Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 - 9 15 0 Chicago American Giants 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 BATTING Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Johnny Ray rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Fermin Valdes 2b 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Leovigildo Xiques lf 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 Hoss Walker ss 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 Henry Merchant cf 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 Armando Vazquez 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 Buster Haywood c 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 Roosevelt Davis p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 9 15 9 1 1 21 0 BATTING - 2B: Leovigildo Xiques. 3B: Leovigildo Xiques, Hoss Walker, Henry Merchant. HR: Alex Radcliff. SH: Roosevelt Davis. GDP: Buster Haywood. Team LOB: 6 Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Douglas ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 John Bissant 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 Johnny Smith rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lloyd Davenport cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ollie Waldon lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Clyde Nelson 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Henry McCall 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Herb Barnhill c 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 Leroy Sutton p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pepper Sharpe p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Al Jones p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 1 8 1 0 0 21 6 FIELDING - DP: 1. Jesse Douglas, John Bissant, Henry McCall. BATTING - 3B: Clyde Nelson. Team LOB: 7 PITCHING Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Roosevelt Davis W 7 8 1 1 0 0 0 29 Totals 7 8 1 1 0 0 0 29 Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Leroy Sutton L 2.1 6 3 3 0 0 1 13 Pepper Sharpe 2 5 4 4 1 0 0 12 Al Jones 2.2 4 2 2 0 1 0 11 Totals 7 15 9 9 1 1 1 36 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 11113 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/16/1944, game 2 -- Cin-Ind Clowns at Chicago Am. Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Cin-Ind Chicago 1. J.Ray rf J.Douglas ss 2. F.Valdes 2b J.Bissant 2b 3. L.Xiques lf J.Smith rf 4. A.Radcliff 3b L.Davenport cf 5. H.Walker ss O.Waldon lf 6. H.Merchant cf C.Nelson 3b 7. A.Vazquez 1b H.McCall 1b 8. B.Haywood c H.Barnhill c 9. R.Davis p L.Sutton p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories; J.Ray out on unknown play; F.Valdes out on unknown play; L.Xiques singled; A.Radcliff singled [L.Xiques to second]; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 1ST: J.Douglas singled; J.Bissant out on unknown play; J.Smith out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Am. Giants 0. CLOWNS 2ND: H.Merchant singled; A.Vazquez out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; R.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: O.Waldon out on unknown play; C.Nelson tripled to right field; H.McCall flied to H.Merchant; H.Barnhill singled to left field [C.Nelson scored]; L.Sutton out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Am. Giants 1. CLOWNS 3RD: J.Ray grounded out (J.Bissant to H.McCall); F.Valdes singled; L.Xiques tripled to right field [F.Valdes scored]; A.Radcliff homered to leftfield [L.Xiques scored]; P.SHARPE REPLACED L.SUTTON (PITCHING); H.Walker out on unknown play; H.Merchant out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 3, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 3RD: J.Douglas out on unknown play; J.Bissant singled; J.Smith out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 3, Am. Giants 1. CLOWNS 4TH: A.Vazquez out on unknown play; B.Haywood singled; R.Davis out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Haywood to second]; J.Ray singled [B.Haywood scored]; F.Valdes out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 4TH: O.Waldon singled; C.Nelson out on unknown play; H.McCall out on unknown play; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Am. Giants 1. CLOWNS 5TH: L.Xiques grounded out (J.Douglas to H.McCall); A.Radcliff singled; H.Walker walked [A.Radcliff to second]; H.Merchant tripled to right field [A.Radcliff scored, H.Walker scored]; A.Vazquez singled to right field [H.Merchant scored]; A.JONES REPLACED P.SHARPE (PITCHING); B.Haywood grounded into a double play (J.Douglas to J.Bissant to H.McCall) [A.Vazquez out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 7, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 5TH: A.Jones out on unknown play; J.Douglas singled; J.Bissant out on unknown play; J.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 7, Am. Giants 1. CLOWNS 6TH: R.Davis out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; F.Valdes singled to third base; L.Xiques doubled [F.Valdes scored]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 8, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 6TH: L.Davenport singled; O.Waldon out on unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; H.McCall out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 8, Am. Giants 1. CLOWNS 7TH: H.Walker tripled to right field; H.Merchant grounded out (J.Douglas to H.McCall); A.Vazquez struck out; B.Haywood singled [H.Walker scored]; R.Davis forced B.Haywood (J.Douglas to J.Bissant) [R.Davis to first]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 9, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 7TH: H.Barnhill singled; A.Jones out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 9, Am. Giants 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 9 15 0 6 Am. Giants 1 8 0 7
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