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Louisville-Cleveland Buckeyes (LCB) 7 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 4

Game played on Wednesday, August 24, 1949 (N) at Highland Park, Kokomo IN
Regular-Season game

Louisville-Cleveland Buckeyes       3 0 1  0 1 2  0 0 0   -   7  8  1
Chicago American Giants             0 0 4  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   4  6  2

BATTING

Louisville-Cleveland Buckeyes        AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Johnie Scott lf                       5   0   1    0     0         0   0
Archie Ware 1b                        4   0   0    0     0         2   0
Dave Hoskins cf                       3   2   0    0     1         0   0
Leon Kellman 3b                       4   2   2    1     0         0   0
Willie Grace rf                       4   1   2    2     0         0   1
Pablo Bernard ss                      4   1   2    2     0         1   1
Bill Reynolds 2b                      4   1   1    2     0         1   2
Tommy Harris c                        4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Willie Scruggs p                      4   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               36   7   8    7     1  11    27   4

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Archie Ware, Pablo Bernard, Bill Reynolds. 
E: 1.  Bill Reynolds. 

BATTING -
2B:  Pablo Bernard. 
HR:  Bill Reynolds. 
Team LOB:  3

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Dave Hoskins. 

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jesse Douglas 2b                      4   1   0    0     0         0   0
George Brown 3b                       3   0   1    0     1         0   0
Lloyd Davenport cf                    4   1   1    1     0         0   0
Felix McLaurin lf                     3   1   0    0     1         0   0
Lonnie Summers c                      4   1   1    3     0         0   0
Lyman Bostock 1b                      4   0   0    0     0         0   0
John Wilson rf                        3   0   2    0     1         0   0
Clyde McNeal ss                       4   0   1    0     0         0   0
Taylor Smith p                        2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Eugene Smith ph                     0   0   0    0     1         0   0
  Alvin Gipson p                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               31   4   6    4     4   2    27   0

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Lloyd Davenport, Clyde McNeal. 
PB: 1.  Lonnie Summers. 

BATTING -
HR:  Lonnie Summers. 
GDP:  Clyde McNeal. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
CS:  George Brown. 

PITCHING

Louisville-Cleveland Buckeyes        IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Scruggs W                     9       6   4    0   4   2   1  35
Totals                               9       6   4    0   4   2   1  35


Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Taylor Smith L                       7       8   7    6   1   8   1  31
Alvin Gipson                         2       0   0    0   0   3   0  6
Totals                               9       8   7    6   1  11   1  37



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Umpires: HP -  Hollingsworth, 1B -  Mullins, 2B -  , 3B -  Schroy

Time of Game: 1:54   Attendance: 552

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Wednesday, 8/24/1949 -- Louisville-Clev Buckeyes at
Chicago Am. Giants (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Louisville-Clev               Chicago                       
1. J.Scott             lf        J.Douglas           2b        
2. A.Ware              1b        G.Brown             3b        
3. D.Hoskins           cf        L.Davenport         cf        
4. L.Kellman           3b        F.McLaurin          lf        
5. W.Grace             rf        L.Summers           c         
6. P.Bernard           ss        L.Bostock           1b        
7. B.Reynolds          2b        J.Wilson            rf        
8. T.Harris            c         C.McNeal            ss        
9. W.Scruggs           p         T.Smith             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 forced J.Scott (unknown fielder) [D.Hoskins to first];
L.Kellman singled to pitcher [D.Hoskins to second]; W.Grace
singled [D.Hoskins scored, L.Kellman to second]; P.Bernard
doubled [L.Kellman scored, W.Grace scored]; B.Reynolds out on
unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 3, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 1ST: J.Douglas out on unknown play; G.Brown singled;
L.Davenport out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 3, Am. Giants 0.

BUCKEYES 2ND: T.Harris out on unknown play; W.Scruggs out on
unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Buckeyes 3, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: L.Summers out on unknown play; L.Bostock out on
unknown play; J.Wilson walked; C.McNeal out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 3, Am. Giants 0.

BUCKEYES 3RD: A.Ware out on unknown play; D.Hoskins out on
unknown play; L.Kellman reached on an error by C.McNeal
[L.Kellman to first]; L.Summers allowed a passed ball [L.Kellman
to second]; W.Grace singled [L.Kellman scored (unearned)];
P.Bernard out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Buckeyes 4, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: T.Smith out on unknown play; J.Douglas reached
on an error by B.Reynolds [J.Douglas to first]; G.Brown out on
unknown play [J.Douglas to second]; L.Davenport singled
[J.Douglas scored (unearned)]; F.McLaurin walked [L.Davenport to
second]; L.Summers homered to left-center (unearned)
[L.Davenport scored (unearned), F.McLaurin scored (unearned)];
L.Bostock out on unknown play; 4 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. 
Buckeyes 4, Am. Giants 4.

BUCKEYES 4TH: B.Reynolds out on unknown play; T.Harris out on
unknown play; W.Scruggs out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Buckeyes 4, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: J.Wilson singled; C.McNeal grounded into a
double play (P.Bernard to B.Reynolds to A.Ware) [J.Wilson out at
second]; T.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Buckeyes 4, Am. Giants 4.

BUCKEYES 5TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; A.Ware out on
unknown play; D.Hoskins walked; D.Hoskins stole second;
L.Kellman singled to center field [D.Hoskins scored, L.Kellman
to second (error by L.Davenport)]; W.Grace out on unknown play;
1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 5, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: J.Douglas out on unknown play; G.Brown walked;
G.Brown was caught stealing second (unknown fielder);
L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Buckeyes
5, Am. Giants 4.

BUCKEYES 6TH: P.Bernard singled; B.Reynolds homered to
rightfield [P.Bernard scored]; T.Harris out on unknown play;
W.Scruggs out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Buckeyes 7, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: F.McLaurin out on unknown play; L.Summers out
on unknown play; L.Bostock out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Buckeyes 7, Am. Giants 4.

BUCKEYES 7TH: A.Ware out on unknown play; D.Hoskins out on
unknown play; L.Kellman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Buckeyes 7, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: J.Wilson singled; C.McNeal singled to right
field (W.Grace to P.Bernard) [J.Wilson out at third]; E.SMITH
BATTED FOR T.SMITH; E.Smith walked [C.McNeal to second];
J.Douglas out on unknown play; G.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Buckeyes 7, Am. Giants 4.

BUCKEYES 8TH: A.GIPSON REPLACED E.SMITH (PITCHING); W.Grace out
on unknown play; P.Bernard out on unknown play; B.Reynolds out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Buckeyes 7, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: L.Davenport out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out
on unknown play; L.Summers out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Buckeyes 7, Am. Giants 4.

BUCKEYES 9TH: T.Harris out on unknown play; W.Scruggs out on
unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Buckeyes 7, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: L.Bostock out on unknown play; J.Wilson
grounded out (B.Reynolds to A.Ware); C.McNeal out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Buckeyes 7, Am. Giants 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Buckeyes         7   8   1   3
 Am. Giants       4   6   2   4


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