Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 6 Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns (CIA) 5

Game played on Sunday, May 27, 1945 at Rickwood Field , Birmingham AL
Regular-Season game

Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns      2 0 0  0 3 0  0 0 0   -   5  5  0
Birmingham Black Barons             1 0 0  0 0 0  4 1 x   -   6  8  0

BATTING

Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns       AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Merchant cf                     4   1   0          0         2    
  Reinaldo Drake                      1   0   0          0         0   0
Henry Smith 2b                        3   1   1          1         3    
Fred Wilson rf                        3   1   0          1         1    
Alex Radcliff 1b                      3   1   2          1        12    
Sam Hairston 3b                       4   1   1          0         0    
Lamb Barbee lf                        3   0   0          1         0    
Hoss Walker ss                        4   0   1          0         1    
Buster Haywood c                      3   0   0          0         5    
  Johnny Ray                          1   0   0          0         0   0
Roosevelt Davis p                     3   0   0          0         0    
  Amos Watson p                       0   0   0          0         0    
  Leroy Sutton p                      0   0   0          0         0    
  Johnny Williams p                   0   0   0          0         0    
  Ollie Smith p                       0   0   0          0         0    
  Armando Vazquez                     1   0   0          0         0   0
Totals                               33   5   5          4        24    


BATTING -
HR:  Alex Radcliff. 
Team LOB:  5


Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Artie Wilson ss                       4   1   2          0         4    
Piper Davis 1b                        3   0   1          0        10    
John Britton 3b                       4   1   1          0         2    
Lester Lockett lf                     4   1   3          0         2    
Ed Steele rf                          1   0   0          3         0    
Roy Phelps cf                         2   0   0          0         1    
  Leandy Young                        1   0   0          0         0   0
  Collins Jones cf                    0   1   0          1         0    
Joe Spencer 2b                        2   0   0          0         3    
  Earl Bumpus                         1   1   1          0         0   0
   Harper 2b                          1   0   0          0         1    
Herman Bell c                         2   0   0          0         4    
John Huber p                          2   0   0          0         0    
  Jimmie Newberry p                   0   1   0          1         0    
  Johnny Markham p                    0   0   0          0         0    
Totals                               27   6   8          5        27    


BATTING -
3B:  Earl Bumpus. 
SH:  Piper Davis, Herman Bell. 
Team LOB:  4


PITCHING

Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns       IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Roosevelt Davis                      6       5   3        0       0  21
Amos Watson                          0       0   2        2       0  2
Leroy Sutton                         0.1     1   0        1       0  3
Johnny Williams                      0.1     0   0        1       0  2
Ollie Smith L                        1.1     2   1        1       0  6
Totals                               8       8   6        5       0  34

Roosevelt Davis pitched to 2 batters in the 7th inning
Amos Watson pitched to 2 batters in the 7th inning

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
John Huber                           5.1     5   5        2       1  24
Jimmie Newberry                      1.2     0   0    0   1       0  6
Johnny Markham W                     2       0   0    0   1       0  7
Totals                               9       5   5        4       1  37



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Umpires: HP - Charles Moore

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