Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 Memphis Red Sox 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 x - 2 5 0 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jimmie Crutchfield rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 Billy Horne ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Parnell Woods 3b 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 Willie Jefferson pr, lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sam Jethroe cf, 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Archie Ware 1b 3 0 0 0 1 11 0 Rainey Bibbs 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eugene Bremer ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Grace lf, cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Walter Burch c 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 George Jefferson p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 31 0 4 0 2 2 24 0 FIELDING - E: 1. Sam Jethroe. PB: 1. Walter Burch. BATTING - HBP: Eugene Bremer. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Willie Jefferson. Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Fred McDaniel lf 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 Fred Bankhead 2b 3 1 1 0 0 5 0 Jimmy Ford 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 Neil Robinson cf 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 Cowan Hyde rf 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 Jim Canada 1b 3 0 0 0 0 11 0 T.J. Brown ss 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 Casey Jones c 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 Willie Hutchinson p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 28 2 5 1 2 4 27 0 BATTING - SH: Fred Bankhead. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Neil Robinson. PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP George Jefferson L 8 5 2 1 2 4 0 31 Totals 8 5 2 1 2 4 0 31 Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Hutchinson W 9 4 0 0 2 2 0 34 Totals 9 4 0 0 2 2 0 34 HBP: Willie Hutchinson. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/16/1944, game 1 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Memphis Red Sox (D) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Memphis 1. J.Crutchfield rf F.McDaniel lf 2. B.Horne ss F.Bankhead 2b 3. P.Woods 3b J.Ford 3b 4. S.Jethroe cf N.Robinson cf 5. A.Ware 1b C.Hyde rf 6. R.Bibbs 2b J.Canada 1b 7. W.Grace lf T.Brown ss 8. W.Burch c C.Jones c 9. G.Jefferson p W.Hutchinson p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Woods singled; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: F.McDaniel walked; F.Bankhead out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [F.McDaniel to second]; W.Burch allowed a passed ball [F.McDaniel to third]; J.Ford singled [F.McDaniel scored]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Red Sox 1. BUCKEYES 2ND: A.Ware walked; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; W.Burch out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 2ND: J.Canada out on unknown play; T.Brown out on unknown play; C.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Red Sox 1. BUCKEYES 3RD: G.Jefferson out on unknown play; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 3RD: W.Hutchinson out on unknown play; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Red Sox 1. BUCKEYES 4TH: P.Woods out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 4TH: J.Ford out on unknown play; N.Robinson singled; N.Robinson stole second; C.Hyde walked; J.Canada out on unknown play; T.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Red Sox 1. BUCKEYES 5TH: R.Bibbs out on unknown play; W.Grace singled; W.Burch out on unknown play; G.Jefferson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 5TH: C.Jones out on unknown play; W.Hutchinson out on unknown play; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Red Sox 1. BUCKEYES 6TH: J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Woods walked; W.JEFFERSON RAN FOR P.WOODS; W.Jefferson stole second; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 6TH: W.JEFFERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); S.JETHROE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); W.GRACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); F.Bankhead singled; J.Ford out on unknown play; N.Robinson singled to third base [F.Bankhead scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by S.Jethroe), N.Robinson to second]; C.Hyde out on unknown play; J.Canada out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Red Sox 2. BUCKEYES 7TH: A.Ware out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 7TH: T.Brown singled; C.Jones out on unknown play; W.Hutchinson out on unknown play; F.McDaniel out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Red Sox 2. BUCKEYES 8TH: W.Burch singled; G.Jefferson out on unknown play; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Red Sox 2. RED SOX 8TH: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; J.Ford out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Red Sox 2. BUCKEYES 9TH: W.Jefferson singled; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; E.BREMER BATTED FOR R.BIBBS; E.Bremer was hit by a pitch [W.Jefferson to second]; W.Grace out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Red Sox 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 0 4 1 7 Red Sox 2 5 0 5
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