Cleveland Buckeyes 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 - 8 8 1 Chicago American Giants 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 - 5 8 4 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Avelino Canizares ss 4 1 1 2 1 3 6 Lloyd Davenport rf 5 0 1 0 0 5 0 Sam Jethroe cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 Quincy Trouppe c 2 1 0 0 3 4 0 Parnell Woods 3b 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 Archie Ware 1b 4 0 0 0 1 14 0 Willie Grace lf 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 Billy Horne 2b 4 2 0 0 0 1 4 Eugene Bremer p 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 Lovell Harden p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 George Jefferson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 8 8 7 5 4 27 13 FIELDING - E: 1. Avelino Canizares. PB: 1. Quincy Trouppe. BATTING - 2B: Avelino Canizares, Parnell Woods. 3B: Eugene Bremer. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Sam Jethroe, Billy Horne. Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Ralph Wyatt 3b 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 Jesse Douglas ss 5 2 4 1 0 3 4 Johnny Smith rf 4 2 2 1 1 5 1 Art Pennington 1b, 2b 4 0 0 2 1 8 1 Wilbert King 2b 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 Sam Jackson ph, 1b 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 Jimmie Crutchfield cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 John Bissant lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Herb Barnhill c 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 Gentry Jessup p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ollie West p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 5 8 4 5 4 27 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Jesse Douglas, Johnny Smith. E: 4. Ralph Wyatt, Wilbert King, Sam Jackson, John Bissant. BATTING - 2B: John Bissant. 3B: Johnny Smith. HR: Jesse Douglas. HBP: Herb Barnhill. Team LOB: 10 PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Eugene Bremer W 7 7 4 3 2 3 1 32 Lovell Harden 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 7 George Jefferson SV 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Totals 9 8 5 4 5 4 1 42 Lovell Harden pitched to 3 batters in the 9th inning WP: Eugene Bremer. HBP: Eugene Bremer. Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gentry Jessup L 4 4 6 4 3 3 0 22 Ollie West 5 4 2 2 2 1 0 20 Totals 9 8 8 6 5 4 0 42 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Ted Lewis, 1B - Jones, 2B - Ben Taylor, 3B - Augustine Time of Game: 1:52 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 4/29/1945, game 1 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Chicago American Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Chicago 1. A.Canizares ss R.Wyatt 3b 2. L.Davenport rf J.Douglas ss 3. S.Jethroe cf J.Smith rf 4. Q.Trouppe c A.Pennington 1b 5. P.Woods 3b W.King 2b 6. A.Ware 1b J.Crutchfield cf 7. W.Grace lf J.Bissant lf 8. B.Horne 2b H.Barnhill c 9. E.Bremer p G.Jessup p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; A.Canizares out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: R.Wyatt walked; J.Douglas out on unknown play; J.Smith forced R.Wyatt (unknown fielder) [J.Smith to first]; A.Pennington walked [J.Smith to second]; Q.Trouppe allowed a passed ball [J.Smith to third, A.Pennington to second]; E.Bremer threw a wild pitch [J.Smith scored (unearned), A.Pennington to third]; W.King out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, American Giants 1. BUCKEYES 2ND: Q.Trouppe walked; P.Woods doubled [Q.Trouppe to third]; A.Ware out on unknown play; W.Grace singled [Q.Trouppe scored, P.Woods scored]; B.Horne forced W.Grace (unknown fielder) [B.Horne to first]; B.Horne stole second; E.Bremer tripled [B.Horne scored]; A.Canizares doubled [E.Bremer scored]; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 4, American Giants 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; J.Bissant doubled; H.Barnhill was hit by a pitch; G.Jessup out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 4, American Giants 1. BUCKEYES 3RD: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe walked; P.Woods out on unknown play; A.Ware walked [Q.Trouppe to second]; W.Grace out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 4, American Giants 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: J.Douglas singled; J.Smith singled [J.Douglas to second]; A.Pennington out on unknown play; W.King out on unknown play; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 4, American Giants 1. BUCKEYES 4TH: B.Horne reached on an error by W.King [B.Horne to first]; E.Bremer reached on an error by R.Wyatt [B.Horne to third, E.Bremer to second]; A.Canizares out on unknown play [B.Horne scored (unearned)]; L.Davenport reached on an error by J.Bissant [E.Bremer scored (unearned) (no RBI), L.Davenport to first]; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 0 H, 3 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 6, American Giants 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: J.Bissant out on unknown play; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; G.Jessup out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 6, American Giants 1. BUCKEYES 5TH: O.WEST REPLACED G.JESSUP (PITCHING); P.Woods 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 6, American Giants 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; J.Douglas homered; J.Smith reached on an error by A.Canizares [J.Smith to first]; A.Pennington out on unknown play; W.King out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 6, American Giants 2. BUCKEYES 6TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; E.Bremer out on unknown play; A.Canizares out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 6, American Giants 2. AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: J.Crutchfield singled; J.Bissant out on unknown play; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; O.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 6, American Giants 2. BUCKEYES 7TH: L.Davenport out on unknown play; S.Jethroe singled; S.Jethroe stole second; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; P.Woods singled [S.Jethroe scored]; A.Ware out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 7, American Giants 2. AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; J.Douglas singled; J.Smith tripled [J.Douglas scored]; A.Pennington out on unknown play [J.Smith scored]; S.JACKSON BATTED FOR W.KING; S.Jackson out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 7, American Giants 4. BUCKEYES 8TH: A.PENNINGTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); S.JACKSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); W.Grace singled; W.Grace was picked off first, but was safe on an error by S.Jackson [W.Grace to second]; B.Horne hit into a double play (J.Smith to J.Douglas) [W.Grace out at second]; E.Bremer out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 7, American Giants 4. AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: L.HARDEN REPLACED E.BREMER (PITCHING); J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; H.Barnhill walked; O.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 7, American Giants 4. BUCKEYES 9TH: A.Canizares walked; L.Davenport singled [A.Canizares to second]; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe walked [A.Canizares to third, L.Davenport to second]; P.Woods out on unknown play [A.Canizares scored]; A.Ware out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 8, American Giants 4. AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: R.Wyatt walked; J.Douglas singled [R.Wyatt to second]; J.Smith walked [R.Wyatt to third, J.Douglas to second]; G.JEFFERSON REPLACED L.HARDEN (PITCHING); A.Pennington out on unknown play [R.Wyatt scored]; S.Jackson out on unknown play; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 8, American Giants 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 8 8 1 7 American Giants 5 8 4 10
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