Cleveland Buckeyes 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 5 2 Cincinnati Clowns 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 3 1 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Billy Horne ss 4 1 1 0 0 4 2 Marshall Riddle 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 5 Sam Jethroe 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 Duke Cleveland cf 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 Thad Christopher lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 Archie Ware 1b 4 0 0 0 0 12 1 Johnny Johnson rf 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 Raymond Taylor c 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 Theolic Smith p 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 Totals 32 3 5 2 2 2 27 11 FIELDING - E: 2. Archie Ware, Johnny Johnson. BATTING - 3B: Thad Christopher. HR: Thad Christopher. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: Billy Horne, Marshall Riddle, Duke Cleveland. CS: Johnny Johnson. Cincinnati Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A John Britton 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 5 Leroy Morney ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Fred Wilson rf 2 1 1 0 2 4 0 Goose Tatum 1b 4 0 0 0 0 11 0 Sylvester Snead lf 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 Johnny Ray cf 4 1 0 0 0 6 0 Pepper Bassett c 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 Henry Smith 2b 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 Luis Pillot p 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 31 2 3 2 2 3 27 9 FIELDING - E: 1. Leroy Morney. BATTING - Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: John Britton. PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Theolic Smith W 9 3 2 0 2 3 0 33 Totals 9 3 2 0 2 3 0 33 Cincinnati Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Luis Pillot L 9 5 3 3 2 2 1 34 Totals 9 5 3 3 2 2 1 34 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Gill, 1B - Hannibal Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 7000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/4/1943, game 1 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Cincinnati Clowns (D) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Cincinnati 1. B.Horne ss J.Britton 3b 2. M.Riddle 2b L.Morney ss 3. S.Jethroe 3b F.Wilson rf 4. D.Cleveland cf G.Tatum 1b 5. T.Christopher lf S.Snead lf 6. A.Ware 1b J.Ray cf 7. J.Johnson rf P.Bassett c 8. R.Taylor c H.Smith 2b 9. T.Smith p L.Pillot p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; B.Horne singled; M.Riddle walked [B.Horne to second]; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; D.Cleveland forced M.Riddle (unknown fielder) [B.Horne to third, D.Cleveland to first]; B.Horne stole home and D.Cleveland stole second; T.Christopher out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 1ST: J.Britton singled; J.Britton stole second; L.Morney out on unknown play; F.Wilson walked; G.Tatum out on unknown play; S.Snead out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Clowns 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Johnson walked; R.Taylor out on unknown play; T.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 2ND: J.Ray reached on an error by A.Ware [J.Ray to first]; P.Bassett singled [J.Ray to third]; H.Smith out on unknown play [J.Ray scored (unearned)]; L.Pillot out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Clowns 1. BUCKEYES 3RD: B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle reached on an error by L.Morney [M.Riddle to first]; M.Riddle stole second; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 3RD: L.Morney out on unknown play; F.Wilson out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Clowns 1. BUCKEYES 4TH: T.Christopher homered; A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Johnson out on unknown play; R.Taylor singled; T.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 4TH: S.Snead out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Clowns 1. BUCKEYES 5TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 5TH: H.Smith out on unknown play; L.Pillot out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Clowns 1. BUCKEYES 6TH: D.Cleveland out on unknown play; T.Christopher tripled; A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Johnson singled [T.Christopher scored]; J.Johnson was caught stealing second (P.Bassett to H.Smith); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 3, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 6TH: L.Morney out on unknown play; F.Wilson walked; G.Tatum out on unknown play; S.Snead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 3, Clowns 1. BUCKEYES 7TH: R.Taylor out on unknown play; T.Smith out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 3, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 7TH: J.Ray out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 3, Clowns 1. BUCKEYES 8TH: M.Riddle out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 3, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 8TH: L.Pillot out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 3, Clowns 1. BUCKEYES 9TH: T.Christopher out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 3, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 9TH: F.Wilson singled to right field [F.Wilson to second (error by J.Johnson)]; G.Tatum out on unknown play [F.Wilson to third]; S.Snead out on unknown play [F.Wilson scored (unearned)]; J.Ray out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 3, Clowns 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 3 5 2 4 Clowns 2 3 1 4
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