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Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 6 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 2

Game played on Sunday, May 2, 1937 (D) at Martin Stadium, Memphis TN
Exhibition game

Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 0  2 0 0   -   2  2  0
Memphis Red Sox                     3 0 0  0 3 x   -   6 12  0

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton lf                       3   1   1    0     0         0   0
Eddie Dwight cf                       2   1   0    0     1         0   0
Newt Allen 2b                         3   0   0    1     0         0   1
Willard Brown ss                      2   0   0    0     0         1   1
Ed Mayweather 1b                      2   0   0    0     0         1   0
Jess Brooks 3b                        2   0   0    0     0         0   0
Dave Mays rf                          2   0   0    0     0         0   0
Harry Else c                          0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Frank Duncan c                      2   0   0    0     0         0   0
Floyd Kranson p                       0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Hilton Smith p                      1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Henry McHenry p                     1   0   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               20   2   2    1     1   5    15   2

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Newt Allen, Willard Brown, Ed Mayweather. 
PB: 1.  Harry Else. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  1

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Henry Milton, Eddie Dwight. 

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Goose Curry cf                        2   2   1    0     1         0   0
Leo Sanders ss                        3   2   3    1     0         0   0
Jimmy Ford 2b                         3   1   2    2     0         0   0
Nat Rogers rf                         3   0   1    0     0         0   0
Raymond Taylor c                      3   1   2    1     0         0   0
Granville Lyons 1b                    3   0   2    2     0         0   0
Bob Smith 3b                          3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Red Longley lf                        1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Pete McQueen ph, lf                 1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Edgar Jackson ph, lf                1   0   1    0     0         0   0
Emery Adams p                         3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               26   6  12    6     1  12    18   0

FIELDING -
PB: 1.  Raymond Taylor. 

BATTING -
3B:  Granville Lyons. 
GDP:  Nat Rogers. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Goose Curry. 

PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Floyd Kranson L                      0.2     4   3    3   1  11   0  6
Hilton Smith                         3.2     6   3    3   0   1   0  17
Henry McHenry                        0.2     2   0    0   0   0   0  4
Totals                               5      12   6    6   1  12   0  27


Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Emery Adams W                        6       2   2    2   1   5   0  21
Totals                               6       2   2    2   1   5   0  21



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Umpires: HP - W. Goodman, 1B - Greenie Walls

Time of Game: 1:45   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/2/1937, game 2 -- Kansas City Monarchs at
Memphis Red Sox (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City                   Memphis                       
1. H.Milton            lf        G.Curry             cf        
2. E.Dwight            cf        L.Sanders           ss        
3. N.Allen             2b        J.Ford              2b        
4. W.Brown             ss        N.Rogers            rf        
5. E.Mayweather        1b        R.Taylor            c         
6. J.Brooks            3b        G.Lyons             1b        
7. D.Mays              rf        B.Smith             3b        
8. H.Else              c         R.Longley           lf        
9. F.Kranson           p         E.Adams             p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; H.Milton out on unknown play; E.Dwight out on
unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Monarchs 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: G.Curry walked; G.Curry stole second; L.Sanders
singled [G.Curry scored]; H.Else allowed a passed ball
[L.Sanders to second]; J.Ford singled [L.Sanders scored];
N.Rogers grounded into a double play (N.Allen to W.Brown to
E.Mayweather) [J.Ford out at second]; R.Taylor singled; G.Lyons
tripled [R.Taylor scored]; H.SMITH REPLACED F.KRANSON
(PITCHING); B.Smith out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, Red Sox 3.

MONARCHS 2ND: W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Mayweather out on
unknown play; J.Brooks out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 0, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 2ND: F.DUNCAN REPLACED H.ELSE (PLAYING C); R.Longley
out on unknown play; E.Adams out on unknown play; G.Curry out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Red Sox 3.

MONARCHS 3RD: D.Mays out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on
unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Monarchs 0, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 3RD: L.Sanders singled; J.Ford out on unknown play;
N.Rogers singled [L.Sanders to second]; R.Taylor out on unknown
play; G.Lyons out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, Red Sox 3.

MONARCHS 4TH: H.Milton singled; E.Dwight walked [H.Milton to
second]; H.Milton stole third and E.Dwight stole second;
R.Taylor allowed a passed ball [H.Milton scored, E.Dwight to
third]; N.Allen out on unknown play [E.Dwight scored]; W.Brown
out on unknown play; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 4TH: B.Smith out on unknown play; P.MCQUEEN BATTED FOR
R.LONGLEY; P.McQueen out on unknown play; E.Adams out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Red Sox 3.

MONARCHS 5TH: P.MCQUEEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); J.Brooks
out on unknown play; D.Mays out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 5TH: G.Curry singled; L.Sanders singled [G.Curry to
second]; J.Ford singled [G.Curry scored, L.Sanders to second];
N.Rogers out on unknown play; R.Taylor singled [L.Sanders
scored, J.Ford to second]; H.MCHENRY REPLACED H.SMITH
(PITCHING); G.Lyons singled [J.Ford scored, R.Taylor to second];
B.Smith out on unknown play; E.JACKSON BATTED FOR P.MCQUEEN;
E.Jackson singled [R.Taylor to third, G.Lyons to second];
E.Adams out on unknown play; 3 R, 6 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Monarchs 2,
Red Sox 6.

MONARCHS 6TH: E.JACKSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); H.McHenry
singled; H.Milton out on unknown play; E.Dwight out on unknown
play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 2, Red Sox 6.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs         2   2   0   1
 Red Sox          6  12   0   6


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