Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 Birmingham Black Barons 0 2 1 0 x - 3 4 0 BATTING Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A John Lyles 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 Billy Horne lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Archie Ware 1b 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 Duke Cleveland cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thad Christopher rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Johnnie Cowan 2b 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 Tice James ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 Raymond Taylor c 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 Lefty Boone p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 17 0 4 0 1 1 12 4 FIELDING - E: 1. Lefty Boone. BATTING - HBP: Duke Cleveland. GDP: Billy Horne, Johnnie Cowan. Team LOB: 4 Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Felix McLaurin lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Ed Steele rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Piper Davis 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 Johnny Smith cf 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 Lyman Bostock 1b 2 1 2 1 0 4 0 Hoss Walker ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leroy Morney ph, ss 2 1 0 0 0 4 5 Clarence Lamar 3b 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Harry Barnes c 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 Diamond Pipkins p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 18 3 4 3 0 5 15 7 FIELDING - DP: 2. Piper Davis, Lyman Bostock 2, Leroy Morney 2. BATTING - 2B: Lyman Bostock. Team LOB: 3 PITCHING Cincinnati-Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Lefty Boone L 4 4 3 1 0 5 0 18 Totals 4 4 3 1 0 5 0 18 Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Diamond Pipkins W 5 4 0 0 1 1 0 19 Totals 5 4 0 0 1 1 0 19 HBP: Diamond Pipkins. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Poindexter Williams, 1B - Moore Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/16/1942, game 2 -- Cin-Cle Buckeyes at Birmingham Black Barons (D) Starting Lineups: Cin-Cle Birmingham 1. J.Lyles 3b F.McLaurin lf 2. B.Horne lf E.Steele rf 3. A.Ware 1b P.Davis 2b 4. D.Cleveland cf J.Smith cf 5. T.Christopher rf L.Bostock 1b 6. J.Cowan 2b H.Walker ss 7. T.James ss C.Lamar 3b 8. R.Taylor c H.Barnes c 9. L.Boone p D.Pipkins p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Lyles out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; A.Ware walked; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: F.McLaurin singled; E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; J.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Black Barons 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: T.Christopher out on unknown play; J.Cowan singled; T.James out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: L.Bostock singled; L.MORNEY BATTED FOR H.WALKER; L.Morney reached on an error by L.Boone [L.Bostock to third, L.Morney to second]; C.Lamar reached on a fielder's choice [L.Bostock scored (unearned), L.Morney to third]; H.Barnes out on unknown play [L.Morney scored (unearned)]; D.Pipkins out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Black Barons 2. BUCKEYES 3RD: L.MORNEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); L.Boone out on unknown play; J.Lyles singled; B.Horne grounded into a double play (L.Morney to L.Bostock) [J.Lyles out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Black Barons 2. BLACK BARONS 3RD: E.Steele singled; P.Davis out on unknown play; J.Smith forced E.Steele (unknown fielder) [J.Smith to first]; L.Bostock doubled [J.Smith scored]; L.Morney out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Black Barons 3. BUCKEYES 4TH: A.Ware out on unknown play; D.Cleveland was hit by a pitch; T.Christopher singled [D.Cleveland to second]; J.Cowan grounded into a double play (L.Morney to P.Davis to L.Bostock) [T.Christopher out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 4TH: C.Lamar out on unknown play; H.Barnes out on unknown play; D.Pipkins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Black Barons 3. BUCKEYES 5TH: T.James singled; R.Taylor out on unknown play; L.Boone out on unknown play; J.Lyles out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Black Barons 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 0 4 1 4 Black Barons 3 4 0 3
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