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Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 4 Cincinnati Clowns (CI2) 3

Game played on Wednesday, September 8, 1943 (N) at Crosley Field, Cincinnati OH
Regular-Season game

Birmingham Black Barons             0 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 2   -   4 11  1
Cincinnati Clowns                   1 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 1   -   3  6  3

BATTING

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Felix McLaurin cf                     4   1   1    0     1         3   0
Tommy Sampson 2b                      5   0   2    2     0         2   1
Clyde Spearman rf                     4   1   1    0     1         1   0
Lester Lockett lf                     4   0   1    0     0         2   0
Piper Davis ss                        4   0   1    2     0         1   1
Leonard Lindsay 1b                    4   0   2    0     0        11   0
Hoss Walker 3b                        4   0   1    0     0         1   0
Herman Bell c                         4   1   1    0     0         6   0
Jim Daniels p                         2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  John Huber p                        2   1   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               37   4  11    4     2   4    27   2

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Tommy Sampson, Piper Davis, Leonard Lindsay. 
E: 1.  Hoss Walker. 

BATTING -
2B:  Piper Davis, John Huber. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Clyde Spearman. 
CS:  Felix McLaurin. 

Cincinnati Clowns                    AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Smith ss                        4   1   2    1     1         7   0
Henry Merchant lf                     2   0   0    0     0         1   0
  Sylvester Snead ph, 3b              2   0   1    0     0         1   0
Fred Wilson rf                        3   0   1    1     1         0   0
Goose Tatum 1b                        4   1   1    0     0         9   0
Johnny Ray cf                         4   0   0    0     0         3   0
John Britton 3b, lf                   3   0   1    0     1         1   0
Clarence Lamar 2b                     2   1   0    1     1         2   0
Buster Haywood c                      3   0   0    0     1         3   0
Peanuts Davis p                       3   0   0    0     1         0   0
Totals                               30   3   6    3     6   6    27   0

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Henry Smith, Henry Merchant, Goose Tatum. 

BATTING -
HBP:  Clarence Lamar. 
GDP:  Fred Wilson. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Henry Smith, Clarence Lamar 2, Buster Haywood. 
CS:  Henry Smith, Fred Wilson. 

PITCHING

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Jim Daniels                          4       2   1    1   5   3   0  19
John Huber W                         5       4   2    2   1   3   0  18
Totals                               9       6   3    3   6   6   0  37

Jim Daniels pitched to 3 batters in the 5th inning
HBP:  Jim Daniels. 

Cincinnati Clowns                    IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Peanuts Davis L                      9      11   4    4   2   4   0  39
Totals                               9      11   4    4   2   4   0  39



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Umpires: HP - Harry Ward, 1B - Percy Reed

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Wednesday, 9/8/1943 -- Birmingham Black Barons at
Cincinnati Clowns (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Birmingham                    Cincinnati                    
1. F.McLaurin          cf        H.Smith             ss        
2. T.Sampson           2b        H.Merchant          lf        
3. C.Spearman          rf        F.Wilson            rf        
4. L.Lockett           lf        G.Tatum             1b        
5. P.Davis             ss        J.Ray               cf        
6. L.Lindsay           1b        J.Britton           3b        
7. H.Walker            3b        C.Lamar             2b        
8. H.Bell              c         B.Haywood           c         
9. J.Daniels           p         P.Davis             p         

BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; F.McLaurin singled; F.McLaurin was caught
stealing second (unknown fielder); T.Sampson singled to left
field [T.Sampson to second (error by H.Merchant)]; C.Spearman
walked; L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown
play; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Clowns 0.

CLOWNS 1ST: H.Smith singled; H.Smith stole second; H.Merchant
out on unknown play; F.Wilson singled [H.Smith scored]; F.Wilson
was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); G.Tatum out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Clowns 1.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: L.Lindsay singled; H.Walker out on unknown
play; H.Bell out on unknown play; J.Daniels out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Clowns 1.

CLOWNS 2ND: J.Ray out on unknown play; J.Britton walked;
C.Lamar was hit by a pitch [J.Britton to second]; B.Haywood out
on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Black Barons 0, Clowns 1.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: F.McLaurin walked; T.Sampson out on unknown
play; C.Spearman singled [F.McLaurin to third]; C.Spearman stole
second; L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis doubled
[F.McLaurin scored, C.Spearman scored]; L.Lindsay out on unknown
play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 2, Clowns 1.

CLOWNS 3RD: H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Merchant out on
unknown play; F.Wilson walked; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 2, Clowns 1.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: H.Walker out on unknown play; H.Bell out on
unknown play; J.Daniels out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 2, Clowns 1.

CLOWNS 4TH: J.Ray out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown
play; C.Lamar out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Barons 2, Clowns 1.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: G.Tatum dropped a foul fly hit by F.McLaurin;
F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play;
C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Barons 2, Clowns 1.

CLOWNS 5TH: B.Haywood walked; B.Haywood stole second; P.Davis
walked; H.Smith walked [B.Haywood to third, P.Davis to second];
J.HUBER REPLACED J.DANIELS (PITCHING); S.SNEAD BATTED FOR
H.MERCHANT; S.Snead out on unknown play; F.Wilson grounded into
a double play (P.Davis to T.Sampson to L.Lindsay) [H.Smith out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 2, Clowns 1.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: S.SNEAD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B);
J.BRITTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); L.Lockett out on
unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; L.Lindsay singled;
H.Walker singled [L.Lindsay to second]; H.Bell out on unknown
play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 2, Clowns 1.

CLOWNS 6TH: G.Tatum singled; J.Ray out on unknown play;
J.Britton singled [G.Tatum to third]; C.Lamar out on unknown
play [G.Tatum scored]; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 2, Clowns 2.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: J.Huber 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 2, Clowns 2.

CLOWNS 7TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown
play; S.Snead singled to third base [S.Snead to second (error by
H.Walker)]; F.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Black Barons 2, Clowns 2.

BLACK BARONS 8TH: C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Lockett
singled to shortstop [L.Lockett to second (error by H.Smith)];
P.Davis out on unknown play; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 2, Clowns 2.

CLOWNS 8TH: G.Tatum out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown
play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Barons 2, Clowns 2.

BLACK BARONS 9TH: H.Walker out on unknown play; H.Bell singled;
J.Huber doubled [H.Bell to third]; F.McLaurin out on unknown
play; T.Sampson singled [H.Bell scored, J.Huber scored];
C.Spearman out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black
Barons 4, Clowns 2.

CLOWNS 9TH: C.Lamar walked; C.Lamar stole second; B.Haywood out
on unknown play; C.Lamar stole third; P.Davis out on unknown
play; H.Smith singled [C.Lamar scored]; H.Smith was caught
stealing second (unknown fielder); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Barons 4, Clowns 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Barons     4  11   1   8
 Clowns           3   6   3   7


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