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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 6 Louisville-Cleveland Buckeyes (LCB) 1

Game played on Friday, June 24, 1949 (N) at Bugle Field, Baltimore MD
Regular-Season game

Louisville-Cleveland Buckeyes       0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   1  7  3
Baltimore Elite Giants              0 2 0  3 0 0  0 1 x   -   6 12  1

BATTING

Louisville-Cleveland Buckeyes        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Johnie Scott lf                       5   0   3    0     0         3   0
Archie Ware 1b                        4   1   0    0     1         7   0
Dave Hoskins cf                       3   0   2    0     1         3   0
Ted Radcliffe c                       1   0   0    0     0         1   0
  Tommy Harris ph, c                  3   0   0    0     0         3   1
Leon Kellman 3b                       3   0   1    0     1         1   3
Willie Grace rf                       4   0   0    0     0         0   0
T.J. Brown ss                         1   0   1    0     1         1   5
  Pablo Bernard ss                    1   0   0    0     1         0   1
Bill Reynolds 2b                      3   0   0    0     1         5   1
George Jefferson p                    2   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Isaac Weston ph, p                  1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Charles Marvray ph                  1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               32   1   7    0     6   6    24  12

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Leon Kellman, T.J. Brown, Bill Reynolds. 

BATTING -
2B:  Dave Hoskins 2. 
GDP:  Willie Grace. 
Team LOB:  10


Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       5   1   1    0     0         2   0
Tommy Butts ss                        5   0   1    1     0         2   4
Jim Gilliam 2b                        5   0   2    1     0         3   3
Lennie Pearson 1b                     4   0   1    0     1        10   0
Butch Davis lf                        4   1   2    0     1         1   0
Lester Lockett rf                     4   1   1    0     0         1   0
Ed Finney 3b                          4   2   1    0     0         2   0
Frazier Robinson c                    4   1   1    0     0         6   0
Alfred Wilmore p                      3   0   2    3     1         0   4
Totals                               38   6  12    5     3   5    27  11

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Tommy Butts, Jim Gilliam, Lennie Pearson. 
E: 1.  Frazier Robinson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Butch Davis. 
3B:  Butch Davis. 
Team LOB:  11

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Tommy Butts, Ed Finney. 

PITCHING

Louisville-Cleveland Buckeyes        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
George Jefferson L                   5       6   5    3   2   1   0  25
Isaac Weston                         3       6   1    1   1   4   0  16
Totals                               8      12   6    4   3   5   0  41


Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Alfred Wilmore W                     9       7   1    1   6   6   0  38
Totals                               9       7   1    1   6   6   0  38

WP:  Alfred Wilmore. 


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Umpires: HP - Ted Lewis, 1B - Fred McCreary

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance: 1832

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Friday, 6/24/1949 -- Louisville-Clev Buckeyes at
Baltimore Elite Giants (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Louisville-Clev               Baltimore                     
1. J.Scott             lf        H.Kimbro            cf        
2. A.Ware              1b        T.Butts             ss        
3. D.Hoskins           cf        J.Gilliam           2b        
4. T.Radcliffe         c         L.Pearson           1b        
5. L.Kellman           3b        B.Davis             lf        
6. W.Grace             rf        L.Lockett           rf        
7. T.Brown             ss        E.Finney            3b        
8. B.Reynolds          2b        F.Robinson          c         
9. G.Jefferson         p         A.Wilmore           p         

BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; J.Scott singled; A.Ware out on unknown play;
D.Hoskins walked [J.Scott to second]; T.Radcliffe out on unknown
play; L.Kellman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Buckeyes 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; T.Butts out on
unknown play; J.Gilliam singled; L.Pearson out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 0, Elite Giants 0.

BUCKEYES 2ND: W.Grace out on unknown play; T.Brown singled;
B.Reynolds walked [T.Brown to second]; G.Jefferson out on
unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Buckeyes 0, Elite Giants 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: B.Davis tripled; L.Lockett out on unknown
play; E.Finney reached on an error by T.Brown [B.Davis scored
(no RBI), E.Finney to first]; E.Finney stole second; F.Robinson
out on unknown play; A.Wilmore singled [E.Finney scored
(unearned)]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Buckeyes 0, Elite Giants 2.

BUCKEYES 3RD: A.Ware walked; D.Hoskins doubled [A.Ware to
third]; T.HARRIS BATTED FOR T.RADCLIFFE; A.Wilmore threw a wild
pitch [A.Ware scored, D.Hoskins to third]; T.Harris out on
unknown play; L.Kellman walked; W.Grace grounded into a double
play (T.Butts to J.Gilliam to L.Pearson) [L.Kellman out at
second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Elite Giants 2.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: T.HARRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); T.Butts
out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; L.Pearson
walked; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Buckeyes 1, Elite Giants 2.

BUCKEYES 4TH: T.Brown walked; B.Reynolds out on unknown play;
G.Jefferson out on unknown play; J.Scott singled [T.Brown to
second]; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Buckeyes 1, Elite Giants 2.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: P.BERNARD REPLACED T.BROWN (PLAYING SS);
L.Lockett singled; E.Finney singled [L.Lockett to second];
F.Robinson reached on an error by B.Reynolds [L.Lockett to
third, E.Finney to second, F.Robinson to first]; A.Wilmore
singled [L.Lockett scored, E.Finney scored, F.Robinson to
third]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; T.Butts forced A.Wilmore
(unknown fielder) [F.Robinson scored (unearned), T.Butts to
first]; T.Butts stole second; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 3 R
(2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Elite Giants 5.

BUCKEYES 5TH: D.Hoskins doubled; T.Harris out on unknown play;
L.Kellman out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Elite Giants 5.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: L.Pearson out on unknown play; B.Davis
walked; L.Lockett out on unknown play; E.Finney out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Elite Giants 5.

BUCKEYES 6TH: P.Bernard walked; P.Bernard was picked off first
(A.Wilmore to L.Pearson); B.Reynolds out on unknown play;
I.WESTON BATTED FOR G.JEFFERSON; I.Weston out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Elite Giants 5.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: I.WESTON STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING);
F.Robinson singled to third base [F.Robinson to second (error by
L.Kellman)]; A.Wilmore walked; H.Kimbro out on unknown play;
T.Butts out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Elite Giants 5.

BUCKEYES 7TH: J.Scott singled; J.Scott was picked off first,
but was safe on an error by F.Robinson [J.Scott to second];
A.Ware out on unknown play; D.Hoskins out on unknown play;
T.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 1,
Elite Giants 5.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: L.Pearson singled; B.Davis doubled [L.Pearson
to third]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; E.Finney out on
unknown play; F.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Elite Giants 5.

BUCKEYES 8TH: L.Kellman singled; W.Grace out on unknown play;
P.Bernard out on unknown play; B.Reynolds out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Elite Giants 5.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: A.Wilmore out on unknown play; H.Kimbro
singled; T.Butts singled [H.Kimbro to second]; J.Gilliam singled
[H.Kimbro scored, T.Butts to second]; L.Pearson out on unknown
play; B.Davis out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Buckeyes 1, Elite Giants 6.

BUCKEYES 9TH: C.MARVRAY BATTED FOR I.WESTON; C.Marvray 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 1, Elite Giants 6.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Buckeyes         1   7   3  10
 Elite Giants     6  12   1  11


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