Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 x - 5 9 0 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Andres Mesa lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reinaldo Drake cf 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 Ray Neil 2b 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 Sam Hairston c 4 0 2 0 0 4 2 Ted Strong rf 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 Goose Tatum 1b 4 0 0 0 0 10 1 Coco Ferrer ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 Luis Perez 3b 3 0 1 0 0 2 3 Willie Cathey p 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 29 0 4 0 3 5 24 13 FIELDING - DP: 2. Ray Neil, Goose Tatum 2, Coco Ferrer, Luis Perez. BATTING - 2B: Ray Neil. SH: Ray Neil. GDP: Willie Cathey. Team LOB: 6 Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Artie Wilson ss 4 0 2 1 0 2 7 John Britton 3b 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 Ed Steele rf 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 Piper Davis 2b 4 1 2 2 0 3 2 Alonzo Perry 1b 4 0 1 0 0 9 0 Norman Robinson cf 4 0 1 1 0 4 0 Herman Bell c 4 1 1 0 0 4 1 Jim Zapp lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bill Greason p 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 Totals 30 5 9 5 2 4 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Artie Wilson, Piper Davis, Alonzo Perry. BATTING - 3B: Artie Wilson, Piper Davis. HBP: Ed Steele 2. GDP: John Britton, Norman Robinson. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - CS: Norman Robinson. PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Cathey L 8 9 5 5 2 4 0 34 Totals 8 9 5 5 2 4 0 34 HBP: Willie Cathey 2. Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bill Greason W 9 4 0 0 3 5 0 33 Totals 9 4 0 0 3 5 0 33 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: 1:50 Attendance: 5349 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 6/27/1948, game 1 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Birmingham Black Barons (D) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Birmingham 1. A.Mesa lf A.Wilson ss 2. R.Drake cf J.Britton 3b 3. R.Neil 2b E.Steele rf 4. S.Hairston c P.Davis 2b 5. T.Strong rf A.Perry 1b 6. G.Tatum 1b N.Robinson cf 7. C.Ferrer ss H.Bell c 8. L.Perez 3b J.Zapp lf 9. W.Cathey p B.Greason p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; A.Mesa out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; R.Neil doubled; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 0. CLOWNS 2ND: T.Strong out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: P.Davis out on unknown play; A.Perry singled; N.Robinson grounded into a double play (R.Neil to C.Ferrer to G.Tatum) [A.Perry out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 0. CLOWNS 3RD: L.Perez out on unknown play; W.Cathey out on unknown play; A.Mesa out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: H.Bell out on unknown play; J.Zapp out on unknown play; B.Greason out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 0. CLOWNS 4TH: R.Drake walked; R.Neil out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Drake to second]; S.Hairston out on unknown play; T.Strong walked; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton singled; E.Steele was hit by a pitch [J.Britton to second]; P.Davis tripled [J.Britton scored, E.Steele scored]; A.Perry out on unknown play; N.Robinson singled [P.Davis scored]; N.Robinson was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 3. CLOWNS 5TH: C.Ferrer out on unknown play; L.Perez singled; W.Cathey grounded into a double play (A.Wilson to P.Davis to A.Perry) [L.Perez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 5TH: H.Bell out on unknown play; J.Zapp out on unknown play; B.Greason walked; A.Wilson tripled [B.Greason scored]; J.Britton out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 4. CLOWNS 6TH: A.Mesa out on unknown play; R.Drake walked; R.Neil out on unknown play; S.Hairston singled [R.Drake to second]; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 6TH: E.Steele walked; P.Davis out on unknown play; A.Perry out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 4. CLOWNS 7TH: G.Tatum out on unknown play; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; L.Perez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 7TH: H.Bell singled; J.Zapp out on unknown play [H.Bell to second]; B.Greason singled [H.Bell scored]; A.Wilson singled [B.Greason to second]; J.Britton grounded into a double play (L.Perez to G.Tatum) [B.Greason out at third]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 5. CLOWNS 8TH: W.Cathey out on unknown play; A.Mesa out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 5. BLACK BARONS 8TH: E.Steele was hit by a pitch; P.Davis singled [E.Steele to second]; A.Perry out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; H.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 5. CLOWNS 9TH: R.Neil out on unknown play; S.Hairston singled; T.Strong out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Black Barons 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 0 4 0 6 Black Barons 5 9 0 5
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