Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 7 0 Cincinnati Clowns 1 0 0 1 0 0 x - 2 5 0 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Billy Horne ss 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 Marshall Riddle 2b 3 0 1 0 0 3 2 Sam Jethroe 3b 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 Duke Cleveland cf 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 Thad Christopher lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Archie Ware 1b 3 1 1 0 0 5 0 Johnny Johnson rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Raymond Taylor c 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 Alonzo Boone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Theolic Smith p 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 25 1 7 1 1 2 18 8 BATTING - 2B: Raymond Taylor. GDP: Billy Horne. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - CS: Johnny Johnson. Cincinnati Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A John Britton 3b 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 Henry Merchant rf 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 Leroy Morney lf 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 Goose Tatum 1b 3 0 1 1 0 6 0 Sylvester Snead 2b 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 Johnny Ray cf 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 Buster Haywood c 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 Henry Smith ss 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 Fred Wilson p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Roosevelt Davis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 21 2 5 2 1 3 21 6 FIELDING - DP: 1. Goose Tatum, Henry Smith, Fred Wilson. BATTING - 2B: Leroy Morney, Sylvester Snead. Team LOB: 2 BASERUNNING - SB: Goose Tatum. PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alonzo Boone L 1.1 3 1 1 1 0 0 7 Theolic Smith 4.2 2 1 1 0 3 0 15 Totals 6 5 2 2 1 3 0 22 Cincinnati Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Fred Wilson W 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 18 Roosevelt Davis SV 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 Totals 7 7 1 1 1 2 0 26 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Percy Reed, 1B - Harry Ward Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 7/5/1943, game 2 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Cincinnati Clowns (D) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Cincinnati 1. B.Horne ss J.Britton 3b 2. M.Riddle 2b H.Merchant rf 3. S.Jethroe 3b L.Morney lf 4. D.Cleveland cf G.Tatum 1b 5. T.Christopher lf S.Snead 2b 6. A.Ware 1b J.Ray cf 7. J.Johnson rf B.Haywood c 8. R.Taylor c H.Smith ss 9. A.Boone p F.Wilson 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; S.Jethroe singled; D.Cleveland singled to left field (L.Morney to J.Britton) [S.Jethroe out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 1ST: J.Britton singled; H.Merchant out on unknown play [J.Britton to second]; L.Morney out on unknown play; G.Tatum singled [J.Britton scored]; G.Tatum stole second; G.Tatum was picked off second (R.Taylor to B.Horne); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 1. BUCKEYES 2ND: T.Christopher out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Johnson walked; J.Johnson was caught stealing second (B.Haywood to H.Smith); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 2ND: S.Snead out on unknown play; J.Ray singled; B.Haywood walked [J.Ray to second]; T.SMITH REPLACED A.BOONE (PITCHING); H.Smith out on unknown play; B.Haywood was picked off first (T.Smith to A.Ware); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 1. BUCKEYES 3RD: R.Taylor out on unknown play; T.Smith singled; B.Horne grounded into a double play (F.Wilson to H.Smith to G.Tatum) [T.Smith out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 3RD: F.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; H.Merchant out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 1. BUCKEYES 4TH: 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 0, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 4TH: L.Morney doubled; G.Tatum out on unknown play; S.Snead doubled [L.Morney scored]; J.Ray out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 2. BUCKEYES 5TH: T.Christopher out on unknown play; A.Ware singled; J.Johnson out on unknown play; R.Taylor doubled [A.Ware scored]; T.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Clowns 2. CLOWNS 5TH: H.Smith out on unknown play; F.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Clowns 2. BUCKEYES 6TH: R.DAVIS REPLACED F.WILSON (PITCHING); B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle singled; S.Jethroe singled [M.Riddle to second]; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; T.Christopher out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Clowns 2. CLOWNS 6TH: H.Merchant out on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Clowns 2. BUCKEYES 7TH: A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Johnson out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Clowns 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 1 7 0 4 Clowns 2 5 0 2
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