Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 3 8 1 Cleveland Buckeyes 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 3 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Felix McLaurin cf 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 4 1 1 0 0 5 2 Clyde Spearman rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 Lester Lockett lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 Piper Davis ss 4 0 1 0 0 4 1 Leonard Lindsay 1b 2 0 0 0 2 6 1 Hoss Walker 3b 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 Paul Hardy c 3 0 1 0 0 5 1 Gready McKinnis p 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 Totals 33 3 8 2 3 7 27 7 FIELDING - DP: 2. Tommy Sampson 2, Leonard Lindsay, Hoss Walker, Gready McKinnis. E: 1. Felix McLaurin. BATTING - 2B: Felix McLaurin, Piper Davis, Hoss Walker. SH: Tommy Sampson, Paul Hardy. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - CS: Felix McLaurin. Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sam Jethroe 2b 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 Duke Cleveland lf 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 Parnell Woods 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 Johnny Hundley rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Archie Ware 1b 4 1 2 0 0 10 1 Billy Horne ss 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 Henry Turner c 4 0 0 0 0 7 2 Willie Grace cf 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 Theolic Smith p 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 Totals 29 1 6 1 4 5 27 17 FIELDING - E: 3. Sam Jethroe, Parnell Woods, Billy Horne. BATTING - SH: Billy Horne. GDP: Parnell Woods. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - CS: Parnell Woods. PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gready McKinnis W 9 6 1 1 4 5 0 34 Totals 9 6 1 1 4 5 0 34 Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Theolic Smith L 9 8 3 0 3 7 0 38 Totals 9 8 3 0 3 7 0 38 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 10000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/29/1943, game 1 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Cleveland Buckeyes (D) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Cleveland 1. F.McLaurin cf S.Jethroe 2b 2. T.Sampson 2b D.Cleveland lf 3. C.Spearman rf P.Woods 3b 4. L.Lockett lf J.Hundley rf 5. P.Davis ss A.Ware 1b 6. L.Lindsay 1b B.Horne ss 7. H.Walker 3b H.Turner c 8. P.Hardy c W.Grace cf 9. G.McKinnis p T.Smith p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; F.McLaurin singled; F.McLaurin was caught stealing second (H.Turner to S.Jethroe); T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 1ST: S.Jethroe singled; D.Cleveland walked [S.Jethroe to second]; P.Woods lined into a double play (G.McKinnis to T.Sampson) [S.Jethroe out at second]; J.Hundley out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: A.Ware singled; B.Horne out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [A.Ware to second]; H.Turner out on unknown play; W.Grace singled [A.Ware scored]; T.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 1. BLACK BARONS 3RD: H.Walker doubled; P.Hardy out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Walker to third]; G.McKinnis out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 3RD: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; P.Woods singled; P.Woods was caught stealing second (P.Hardy to P.Davis); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 1. BLACK BARONS 4TH: T.Sampson singled; C.Spearman singled [T.Sampson to second]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 4TH: J.Hundley out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; B.Horne walked; H.Turner out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 1. BLACK BARONS 5TH: H.Walker out on unknown play; P.Hardy singled; G.McKinnis forced P.Hardy (unknown fielder) [G.McKinnis to second (error by S.Jethroe)]; F.McLaurin doubled [G.McKinnis scored (unearned)]; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 5TH: W.Grace out on unknown play; T.Smith out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 1. BLACK BARONS 6TH: C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis doubled; L.Lindsay walked; H.Walker walked [P.Davis to third, L.Lindsay to second]; P.Hardy out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 6TH: D.Cleveland walked; P.Woods grounded into a double play (H.Walker to T.Sampson to L.Lindsay) [D.Cleveland out at second]; J.Hundley walked; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 1. BLACK BARONS 7TH: G.McKinnis out on unknown play; F.McLaurin singled to shortstop [F.McLaurin to second (error by B.Horne)]; T.Sampson reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by P.Woods [F.McLaurin scored (unearned) (no RBI), T.Sampson to third]; C.Spearman out on unknown play [T.Sampson scored (unearned)]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 7TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; H.Turner out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Buckeyes 1. BLACK BARONS 8TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; L.Lindsay walked; H.Walker out on unknown play; P.Hardy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 8TH: T.Smith out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; D.Cleveland singled to center field [D.Cleveland to second (error by F.McLaurin)]; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Buckeyes 1. BLACK BARONS 9TH: G.McKinnis out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 9TH: J.Hundley out on unknown play; A.Ware singled; B.Horne out on unknown play; H.Turner out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Buckeyes 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 3 8 1 8 Buckeyes 1 6 3 6
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