Cleveland Buckeyes 1 0 1 0 4 - 6 7 3 Birmingham Black Barons 1 2 0 0 4 - 7 9 1 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sam Jethroe cf 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 Archie Ware 1b 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 Leon Kellman 3b 3 1 2 3 0 0 1 Willie Grace rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 George Minor rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Greene ph, rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Al Smith lf 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 Tommy Harris c 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 Chico Renfroe ss 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 Bill Reynolds 2b 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 Chet Brewer p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 22 6 7 6 1 2 13 6 FIELDING - DP: 1. Archie Ware, Chico Renfroe, Bill Reynolds. E: 3. Sam Jethroe, Chico Renfroe, Chet Brewer. BATTING - 2B: Sam Jethroe, Leon Kellman, Al Smith. 3B: Leon Kellman. SH: Chet Brewer. GDP: Willie Grace. Team LOB: 3 BASERUNNING - SB: Sam Jethroe. Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Artie Wilson ss 3 2 3 1 0 0 5 John Britton 3b 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 Joe Scott 1b 3 0 1 2 0 6 0 Ed Steele rf 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 Piper Davis 2b 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 Norman Robinson cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Jim Zapp lf 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 Alonzo Perry ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Herman Bell c 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 Nat Pollard p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jehosie Heard p 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 23 7 9 6 2 2 15 6 FIELDING - DP: 1. Artie Wilson, Joe Scott, Piper Davis. E: 1. Artie Wilson. BATTING - 2B: John Britton, Piper Davis. 3B: Joe Scott. GDP: John Britton. Team LOB: 5 PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Chet Brewer L 4.1 9 7 4 2 2 0 25 Totals 4.1 9 7 4 2 2 0 25 Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Nat Pollard 4.1 6 6 5 1 2 0 21 Jehosie Heard W 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 5 7 6 5 1 2 0 24 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Charles Moore, 1B - Poindexter Williams, 2B - , 3B - Austin Time of Game: 1:16 Attendance: 6117 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/2/1948, game 2 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Birmingham Black Barons (D) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Birmingham 1. S.Jethroe cf A.Wilson ss 2. A.Ware 1b J.Britton 3b 3. L.Kellman 3b J.Scott 1b 4. W.Grace rf E.Steele rf 5. A.Smith lf P.Davis 2b 6. T.Harris c N.Robinson cf 7. C.Renfroe ss J.Zapp lf 8. B.Reynolds 2b H.Bell c 9. C.Brewer p N.Pollard p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; S.Jethroe walked; S.Jethroe stole second; A.Ware out on unknown play [S.Jethroe to third]; L.Kellman reached on a fielder's choice [S.Jethroe scored]; W.Grace grounded into a double play (A.Wilson to P.Davis to J.Scott) [L.Kellman out at second]; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: A.Wilson singled; J.Britton out on unknown play [A.Wilson to second]; J.Scott out on unknown play; E.Steele singled [A.Wilson scored]; P.Davis doubled [E.Steele to third]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Black Barons 1. BUCKEYES 2ND: A.Smith out on unknown play; T.Harris out on unknown play; C.Renfroe singled; B.Reynolds out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 2ND: G.MINOR REPLACED W.GRACE (PLAYING RF); J.Zapp singled; H.Bell singled [J.Zapp to second]; N.Pollard out on unknown play; A.Wilson singled [J.Zapp scored, H.Bell scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by S.Jethroe)]; J.Britton grounded into a double play (B.Reynolds to C.Renfroe to A.Ware) [A.Wilson out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Black Barons 3. BUCKEYES 3RD: C.Brewer out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware reached on an error by A.Wilson [A.Ware to first]; L.Kellman tripled [A.Ware scored (unearned)]; G.Minor out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 3RD: J.Scott out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 3. BUCKEYES 4TH: A.Smith out on unknown play; T.Harris out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 4TH: N.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Zapp out on unknown play; H.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 3. BUCKEYES 5TH: B.Reynolds singled; C.Brewer out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Reynolds to second]; S.Jethroe doubled [B.Reynolds scored]; A.Ware singled [S.Jethroe scored]; L.Kellman doubled [A.Ware scored]; J.HEARD REPLACED N.POLLARD (PITCHING); J.GREENE BATTED FOR G.MINOR; J.Greene flied to unknown fielder; A.Smith doubled [L.Kellman scored]; T.Harris out on unknown play; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 6, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.GREENE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); J.Heard reached on an error by C.Brewer [J.Heard to first]; A.Wilson singled [J.Heard to second]; J.Britton doubled [J.Heard scored (unearned), A.Wilson to third]; J.Scott tripled to center field [A.Wilson scored, J.Britton scored]; E.Steele walked; P.Davis walked [E.Steele to second]; On a bunt N.Robinson forced J.Scott (A.Ware to T.Harris) [E.Steele to third, P.Davis to second, N.Robinson to first]; A.PERRY BATTED FOR J.ZAPP; A.Perry reached on an error by C.Renfroe [E.Steele scored (unearned), P.Davis to third, N.Robinson to second, A.Perry to first]; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. Buckeyes 6, Black Barons 7. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 6 7 3 3 Black Barons 7 9 1 5
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