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Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB) 5 Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 4

Game played on Sunday, August 29, 1943 (D) at League Park IV, Cleveland OH
Regular-Season game

Birmingham Black Barons             0 0 0  1 1 1  1  -   4 10  2
Cleveland Buckeyes                  0 0 3  0 0 0  2  -   5  5  0

BATTING

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Felix McLaurin cf                     4   0   0    0     0         6   0
Tommy Sampson 2b                      3   1   2    1     1         1   3
Clyde Spearman rf                     4   0   1    0     0         1   0
Lester Lockett lf, 3b                 3   1   1    1     0         1   0
Piper Davis ss                        3   1   3    0     0         0   2
Leonard Lindsay 1b                    3   0   1    2     0         8   0
Hoss Walker 3b                        2   0   0    0     0         1   1
  Leroy Morney ph, lf                 1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Herman Bell c                         2   1   1    0     1         1   0
  Paul Hardy c                        0   0   0    0     0         1   0
Alvin Gipson p                        3   0   1    0     0         0   1
Totals                               28   4  10    4     2   4    20   7

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Lester Lockett, Leroy Morney. 

BATTING -
2B:  Piper Davis 3. 
GDP:  Hoss Walker. 
Team LOB:  5


Cleveland Buckeyes                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Sam Jethroe 2b                        4   1   1    3     0         1   4
Duke Cleveland lf                     3   0   0    1     0         0   0
Parnell Woods 3b                      3   0   0    0     0         0   1
Johnny Hundley rf, c                  3   0   0    0     0         2   0
Archie Ware 1b                        3   0   0    0     0         7   0
Billy Horne ss                        3   1   1    0     0         3   3
Henry Turner c                        0   0   0    0     1         3   1
  Theolic Smith pr, cf                2   2   1    0     0         4   0
Willie Grace cf, rf                   3   0   1    0     0         1   0
Eugene Bremer p                       2   1   1    1     0         0   1
Totals                               26   5   5    5     1   1    21  10

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Sam Jethroe, Archie Ware, Billy Horne. 

BATTING -
3B:  Sam Jethroe. 
SH:  Eugene Bremer. 
Team LOB:  3


PITCHING

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Alvin Gipson L                       6.2     5   5    5   1   1   0  28
Totals                               6.2     5   5    5   1   1   0  28


Cleveland Buckeyes                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Eugene Bremer W                      7      10   4    4   2   4   0  30
Totals                               7      10   4    4   2   4   0  30



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 10000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 8/29/1943, game 2 -- 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. H.Bell              c         W.Grace             cf        
9. A.Gipson            p         E.Bremer            p         

BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson
out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 0.

BUCKEYES 1ST: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on
unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 0.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis
doubled; P.Davis was picked off second (H.Turner to B.Horne);
L.Lindsay out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Barons 0, Buckeyes 0.

BUCKEYES 2ND: J.Hundley out on unknown play; A.Ware out on
unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Black Barons 0, Buckeyes 0.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: H.Walker 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 0, Buckeyes 0.

BUCKEYES 3RD: H.Turner walked; T.SMITH RAN FOR H.TURNER;
W.Grace out on unknown play; E.Bremer singled [T.Smith to
second]; S.Jethroe tripled [T.Smith scored, E.Bremer scored];
D.Cleveland out on unknown play [S.Jethroe scored]; P.Woods out
on unknown play; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Buckeyes
3.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: J.HUNDLEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C);
T.SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); W.GRACE CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson singled;
C.Spearman singled [T.Sampson to third]; L.Lockett out on
unknown play [T.Sampson scored]; C.Spearman was picked off first
(E.Bremer to A.Ware); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 1,
Buckeyes 3.

BUCKEYES 4TH: J.Hundley reached on an error by L.Lockett
[J.Hundley to first]; A.Ware out on unknown play; B.Horne out on
unknown play; T.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 3.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: P.Davis doubled; L.Lindsay singled [P.Davis
scored]; H.Walker grounded into a double play (B.Horne to
S.Jethroe to A.Ware) [L.Lindsay out at second]; H.Bell walked;
A.Gipson singled [H.Bell to second]; F.McLaurin out on unknown
play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 2, Buckeyes 3.

BUCKEYES 5TH: W.Grace out on unknown play; E.Bremer out on
unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 2, Buckeyes 3.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: T.Sampson walked; C.Spearman out on unknown
play [T.Sampson to second]; L.Lockett was credited with a single
when a runner was hit by the batted ball (B.Horne unassisted)
[T.Sampson out at third]; P.Davis doubled [L.Lockett to third];
L.Lindsay reached on a fielder's choice [L.Lockett scored,
P.Davis to third]; L.MORNEY BATTED FOR H.WALKER; L.Morney out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 3, Buckeyes 3.

BUCKEYES 6TH: L.MORNEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); L.LOCKETT
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); D.Cleveland reached on an error
by L.Morney [D.Cleveland to first]; P.Woods out on unknown play;
J.Hundley out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 3, Buckeyes 3.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: H.Bell singled; A.Gipson out on unknown play;
F.McLaurin out on unknown play [H.Bell to second]; T.Sampson
singled [H.Bell scored]; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 4, Buckeyes 3.

BUCKEYES 7TH: P.HARDY REPLACED H.BELL (PLAYING C); B.Horne
singled; T.Smith singled [B.Horne to second]; W.Grace singled
[B.Horne to third, T.Smith to second]; E.Bremer out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Horne scored, T.Smith to
third, W.Grace to second]; S.Jethroe flied to F.McLaurin
[T.Smith scored]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 4,
Buckeyes 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Barons     4  10   2   5
 Buckeyes         5   5   0   3


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