Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 6 Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 x - 4 7 1 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Ralph Wyatt ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Archie Ware 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sam Jethroe cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Leon Kellman 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Willie Grace rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Buddy Armour lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quincy Trouppe c 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 Johnnie Cowan 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 Frank Carswell p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 0 7 0 1 2 24 0 FIELDING - E: 6. Ralph Wyatt, Archie Ware, Leon Kellman, Buddy Armour, Quincy Trouppe 2. BATTING - 2B: Sam Jethroe. Team LOB: 8 Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Smith 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 Reinaldo Drake cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Ray Neil 2b 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 Lester Lockett ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Goose Tatum 1b 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 Leovigildo Xiques lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 Duke Cleveland rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 Buster Haywood c 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 Jim Colzie p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 32 4 7 3 3 7 27 1 FIELDING - E: 1. Buster Haywood. BATTING - Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Ray Neil. PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Frank Carswell L 8 7 4 1 3 7 0 35 Totals 8 7 4 1 3 7 0 35 Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim Colzie W 9 7 0 0 1 2 0 35 Totals 9 7 0 0 1 2 0 35 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 1500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 7/15/1946 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Indianapolis Clowns (N) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Indianapolis 1. R.Wyatt ss G.Smith 3b 2. A.Ware 1b R.Drake cf 3. S.Jethroe cf R.Neil 2b 4. L.Kellman 3b L.Lockett ss 5. W.Grace rf G.Tatum 1b 6. B.Armour lf L.Xiques lf 7. Q.Trouppe c D.Cleveland rf 8. J.Cowan 2b B.Haywood c 9. F.Carswell p J.Colzie p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; A.Ware singled; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; L.Kellman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 1ST: Q.Trouppe dropped a foul fly hit by G.Smith; G.Smith out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: B.Haywood dropped a foul fly hit by W.Grace; W.Grace out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe singled; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 2ND: L.Lockett out on unknown play; G.Tatum walked; L.Xiques out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 0. BUCKEYES 3RD: F.Carswell out on unknown play; R.Wyatt singled; A.Ware out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 3RD: B.Haywood out on unknown play; J.Colzie out on unknown play; G.Smith singled to third base [G.Smith to second (error by L.Kellman)]; R.Drake out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 0. BUCKEYES 4TH: L.Kellman out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 4TH: R.Neil singled to left field; R.Neil stole second [R.Neil to third (error by Q.Trouppe)]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; G.Tatum flied to S.Jethroe [R.Neil scored (unearned)]; L.Xiques out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 1. BUCKEYES 5TH: Q.Trouppe singled; J.Cowan out on unknown play; F.Carswell out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 5TH: D.Cleveland out on unknown play; B.Haywood walked; J.Colzie out on unknown play; G.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 1. BUCKEYES 6TH: A.Ware out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; L.Kellman singled; W.Grace out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 6TH: R.Drake singled to left field [R.Drake to second (error by B.Armour)]; R.Neil out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; G.Tatum flied to W.Grace; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 1. BUCKEYES 7TH: B.Armour out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe singled; J.Cowan walked [Q.Trouppe to second]; F.Carswell out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 7TH: L.Xiques out on unknown play; D.Cleveland singled to center field; B.Haywood singled to left field [D.Cleveland to second]; J.Colzie struck out; G.Smith singled to right field [D.Cleveland scored, B.Haywood scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by A.Ware), G.Smith to second]; R.Drake out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 3. BUCKEYES 8TH: A.Ware out on unknown play; S.Jethroe doubled; L.Kellman grounded out (R.Neil to G.Tatum) [S.Jethroe to third]; W.Grace out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 3. CLOWNS 8TH: R.Neil reached on an error by R.Wyatt [R.Neil to first]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; G.Tatum singled to shortstop [R.Neil to second]; L.Xiques walked [R.Neil to third, G.Tatum to second]; D.Cleveland flied to S.Jethroe [R.Neil scored (unearned)]; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 4. BUCKEYES 9TH: B.Armour out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Clowns 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 0 7 6 8 Clowns 4 7 1 7
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