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 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. 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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