was caught stealing second (B.Haywood to H.Walker); J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 2, Buckeyes 1. CLOWNS 4TH: J.Ray out on unknown play; A.Vazquez out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 2, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 4TH: P.Woods out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 2, Buckeyes 1. CLOWNS 5TH: A.Ruiz walked; A.Ruiz was picked off first, but was safe on an error by E.Bremer [A.Ruiz to second]; H.Merchant walked; H.Smith out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [A.Ruiz to third, H.Merchant to second]; L.Xiques singled [A.Ruiz scored, H.Merchant scored]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 5TH: W.Grace out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; G.Britt singled; E.Bremer singled [G.Britt to second]; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 4, Buckeyes 1. CLOWNS 6TH: J.Ray out on unknown play; A.Vazquez out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 4, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 6TH: J.Cowan singled; P.Woods singled [J.Cowan to second]; B.Armour out on unknown play; A.Ware out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Cowan to third, P.Woods to second]; W.Grace out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 4, Buckeyes 1. CLOWNS 7TH: A.Ruiz out on unknown play; H.Merchant out on unknown play; H.Smith singled to second base [H.Smith to second (error by J.Cowan)]; L.Xiques walked; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 4, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 7TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; G.Britt singled; E.Bremer out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Buckeyes 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 4 4 0 6 Buckeyes 1 9 2 6
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