Chicago American Giants 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 Cleveland Buckeyes 0 1 3 2 0 0 x - 6 10 0 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Ralph Wyatt ss 3 0 1 0 1 3 4 Jesse Douglas 2b 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 Art Pennington 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 Lloyd Davenport cf, p 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 John Bissant lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 George Minor rf, cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Clyde Nelson 1b, rf 3 1 1 0 0 5 0 Herb Barnhill c, 1b 3 0 3 1 0 3 2 Pepper Sharpe p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Leroy Sutton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Smith ph, c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 26 1 5 1 3 3 18 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Ralph Wyatt, Jesse Douglas, Herb Barnhill. BATTING - 2B: Herb Barnhill. Team LOB: 7 Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sam Jethroe cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 Billy Horne ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Jimmie Crutchfield rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Parnell Woods 3b 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 5 Buddy Armour lf 3 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 Archie Ware 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 Johnnie Cowan 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 Walter Burch c 3 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 Eugene Bremer p 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 27 6 10 6 2 0 21 7 BATTING - 2B: Jimmie Crutchfield, Parnell Woods. SH: Billy Horne. GDP: Walter Burch. Team LOB: 6 PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Pepper Sharpe L 2.1 4 4 4 1 0 0 13 Leroy Sutton 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Lloyd Davenport 3 5 2 2 1 0 0 14 Totals 6 10 6 6 2 0 0 30 Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Eugene Bremer W 7 5 1 1 3 3 0 29 Totals 7 5 1 1 3 3 0 29 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 2 -- 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. G.Minor rf A.Ware 1b 7. C.Nelson 1b J.Cowan 2b 8. H.Barnhill c W.Burch c 9. P.Sharpe p E.Bremer p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; R.Wyatt walked; J.Douglas out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 1ST: S.Jethroe singled; B.Horne out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [S.Jethroe to second]; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: J.Bissant out on unknown play; G.Minor out on unknown play; C.Nelson singled to shortstop; H.Barnhill doubled to center field [C.Nelson scored]; P.Sharpe out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: B.Armour singled; A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Cowan singled [B.Armour to third]; W.Burch out on unknown play [B.Armour scored]; E.Bremer out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Buckeyes 1. AM. GIANTS 3RD: R.Wyatt singled; J.Douglas out on unknown play; A.Pennington walked [R.Wyatt to second]; L.Davenport out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 3RD: S.Jethroe walked; B.Horne out on unknown play; J.Crutchfield reached on a fielder's choice [S.Jethroe to second]; P.Woods doubled [S.Jethroe scored, J.Crutchfield scored]; L.SUTTON REPLACED P.SHARPE (PITCHING); B.Armour singled [P.Woods scored]; A.Ware forced B.Armour (unknown fielder) [A.Ware to first]; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Buckeyes 4. AM. GIANTS 4TH: G.Minor out on unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; H.Barnhill singled; B.SMITH BATTED FOR L.SUTTON; B.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Buckeyes 4. BUCKEYES 4TH: L.DAVENPORT CHANGED POSITIONS (PITCHING); G.MINOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); C.NELSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); H.BARNHILL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); B.SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); W.Burch singled to shortstop; E.Bremer singled to center field [W.Burch to second]; S.Jethroe grounded out (J.Douglas to H.Barnhill) [W.Burch to third, E.Bremer to second]; B.Horne grounded out (L.Davenport to H.Barnhill); J.Crutchfield doubled to left field [W.Burch scored, E.Bremer scored]; P.Woods popped to R.Wyatt; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Buckeyes 6. AM. GIANTS 5TH: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; J.Douglas walked; A.Pennington out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Buckeyes 6. BUCKEYES 5TH: B.Armour out on unknown play; A.Ware walked; J.Cowan singled [A.Ware to second]; W.Burch grounded into a double play (R.Wyatt to J.Douglas to H.Barnhill) [J.Cowan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Buckeyes 6. AM. GIANTS 6TH: J.Bissant out on unknown play; G.Minor out on unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Buckeyes 6. BUCKEYES 6TH: E.Bremer singled; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Buckeyes 6. AM. GIANTS 7TH: H.Barnhill singled; B.Smith out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Buckeyes 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 1 5 0 7 Buckeyes 6 10 0 6
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