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Memphis Red Sox @ Cleveland Buckeyes

1948-06-06 · Day game · League Park IV · Att: 2800 · 2:10

Memphis Red Sox defeated Cleveland Buckeyes 4–2. Memphis Red Sox put up 2 in the 9th.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MEM	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	10
CVB	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	6

Memphis Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Joe Burt Scott	4	0	0	0	0
Willie Wells	4	0	0	0	1
José Colás	5	1	3	1	0
Bob Boyd	5	1	4	1	0
Cowan Hyde	5	0	0	0	0
Johnnie Cowan	4	0	1	2	0
Casey Jones	4	0	0	0	0
Willie Wells	2	0	0	0	1
Verdell Mathis	4	1	1	0	0
Neil Robinson	1	1	1	0	0

Cleveland Buckeyes — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Sam Jethroe	4	1	1	0	0
Archie Ware	3	0	2	0	1
Leon Kellman	3	0	0	1	1
Al Smith	2	0	0	1	1
Willie Grace	4	0	0	0	0
Henry Presswood	4	0	1	0	0
Tommy Harris	3	0	0	0	0
Bill Reynolds	3	0	0	0	0
(unknown)	4	1	1	0	0
Clyde Nelson	1	0	0	0	0
Eugene Bremer	1	0	1	0	0

Memphis Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Verdell Mathis	9.0	6	3	0

Cleveland Buckeyes — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
(unknown)	9.0	10	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Burt Scott: 99
Willie Wells: 99
José Colás: D
Bob Boyd: 99

Bot 1

Sam Jethroe: 99
Archie Ware: W
Leon Kellman: 99
Al Smith: 99

Top 2

Cowan Hyde: E5#
Johnnie Cowan: E4.1-2#
Casey Jones: 99
Willie Wells: 99
Verdell Mathis: 99

Bot 2

Willie Grace: 99
Henry Presswood: 99
Tommy Harris: 99

Top 3

Joe Burt Scott: 99
Willie Wells: 99
José Colás: S
Bob Boyd: CS2(99)#

Bot 3

Bill Reynolds: 99
99
Sam Jethroe: 99

Top 4

Bob Boyd: S/BG
Cowan Hyde: 99
Johnnie Cowan: 99
Casey Jones: 99

Bot 4

Archie Ware: 99
Leon Kellman: 99
Al Smith: 99

Top 5

Willie Wells: W
Verdell Mathis: S7.1-2
Joe Burt Scott: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Willie Wells: 99
José Colás: 99

Bot 5

Willie Grace: 99
Henry Presswood: S8
Tommy Harris: 99
Bill Reynolds: 99

Top 6

Bob Boyd: D9
Cowan Hyde: 99
Johnnie Cowan: S.2-H
Casey Jones: 99
Willie Wells: 99

Bot 6

S
Sam Jethroe: S.1-2
Archie Ware: S.2-3;1-2
Leon Kellman: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Al Smith: 99/SH.3-H;2-3;1-2
Willie Grace: 99
Henry Presswood: 99

Top 7

Verdell Mathis: 99
Joe Burt Scott: 99
Willie Wells: 99

Bot 7

Tommy Harris: 99
Bill Reynolds: 99
99

Top 8

José Colás: S/89
Bob Boyd: S.1-3
Cowan Hyde: 99
Johnnie Cowan: 7/F.3-H
Casey Jones: 99

Bot 8

Sam Jethroe: 99
Archie Ware: S
Leon Kellman: 99
Al Smith: W.1-2
Willie Grace: 99

Top 9

Neil Robinson: D7
Verdell Mathis: FC1.2-3(E1/TH);B-1
Joe Burt Scott: 43/G.1-2
Willie Wells: W
José Colás: 7/F7D.3-H(UR)
Bob Boyd: S7.2-H(UR);1-2
Cowan Hyde: 99

Bot 9

Henry Presswood: 6
Clyde Nelson: 6/FL
Eugene Bremer: D
9/F

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score First Negro League game telecast over both radio and television (WEWS).

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