Memphis Red Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 7 1 Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 x - 4 5 1 BATTING Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Fred McDaniel lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Ford 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Cowan Hyde rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Fred Bankhead 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Neil Robinson cf 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Red Longley c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Canada 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Nat Rogers ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Wells ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Verdell Mathis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Porter Moss p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 2 7 1 3 0 24 1 FIELDING - DP: 1. Fred Bankhead, Jim Canada. E: 1. Jimmy Ford. BATTING - 2B: Cowan Hyde. SH: Fred Bankhead, Porter Moss. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - SB: Cowan Hyde, Neil Robinson 2. Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Merchant cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Henry Smith 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Rafael Cabrera lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 Johnny Ray rf 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hoss Walker ss 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 Armando Vazquez 1b 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Pepper Bassett c 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 Roosevelt Davis p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 4 5 4 3 0 27 3 FIELDING - DP: 1. Henry Smith, Alex Radcliff, Hoss Walker, Armando Vazquez, Pepper Bassett. E: 1. Henry Smith. BATTING - 2B: Henry Smith, Pepper Bassett. 3B: Henry Merchant. GDP: Johnny Ray. Team LOB: 4 PITCHING Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Porter Moss L 8 5 4 4 3 0 0 32 Totals 8 5 4 4 3 0 0 32 Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Roosevelt Davis W 9 7 2 2 3 0 0 35 Totals 9 7 2 2 3 0 0 35 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 9500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/28/1944, game 1 -- Memphis Red Sox at Cin-Ind Clowns (D) Starting Lineups: Memphis Cin-Ind 1. F.McDaniel lf H.Merchant cf 2. J.Ford 3b H.Smith 2b 3. C.Hyde rf R.Cabrera lf 4. F.Bankhead 2b A.Radcliff 3b 5. N.Robinson cf J.Ray rf 6. R.Longley c H.Walker ss 7. J.Canada 1b A.Vazquez 1b 8. W.Wells ss P.Bassett c 9. P.Moss p R.Davis p RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc Start of game was delayed 20 minutes due to the large crowd; F.McDaniel singled; J.Ford walked [F.McDaniel to second]; C.Hyde hit into a double play (A.Vazquez to A.Radcliff to P.Bassett to H.Walker to H.Smith) [F.McDaniel scored (no RBI), C.Hyde to first]; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 1ST: H.Merchant out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; R.Cabrera out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Clowns 0. RED SOX 2ND: N.Robinson out on unknown play; R.Longley out on unknown play; J.Canada out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 2ND: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Clowns 0. RED SOX 3RD: W.Wells singled; P.Moss out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Wells to second]; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; J.Ford out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 3RD: A.Vazquez out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; R.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Clowns 0. RED SOX 4TH: C.Hyde doubled; F.Bankhead out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Hyde to third]; N.Robinson walked; C.Hyde stole home and N.Robinson stole second; R.Longley out on unknown play; J.Canada out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 4TH: H.Merchant out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; R.Cabrera out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Clowns 0. RED SOX 5TH: W.Wells out on unknown play; P.Moss singled; F.McDaniel singled (unknown fielder) [P.Moss out at third]; J.Ford out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 5TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; H.Walker reached on an error by J.Ford [H.Walker to first]; A.Vazquez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Clowns 0. RED SOX 6TH: C.Hyde out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; N.Robinson walked; N.Robinson stole second; R.Longley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 6TH: P.Bassett out on unknown play; R.Davis out on unknown play; H.Merchant tripled; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Clowns 0. RED SOX 7TH: J.Canada out on unknown play; W.Wells out on unknown play; P.Moss out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 7TH: R.Cabrera walked; A.Radcliff singled [R.Cabrera to second]; J.Ray forced A.Radcliff (unknown fielder) [R.Cabrera to third, J.Ray to first]; H.Walker singled [R.Cabrera scored, J.Ray to second]; A.Vazquez walked [J.Ray to third, H.Walker to second]; P.Bassett doubled [J.Ray scored, H.Walker scored, A.Vazquez scored]; R.Davis out on unknown play; H.Merchant out on unknown play; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Clowns 4. RED SOX 8TH: F.McDaniel out on unknown play; J.Ford singled to second base [J.Ford to second (error by H.Smith)]; C.Hyde out on unknown play; F.Bankhead singled [J.Ford scored]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Clowns 4. CLOWNS 8TH: H.Smith doubled; R.Cabrera out on unknown play; A.Radcliff walked; J.Ray grounded into a double play (F.Bankhead to J.Canada) [A.Radcliff out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Clowns 4. RED SOX 9TH: R.Longley out on unknown play; N.ROGERS BATTED FOR J.CANADA; N.Rogers out on unknown play; V.MATHIS BATTED FOR W.WELLS; V.Mathis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Clowns 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 2 7 1 6 Clowns 4 5 1 4
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