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 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 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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