Chicago American Giants 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 4 11 2 Cleveland Buckeyes 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 - 5 13 0 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Ralph Wyatt ss 4 0 1 0 1 3 2 Jesse Douglas 2b 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 Art Pennington 3b 3 3 3 1 2 0 1 Lloyd Davenport cf 4 0 2 1 1 4 0 John Bissant lf 5 0 3 2 0 2 0 Johnny Smith rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 George Minor pr, rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Clyde Nelson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 11 0 Bob Smith c 2 1 1 0 2 3 1 Herb Barnhill c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gentry Jessup p 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 Totals 32 4 11 4 8 6 25 12 FIELDING - E: 2. Ralph Wyatt, Jesse Douglas. BATTING - HR: Art Pennington. SH: George Minor, Gentry Jessup. GDP: Jesse Douglas. Team LOB: 11 BASERUNNING - CS: Lloyd Davenport. Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sam Jethroe cf, c 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 Billy Horne ss 4 1 2 0 1 3 3 Jimmie Crutchfield rf 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 Parnell Woods 3b 5 3 3 1 0 2 3 Buddy Armour lf 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 Archie Ware 1b 3 0 0 0 1 12 0 Johnnie Cowan 2b 3 0 1 0 0 3 2 Rainey Bibbs ph, 2b 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 Walter Burch c 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 Willie Grace cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lefty Boone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 George Jefferson p 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 Willie Jefferson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 5 13 5 6 2 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Parnell Woods, Archie Ware, Johnnie Cowan. BATTING - 2B: Billy Horne, Parnell Woods. 3B: Parnell Woods. SH: Archie Ware. IW: Buddy Armour. Team LOB: 13 BASERUNNING - SB: Jimmie Crutchfield, Parnell Woods. PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gentry Jessup L 8.1 13 5 5 6 2 0 43 Totals 8.1 13 5 5 6 2 0 43 IW: Gentry Jessup. Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Lefty Boone 1.2 3 2 2 6 3 0 13 George Jefferson 5.1 7 1 1 1 2 0 21 Willie Jefferson W 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 Totals 9 11 4 4 8 6 1 42 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 6600 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 6/25/1944, game 1 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Cleveland Buckeyes (D) Starting Lineups: Chicago Cleveland 1. R.Wyatt ss S.Jethroe cf 2. J.Douglas 2b B.Horne ss 3. A.Pennington 3b J.Crutchfield rf 4. L.Davenport cf P.Woods 3b 5. J.Bissant lf B.Armour lf 6. J.Smith rf A.Ware 1b 7. C.Nelson 1b J.Cowan 2b 8. B.Smith c W.Burch c 9. G.Jessup p L.Boone p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; R.Wyatt walked; R.Wyatt was picked off first (L.Boone to A.Ware); J.Douglas out on unknown play; A.Pennington singled; L.Davenport singled [A.Pennington to second]; J.Bissant singled [A.Pennington scored, L.Davenport to second]; J.Smith walked [L.Davenport to third, J.Bissant to second]; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 1ST: S.Jethroe singled; B.Horne forced S.Jethroe (unknown fielder) [B.Horne to first]; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; P.Woods tripled [B.Horne scored]; B.Armour singled to second base [P.Woods scored, B.Armour to second (error by J.Douglas)]; A.Ware out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Buckeyes 2. AM. GIANTS 2ND: B.Smith walked; G.Jessup out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Smith to second]; R.Wyatt flied to J.Crutchfield; J.Douglas walked; A.Pennington walked [B.Smith to third, J.Douglas to second]; L.Davenport walked [B.Smith scored, J.Douglas to third, A.Pennington to second]; G.JEFFERSON REPLACED L.BOONE (PITCHING); J.Bissant out on unknown play; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Buckeyes 2. BUCKEYES 2ND: J.Cowan singled to shortstop [J.Cowan to second (error by R.Wyatt)]; W.Burch out on unknown play; G.Jefferson singled [J.Cowan to third]; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Buckeyes 2. AM. GIANTS 3RD: J.Smith out on unknown play; C.Nelson singled; B.Smith out on unknown play; G.Jessup out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Buckeyes 2. BUCKEYES 3RD: J.Crutchfield singled; J.Crutchfield stole second; P.Woods out on unknown play; B.Armour walked; A.Ware walked [J.Crutchfield to third, B.Armour to second]; J.Cowan out on unknown play; W.Burch out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Buckeyes 2. AM. GIANTS 4TH: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on unknown play; A.Pennington walked; A.Pennington was picked off first (G.Jefferson to A.Ware); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Buckeyes 2. BUCKEYES 4TH: G.Jefferson out on unknown play; S.Jethroe walked; B.Horne doubled [S.Jethroe to third]; J.Crutchfield singled [S.Jethroe scored, B.Horne to third]; P.Woods out on unknown play; B.Armour walked [J.Crutchfield to second]; A.Ware out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Buckeyes 3. AM. GIANTS 5TH: L.Davenport singled; L.Davenport was caught stealing second (W.Burch to B.Horne); J.Bissant singled; J.Smith forced J.Bissant (unknown fielder) [J.Smith to first]; G.MINOR RAN FOR J.SMITH; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Buckeyes 3. BUCKEYES 5TH: G.MINOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); J.Cowan out on unknown play; W.Burch out on unknown play; G.Jefferson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Buckeyes 3. AM. GIANTS 6TH: B.Smith singled; G.Jessup out on unknown play; R.Wyatt singled [B.Smith to second]; J.Douglas grounded into a double play (P.Woods to J.Cowan to A.Ware) [R.Wyatt out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Buckeyes 3. BUCKEYES 6TH: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; B.Horne singled to right field (G.Minor to R.Wyatt) [B.Horne out at second]; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Buckeyes 3. AM. GIANTS 7TH: A.Pennington singled; L.Davenport out on unknown play [A.Pennington to second]; J.Bissant singled [A.Pennington scored]; G.Minor out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Bissant to second]; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Buckeyes 3. BUCKEYES 7TH: P.Woods singled; P.Woods stole second; B.Armour singled [P.Woods to third]; A.Ware out on unknown play; R.BIBBS BATTED FOR J.COWAN; R.Bibbs out on unknown play [P.Woods scored]; W.Burch out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Buckeyes 4. AM. GIANTS 8TH: R.BIBBS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); S.JETHROE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C); W.GRACE REPLACED W.BURCH (PLAYING CF); W.JEFFERSON REPLACED G.JEFFERSON (PITCHING); B.Smith walked; G.Jessup out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Buckeyes 4. BUCKEYES 8TH: W.Jefferson out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; B.Horne walked; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Buckeyes 4. AM. GIANTS 9TH: A.Pennington homered to rightfield; L.Davenport out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; G.Minor out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Buckeyes 4. BUCKEYES 9TH: P.Woods doubled to left field; B.Armour was walked intentionally; H.BARNHILL REPLACED B.SMITH (PLAYING C); A.Ware out on a sacrifice bunt (G.Jessup to C.Nelson) [P.Woods to third, B.Armour to second]; On a bunt R.Bibbs singled to catcher [P.Woods scored, B.Armour to third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Buckeyes 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 4 11 2 11 Buckeyes 5 13 0 13
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