Louisville-Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 6 6 Birmingham Black Barons 4 0 0 6 0 3 1 0 x - 14 13 2 BATTING Louisville-Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Johnie Scott cf 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 Archie Ware 1b 3 0 0 1 2 9 0 Parnell Woods 3b 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 Leon Kellman 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 4 Ted Radcliffe c 4 0 0 0 0 6 2 Willie Grace rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Charles Marvray lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Pablo Bernard ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 Sam Jones p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Alberto Osorio p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Tommy Harris ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 2 6 2 3 4 24 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Archie Ware, Ted Radcliffe, Alberto Osorio. E: 6. Parnell Woods 2, Ted Radcliffe, Pablo Bernard, Alberto Osorio 2. BATTING - 3B: Johnie Scott. HR: Parnell Woods. HBP: Parnell Woods. Team LOB: 10 Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Ed Steele rf 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 John Britton 3b 5 2 1 0 0 1 3 Luther Branham 2b 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Joe Scott 1b 3 3 3 3 2 7 1 Piper Davis 2b, ss 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 Norman Robinson lf 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 Willie Mays cf 4 0 1 4 1 5 0 Alonzo Perry p 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 Herman Bell c 4 1 0 0 1 4 0 Jose Burgos ss, 3b 4 2 0 0 0 6 3 Totals 37 14 13 13 6 6 27 9 FIELDING - E: 2. John Britton, Jose Burgos. BATTING - 2B: Piper Davis, Willie Mays. HR: Norman Robinson, Alonzo Perry. SH: Ed Steele, Jose Burgos. GDP: Herman Bell. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: John Britton, Norman Robinson, Willie Mays. CS: Joe Scott. PITCHING Louisville-Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Sam Jones L 3 7 6 5 2 3 1 17 Alberto Osorio 5 6 8 2 4 3 1 28 Totals 8 13 14 7 6 6 2 45 Sam Jones pitched to 2 batters in the 4th inning Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alonzo Perry W 9 6 2 2 3 4 1 39 Totals 9 6 2 2 3 4 1 39 HBP: Alonzo Perry. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Charles Moore, 1B - H.L. Moseley, 2B - , 3B - Austin Time of Game: 2:02 Attendance: 5505 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/22/1949, game 1 -- Louisville-Clev Buckeyes at Birmingham Black Barons (D) Starting Lineups: Louisville-Clev Birmingham 1. J.Scott cf E.Steele rf 2. A.Ware 1b J.Britton 3b 3. P.Woods 3b J.Scott 1b 4. L.Kellman 2b P.Davis 2b 5. T.Radcliffe c N.Robinson lf 6. W.Grace rf W.Mays cf 7. C.Marvray lf A.Perry p 8. P.Bernard ss H.Bell c 9. S.Jones p J.Burgos ss BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Scott out on unknown play; A.Ware walked; P.Woods singled [A.Ware to second]; L.Kellman out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: E.Steele singled; J.Britton singled [E.Steele to second]; J.Scott singled [E.Steele scored, J.Britton to second]; P.Davis walked [J.Britton to third, J.Scott to second]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; W.Mays doubled [J.Britton scored, J.Scott scored, P.Davis scored]; W.Mays stole third; A.Perry out on unknown play; H.Bell out on unknown play; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Black Barons 4. BUCKEYES 2ND: W.Grace out on unknown play; C.Marvray out on unknown play; P.Bernard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 2ND: J.Burgos out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Black Barons 4. BUCKEYES 3RD: S.Jones out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 3RD: J.Scott singled; J.Scott was caught stealing second (T.Radcliffe to P.Bernard); P.Davis singled; N.Robinson forced P.Davis (unknown fielder) [N.Robinson to first]; N.Robinson stole second; W.Mays out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Black Barons 4. BUCKEYES 4TH: P.Woods homered; L.Kellman singled; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; W.Grace singled [L.Kellman to second]; C.Marvray out on unknown play; P.Bernard out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 4TH: A.Perry homered; H.Bell walked; A.OSORIO REPLACED S.JONES (PITCHING); J.Burgos reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by A.Osorio [H.Bell to second, J.Burgos to first]; E.Steele out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Bell to third, J.Burgos to second]; J.Britton out on unknown play; J.Scott singled [H.Bell scored (unearned), J.Burgos scored (unearned)]; P.Davis walked [J.Scott to second]; N.Robinson homered (unearned) [J.Scott scored (unearned), P.Davis scored (unearned)]; W.Mays out on unknown play; 6 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Black Barons 10. BUCKEYES 5TH: A.Osorio out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; A.Ware walked; P.Woods was hit by a pitch [A.Ware to second]; L.Kellman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Black Barons 10. BLACK BARONS 5TH: A.Perry out on unknown play; H.Bell out on unknown play; J.Burgos out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Black Barons 10. BUCKEYES 6TH: T.Radcliffe reached on an error by J.Britton [T.Radcliffe to first]; W.Grace out on unknown play; C.Marvray out on unknown play; P.Bernard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Black Barons 10. BLACK BARONS 6TH: E.Steele singled; E.Steele was picked off first, but was safe on an error by A.Osorio [E.Steele to second]; J.Britton reached on an error by P.Bernard [E.Steele scored (no RBI), J.Britton to first]; J.Britton stole second [J.Britton to third (error by T.Radcliffe)]; J.Scott walked; P.Davis singled [J.Britton scored (unearned), J.Scott to second]; N.Robinson singled [J.Scott to third, P.Davis to second]; W.Mays walked [J.Scott scored, P.Davis to third, N.Robinson to second]; A.Perry out on unknown play; H.Bell grounded into a double play (A.Osorio to T.Radcliffe to A.Ware) [P.Davis out at home]; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 3 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Black Barons 13. BUCKEYES 7TH: A.Osorio out on unknown play; J.Scott tripled; A.Ware out on unknown play [J.Scott scored]; P.Woods walked; L.Kellman singled [P.Woods to second]; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 13. BLACK BARONS 7TH: J.Burgos reached on an error by P.Woods [J.Burgos to first]; E.Steele out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; J.Scott walked [J.Burgos to second]; P.Davis doubled [J.Burgos scored (unearned), J.Scott to third]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 14. BUCKEYES 8TH: L.BRANHAM REPLACED J.BRITTON (PLAYING 2B); P.DAVIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); J.BURGOS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); W.Grace out on unknown play; C.Marvray out on unknown play; P.Bernard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 14. BLACK BARONS 8TH: W.Mays reached on an error by P.Woods [W.Mays to first]; A.Perry out on unknown play; H.Bell out on unknown play; J.Burgos out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 14. BUCKEYES 9TH: T.HARRIS BATTED FOR A.OSORIO; T.Harris reached on an error by J.Burgos [T.Harris to first]; J.Scott out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Black Barons 14. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 2 6 6 10 Black Barons 14 13 2 7
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