Birmingham Black Barons 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 4 0 Cincinnati Clowns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 4 0 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Leroy Morney 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Alphonse Dunn cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clyde Spearman rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Piper Davis ss 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Hoss Walker 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Alfred Saylor 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Paul Hardy lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Herman Bell c 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Alvin Gipson p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 3 4 2 3 2 27 0 BATTING - HR: Piper Davis. SH: Alphonse Dunn. Team LOB: 3 BASERUNNING - SB: Leroy Morney, Clyde Spearman. Cincinnati Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Smith ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Sylvester Snead 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sam Segraves lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 John Britton rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Buster Haywood c 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 Johnny Ray cf 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Leonard Lindsay 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Clarence Lamar 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Eddie Locke p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 2 4 2 4 1 27 0 BATTING - Team LOB: 5 PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alvin Gipson W 9 4 2 2 4 1 0 34 Totals 9 4 2 2 4 1 0 34 Cincinnati Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Eddie Locke L 9 4 3 3 3 2 1 33 Totals 9 4 3 3 3 2 1 33 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Tuesday, 8/3/1943 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Cincinnati Clowns (N) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Cincinnati 1. L.Morney 2b H.Smith ss 2. A.Dunn cf S.Snead 3b 3. C.Spearman rf S.Segraves lf 4. P.Davis ss J.Britton rf 5. H.Walker 3b B.Haywood c 6. A.Saylor 1b J.Ray cf 7. P.Hardy lf L.Lindsay 1b 8. H.Bell c C.Lamar 2b 9. A.Gipson p E.Locke p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories; L.Morney singled; A.Dunn out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Morney to second]; C.Spearman singled [L.Morney to third]; L.Morney stole home and C.Spearman stole second; P.Davis homered to leftfield [C.Spearman scored]; H.Walker struck out; A.Saylor struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 1ST: H.Smith walked; S.Snead out on unknown play; S.Segraves out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Clowns 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: P.Hardy out on unknown play; H.Bell out on unknown play; A.Gipson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 2ND: B.Haywood out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Clowns 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: L.Morney out on unknown play; A.Dunn out on unknown play; C.Spearman walked; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 3RD: C.Lamar out on unknown play; E.Locke out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Clowns 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: H.Walker walked; A.Saylor out on unknown play; P.Hardy out on unknown play; H.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 4TH: S.Snead out on unknown play; S.Segraves out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Clowns 0. BLACK BARONS 5TH: A.Gipson out on unknown play; L.Morney walked; A.Dunn out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 5TH: B.Haywood out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Clowns 0. BLACK BARONS 6TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; A.Saylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 6TH: C.Lamar walked; E.Locke out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; S.Snead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Clowns 0. BLACK BARONS 7TH: P.Hardy out on unknown play; H.Bell out on unknown play; A.Gipson singled to left-center (unknown fielder) [A.Gipson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 7TH: S.Segraves walked; J.Britton out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; J.Ray walked [S.Segraves to second]; L.Lindsay singled to short leftfield [S.Segraves out at home, J.Ray to second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 3, Clowns 0. BLACK BARONS 8TH: L.Morney out on unknown play; A.Dunn out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 8TH: C.Lamar out on unknown play; E.Locke out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Clowns 0. BLACK BARONS 9TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; A.Saylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 9TH: S.Snead out on unknown play; S.Segraves singled; J.Britton singled [S.Segraves to second]; B.Haywood singled [S.Segraves scored, J.Britton to third]; J.Ray flied to unknown fielder [J.Britton scored]; L.Lindsay struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Clowns 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 3 4 0 3 Clowns 2 4 0 5
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