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Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB) 6 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 1

Game played on Sunday, June 25, 1944 (D) at League Park IV, Cleveland OH
Regular-Season game

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



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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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