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. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. 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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