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Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB) 3 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 1

Game played on Sunday, June 18, 1944 (D) at Comiskey Park I, Chicago IL
Regular-Season game

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



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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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