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Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns (CIA) 5 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 4

Game played on Monday, June 26, 1944 (N) at Pelican Stadium, New Orleans LA
Regular-Season game

Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns      2 1 0  0 1 0  1 0 0   -   5  8  3
Memphis Red Sox                     0 1 0  0 0 0  0 3 0   -   4 11  2

BATTING

Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns       AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Johnny Ray rf                         4   1   1    1     1         2   1
Henry Smith ss                        4   1   1    0     0         1   2
Antonio Ruiz lf                       3   1   1    0     1         2   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      4   1   1    2     0         1   1
Armando Vazquez 1b                    3   0   1    2     1         4   0
Rafael Cabrera cf                     4   0   0    0     0         6   0
Fermin Valdes 2b                      3   1   1    0     1         2   2
Buster Haywood c                      4   0   0    0     0         9   0
Roosevelt Davis p                     4   0   2    0     0         0   2
Totals                               33   5   8    5     4   6    27   8

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Armando Vazquez, Fermin Valdes 2. 
PB: 1.  Buster Haywood. 

BATTING -
2B:  Alex Radcliff. 
SH:  Henry Smith, Antonio Ruiz. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Fermin Valdes. 

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Verdell Mathis rf                     5   0   0    0     0         4   0
T.J. Brown ss                         5   0   1    0     0         2   4
Jimmy Ford 3b                         5   0   3    0     0         1   1
Neil Robinson cf                      5   0   0    0     0         0   0
Fred McDaniel lf                      5   2   3    0     0         2   0
Fred Bankhead 2b                      5   1   2    0     0         4   2
Jim Canada 1b                         3   1   1    1     0         9   0
Red Longley c                         1   0   0    1     0         4   1
  Casey Jones ph, c                   2   0   1    1     1         1   1
Robert Keyes p                        0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Ruben Jones ph                      1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Steve Wylie p                       0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Cowan Hyde ph                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Willie Hutchinson p                 2   0   0    1     0         0   1
Totals                               40   4  11    4     1   5    27  10

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Verdell Mathis, T.J. Brown. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jim Canada. 
SH:  Jim Canada. 
Team LOB:  11

BASERUNNING -
SB:  T.J. Brown. 

PITCHING

Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns       IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Roosevelt Davis W                    9      11   4    4   1   5   0  42
Totals                               9      11   4    4   1   5   0  42

WP:  Roosevelt Davis. 

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Robert Keyes L                       2       4   3    3   2   1   0  12
Steve Wylie                          2       0   0    0   0   0   0  6
Willie Hutchinson                    5       4   2    0   2   5   0  21
Totals                               9       8   5    3   4   6   0  39



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Umpires: HP - Ted Lewis, 1B -  Penny, 2B -  , 3B -  Augustine

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Monday, 6/26/1944 -- Cin-Ind Clowns at Memphis Red Sox
(N)

Starting Lineups:

   Cin-Ind                       Memphis                       
1. J.Ray               rf        V.Mathis            rf        
2. H.Smith             ss        T.Brown             ss        
3. A.Ruiz              lf        J.Ford              3b        
4. A.Radcliff          3b        N.Robinson          cf        
5. A.Vazquez           1b        F.McDaniel          lf        
6. R.Cabrera           cf        F.Bankhead          2b        
7. F.Valdes            2b        J.Canada            1b        
8. B.Haywood           c         R.Longley           c         
9. R.Davis             p         R.Keyes             p         

CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; J.Ray walked; H.Smith out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [J.Ray to second]; A.Ruiz out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [J.Ray to third]; A.Radcliff doubled [J.Ray
scored]; A.Vazquez singled [A.Radcliff scored]; R.Cabrera out on
unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: V.Mathis out on unknown play; T.Brown singled;
T.Brown stole second; J.Ford out on unknown play; N.Robinson out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 2, Red Sox 0.

CLOWNS 2ND: F.Valdes walked; F.Valdes stole second; B.Haywood
out on unknown play; R.Davis singled [F.Valdes to third]; J.Ray
singled [F.Valdes scored, R.Davis to second]; H.Smith out on
unknown play; A.Ruiz out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Clowns 3, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: F.McDaniel singled; F.Bankhead singled [F.McDaniel
to second]; J.Canada out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[F.McDaniel to third, F.Bankhead to second]; R.Longley out on
unknown play [F.McDaniel scored]; R.JONES BATTED FOR R.KEYES;
R.Jones out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 3,
Red Sox 1.

CLOWNS 3RD: S.WYLIE REPLACED R.JONES (PITCHING); A.Radcliff out
on unknown play; A.Vazquez out on unknown play; R.Cabrera out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: V.Mathis out on unknown play; T.Brown out on
unknown play; J.Ford singled; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 3, Red Sox 1.

CLOWNS 4TH: F.Valdes out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on
unknown play; R.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Clowns 3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: F.McDaniel reached on an error by F.Valdes
[F.McDaniel to first]; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; J.Canada
out on unknown play; C.JONES BATTED FOR R.LONGLEY; R.Davis threw
a wild pitch [F.McDaniel to second]; C.Jones walked; C.HYDE
BATTED FOR S.WYLIE; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Clowns 3, Red Sox 1.

CLOWNS 5TH: C.JONES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); W.HUTCHINSON
REPLACED C.HYDE (PITCHING); J.Ray out on unknown play; H.Smith
singled to right field [H.Smith to third (error by V.Mathis)];
A.Ruiz walked; A.Radcliff out on unknown play [H.Smith scored
(unearned)]; A.Vazquez walked [A.Ruiz to second]; R.Cabrera out
on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 4, Red Sox
1.

RED SOX 5TH: V.Mathis out on unknown play; T.Brown reached on
an error by A.Vazquez [T.Brown to first]; B.Haywood allowed a
passed ball [T.Brown to second]; J.Ford out on unknown play;
N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 4,
Red Sox 1.

CLOWNS 6TH: F.Valdes singled; B.Haywood out on unknown play;
R.Davis singled [F.Valdes to second]; J.Ray out on unknown play;
H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 4,
Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: F.McDaniel singled; F.Bankhead out on unknown
play; J.Canada out on unknown play; C.Jones out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 4, Red Sox 1.

CLOWNS 7TH: A.Ruiz singled to shortstop [A.Ruiz to second
(error by T.Brown)]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play [A.Ruiz to
third]; A.Vazquez out on unknown play [A.Ruiz scored
(unearned)]; R.Cabrera out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Clowns 5, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: W.Hutchinson out on unknown play; V.Mathis reached
on an error by F.Valdes [V.Mathis to first]; T.Brown out on
unknown play; J.Ford singled [V.Mathis to second]; N.Robinson
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Clowns 5, Red Sox 1.

CLOWNS 8TH: F.Valdes out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on
unknown play; R.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Clowns 5, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 8TH: F.McDaniel singled; F.Bankhead singled [F.McDaniel
to second]; J.Canada doubled [F.McDaniel scored, F.Bankhead to
third]; C.Jones singled [F.Bankhead scored, J.Canada to third];
W.Hutchinson out on unknown play [J.Canada scored]; V.Mathis out
on unknown play; T.Brown out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Clowns 5, Red Sox 4.

CLOWNS 9TH: J.Ray out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown
play; A.Ruiz out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Clowns
5, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 9TH: J.Ford singled; N.Robinson out on unknown play;
F.McDaniel out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Clowns 5, Red Sox 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Clowns           5   8   3   7
 Red Sox          4  11   2  11


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