Kansas City Monarchs 3 0 0 0 3 2 2 - 10 10 3 Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 6 2 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Milton lf 4 2 1 0 0 3 0 Eddie Dwight cf 2 2 1 1 2 4 0 Newt Allen 2b 4 2 1 1 0 2 2 Willard Brown ss 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 Ed Mayweather 1b 4 1 1 2 0 6 0 Jess Brooks 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 Dave Mays rf 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 Frank Duncan c 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 Johnny Markham p 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 Totals 29 10 10 7 3 3 21 4 FIELDING - DP: 1. Newt Allen, Ed Mayweather, Johnny Markham. E: 3. Henry Milton, Newt Allen, Willard Brown. BATTING - 3B: Jess Brooks, Dave Mays. HR: Ed Mayweather. SH: Johnny Markham. Team LOB: 2 BASERUNNING - SB: Henry Milton. Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Parnell Woods 3b 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Johnny Ray cf 3 0 2 0 0 5 1 Sylvester Owens lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 David Whatley rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Jim Canada 1b 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 Melvin Coleman ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Fred Bankhead 2b 3 0 1 0 0 3 2 Harry Barnes c 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 Red Howard p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Willie Ferrell p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 26 1 6 1 0 3 21 5 FIELDING - DP: 1. Johnny Ray, Jim Canada. E: 2. Johnny Ray, Melvin Coleman. BATTING - SH: Jim Canada. GDP: Sylvester Owens. Team LOB: 5 PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Johnny Markham W 7 6 1 0 0 3 0 27 Totals 7 6 1 0 0 3 0 27 Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Red Howard L 5 9 8 5 2 3 0 25 Willie Ferrell 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 8 Totals 7 10 10 7 3 3 1 33 Red Howard pitched to 2 batters in the 6th inning Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Montgomery, 1B - Moore Time of Game: 1:55 Attendance: 5000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/9/1937, game 2 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Birmingham Black Barons (D) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Birmingham 1. H.Milton lf P.Woods 3b 2. E.Dwight cf J.Ray cf 3. N.Allen 2b S.Owens lf 4. W.Brown ss D.Whatley rf 5. E.Mayweather 1b J.Canada 1b 6. J.Brooks 3b M.Coleman ss 7. D.Mays rf F.Bankhead 2b 8. F.Duncan c H.Barnes c 9. J.Markham p R.Howard p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Milton singled; H.Milton stole second; E.Dwight singled [H.Milton scored]; N.Allen reached on an error by M.Coleman [E.Dwight scored (no RBI), N.Allen to second]; W.Brown singled [N.Allen scored (unearned)]; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; J.Brooks out on unknown play; D.Mays out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 3, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: P.Woods out on unknown play; J.Ray singled; S.Owens grounded into a double play (J.Markham to N.Allen to E.Mayweather) [J.Ray out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 3, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 2ND: F.Duncan out on unknown play; J.Markham out on unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 3, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: D.Whatley singled to second base [D.Whatley to second (error by N.Allen)]; J.Canada out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [D.Whatley to third]; M.Coleman out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 3, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 3RD: E.Dwight out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 3, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: H.Barnes out on unknown play; R.Howard out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 3, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 4TH: E.Mayweather out on unknown play; J.Brooks out on unknown play; D.Mays singled; D.Mays was picked off first (R.Howard to J.Canada); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 3, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: J.Ray out on unknown play; S.Owens out on unknown play; D.Whatley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 3, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 5TH: F.Duncan singled; J.Markham singled [F.Duncan to second]; H.Milton forced J.Markham (unknown fielder) [F.Duncan to third, H.Milton to first]; E.Dwight walked [H.Milton to second]; N.Allen singled to center field [F.Duncan scored, H.Milton scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by J.Ray), E.Dwight scored (unearned) (no RBI), N.Allen to second]; W.Brown walked; E.Mayweather hit into a double play (J.Ray to J.Canada) [W.Brown out at first]; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 6, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.Canada out on unknown play; M.Coleman out on unknown play; F.Bankhead singled to left field [F.Bankhead to second (error by H.Milton)]; H.Barnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 6, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 6TH: J.Brooks tripled; D.Mays tripled [J.Brooks scored]; W.FERRELL REPLACED R.HOWARD (PITCHING); F.Duncan out on unknown play; J.Markham out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [D.Mays scored]; H.Milton out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 8, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 6TH: W.Ferrell out on unknown play; P.Woods reached on an error by W.Brown [P.Woods to first]; J.Ray singled [P.Woods to second]; S.Owens singled [P.Woods to third, J.Ray to second]; D.Whatley struck out; J.Canada singled [P.Woods scored (unearned), J.Ray to third, S.Owens to second]; M.Coleman struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Monarchs 8, Black Barons 1. MONARCHS 7TH: E.Dwight walked; N.Allen forced E.Dwight (unknown fielder) [N.Allen to first]; W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Mayweather homered to rightfield [N.Allen scored]; J.Brooks out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 10, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 7TH: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; H.Barnes out on unknown play; W.Ferrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 10, Black Barons 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 10 10 3 2 Black Barons 1 6 2 5
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