Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 - 4 13 3 Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 5 6 1 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Bernell Longest 2b 5 0 3 1 0 0 3 Walter Thomas cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 Harry Rhodes rf 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 Ed Young 1b 5 0 2 0 0 13 0 Clyde Nelson 3b 5 0 2 1 0 0 4 John Miles lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 Herb Barnhill c 4 1 1 0 0 7 0 Clyde McNeal ss 4 1 2 2 0 2 5 Walter McCoy p 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Red Howard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 40 4 13 4 1 4 26 12 FIELDING - E: 3. Bernell Longest, Harry Rhodes, Ed Young. BATTING - 2B: Harry Rhodes, Clyde Nelson, Clyde McNeal. Team LOB: 10 BASERUNNING - CS: Clyde McNeal. Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sam Jethroe cf 5 0 1 1 0 7 0 Archie Ware 1b 4 0 2 0 1 6 0 Eli Chism pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Buddy Armour lf 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 Leon Kellman 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 Willie Grace rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Johnnie Cowan 2b 4 1 0 0 0 2 4 Tommy Harris c 3 1 0 0 1 4 1 Vicial Richardson ss 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 Quincy Trouppe ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Hosea Allen p 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Webbo Clarke ph 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 Totals 35 5 6 3 5 7 27 7 FIELDING - E: 1. Leon Kellman. BATTING - Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Archie Ware, Leon Kellman. PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Walter McCoy L 8.2 6 5 0 5 7 0 39 Red Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 8.2 6 5 0 5 7 0 40 Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hosea Allen W 9 13 4 4 1 4 0 41 Totals 9 13 4 4 1 4 0 41 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 6500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Thursday, 7/4/1946, game 1 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Cleveland Buckeyes (D) Starting Lineups: Chicago Cleveland 1. B.Longest 2b S.Jethroe cf 2. W.Thomas cf A.Ware 1b 3. H.Rhodes rf B.Armour lf 4. E.Young 1b L.Kellman 3b 5. C.Nelson 3b W.Grace rf 6. J.Miles lf J.Cowan 2b 7. H.Barnhill c T.Harris c 8. C.McNeal ss V.Richardson ss 9. W.McCoy p H.Allen p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; B.Longest out on unknown play; W.Thomas out on unknown play; H.Rhodes walked; E.Young singled [H.Rhodes to second]; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 1ST: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware singled; A.Ware stole second; B.Armour out on unknown play; L.Kellman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: J.Miles out on unknown play; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; C.McNeal out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: W.Grace out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; T.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. AM. GIANTS 3RD: W.McCoy out on unknown play; B.Longest singled; W.Thomas out on unknown play; H.Rhodes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 3RD: V.Richardson out on unknown play; H.Allen out on unknown play; S.Jethroe singled; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. AM. GIANTS 4TH: E.Young out on unknown play; C.Nelson singled; J.Miles reached on an error by L.Kellman [C.Nelson to second, J.Miles to first]; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; C.McNeal out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 4TH: B.Armour out on unknown play; L.Kellman out on unknown play; W.Grace singled; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. AM. GIANTS 5TH: W.McCoy out on unknown play; B.Longest singled; W.Thomas out on unknown play; H.Rhodes singled [B.Longest to second]; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 5TH: T.Harris out on unknown play; V.Richardson out on unknown play; H.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Buckeyes 0. AM. GIANTS 6TH: C.Nelson out on unknown play; J.Miles singled; H.Barnhill singled [J.Miles to second]; C.McNeal doubled [J.Miles scored, H.Barnhill scored]; W.McCoy out on unknown play; B.Longest singled [C.McNeal scored]; W.Thomas out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 6TH: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware singled; B.Armour out on unknown play; L.Kellman singled [A.Ware to third]; L.Kellman stole second; W.Grace out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Buckeyes 0. AM. GIANTS 7TH: H.Rhodes doubled; E.Young out on unknown play; C.Nelson doubled [H.Rhodes scored]; J.Miles out on unknown play; H.Barnhill out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 7TH: J.Cowan out on unknown play; T.Harris out on unknown play; V.Richardson reached on an error by E.Young [V.Richardson to first]; H.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Buckeyes 0. AM. GIANTS 8TH: C.McNeal singled; C.McNeal was caught stealing second (T.Harris to V.Richardson); W.McCoy out on unknown play; B.Longest out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 8TH: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; B.Armour singled; L.Kellman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Buckeyes 0. AM. GIANTS 9TH: W.Thomas out on unknown play; H.Rhodes out on unknown play; E.Young singled; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 9TH: W.Grace grounded out (B.Longest to E.Young); J.Cowan reached on an error by H.Rhodes [J.Cowan to first]; T.Harris walked [J.Cowan to second]; Q.TROUPPE BATTED FOR V.RICHARDSON; Q.Trouppe walked [J.Cowan to third, T.Harris to second]; W.CLARKE BATTED FOR H.ALLEN; W.Clarke walked [J.Cowan scored (unearned), T.Harris to third, Q.Trouppe to second]; S.Jethroe out on unknown play [T.Harris scored (unearned), Q.Trouppe to third, W.Clarke to second]; A.Ware walked; B.Armour walked [Q.Trouppe scored (unearned), W.Clarke to third, A.Ware to second]; E.CHISM RAN FOR A.WARE; R.HOWARD REPLACED W.MCCOY (PITCHING); L.Kellman reached on an error by B.Longest [W.Clarke scored (unearned) (no RBI), E.Chism scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Armour to second, L.Kellman to first]; 5 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Buckeyes 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 4 13 3 10 Buckeyes 5 6 1 9
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