Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 8 0 - 17 21 0 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 2 8 6 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Avelino Canizares ss 5 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 Lloyd Davenport rf 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 Sam Jethroe cf 5 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 Parnell Woods 3b 6 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 Archie Ware 1b 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Quincy Trouppe c 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 Earl Ashby c 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Buddy Armour lf 6 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 Johnnie Cowan 2b 5 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 George Jefferson p 6 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 Totals 49 17 21 16 5 1 27 0 BATTING - 2B: Lloyd Davenport, Earl Ashby. 3B: Sam Jethroe, George Jefferson. Team LOB: 10 BASERUNNING - SB: Lloyd Davenport, Sam Jethroe, Quincy Trouppe. Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Ralph Wyatt ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 John Bissant lf 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 Johnny Smith rf 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Art Pennington 1b 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 Jesse Douglas 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmie Crutchfield cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tommie Dukes c 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 Wilbert King 2b 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Gready McKinnis p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Cornelius p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie McMeans p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 2 8 2 5 0 27 0 FIELDING - E: 6. Ralph Wyatt, John Bissant, Johnny Smith, Jesse Douglas, Tommie Dukes 2. BATTING - SH: Gready McKinnis. Team LOB: 12 PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP George Jefferson W 9 8 2 2 5 0 0 41 Totals 9 8 2 2 5 0 0 41 Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gready McKinnis L 4 6 5 4 3 1 0 21 Willie Cornelius 3.1 10 9 9 1 0 0 21 Willie McMeans 1.2 5 3 3 1 0 0 12 Totals 9 21 17 16 5 1 0 54 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 6/24/1945, game 1 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Chicago American Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Chicago 1. A.Canizares ss R.Wyatt ss 2. L.Davenport rf J.Bissant lf 3. S.Jethroe cf J.Smith rf 4. P.Woods 3b A.Pennington 1b 5. A.Ware 1b J.Douglas 3b 6. Q.Trouppe c J.Crutchfield cf 7. B.Armour lf T.Dukes c 8. J.Cowan 2b W.King 2b 9. G.Jefferson p G.McKinnis p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; A.Canizares walked; L.Davenport out on unknown play; S.Jethroe singled to left field [A.Canizares to second]; P.Woods out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: R.Wyatt walked; J.Bissant reached on a fielder's choice [R.Wyatt to second]; J.Smith out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, American Giants 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: Q.Trouppe singled; Q.Trouppe stole second; B.Armour out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; G.Jefferson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; T.Dukes singled; W.King walked [T.Dukes to second]; G.McKinnis out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Dukes to third, W.King to second]; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, American Giants 0. BUCKEYES 3RD: A.Canizares out on unknown play; L.Davenport walked; L.Davenport stole second [L.Davenport to third (error by T.Dukes)]; S.Jethroe flied to J.Bissant; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: J.Bissant out on unknown play; J.Smith singled; A.Pennington out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, American Giants 0. BUCKEYES 4TH: A.Ware singled to left field [A.Ware to second (error by J.Bissant)]; Q.Trouppe walked; B.Armour out on unknown play; J.Cowan singled [A.Ware scored, Q.Trouppe to second]; G.Jefferson singled [Q.Trouppe scored, J.Cowan to second]; A.Canizares singled to right field [J.Cowan scored, G.Jefferson scored (no RBI) (error by J.Smith), A.Canizares to third]; L.Davenport out on unknown play [A.Canizares scored (unearned)]; S.Jethroe struck out; 5 R (4 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 5, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; T.Dukes out on unknown play; W.King walked; G.McKinnis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 5, American Giants 0. BUCKEYES 5TH: W.CORNELIUS REPLACED G.MCKINNIS (PITCHING); P.Woods singled; A.Ware singled [P.Woods to second]; Q.Trouppe singled [P.Woods scored, A.Ware to second]; B.Armour singled [A.Ware scored, Q.Trouppe to third]; J.Cowan out on unknown play [Q.Trouppe scored]; G.Jefferson out on unknown play; A.Canizares out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 8, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: E.ASHBY REPLACED Q.TROUPPE (PLAYING C); R.Wyatt singled; J.Bissant out on unknown play; J.Smith singled [R.Wyatt to second]; A.Pennington singled [R.Wyatt scored, J.Smith to second]; J.Douglas out on unknown play; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 8, American Giants 1. BUCKEYES 6TH: L.Davenport out on unknown play; S.Jethroe walked; S.Jethroe stole second [S.Jethroe to third (error by T.Dukes)]; P.Woods singled [S.Jethroe scored]; A.Ware out on unknown play; E.Ashby out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 9, American Giants 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: T.Dukes singled; W.King out on unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 9, American Giants 1. BUCKEYES 7TH: J.Douglas dropped a foul fly hit by B.Armour; B.Armour out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; G.Jefferson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 9, American Giants 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: J.Bissant walked; J.Smith singled [J.Bissant to second]; A.Pennington singled [J.Bissant scored, J.Smith to second]; J.Douglas out on unknown play; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; T.Dukes out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 9, American Giants 2. BUCKEYES 8TH: A.Canizares singled; L.Davenport singled [A.Canizares to second]; S.Jethroe tripled [A.Canizares scored, L.Davenport scored]; P.Woods singled [S.Jethroe scored]; A.Ware out on unknown play; E.Ashby doubled [P.Woods scored]; W.MCMEANS REPLACED W.CORNELIUS (PITCHING); B.Armour singled [E.Ashby scored]; J.Cowan singled [B.Armour to second]; G.Jefferson tripled [B.Armour scored, J.Cowan scored]; A.Canizares out on unknown play [G.Jefferson scored]; L.Davenport doubled; S.Jethroe singled to second base [L.Davenport to third]; P.Woods out on unknown play; 8 R, 10 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 17, American Giants 2. AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: W.King out on unknown play; W.McMeans out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 17, American Giants 2. BUCKEYES 9TH: A.Ware reached on an error by R.Wyatt [A.Ware to first]; E.Ashby out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; J.Cowan walked [A.Ware to second]; G.Jefferson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 17, American Giants 2. AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: J.Bissant walked; J.Smith out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 17, American Giants 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 17 21 0 10 American Giants 2 8 6 12
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