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Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 7 Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB) 6

Game played on Sunday, May 2, 1948 (D) at Rickwood Field , Birmingham AL
Regular-Season game

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



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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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