Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 3 8 0 Chicago American Giants 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sam Jethroe c 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Billy Horne ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmie Crutchfield rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Parnell Woods lf 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 Willie Grace cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Buddy Armour 3b 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 Archie Ware 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Johnnie Cowan 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eugene Bremer p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 3 8 3 1 0 21 0 BATTING - 3B: Parnell Woods, Buddy Armour. Team LOB: 6 Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Ralph Wyatt ss 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Jesse Douglas 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Art Pennington 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Lloyd Davenport cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 John Bissant lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Johnny Smith rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clyde Nelson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Herb Barnhill c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gready McKinnis p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 26 1 5 1 0 0 21 0 FIELDING - PB: 1. Herb Barnhill. BATTING - HR: Ralph Wyatt. Team LOB: 4 PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Eugene Bremer W 7 5 1 1 0 0 1 26 Totals 7 5 1 1 0 0 1 26 Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gready McKinnis L 7 8 3 3 1 0 0 30 Totals 7 8 3 3 1 0 0 30 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 10343 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 6/18/1944, game 2 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Chicago Am. Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Chicago 1. S.Jethroe c R.Wyatt ss 2. B.Horne ss J.Douglas 2b 3. J.Crutchfield rf A.Pennington 3b 4. P.Woods lf L.Davenport cf 5. W.Grace cf J.Bissant lf 6. B.Armour 3b J.Smith rf 7. A.Ware 1b C.Nelson 1b 8. J.Cowan 2b H.Barnhill c 9. E.Bremer p G.McKinnis p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 1ST: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on unknown play; A.Pennington singled; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: P.Woods out on unknown play; W.Grace singled; B.Armour out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: J.Bissant singled; J.Smith out on unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 0. BUCKEYES 3RD: J.Cowan out on unknown play; E.Bremer out on unknown play; S.Jethroe singled; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 3RD: G.McKinnis out on unknown play; R.Wyatt homered to leftfield; J.Douglas out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 1. BUCKEYES 4TH: J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; P.Woods walked; H.Barnhill allowed a passed ball [P.Woods to second]; W.Grace out on unknown play; B.Armour tripled to right field [P.Woods scored]; A.Ware singled to third base [B.Armour scored]; J.Cowan lined to L.Davenport; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 4TH: L.Davenport singled; J.Bissant out on unknown play; J.Smith out on unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Am. Giants 1. BUCKEYES 5TH: E.Bremer out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; B.Horne singled; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 5TH: H.Barnhill out on unknown play; G.McKinnis out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Am. Giants 1. BUCKEYES 6TH: P.Woods tripled; W.Grace out on unknown play; B.Armour singled to right field [P.Woods scored]; A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 3, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 6TH: J.Douglas singled; A.Pennington out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 3, Am. Giants 1. BUCKEYES 7TH: E.Bremer out on unknown play; S.Jethroe singled; B.Horne out on unknown play; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 3, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 7TH: J.Smith out on unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 3, Am. Giants 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 3 8 0 6 Am. Giants 1 5 0 4
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