Birmingham Black Barons 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 - 5 12 2 Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 6 3 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Artie Wilson ss 4 1 2 1 1 3 4 John Britton 3b 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 Ed Steele rf 5 1 3 2 0 2 0 Piper Davis 1b 5 1 2 0 0 12 0 Lester Lockett lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Johnny Ray cf 4 0 2 1 0 2 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 Pepper Bassett c 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 Johnny Markham p 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 38 5 12 4 2 3 27 11 FIELDING - DP: 2. Artie Wilson, Piper Davis 2, Tommy Sampson 2. E: 2. Pepper Bassett, Johnny Markham. BATTING - 2B: Ed Steele, Johnny Ray. 3B: Ed Steele. GDP: Ed Steele. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Piper Davis. Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Reinaldo Drake lf 3 1 1 0 1 3 0 Philly Holmes 2b 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 Armando Vazquez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 12 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 Lamb Barbee rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 Sam Hairston c 4 0 2 1 0 3 2 Raul Navarro ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 Hoss Walker ss 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 Henry Merchant cf 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 Jimmie Bennett p 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 Johnny Williams ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 31 3 6 3 4 3 27 13 FIELDING - DP: 1. Armando Vazquez, Raul Navarro. E: 3. Philly Holmes, Hoss Walker 2. PB: 1. Sam Hairston. BATTING - 2B: Sam Hairston. SH: Philly Holmes. GDP: Sam Hairston, Jimmie Bennett. Team LOB: 6 PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Johnny Markham W 9 6 3 3 4 3 0 36 Totals 9 6 3 3 4 3 0 36 Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jimmie Bennett L 9 12 5 5 2 3 0 40 Totals 9 12 5 5 2 3 0 40 WP: Jimmie Bennett. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Cornelius Rhoades, 1B - Trusty, 2B - , 3B - Allen Time of Game: 2:00 Attendance: 3022 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Saturday, 9/1/1945 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Cincinnati-Indi Clowns (N) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Cincinnati-Indi 1. A.Wilson ss R.Drake lf 2. J.Britton 3b P.Holmes 2b 3. E.Steele rf A.Vazquez 1b 4. P.Davis 1b A.Radcliff 3b 5. L.Lockett lf L.Barbee rf 6. J.Ray cf S.Hairston c 7. T.Sampson 2b R.Navarro ss 8. P.Bassett c H.Merchant cf 9. J.Markham p J.Bennett p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; E.Steele singled; P.Davis singled to second base [E.Steele to third (error by P.Holmes), P.Davis to second]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 1ST: R.Drake walked; P.Holmes out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Drake to second]; A.Vazquez out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Clowns 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: J.Ray out on unknown play; T.Sampson singled; P.Bassett singled [T.Sampson to second]; J.Markham out on unknown play; A.Wilson singled [T.Sampson scored, P.Bassett to second]; J.Britton out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 2ND: P.Bassett dropped a foul fly hit by L.Barbee; L.Barbee out on unknown play; S.Hairston doubled; R.Navarro out on unknown play; H.Merchant out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Clowns 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: E.Steele doubled; P.Davis out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 3RD: J.Bennett out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; P.Holmes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Clowns 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: T.Sampson out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; J.Markham out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 4TH: A.Vazquez out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; L.Barbee out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Clowns 0. BLACK BARONS 5TH: A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton walked; E.Steele grounded into a double play (R.Navarro to A.Vazquez) [J.Britton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 5TH: S.Hairston out on unknown play; R.Navarro out on unknown play; H.Merchant out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Clowns 0. BLACK BARONS 6TH: H.WALKER REPLACED R.NAVARRO (PLAYING SS); P.Davis singled; P.Davis stole second; L.Lockett out on unknown play; J.Ray doubled [P.Davis scored]; T.Sampson out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 6TH: J.Bennett out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; P.Holmes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Clowns 0. BLACK BARONS 7TH: J.Markham out on unknown play; A.Wilson walked; S.Hairston allowed a passed ball [A.Wilson to second]; J.Britton singled [A.Wilson to third]; E.Steele tripled [A.Wilson scored, J.Britton scored]; J.Bennett threw a wild pitch [E.Steele scored]; P.Davis out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 5, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 7TH: A.Vazquez out on unknown play; A.Radcliff reached on an error by J.Markham [A.Radcliff to first]; L.Barbee singled [A.Radcliff to second]; S.Hairston grounded into a double play (T.Sampson to P.Davis) [L.Barbee out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 5, Clowns 0. BLACK BARONS 8TH: J.Ray singled to shortstop [J.Ray to second (error by H.Walker)]; T.Sampson out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; J.Markham out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 5, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 8TH: H.Walker out on unknown play; H.Merchant walked; J.Bennett grounded into a double play (T.Sampson to A.Wilson to P.Davis) [H.Merchant out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 5, Clowns 0. BLACK BARONS 9TH: A.Wilson singled to shortstop [A.Wilson to second (error by H.Walker)]; J.Britton out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 5, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 9TH: R.Drake singled; P.Holmes singled [R.Drake to second]; A.Vazquez out on unknown play; A.Radcliff singled [R.Drake scored, P.Holmes to second]; L.Barbee walked [P.Holmes to third, A.Radcliff to second]; S.Hairston singled [P.Holmes scored, A.Radcliff to third, L.Barbee to second]; H.Walker out on unknown play [A.Radcliff scored]; H.Merchant walked [L.Barbee to third, S.Hairston to second]; J.WILLIAMS BATTED FOR J.BENNETT; J.Williams struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Black Barons 5, Clowns 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 5 12 2 8 Clowns 3 6 3 6
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