Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 9 4 New York Cubans 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 4 6 1 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Johnnie Cowan 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 8 Buddy Armour lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 Sam Jethroe cf, c 4 1 2 1 0 3 1 Parnell Woods ss 4 1 1 1 0 2 2 Willie Grace 1b 4 0 1 1 0 13 1 George Jefferson rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Jesse Williams 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Earl Ashby c, cf 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 John Brown p 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 Provens ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 3 9 3 1 16 24 16 FIELDING - DP: 1. Johnnie Cowan, Parnell Woods, Willie Grace. E: 4. Sam Jethroe, Parnell Woods 2, Earl Ashby. PB: 1. Earl Ashby. BATTING - 2B: Parnell Woods. 3B: Sam Jethroe. Team LOB: 7 New York Cubans AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Greene Farmer lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 Dave Thomas 1b 3 1 1 1 1 7 0 Fernando Diaz cf 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Parker rf 4 1 2 1 0 2 0 Gil Garrido ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 Javier Perez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 Walter Cannady 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 Ray Noble c 3 0 0 0 0 16 0 Dave Barnhill p 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 Luis Tiant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 30 4 6 3 3 3 27 5 FIELDING - E: 1. Javier Perez. BATTING - 2B: Dave Thomas, Walter Cannady. GDP: Javier Perez. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Greene Farmer. PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP John Brown L 8 6 4 2 3 3 0 33 Totals 8 6 4 2 3 3 0 33 WP: John Brown. New York Cubans IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Dave Barnhill W 7 6 1 1 1 15 0 28 Luis Tiant SV 2 3 2 2 0 1 0 9 Totals 9 9 3 3 1 16 0 37 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bergen, 1B - Adam Rauppius Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 7/30/1945 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at New York Cubans (N) Starting Lineups: Cleveland New York 1. J.Cowan 2b G.Farmer lf 2. B.Armour lf D.Thomas 1b 3. S.Jethroe cf F.Diaz cf 4. P.Woods ss T.Parker rf 5. W.Grace 1b G.Garrido ss 6. G.Jefferson rf J.Perez 3b 7. J.Williams 3b W.Cannady 2b 8. E.Ashby c R.Noble c 9. J.Brown p D.Barnhill p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Cowan out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; S.Jethroe singled to third base [S.Jethroe to second (error by J.Perez)]; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Cubans 0. CUBANS 1ST: G.Farmer singled; D.Thomas doubled [G.Farmer scored]; F.Diaz reached on an error by P.Woods [D.Thomas scored (no RBI), F.Diaz to second]; T.Parker singled to center field [F.Diaz scored (unearned) (error by S.Jethroe), T.Parker to second (error by S.Jethroe)]; J.Brown threw a wild pitch [T.Parker to third]; G.Garrido out on unknown play [T.Parker scored (unearned)]; J.Perez out on unknown play; W.Cannady out on unknown play; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Cubans 4. BUCKEYES 2ND: W.Grace out on unknown play; G.Jefferson out on unknown play; J.Williams singled; E.Ashby singled [J.Williams to second]; J.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Cubans 4. CUBANS 2ND: E.Ashby dropped a foul fly hit by R.Noble; R.Noble out on unknown play; D.Barnhill out on unknown play; G.Farmer walked; G.Farmer stole second; D.Thomas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Cubans 4. BUCKEYES 3RD: J.Cowan out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Cubans 4. CUBANS 3RD: F.Diaz out on unknown play; T.Parker singled to shortstop [T.Parker to second (error by P.Woods)]; G.Garrido out on unknown play; J.Perez out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Cubans 4. BUCKEYES 4TH: P.Woods doubled; W.Grace singled [P.Woods scored]; G.Jefferson out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; E.Ashby walked [W.Grace to second]; J.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Cubans 4. CUBANS 4TH: W.Cannady walked; R.Noble out on unknown play; D.Barnhill out on unknown play; G.Farmer out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Cubans 4. BUCKEYES 5TH: J.Cowan out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Cubans 4. CUBANS 5TH: D.Thomas walked; E.Ashby allowed a passed ball [D.Thomas to second]; F.Diaz out on unknown play; T.Parker out on unknown play; G.Garrido out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Cubans 4. BUCKEYES 6TH: P.Woods out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; G.Jefferson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Cubans 4. CUBANS 6TH: S.JETHROE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C); E.ASHBY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); J.Perez out on unknown play; W.Cannady doubled; R.Noble out on unknown play; D.Barnhill out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Cubans 4. BUCKEYES 7TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; E.Ashby singled; J.Brown out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Cubans 4. CUBANS 7TH: G.Farmer out on unknown play; D.Thomas out on unknown play; F.Diaz out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Cubans 4. BUCKEYES 8TH: L.TIANT REPLACED D.BARNHILL (PITCHING); B.Armour singled; S.Jethroe tripled [B.Armour scored]; P.Woods out on unknown play [S.Jethroe scored]; W.Grace out on unknown play; G.Jefferson out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 3, Cubans 4. CUBANS 8TH: T.Parker out on unknown play; G.Garrido singled; J.Perez grounded into a double play (P.Woods to J.Cowan to W.Grace) [G.Garrido out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 3, Cubans 4. BUCKEYES 9TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; E.Ashby out on unknown play; BATTED FOR J.BROWN; singled; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 3, Cubans 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 3 9 4 7 Cubans 4 6 1 5
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