Chicago American Giants 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 3 Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 9 0 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sam Hill lf 5 1 2 1 0 2 0 Buddy Armour cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bernell Longest rf 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 Ed Young c 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 John Ritchey 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 5 John Miles 2b 4 0 2 0 0 2 4 Lyman Bostock 1b 3 0 1 0 1 15 1 Clyde McNeal ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 Riley Stewart p 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 Earl Bumpus ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Harry Rhodes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 1 8 1 2 2 28 16 FIELDING - DP: 2. Lyman Bostock 2, Clyde McNeal 2. E: 3. John Ritchey, Lyman Bostock, Harry Rhodes. PB: 2. Ed Young 2. BATTING - 2B: John Miles. HR: Sam Hill. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - CS: John Miles. Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Merchant rf 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 Reinaldo Drake cf 4 0 0 1 0 4 0 Newt Allen ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Ray Neil 2b 4 0 1 0 1 2 4 Robert Abernathy lf 4 0 1 1 1 2 0 Goose Tatum 1b 4 0 2 0 0 13 0 Sam Hairston 3b 4 0 1 0 0 3 4 Harry Millon ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 Buster Haywood c 4 1 2 0 0 3 0 Manuel Godinez p 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 9 2 4 3 30 12 BATTING - SH: Henry Merchant 2, Manuel Godinez. GDP: Ray Neil, Sam Hairston. Team LOB: 10 BASERUNNING - CS: Robert Abernathy, Harry Millon. PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Riley Stewart 8 8 1 0 1 2 0 32 Harry Rhodes L 1.1 1 1 0 3 1 0 8 Totals 9.1 9 2 0 4 3 0 40 WP: Harry Rhodes. Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Manuel Godinez W 10 8 1 1 2 2 1 39 Totals 10 8 1 1 2 2 1 39 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Serafian, 1B - Liston Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 2332 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 7/14/1947 -- Chicago American Giants at Indianapolis Clowns (N) Starting Lineups: Chicago Indianapolis 1. S.Hill lf H.Merchant rf 2. B.Armour cf R.Drake cf 3. B.Longest rf R.Neil 2b 4. E.Young c R.Abernathy lf 5. J.Ritchey 3b G.Tatum 1b 6. J.Miles 2b S.Hairston 3b 7. L.Bostock 1b H.Millon ss 8. C.McNeal ss B.Haywood c 9. R.Stewart p M.Godinez p AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; S.Hill singled; B.Armour out on unknown play; B.Longest singled [S.Hill to third]; E.Young out on unknown play; J.Ritchey out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. American Giants 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 1ST: H.Merchant walked; R.Drake out on unknown play; R.Neil grounded into a double play (C.McNeal to L.Bostock) [H.Merchant out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. American Giants 0, Clowns 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: J.Miles doubled; L.Bostock out on unknown play; C.McNeal out on unknown play; R.Stewart out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American Giants 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 2ND: R.Abernathy singled; G.Tatum out on unknown play; R.Abernathy was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); S.Hairston singled; H.Millon out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American Giants 0, Clowns 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: S.Hill homered to rightfield; B.Armour out on unknown play; B.Longest out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. American Giants 1, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 3RD: B.Haywood singled; M.Godinez reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [B.Haywood to second (error by L.Bostock)]; H.Merchant out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Haywood to third, M.Godinez to second]; R.Drake grounded out (J.Ritchey to L.Bostock) [B.Haywood scored (unearned), M.Godinez to third]; R.Neil out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. American Giants 1, Clowns 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: J.Ritchey walked; J.Miles out on unknown play; L.Bostock singled [J.Ritchey to second]; C.McNeal out on unknown play; R.Stewart out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. American Giants 1, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 4TH: R.Abernathy out on unknown play; G.Tatum singled; S.Hairston grounded into a double play (L.Bostock to C.McNeal to L.Bostock) [G.Tatum out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. American Giants 1, Clowns 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: S.Hill out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; B.Longest singled; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American Giants 1, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 5TH: H.Millon out on unknown play; B.Haywood singled; M.Godinez out on unknown play; H.Merchant out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American Giants 1, Clowns 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: J.Ritchey out on unknown play; J.Miles out on unknown play; L.Bostock walked; C.McNeal singled [L.Bostock to second]; R.Stewart out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. American Giants 1, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 6TH: R.Drake out on unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown play; R.Abernathy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. American Giants 1, Clowns 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: S.Hill out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; B.Longest out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. American Giants 1, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 7TH: G.Tatum singled; E.Young allowed a passed ball [G.Tatum to second]; S.Hairston reached on an error by J.Ritchey [G.Tatum to third, S.Hairston to first]; H.Millon out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; M.Godinez out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. American Giants 1, Clowns 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: E.Young out on unknown play; J.Ritchey out on unknown play; J.Miles singled; J.Miles was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. American Giants 1, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 8TH: H.Merchant singled; R.Drake out on unknown play; R.Neil singled [H.Merchant to second]; E.Young allowed a passed ball [H.Merchant to third, R.Neil to second]; R.Abernathy out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. American Giants 1, Clowns 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: L.Bostock out on unknown play; C.McNeal out on unknown play; E.BUMPUS BATTED FOR R.STEWART; E.Bumpus flied to unknown fielder; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. American Giants 1, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 9TH: H.RHODES REPLACED E.BUMPUS (PITCHING); S.Hairston out on unknown play; H.Millon walked; H.Rhodes threw a wild pitch [H.Millon to second]; B.Haywood out on unknown play; H.Millon was caught stealing third (unknown fielder); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. American Giants 1, Clowns 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 10TH: S.Hill out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; B.Longest out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. American Giants 1, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 10TH: M.Godinez singled; H.Merchant reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [M.Godinez to second (error by H.Rhodes)]; N.ALLEN BATTED FOR R.DRAKE; N.Allen struck out; R.Neil walked [M.Godinez to third, H.Merchant to second]; R.Abernathy walked [M.Godinez scored (unearned), H.Merchant to third, R.Neil to second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. American Giants 1, Clowns 2. Final Totals R H E LOB American Giants 1 8 3 8 Clowns 2 9 0 10
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