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Birmingham Black Barons @ Cleveland Buckeyes

1947-05-04 · Day game · League Park IV · Att: 6623 · 2:05

Cleveland Buckeyes defeated Birmingham Black Barons 9–4. Cleveland Buckeyes put up 5 in the 6th. Willie Grace went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BIR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	12
CVB	0	1	0	1	1	5	0	1		9	14

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eli Chism	5	0	3	1	0	0
John Britton	4	0	0	1	0	0
Artie Wilson	5	1	1	0	0	1
Piper Davis	3	0	1	0	1	0
John Thomas	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Steele	3	2	2	1	1	0
Tommy Sampson	4	0	2	1	0	0
Pepper Bassett	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nat Pollard	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Robinson	1	1	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Buckeyes — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sam Jethroe	4	1	1	0	1	0
Archie Ware	4	2	2	1	0	0
Clyde Nelson	4	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Atkins	5	2	2	1	0	0
Willie Grace	4	1	3	3	1	0
Quincy Trouppe	4	1	2	0	0	0
Al Smith	4	0	1	2	0	1
Johnnie Cowan	4	1	1	0	0	0
Webbo Clarke	4	0	2	0	0	0

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nat Pollard	8.0	14	2	1

Cleveland Buckeyes — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Webbo Clarke	9.0	12	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eli Chism: E6#
John Britton: 99
Artie Wilson: 99
Piper Davis: W.1-2
John Thomas: 99

Bot 1

Sam Jethroe: 99
Archie Ware: HP
Clyde Nelson: 99
Joe Atkins: 99

Top 2

Ed Steele: S
Tommy Sampson: S.1-3
Pepper Bassett: 99
Nat Pollard: 99
Eli Chism: D9.3-H;1-3
John Britton: 99

Bot 2

Willie Grace: W#
Quincy Trouppe: S.1-3
Al Smith: 43/G.3-H;1-2
Johnnie Cowan: 99
Webbo Clarke: 99

Top 3

Artie Wilson: 99
Piper Davis: S
John Thomas: 99
Ed Steele: 99

Bot 3

Sam Jethroe: 99
Archie Ware: S
Clyde Nelson: 99
Joe Atkins: 99

Top 4

Tommy Sampson: 99
Pepper Bassett: 99
Nat Pollard: 99

Bot 4

Willie Grace: 99
Quincy Trouppe: S
Al Smith: D9.1-H
Johnnie Cowan: 99
Webbo Clarke: 99

Top 5

Eli Chism: S
John Britton: 99/SH.1-2
Artie Wilson: K
Piper Davis: 99

Bot 5

Sam Jethroe: 99
Archie Ware: E2/BG
Clyde Nelson: HP.1-2
Joe Atkins: 99
Willie Grace: S7.2-H(UR);1-2
Quincy Trouppe: 99

Top 6

John Thomas: S8.BX2(99)#
Ed Steele: W
Tommy Sampson: 99
Pepper Bassett: 99

Bot 6

Al Smith: K
Johnnie Cowan: S8
Webbo Clarke: S.1-2
Sam Jethroe: W.2-3;1-2
Archie Ware: S/BG.3-H;2-3;1-2
Clyde Nelson: FC5.3XH(5);2-H(E2/TH)(NR);1-H(E5/TH)(NR);B-2
Joe Atkins: T7.2-H
Willie Grace: S.3-H
Quincy Trouppe: 99/F

Top 7

Nat Pollard: S
Eli Chism: 99
John Britton: 64(1)3/GDP#

Bot 7

Al Smith: 99
Johnnie Cowan: 99
Webbo Clarke: S
Sam Jethroe: S.1X3(99)#

Top 8

Artie Wilson: S
Piper Davis: 99
John Thomas: 99
Ed Steele: D.1-H
Tommy Sampson: S.2-H
Pepper Bassett: 99

Bot 8

Archie Ware: 99
Clyde Nelson: 99
Joe Atkins: T8
Willie Grace: S8.3-H
Quincy Trouppe: PO1(99)#

Top 9

Bobby Robinson: D
Eli Chism: S8.2-3;BX2(99)#
John Britton: 99/F.3-H
Artie Wilson: 99

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score
Game 2 of scheduled DH rained out

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