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Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB) 2 Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 1

Game played on Sunday, May 21, 1944 (D) at League Park IV, Cleveland OH
Regular-Season game

Birmingham Black Barons             0 0 0  0 0 1  0  -   1  6  2
Cleveland Buckeyes                  1 0 0  0 1 0  x  -   2  4  0

BATTING

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Felix McLaurin cf                     3   0   0    0     0         3   0
Artie Wilson ss                       3   1   1    0     0         1   3
John Britton 3b                       3   0   0    0     0         0   1
Ed Steele rf                          3   0   1    1     0         1   0
Tommy Sampson 2b                      3   0   3    0     0         3   3
Piper Davis 1b                        3   0   0    0     0         7   1
Lester Lockett lf                     3   0   0    0     0         1   0
Ted Radcliffe c                       3   0   0    0     0         2   2
Alfred Saylor p                       3   0   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               27   1   6    1     0   1    18  10

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Piper Davis, Lester Lockett. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  5


Cleveland Buckeyes                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Sam Jethroe cf                        2   1   1    1     1         1   0
Johnnie Cowan 2b                      3   0   1    0     0         0   4
Parnell Woods 3b                      3   0   1    0     0         1   2
Buddy Armour lf                       3   0   0    0     0         2   0
Archie Ware 1b                        3   0   0    0     0        12   1
Willie Grace rf                       3   0   0    0     0         2   0
Billy Horne ss                        2   1   1    0     0         1   1
George Britt c                        2   0   0    0     0         1   0
Eugene Bremer p                       2   0   0    0     0         1   2
Totals                               23   2   4    1     1   2    21  10


BATTING -
HR:  Sam Jethroe. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Sam Jethroe. 

PITCHING

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Alfred Saylor L                      6       4   2    1   1   2   1  24
Totals                               6       4   2    1   1   2   1  24


Cleveland Buckeyes                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Eugene Bremer W                      7       6   1    1   0   1   0  27
Totals                               7       6   1    1   0   1   0  27



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Umpires: HP - Harry Walker, 1B - Jimmy Thompson, 2B -  , 3B -  Banaham

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 10000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/21/1944, game 2 -- Birmingham Black Barons at
Cleveland Buckeyes (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Birmingham                    Cleveland                     
1. F.McLaurin          cf        S.Jethroe           cf        
2. A.Wilson            ss        J.Cowan             2b        
3. J.Britton           3b        P.Woods             3b        
4. E.Steele            rf        B.Armour            lf        
5. T.Sampson           2b        A.Ware              1b        
6. P.Davis             1b        W.Grace             rf        
7. L.Lockett           lf        B.Horne             ss        
8. T.Radcliffe         c         G.Britt             c         
9. A.Saylor            p         E.Bremer            p         

BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; A.Wilson out
on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 0.

BUCKEYES 1ST: S.Jethroe homered to rightfield; J.Cowan singled;
P.Woods out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play;
A.Ware out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons
0, Buckeyes 1.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: E.Steele out on unknown play; T.Sampson
singled; P.Davis out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 1.

BUCKEYES 2ND: 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.
 Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 1.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; A.Saylor
singled; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; A.Wilson out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 1.

BUCKEYES 3RD: E.Bremer out on unknown play; S.Jethroe walked;
S.Jethroe was caught stealing second (T.Radcliffe to T.Sampson);
J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons
0, Buckeyes 1.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; E.Steele out
on unknown play; T.Sampson singled; P.Davis out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 1.

BUCKEYES 4TH: P.Woods singled; B.Armour out on unknown play;
A.Ware out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 1.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: L.Lockett out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe
out on unknown play; A.Saylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 1.

BUCKEYES 5TH: B.Horne singled; G.Britt reached on an error by
P.Davis [B.Horne to third, G.Britt to first]; E.Bremer out on
unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; J.Cowan reached on
an error by L.Lockett [B.Horne scored (unearned) (no RBI),
G.Britt to second, J.Cowan to first]; P.Woods out on unknown
play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 2.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: F.McLaurin out on unknown play; A.Wilson
singled; J.Britton grounded out (A.Ware to E.Bremer) [A.Wilson
to second]; E.Steele singled [A.Wilson scored, E.Steele to
second (on throw)]; T.Sampson singled [E.Steele to third];
P.Davis flied to B.Armour; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons
1, Buckeyes 2.

BUCKEYES 6TH: B.Armour out on unknown play; A.Ware out on
unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 2.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: L.Lockett out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe
out on unknown play; A.Saylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 2.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Barons     1   6   2   5
 Buckeyes         2   4   0   4


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