Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 - 7 9 1 Chicago American Giants 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 5 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Avelino Canizares ss 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 Archie Ware 1b 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Sam Jethroe cf 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 Parnell Woods 3b 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 Buddy Armour lf 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 Willie Grace rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quincy Trouppe c 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Johnnie Cowan 2b 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 George Jefferson p 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Lovell Harden p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 7 9 5 6 0 27 2 FIELDING - DP: 1. Archie Ware, Johnnie Cowan, George Jefferson. E: 1. Avelino Canizares. BATTING - Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Sam Jethroe. Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Douglas 2b, ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 John Bissant lf, cf 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 Johnny Smith rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Art Pennington 1b 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Clyde Nelson 3b 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Ralph Wyatt ss 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Willie McMeans ph, lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmie Crutchfield cf 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Marshall ph, 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Herb Barnhill c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tommie Dukes ph, c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gentry Jessup p 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 3 10 3 2 0 27 1 FIELDING - DP: 1. John Bissant, Art Pennington. E: 5. Jesse Douglas, Art Pennington, Clyde Nelson, Ralph Wyatt, Herb Barnhill. PB: 1. Herb Barnhill. BATTING - HBP: Jesse Douglas. GDP: Art Pennington. Team LOB: 10 PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP George Jefferson W 8.1 9 3 3 2 0 0 37 Lovell Harden SV 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 9 10 3 3 2 0 0 40 HBP: George Jefferson. Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gentry Jessup L 9 9 7 3 6 0 0 43 Totals 9 9 7 3 6 0 0 43 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Virgil Blueitt, 1B - Anderson Pryor, 2B - Anderson, 3B - Charles Moore Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 10000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/5/1945, game 1 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Chicago American Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Chicago 1. A.Canizares ss J.Douglas 2b 2. A.Ware 1b J.Bissant lf 3. S.Jethroe cf J.Smith rf 4. P.Woods 3b A.Pennington 1b 5. B.Armour lf C.Nelson 3b 6. W.Grace rf R.Wyatt ss 7. Q.Trouppe c J.Crutchfield cf 8. J.Cowan 2b H.Barnhill c 9. G.Jefferson p G.Jessup p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; A.Canizares singled; A.Ware out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: J.Douglas out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; J.Smith singled; A.Pennington out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, American Giants 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: B.Armour out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: C.Nelson out on unknown play; R.Wyatt walked; J.Crutchfield singled [R.Wyatt to second]; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; G.Jessup out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, American Giants 0. BUCKEYES 3RD: J.Cowan out on unknown play; G.Jefferson out on unknown play; A.Canizares out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: J.Douglas out on unknown play; J.Bissant singled; J.Smith singled [J.Bissant to second]; A.Pennington singled [J.Bissant scored, J.Smith to third]; C.Nelson out on unknown play [J.Smith scored]; R.Wyatt walked [A.Pennington to second]; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, American Giants 2. BUCKEYES 4TH: A.Ware singled; S.Jethroe reached on an error by R.Wyatt [A.Ware to second, S.Jethroe to first]; P.Woods walked [A.Ware to third, S.Jethroe to second]; B.Armour singled [A.Ware scored, S.Jethroe scored (unearned), P.Woods to second]; W.Grace out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; J.Cowan singled [P.Woods scored (unearned), B.Armour to second]; G.Jefferson out on unknown play; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 3, American Giants 2. AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: H.Barnhill out on unknown play; G.Jessup singled; J.Douglas singled [G.Jessup to second]; J.Bissant singled [G.Jessup scored, J.Douglas to second]; J.Smith out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 3, American Giants 3. BUCKEYES 5TH: A.Canizares singled; A.Ware hit into a double play (J.Bissant to A.Pennington) [A.Canizares out at first]; S.Jethroe walked; S.Jethroe stole second [S.Jethroe to third (error by H.Barnhill)]; P.Woods singled [S.Jethroe scored]; B.Armour out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 4, American Giants 3. AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: C.Nelson out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; J.Crutchfield singled; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 4, American Giants 3. BUCKEYES 6TH: W.Grace out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe walked; Q.Trouppe was picked off first, but was safe on an error by A.Pennington [Q.Trouppe to second]; J.Cowan reached on an error by C.Nelson [Q.Trouppe scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Cowan to second]; G.Jefferson out on unknown play; A.Canizares singled to second base [J.Cowan scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by J.Douglas), A.Canizares to second]; A.Ware out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 3 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 6, American Giants 3. AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: G.Jessup out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 6, American Giants 3. BUCKEYES 7TH: S.Jethroe singled; P.Woods singled [S.Jethroe to third]; B.Armour out on unknown play [S.Jethroe scored]; W.Grace out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 7, American Giants 3. AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: J.Smith reached on an error by A.Canizares [J.Smith to first]; A.Pennington grounded into a double play (G.Jefferson to J.Cowan to A.Ware) [J.Smith out at second]; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 7, American Giants 3. BUCKEYES 8TH: J.Cowan walked; G.Jefferson out on unknown play; H.Barnhill allowed a passed ball [J.Cowan to second]; A.Canizares walked; A.Ware out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 7, American Giants 3. AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: W.MCMEANS BATTED FOR R.WYATT; W.McMeans out on unknown play; J.MARSHALL BATTED FOR J.CRUTCHFIELD; J.Marshall out on unknown play; T.DUKES BATTED FOR H.BARNHILL; T.Dukes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 7, American Giants 3. BUCKEYES 9TH: J.DOUGLAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); J.BISSANT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); W.MCMEANS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); J.MARSHALL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); T.DUKES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); P.Woods walked; B.Armour out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 7, American Giants 3. AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: G.Jessup out on unknown play; J.Douglas was hit by a pitch; L.HARDEN REPLACED G.JEFFERSON (PITCHING); J.Bissant singled [J.Douglas to second]; J.Smith out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 7, American Giants 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 7 9 1 9 American Giants 3 10 5 10
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