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Chicago American Giants (CAG) 6 Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB) 5

Game played on Sunday, June 27, 1943 (D) at Comiskey Park I, Chicago IL
Regular-Season game

Cleveland Buckeyes                  0 3 0  0 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0  -   5 10  1
Chicago American Giants             1 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 3  0 0 0  0 1  -   6 17  2

BATTING

Cleveland Buckeyes                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Billy Horne ss                        6   0   1    2     1         3   3
Marshall Riddle 2b                    6   0   2    0     1         3   2
Parnell Woods 3b                      5   0   1    1     1         3   4
Duke Cleveland lf                     6   0   0    0     0   1     1   0
Thad Christopher rf                   0   1   0    0     1         0   0
  Theolic Smith rf                    5   0   1    0     0         3   0
Johnny Hundley c                      5   1   0    0     0         8   3
Archie Ware 1b                        5   1   1    0     0        17   0
Sam Jethroe cf                        6   2   2    1     0         2   0
Willie Jefferson p                    6   0   2    1     0         0   4
Totals                               50   5  10    5     4   5    40  16

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Duke Cleveland. 

BATTING -
2B:  Willie Jefferson. 
3B:  Theolic Smith, Archie Ware. 
SH:  Parnell Woods, Archie Ware. 
HBP:  Johnny Hundley. 
GDP:  Parnell Woods. 
Team LOB:  10

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Theolic Smith. 

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Ralph Wyatt ss                        7   2   2    3     0         3   3
Lloyd Davenport cf                    7   1   3    0     0         3   0
Johnny Smith rf                       5   0   1    0     1   1     1   0
Ed Young 1b                           6   1   3    1     0        15   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      5   0   1    0     0   3     1   1
  Gentry Jessup p                     2   0   2    1     0         0   0
Art Pennington lf                     4   0   1    0     2         7   0
Ted Radcliffe c                       6   0   0    0     0         5   2
Bill Charter 2b, 3b                   6   1   2    0     0         4   1
Charlie Shields p                     3   0   1    0     0         1   7
  John Bissant ph, 2b                 2   1   1    0     0         2   2
Totals                               53   6  17    5     3   8    42  16

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Ralph Wyatt, Ed Young, Charlie Shields. 
E: 2.  Alex Radcliff 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Lloyd Davenport, Bill Charter. 
3B:  Lloyd Davenport, Ed Young. 
HR:  Ralph Wyatt. 
SH:  Johnny Smith, Ed Young, John Bissant. 
Team LOB:  13

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Art Pennington. 

PITCHING

Cleveland Buckeyes                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Jefferson L                   13.1   17   6    6   3   8   1  59
Totals                               13.1   17   6    6   3   8   1  59


Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Charlie Shields                      9       8   5    2   3   3   0  39
Gentry Jessup W                      5       2   0    0   1   2   0  18
Totals                               14     10   5    2   4   5   0  57

HBP:  Gentry Jessup. 


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Umpires: HP - Virgil Blueitt, 1B - W. Goodman, 2B -  , 3B - T.J. Young

Time of Game: 4:01   Attendance: 7000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 6/27/1943 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Chicago Am.
Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Cleveland                     Chicago                       
1. B.Horne             ss        R.Wyatt             ss        
2. M.Riddle            2b        L.Davenport         cf        
3. P.Woods             3b        J.Smith             rf        
4. D.Cleveland         lf        E.Young             1b        
5. T.Christopher       rf        A.Radcliff          3b        
6. J.Hundley           c         A.Pennington        lf        
7. A.Ware              1b        T.Radcliffe         c         
8. S.Jethroe           cf        B.Charter           2b        
9. W.Jefferson         p         C.Shields           p         

BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown
play; P.Woods singled; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 1ST: R.Wyatt singled to right field; L.Davenport
singled to left field [R.Wyatt scored (no RBI) (error by
D.Cleveland), L.Davenport to second]; J.Smith out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Davenport to third]; E.Young grounded
out (P.Woods to A.Ware); A.Radcliff singled; A.Pennington forced
A.Radcliff (unknown fielder) [A.Pennington to first]; 1 R, 3 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 1.

BUCKEYES 2ND: T.Christopher walked; J.Hundley reached on a
fielder's choice [T.Christopher to second (error by
A.Radcliff)]; A.Ware out on a sacrifice bunt (A.Radcliff to
E.Young) [T.Christopher to third, J.Hundley to second];
S.Jethroe reached on an error by A.Radcliff [S.Jethroe to
first]; W.Jefferson flied to L.Davenport; B.Horne singled to
left field [T.Christopher scored (unearned), J.Hundley scored
(unearned), S.Jethroe to second]; M.Riddle walked [S.Jethroe to
third, B.Horne to second]; P.Woods walked [S.Jethroe scored
(unearned), B.Horne to third, M.Riddle to second]; D.Cleveland
struck out; 3 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Buckeyes 3, Am. Giants
1.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: T.SMITH REPLACED T.CHRISTOPHER (PLAYING RF);
T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; B.Charter out on unknown play;
C.Shields singled; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Buckeyes 3, Am. Giants 1.

BUCKEYES 3RD: T.Smith out on unknown play; J.Hundley out on
unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Buckeyes 3, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: L.Davenport out on unknown play; J.Smith out on
unknown play; E.Young singled; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 3, Am. Giants 1.

BUCKEYES 4TH: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; W.Jefferson out on
unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Buckeyes 3, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: A.Pennington walked; T.Radcliffe out on unknown
play; B.Charter out on unknown play; C.Shields out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 3, Am. Giants 1.

BUCKEYES 5TH: M.Riddle singled; P.Woods out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [M.Riddle to second]; D.Cleveland out on
unknown play; T.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Buckeyes 3, Am. Giants 1.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; L.Davenport
tripled to right field; J.Smith grounded out (W.Jefferson to
A.Ware); E.Young singled [L.Davenport scored]; A.Radcliff struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 3, Am. Giants 2.

BUCKEYES 6TH: J.Hundley out on unknown play; A.Ware tripled;
S.Jethroe singled [A.Ware scored]; W.Jefferson doubled to left
field [S.Jethroe scored]; B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle
out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 5, Am.
Giants 2.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: A.Pennington walked; T.Radcliffe out on unknown
play; B.Charter out on unknown play; C.Shields out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 5, Am. Giants 2.

BUCKEYES 7TH: P.Woods out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on
unknown play; T.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Buckeyes 5, Am. Giants 2.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on
unknown play; J.Smith walked; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 5, Am. Giants 2.

BUCKEYES 8TH: J.Hundley out on unknown play; A.Ware out on
unknown play; S.Jethroe singled; W.Jefferson out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 5, Am. Giants 2.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: A.Radcliff struck out; A.Pennington singled;
A.Pennington was caught stealing second (J.Hundley to B.Horne);
T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Buckeyes
5, Am. Giants 2.

BUCKEYES 9TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle singled;
P.Woods grounded into a double play (C.Shields to R.Wyatt to
E.Young) [M.Riddle out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Buckeyes 5, Am. Giants 2.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: B.Charter doubled to left field; J.BISSANT
BATTED FOR C.SHIELDS; J.Bissant singled to center field
[B.Charter to third]; R.Wyatt homered to centerfield [B.Charter
scored, J.Bissant scored]; L.Davenport doubled to left field;
J.Smith struck out; E.Young lined to T.Smith; A.Radcliff was
called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 5, Am.
Giants 5.

BUCKEYES 10TH: A. Radcliffe ejected by Blueitt for arguing
called third strike; Radcliffe threw a punch at Blueitt during
argument.; G.JESSUP REPLACED A.RADCLIFF (PITCHING); B.CHARTER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); J.BISSANT STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING 2B); D.Cleveland out on unknown play; T.Smith out on
unknown play; J.Hundley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Buckeyes 5, Am. Giants 5.

AM. GIANTS 10TH: A.Pennington out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe
out on unknown play; B.Charter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Buckeyes 5, Am. Giants 5.

BUCKEYES 11TH: A.Ware out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on
unknown play; W.Jefferson singled; B.Horne walked [W.Jefferson
to second]; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Buckeyes 5, Am. Giants 5.

AM. GIANTS 11TH: J.Bissant out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on
unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Buckeyes 5, Am. Giants 5.

BUCKEYES 12TH: P.Woods out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on
unknown play; T.Smith tripled to right field; J.Hundley was hit
by a pitch; T.Smith was caught stealing home (T.Radcliffe to
J.Bissant to T.Radcliffe); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 5,
Am. Giants 5.

AM. GIANTS 12TH: J.Smith singled; E.Young out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Smith to second]; G.Jessup singled
[J.Smith to third]; A.Pennington out on unknown play;
T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Buckeyes
5, Am. Giants 5.

BUCKEYES 13TH: A.Ware out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on
unknown play; W.Jefferson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Buckeyes 5, Am. Giants 5.

AM. GIANTS 13TH: B.Charter singled; J.Bissant out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Charter to second]; R.Wyatt
out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 5, Am. Giants 5.

BUCKEYES 14TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on
unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Buckeyes 5, Am. Giants 5.

AM. GIANTS 14TH: J.Smith grounded out (B.Horne to A.Ware);
E.Young tripled to center field; G.Jessup singled to center
field [E.Young scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 5, Am.
Giants 6.

BUCKEYES 15TH: Game two of scheduled DH called due to wet

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Buckeyes         5  10   1  10
 Am. Giants       6  17   2  13


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