Cleveland Buckeyes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 2 Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 x - 3 7 1 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sam Jethroe cf 3 0 1 0 1 5 0 Billy Horne ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 Parnell Woods 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 Buddy Armour lf 4 1 1 1 0 3 0 Archie Ware 1b 4 0 1 1 0 8 0 Willie Grace rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Johnnie Cowan 2b 3 0 1 0 0 6 2 George Britt c 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 Willie Jefferson p 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 31 2 8 2 1 2 24 6 FIELDING - DP: 1. Billy Horne, Archie Ware, Johnnie Cowan. E: 2. Parnell Woods, George Britt. PB: 1. George Britt. BATTING - 2B: Archie Ware. SH: Billy Horne. GDP: Billy Horne, Johnnie Cowan. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: Parnell Woods. CS: Johnnie Cowan. Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Leroy Morney cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 Artie Wilson ss 4 1 2 1 0 3 3 John Britton 3b 2 0 1 0 1 1 4 Piper Davis 1b 4 0 0 0 0 14 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 3 1 0 0 0 3 2 Ed Steele rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 Lester Lockett lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Ted Radcliffe c 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 Alfred Saylor p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 28 3 7 2 1 1 27 10 FIELDING - DP: 2. Artie Wilson 2, Piper Davis 2, Tommy Sampson 2. E: 1. Ted Radcliffe. BATTING - 3B: Ed Steele. SH: John Britton, Alfred Saylor. GDP: Piper Davis. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: Artie Wilson, John Britton. CS: Artie Wilson. PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Jefferson L 8 7 3 2 1 1 0 31 Totals 8 7 3 2 1 1 0 31 WP: Willie Jefferson. BK: Willie Jefferson. Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alfred Saylor W 9 8 2 2 1 2 0 33 Totals 9 8 2 2 1 2 0 33 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - W. Moore, 1B - Poindexter Williams Time of Game: 1:51 Attendance: 6000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/28/1944, game 1 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Birmingham Black Barons (D) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Birmingham 1. S.Jethroe cf L.Morney cf 2. B.Horne ss A.Wilson ss 3. P.Woods 3b J.Britton 3b 4. B.Armour lf P.Davis 1b 5. A.Ware 1b T.Sampson 2b 6. W.Grace rf E.Steele rf 7. J.Cowan 2b L.Lockett lf 8. G.Britt c T.Radcliffe c 9. W.Jefferson p A.Saylor p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Woods singled; P.Woods stole second [P.Woods to third (error by T.Radcliffe)]; B.Armour singled to catcher [P.Woods scored]; A.Ware doubled [B.Armour scored]; W.Grace out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: L.Morney singled; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Morney to second]; W.Jefferson balked [L.Morney to third]; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: J.Cowan singled; J.Cowan was caught stealing second (T.Radcliffe to T.Sampson); G.Britt out on unknown play; W.Jefferson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: G.Britt dropped a foul fly hit by T.Sampson; T.Sampson out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 0. BUCKEYES 3RD: S.Jethroe singled; B.Horne out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [S.Jethroe to second]; P.Woods out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: T.Radcliffe singled; A.Saylor out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Radcliffe to second]; L.Morney out on unknown play; A.Wilson singled [T.Radcliffe scored]; J.Britton singled [A.Wilson to third]; A.Wilson stole home and J.Britton stole second; P.Davis out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 2. BUCKEYES 4TH: A.Ware out on unknown play; W.Grace singled; J.Cowan grounded into a double play (A.Wilson to T.Sampson to P.Davis) [W.Grace out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 2. BLACK BARONS 4TH: T.Sampson out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 2. BUCKEYES 5TH: G.Britt singled; W.Jefferson out on unknown play; S.Jethroe walked [G.Britt to second]; B.Horne grounded into a double play (T.Sampson to A.Wilson to P.Davis) [S.Jethroe out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 2. BLACK BARONS 5TH: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; A.Saylor out on unknown play; L.Morney singled; W.Jefferson threw a wild pitch [L.Morney to second]; A.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 2. BUCKEYES 6TH: 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. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 2. BLACK BARONS 6TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; T.Sampson reached on an error by P.Woods [T.Sampson to first]; G.Britt allowed a passed ball [T.Sampson to second]; E.Steele tripled [T.Sampson scored (unearned)]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 3. BUCKEYES 7TH: J.Cowan out on unknown play; G.Britt out on unknown play; W.Jefferson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 7TH: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; A.Saylor out on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 3. BUCKEYES 8TH: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 8TH: A.Wilson singled; A.Wilson was caught stealing second (G.Britt to J.Cowan); J.Britton walked; P.Davis grounded into a double play (B.Horne to J.Cowan to A.Ware) [J.Britton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 3. BUCKEYES 9TH: 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. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 2 8 2 4 Black Barons 3 7 1 4
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