Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 5 9 0 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 4 BATTING Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Johnny Ray rf 4 2 0 0 1 5 0 Fermin Valdes ss 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 Leovigildo Xiques lf 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 Antonio Ruiz 2b 4 1 1 1 0 3 1 Rafael Cabrera cf 3 1 2 1 1 2 0 Hoss Walker 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 Armando Vazquez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 9 0 Buster Haywood c 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 Roosevelt Davis p 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 Totals 32 5 9 4 4 5 27 8 BATTING - SH: Fermin Valdes. IW: Leovigildo Xiques. GDP: Armando Vazquez. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Antonio Ruiz 2. CS: Leovigildo Xiques, Hoss Walker. Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Douglas ss 3 0 0 0 1 6 6 Lloyd Davenport cf, p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnny Smith rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 Art Pennington 1b 4 0 0 0 0 9 0 John Bissant lf, 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Herb Barnhill c 3 0 1 0 0 8 4 Willie Wells 2b 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 George Minor ph, lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Al Jones p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leroy Sutton p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ollie Waldon ph, cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 0 4 0 1 5 27 16 FIELDING - DP: 1. Jesse Douglas, Art Pennington. E: 4. Johnny Smith, Herb Barnhill, George Minor, Al Jones. BATTING - 2B: Alex Radcliff. SH: Lloyd Davenport. Team LOB: 5 PITCHING Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Roosevelt Davis W 9 4 0 0 1 5 0 32 Totals 9 4 0 0 1 5 0 32 Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Al Jones L 2.1 2 3 0 3 2 0 12 Leroy Sutton 5.2 7 2 1 1 3 0 22 Lloyd Davenport 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 9 9 5 1 4 5 0 37 IW: Al Jones. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Knudson, 1B - Chet Weiderquist, 2B - , 3B - Ed Hendee Time of Game: 1:38 Attendance: 1200 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 7/10/1944 -- Cin-Ind Clowns at Chicago Am. Giants (N) Starting Lineups: Cin-Ind Chicago 1. J.Ray rf J.Douglas ss 2. F.Valdes ss L.Davenport cf 3. L.Xiques lf J.Smith rf 4. A.Ruiz 2b A.Radcliff 3b 5. R.Cabrera cf A.Pennington 1b 6. H.Walker 3b J.Bissant lf 7. A.Vazquez 1b H.Barnhill c 8. B.Haywood c W.Wells 2b 9. R.Davis p A.Jones p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Ray out on unknown play; F.Valdes out on unknown play; L.Xiques walked; L.Xiques was caught stealing second (H.Barnhill to J.Douglas); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 1ST: J.Douglas walked; L.Davenport out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Douglas to second]; J.Smith out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Am. Giants 0. CLOWNS 2ND: A.Ruiz singled; A.Ruiz stole second; R.Cabrera walked; H.Walker out on unknown play; A.Ruiz stole third; A.Vazquez out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: A.Pennington out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; H.Barnhill singled; W.Wells out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Am. Giants 0. CLOWNS 3RD: R.Davis singled; J.Ray reached on a fielder's choice [R.Davis to second (error by A.Jones)]; F.Valdes out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Davis to third, J.Ray to second]; L.Xiques was walked intentionally; L.SUTTON REPLACED A.JONES (PITCHING); A.Ruiz forced L.Xiques (unknown fielder) [R.Davis scored (unearned), J.Ray to third, A.Ruiz to first]; R.Cabrera singled [J.Ray scored (unearned) (error by H.Barnhill), A.Ruiz scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by H.Barnhill), R.Cabrera to third]; H.Walker singled [R.Cabrera scored (unearned)]; H.Walker was caught stealing second (H.Barnhill to J.Douglas); 4 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 4, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 3RD: L.Sutton out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 4, Am. Giants 0. CLOWNS 4TH: A.Vazquez out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; R.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 4, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 4TH: J.Smith out on unknown play; A.Radcliff doubled; A.Pennington out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Am. Giants 0. CLOWNS 5TH: J.Ray out on unknown play; F.Valdes singled to left field (J.Bissant to J.Douglas) [F.Valdes out at second]; L.Xiques singled to right field [L.Xiques to second (error by J.Smith)]; A.Ruiz out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 5TH: H.Barnhill out on unknown play; G.MINOR BATTED FOR W.WELLS; G.Minor singled; L.Sutton out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Am. Giants 0. CLOWNS 6TH: J.BISSANT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); G.MINOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); R.Cabrera singled to left field [R.Cabrera to second (error by G.Minor)]; H.Walker out on unknown play; A.Vazquez out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 6TH: L.Davenport out on unknown play; J.Smith out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 4, Am. Giants 0. CLOWNS 7TH: R.Davis out on unknown play; J.Ray walked; F.Valdes singled [J.Ray to third]; L.Xiques flied to J.Smith [J.Ray scored]; A.Ruiz out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 5, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 7TH: A.Pennington out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 5, Am. Giants 0. CLOWNS 8TH: R.Cabrera out on unknown play; H.Walker singled; A.Vazquez grounded into a double play (J.Douglas to A.Pennington) [H.Walker out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 5, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 8TH: G.Minor out on unknown play; O.WALDON BATTED FOR L.SUTTON; O.Waldon singled; J.Douglas out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 5, Am. Giants 0. CLOWNS 9TH: O.WALDON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); L.DAVENPORT CHANGED POSITIONS (PITCHING); B.Haywood out on unknown play; R.Davis out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 5, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 9TH: J.Smith out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 5, Am. Giants 0. CLOWNS 10TH: Clowns beat Blackhawk Beers 11-1 following this Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 5 9 0 5 Am. Giants 0 4 4 5
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