Indianapolis ABCs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 3 Kansas City Monarchs 2 0 5 8 0 1 0 - 16 19 2 BATTING Indianapolis ABCs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Marshall Riddle 2b 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 Buddy Armour ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 John Lyles 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ted Strong 1b 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 Quincy Trouppe lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Bradford rf 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 Harry Shepherd cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Raymond Taylor c 3 0 0 0 0 10 0 Ted Alexander p 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 J. Brown p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lefty Calhoun p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmie Armstead p 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 26 1 5 1 0 5 21 2 FIELDING - E: 3. Marshall Riddle, Buddy Armour, Raymond Taylor. BATTING - SH: Buddy Armour. GDP: Marshall Riddle. Team LOB: 5 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Milton lf 5 2 2 1 1 2 0 Roosevelt Cox 3b 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 Newt Allen 2b 4 2 1 1 1 2 4 Ed Mayweather rf 5 4 4 5 0 1 1 0 Willard Brown cf 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 5 2 2 2 0 8 0 Frank Duncan II c 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 Mex Johnson ss 5 2 3 3 0 1 2 Hilton Smith p 5 2 5 3 0 2 1 Totals 43 16 19 16 3 8 21 9 FIELDING - DP: 1. Newt Allen, Buck O`Neil, Mex Johnson. E: 2. Henry Milton, Mex Johnson. BATTING - 2B: Ed Mayweather, Willard Brown, Mex Johnson, Hilton Smith 2. HR: Ed Mayweather. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Henry Milton 3. PITCHING Indianapolis ABCs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ted Alexander L 2.2 8 6 6 0 3 1 17 J. Brown 0.2 6 5 5 0 0 0 9 Lefty Calhoun 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 3 Jimmie Armstead 3.2 4 2 1 1 5 0 17 Totals 7 19 16 15 3 8 1 46 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hilton Smith W 7 5 1 0 0 5 0 27 Totals 7 5 1 0 0 5 0 27 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - McDonald, 1B - Al Wallin Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/22/1938, game 1 -- Indianapolis ABCs at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. M.Riddle 2b H.Milton lf 2. B.Armour ss R.Cox 3b 3. J.Lyles 3b N.Allen 2b 4. T.Strong 1b E.Mayweather rf 5. Q.Trouppe lf W.Brown cf 6. B.Bradford rf B.O`Neil 1b 7. H.Shepherd cf F.Duncan II c 8. R.Taylor c M.Johnson ss 9. T.Alexander p H.Smith p ABCS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; M.Riddle reached on an error by M.Johnson [M.Riddle to first]; B.Armour out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [M.Riddle to second]; J.Lyles out on unknown play; T.Strong singled [M.Riddle scored (unearned)]; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton singled; H.Milton stole second; H.Milton stole third; R.Cox out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; E.Mayweather homered [H.Milton scored]; W.Brown reached on an error by B.Armour [W.Brown to first]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 2. ABCS 2ND: B.Bradford out on unknown play; H.Shepherd out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 2ND: F.Duncan II out on unknown play; M.Johnson singled; H.Smith singled [M.Johnson to second]; H.Milton forced H.Smith (unknown fielder) [M.Johnson to third, H.Milton to first]; H.Milton stole second; R.Cox out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 2. ABCS 3RD: T.Alexander singled; M.Riddle grounded into a double play (M.Johnson to N.Allen to B.O`Neil) [T.Alexander out at second]; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 3RD: N.Allen singled; E.Mayweather singled [N.Allen to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil singled [N.Allen scored, E.Mayweather to second]; F.Duncan II out on unknown play; M.Johnson doubled [E.Mayweather scored, B.O`Neil scored]; J.BROWN REPLACED T.ALEXANDER (PITCHING); H.Smith doubled [M.Johnson scored]; H.Milton singled [H.Smith scored]; R.Cox reached on an error by M.Riddle [H.Milton to second, R.Cox to first]; N.Allen out on unknown play; 5 R, 6 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 7. ABCS 4TH: J.Lyles reached on an error by H.Milton [J.Lyles to first]; T.Strong out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 7. MONARCHS 4TH: E.Mayweather singled; W.Brown singled [E.Mayweather to second]; B.O`Neil singled [E.Mayweather scored, W.Brown to second]; F.Duncan II out on unknown play; M.Johnson singled [W.Brown scored, B.O`Neil to second]; L.CALHOUN REPLACED J.BROWN (PITCHING); H.Smith doubled [B.O`Neil scored, M.Johnson scored]; H.Milton walked; R.Cox walked [H.Smith to third, H.Milton to second]; J.ARMSTEAD REPLACED L.CALHOUN (PITCHING); N.Allen walked [H.Smith scored, H.Milton to third, R.Cox to second]; E.Mayweather doubled [H.Milton scored, R.Cox scored, N.Allen scored]; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 8 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 15. ABCS 5TH: H.Shepherd out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play; J.Armstead singled; M.Riddle singled [J.Armstead to second]; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 15. MONARCHS 5TH: F.Duncan II out on unknown play; M.Johnson out on unknown play; H.Smith singled; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 15. ABCS 6TH: J.Lyles out on unknown play; T.Strong singled; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 15. MONARCHS 6TH: R.Cox out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; E.Mayweather struck out [E.Mayweather to first (error by R.Taylor)]; W.Brown doubled [E.Mayweather scored (unearned)]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 16. ABCS 7TH: H.Shepherd out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play; J.Armstead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 16. MONARCHS 7TH: F.Duncan II out on unknown play; M.Johnson out on unknown play; H.Smith singled; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 16. Final Totals R H E LOB ABCs 1 5 3 5 Monarchs 16 19 2 9
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