Birmingham Black Barons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 0 Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 x - 3 8 2 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Felix McLaurin cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 Artie Wilson ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 3 0 2 1 1 0 4 Lester Lockett lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Ed Steele rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Piper Davis 1b 4 0 0 0 0 14 0 John Britton 3b 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 Ted Radcliffe c 4 0 2 0 0 5 0 Alvin Gipson p 3 0 1 0 0 0 6 Leroy Morney ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 1 9 1 1 6 24 11 BATTING - 2B: Ed Steele. SH: Artie Wilson. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Tommy Sampson. CS: Felix McLaurin. Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sam Jethroe cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 Johnnie Cowan 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 Parnell Woods 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 Buddy Armour lf 4 1 1 1 0 3 0 Archie Ware 1b 4 0 2 1 0 12 0 Willie Grace rf 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 Billy Horne ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 George Britt c 3 0 0 0 0 7 1 Willie Jefferson p 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 Totals 31 3 8 2 2 4 27 9 FIELDING - E: 2. Johnnie Cowan, George Britt. BATTING - SH: Johnnie Cowan. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Sam Jethroe, Parnell Woods. PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alvin Gipson L 8 8 3 3 2 4 0 34 Totals 8 8 3 3 2 4 0 34 Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Jefferson W 9 9 1 0 1 6 0 36 Totals 9 9 1 0 1 6 0 36 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Harry Walker, 1B - Jimmy Thompson, 2B - , 3B - Banaham Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 10000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/21/1944, game 1 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Cleveland Buckeyes (D) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Cleveland 1. F.McLaurin cf S.Jethroe cf 2. A.Wilson ss J.Cowan 2b 3. T.Sampson 2b P.Woods 3b 4. L.Lockett lf B.Armour lf 5. E.Steele rf A.Ware 1b 6. P.Davis 1b W.Grace rf 7. J.Britton 3b B.Horne ss 8. T.Radcliffe c G.Britt c 9. A.Gipson p W.Jefferson p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; F.McLaurin reached on an error by J.Cowan [F.McLaurin to first]; A.Wilson reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by G.Britt [F.McLaurin to second, A.Wilson to first]; T.Sampson singled to left-center [F.McLaurin scored (unearned), A.Wilson to second]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 1ST: S.Jethroe singled; J.Cowan walked [S.Jethroe to second]; P.Woods out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: J.Britton singled; T.Radcliffe singled [J.Britton to second]; A.Gipson out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; A.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: W.Grace walked; B.Horne out on unknown play; G.Britt out on unknown play; W.Jefferson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: T.Sampson out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; E.Steele doubled; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 3RD: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: J.Britton singled; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; A.Gipson singled [J.Britton to second]; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; A.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 4TH: B.Armour out on unknown play; A.Ware singled; W.Grace singled [A.Ware to third]; B.Horne struck out; G.Britt grounded out (T.Sampson to P.Davis); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 0. BLACK BARONS 5TH: T.Sampson singled; T.Sampson stole second; L.Lockett out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 5TH: W.Jefferson out on unknown play; S.Jethroe singled to center field; J.Cowan out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [S.Jethroe to second]; P.Woods singled to second base [S.Jethroe to third]; S.Jethroe stole home and P.Woods stole second; B.Armour singled to right field [P.Woods scored, B.Armour to second (on throw)]; A.Ware singled to right field [B.Armour scored]; W.Grace out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 3. BLACK BARONS 6TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe singled; T.Radcliffe was picked off first (W.Jefferson to A.Ware); A.Gipson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 3. BUCKEYES 6TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; G.Britt out on unknown play; W.Jefferson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 3. BLACK BARONS 7TH: F.McLaurin singled; F.McLaurin was caught stealing second (G.Britt to B.Horne); A.Wilson out on unknown play; T.Sampson walked; T.Sampson was picked off first (W.Jefferson to A.Ware); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 3. BUCKEYES 7TH: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; P.Woods singled; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 3. BLACK BARONS 8TH: L.Lockett out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 3. BUCKEYES 8TH: A.Ware out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 3. BLACK BARONS 9TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; L.MORNEY BATTED FOR A.GIPSON; L.Morney out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Buckeyes 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 1 9 0 8 Buckeyes 3 8 2 7
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