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Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB) 1 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 0

Game played on Sunday, August 1, 1943 (D) at League Park IV, Cleveland OH
Exhibition game

Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 0  0 0 0  0  -   0  1  1
Cleveland Buckeyes                  0 0 0  0 1 0  x  -   1  3  0

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Emmett Wilson cf                      3   0   0    0     0         1   0
Verdell Mathis 1b                     3   0   0    0     0         7   0
Fred McDaniel 3b                      3   0   0    0     0         1   1
Nat Rogers rf                         3   0   0    0     0         0   1
Red Longley 2b                        2   0   0    0     0         1   3
Pepper Sharpe lf                      2   0   1    0     0         2   0
Casey Jones c                         2   0   0    0     0         4   0
Felix Evans ss                        2   0   0    0     0         2   3
Willie Hutchinson p                   2   0   0    0     0         0   3
Totals                               22   0   1    0     0   6    18  11

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Casey Jones. 
PB: 1.  Casey Jones. 

BATTING -
2B:  Pepper Sharpe. 
Team LOB:  1


Cleveland Buckeyes                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Sam Jethroe 3b                        3   0   2    0     0         0   0
Billy Horne ss                        2   0   0    0     0         0   3
Duke Cleveland lf                     3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Johnny Hundley c                      2   0   0    0     1         6   0
Archie Ware 1b                        2   0   0    0     0        13   0
Marshall Riddle 2b                    2   1   1    0     0         0   4
Willie Grace cf                       2   0   0    0     0         0   0
Adolphus Grimes rf                    2   0   0    0     0         2   0
Eugene Bremer p                       1   0   0    0     1         0   3
Totals                               19   1   3    0     2   2    21  10


BATTING -
2B:  Sam Jethroe. 
SH:  Billy Horne. 
Team LOB:  3


PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Hutchinson L                  6       3   1    0   2   2   0  22
Totals                               6       3   1    0   2   2   0  22

WP:  Willie Hutchinson. 

Cleveland Buckeyes                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Eugene Bremer W                      7       1   0    0   0   6   0  22
Totals                               7       1   0    0   0   6   0  22



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 8/1/1943, game 2 -- Memphis Red Sox at Cleveland
Buckeyes (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Cleveland                     
1. E.Wilson            cf        S.Jethroe           3b        
2. V.Mathis            1b        B.Horne             ss        
3. F.McDaniel          3b        D.Cleveland         lf        
4. N.Rogers            rf        J.Hundley           c         
5. R.Longley           2b        A.Ware              1b        
6. P.Sharpe            lf        M.Riddle            2b        
7. C.Jones             c         W.Grace             cf        
8. F.Evans             ss        A.Grimes            rf        
9. W.Hutchinson        p         E.Bremer            p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; E.Wilson out on unknown play; V.Mathis out on
unknown play; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Buckeyes 0.

BUCKEYES 1ST: S.Jethroe doubled to right field (N.Rogers to
F.McDaniel) [S.Jethroe out at third]; B.Horne out on unknown
play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Red Sox 0, Buckeyes 0.

RED SOX 2ND: N.Rogers out on unknown play; R.Longley out on
unknown play; P.Sharpe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Buckeyes 0.

BUCKEYES 2ND: J.Hundley out on unknown play; A.Ware out on
unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Buckeyes 0.

RED SOX 3RD: C.Jones out on unknown play; F.Evans out on
unknown play; W.Hutchinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Buckeyes 0.

BUCKEYES 3RD: W.Grace out on unknown play; A.Grimes out on
unknown play; E.Bremer walked; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Buckeyes 0.

RED SOX 4TH: E.Wilson out on unknown play; V.Mathis out on
unknown play; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Buckeyes 0.

BUCKEYES 4TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on
unknown play; J.Hundley walked; W.Hutchinson threw a wild pitch
[J.Hundley to second]; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Buckeyes 0.

RED SOX 5TH: N.Rogers out on unknown play; R.Longley out on
unknown play; P.Sharpe doubled; C.Jones out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Buckeyes 0.

BUCKEYES 5TH: M.Riddle singled to left field; C.Jones allowed a
passed ball [M.Riddle to third]; W.Grace out on unknown play;
A.Grimes reached on a fielder's choice [M.Riddle scored
(unearned) (no RBI) (error by C.Jones; assist by F.Evans)];
A.Grimes was picked off first (W.Hutchinson to V.Mathis);
E.Bremer out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Buckeyes 1.

RED SOX 6TH: F.Evans out on unknown play; W.Hutchinson out on
unknown play; E.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Buckeyes 1.

BUCKEYES 6TH: S.Jethroe singled; B.Horne out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [S.Jethroe to second]; D.Cleveland out on
unknown play; J.Hundley out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Buckeyes 1.

RED SOX 7TH: V.Mathis out on unknown play; F.McDaniel out on
unknown play; N.Rogers out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Buckeyes 1.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          0   1   1   1
 Buckeyes         1   3   0   3


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