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Cincinnati Clowns (CI2) 3 Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 2

Game played on Tuesday, May 18, 1943 (N) at Municipal Stadium, Springfield OH
Regular-Season game

Birmingham Black Barons             0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 1  0  -   2  8  3
Cincinnati Clowns                   0 0 0  0 0 1  1 0 0  1  -   3 11  1

BATTING

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Felix McLaurin cf                     4   1   2    0     1         2   0
Clyde Spearman rf                     4   0   0    0     0         1   1
Leroy Morney lf                       2   1   0    0     2         2   0
Lester Lockett 3b                     5   0   3    0     0         2   2
Tommy Sampson 2b                      3   0   1    0     2         3   2
Piper Davis 1b                        4   0   0    1     1         8   1
Hoss Walker ss                        4   0   1    0     0         4   2
Paul Hardy c                          4   0   1    0     1         6   0
Alvin Gipson p                        4   0   0    0     0         1   2
Totals                               34   2   8    1     7   3    29  10

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Piper Davis, Hoss Walker. 
E: 3.  Tommy Sampson 2, Piper Davis. 

BATTING -
SH:  Clyde Spearman, Alvin Gipson. 
HBP:  Leroy Morney, Hoss Walker. 
GDP:  Paul Hardy. 
Team LOB:  13

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Tommy Sampson. 
CS:  Felix McLaurin, Paul Hardy. 

Cincinnati Clowns                    AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Johnny Ray cf                         5   0   1    0     0         3   0
Sylvester Snead ss                    5   1   1    0     0         2   1
Fred Wilson rf                        1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Goose Tatum ph, rf                  4   1   1    0     0         0   0
Thad Christopher lf                   3   0   1    0     2         1   0
Leonard Lindsay 1b                    5   0   2    1     0        11   2
John Britton 3b                       5   1   1    0     0         3   3
Charlie Harris 2b                     5   0   2    1     0         5   2
Buster Haywood c                      4   0   2    1     0         5   3
George Daniels p                      4   0   0    0     0         0   2
Totals                               41   3  11    3     2   6    30  13

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sylvester Snead, Leonard Lindsay. 
E: 1.  Leonard Lindsay. 

BATTING -
2B:  Goose Tatum, Leonard Lindsay. 
GDP:  George Daniels. 
Team LOB:  11

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Sylvester Snead. 

PITCHING

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Alvin Gipson L                       9.2    11   3    3   2   6   0  43
Totals                               9.2    11   3    3   2   6   0  43


Cincinnati Clowns                    IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
George Daniels W                     10      8   2    1   7   3   0  45
Totals                               10      8   2    1   7   3   0  45

HBP:  George Daniels 2. 


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Umpires: HP - Gene Stradling, 1B -  Evilsizor

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 5/18/1943 -- Birmingham Black Barons at
Cincinnati Clowns (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Birmingham                    Cincinnati                    
1. F.McLaurin          cf        J.Ray               cf        
2. C.Spearman          rf        S.Snead             ss        
3. L.Morney            lf        F.Wilson            rf        
4. L.Lockett           3b        T.Christopher       lf        
5. T.Sampson           2b        L.Lindsay           1b        
6. P.Davis             1b        J.Britton           3b        
7. H.Walker            ss        C.Harris            2b        
8. P.Hardy             c         B.Haywood           c         
9. A.Gipson            p         G.Daniels           p         

BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; F.McLaurin singled; C.Spearman out on
unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; L.Lockett singled
[F.McLaurin to second]; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 1ST: J.Ray singled; S.Snead out on unknown play;
F.Wilson out on unknown play; T.Christopher singled [J.Ray to
second]; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Black Barons 0, Clowns 0.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: P.Davis walked; H.Walker out on unknown play;
P.Hardy singled [P.Davis to second]; A.Gipson out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [P.Davis to third, P.Hardy to second];
F.McLaurin out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black
Barons 0, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 2ND: J.Britton out on unknown play; C.Harris singled;
B.Haywood singled [C.Harris to second]; G.Daniels grounded into
a double play (P.Davis to H.Walker) [B.Haywood out at second]; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Clowns 0.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Morney was
hit by a pitch; L.Lockett singled [L.Morney to second];
T.Sampson singled [L.Morney to third, L.Lockett to second];
P.Davis out on unknown play [L.Morney scored]; H.Walker out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 1, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 3RD: J.Ray reached on an error by T.Sampson [J.Ray to
first]; S.Snead out on unknown play; G.TATUM BATTED FOR
F.WILSON; G.Tatum out on unknown play; T.Christopher walked
[J.Ray to second]; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Black Barons 1, Clowns 0.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: G.TATUM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); P.Hardy
out on unknown play; A.Gipson out on unknown play; F.McLaurin
walked; F.McLaurin was caught stealing second (B.Haywood to
C.Harris); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 1, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 4TH: J.Britton reached on an error by P.Davis [J.Britton
to first]; C.Harris out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on
unknown play; G.Daniels out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Black Barons 1, Clowns 0.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Morney out
on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 1, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 5TH: J.Ray out on unknown play; S.Snead reached on an
error by T.Sampson [S.Snead to first]; G.Tatum out on unknown
play; T.Christopher out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Black Barons 1, Clowns 0.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: T.Sampson walked; T.Sampson stole second;
P.Davis out on unknown play; H.Walker was hit by a pitch;
P.Hardy out on unknown play; A.Gipson out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 1, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 6TH: L.Lindsay out on unknown play; J.Britton singled;
C.Harris singled [J.Britton to second]; B.Haywood singled
[J.Britton scored, C.Harris to second]; G.Daniels out on unknown
play; J.Ray out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black
Barons 1, Clowns 1.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: F.McLaurin out on unknown play; C.Spearman
out on unknown play; L.Morney walked; L.Lockett singled
[L.Morney to second]; T.Sampson walked [L.Morney to third,
L.Lockett to second]; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Black Barons 1, Clowns 1.

CLOWNS 7TH: S.Snead singled; S.Snead stole second; G.Tatum out
on unknown play; T.Christopher out on unknown play; L.Lindsay
doubled to right field (C.Spearman to L.Lockett) [S.Snead
scored, L.Lindsay out at third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Barons 1, Clowns 2.

BLACK BARONS 8TH: H.Walker singled; P.Hardy grounded into a
double play (L.Lindsay to S.Snead to L.Lindsay) [H.Walker out at
second]; A.Gipson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Barons 1, Clowns 2.

CLOWNS 8TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; C.Harris out on
unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 1, Clowns 2.

BLACK BARONS 9TH: F.McLaurin singled; C.Spearman out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [F.McLaurin to second];
L.Morney walked; L.Lockett out on unknown play; T.Sampson
reached on an error by L.Lindsay [F.McLaurin scored (unearned)
(no RBI), L.Morney to second, T.Sampson to first]; P.Davis out
on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 2,
Clowns 2.

CLOWNS 9TH: G.Daniels out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown
play; S.Snead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Barons 2, Clowns 2.

BLACK BARONS 10TH: H.Walker out on unknown play; P.Hardy
walked; P.Hardy was caught stealing second (B.Haywood to
C.Harris); A.Gipson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Barons 2, Clowns 2.

CLOWNS 10TH: G.Tatum doubled; T.Christopher walked; L.Lindsay
singled [G.Tatum to third, T.Christopher to second]; J.Britton
out on unknown play; C.Harris flied to F.McLaurin [G.Tatum
scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 2, Clowns 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Barons     2   8   3  13
 Clowns           3  11   1  11


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