Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 - 5 6 0 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 4 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Milton lf 5 1 1 0 0 6 0 Jack Marshall 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 Newt Allen 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 7 Ed Mayweather rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Willard Brown cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 3 0 0 0 1 14 0 Frank Duncan II c 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 Mex Johnson ss 3 1 1 0 1 3 7 Floyd Kranson p 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 Totals 32 5 6 2 5 6 27 20 BATTING - 3B: Henry Milton. SH: Newt Allen, Floyd Kranson. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Jack Marshall, Willard Brown 2. Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Rainey Bibbs 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 Ormond Sampson ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 Herman Dunlap rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Turkey Stearnes cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 Subby Byas c 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Pen Gilliard ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Hardy c 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Wilson Redus lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Luther Gilyard 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 Jesse Houston p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Totals 30 0 3 0 1 0 27 11 FIELDING - E: 4. Ormond Sampson, Subby Byas, Paul Hardy, Jesse Houston. BATTING - HBP: Ormond Sampson. Team LOB: 5 PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Floyd Kranson W 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 32 Totals 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 32 HBP: Floyd Kranson. Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jesse Houston L 9 6 5 3 5 6 0 39 Totals 9 6 5 3 5 6 0 39 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/29/1938, game 1 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Chicago American Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Chicago 1. H.Milton lf R.Bibbs 2b 2. J.Marshall 3b O.Sampson ss 3. N.Allen 2b H.Dunlap rf 4. E.Mayweather rf T.Stearnes cf 5. W.Brown cf A.Radcliff 3b 6. B.O`Neil 1b S.Byas c 7. F.Duncan II c W.Redus lf 8. M.Johnson ss L.Gilyard 1b 9. F.Kranson p J.Houston p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Milton out on unknown play; J.Marshall walked; J.Marshall stole second; N.Allen out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Marshall to third]; E.Mayweather walked; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: R.Bibbs out on unknown play; O.Sampson was hit by a pitch; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 0. MONARCHS 2ND: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; F.Duncan II singled; M.Johnson out on unknown play; F.Kranson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 0. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Milton out on unknown play; J.Marshall out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: L.Gilyard out on unknown play; J.Houston out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 0. MONARCHS 4TH: E.Mayweather struck out; W.Brown singled to center field; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; W.Brown stole second [W.Brown scored (unearned) (error by S.Byas)]; F.Duncan II out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: O.Sampson out on unknown play; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, American Giants 0. MONARCHS 5TH: M.Johnson walked; F.Kranson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [M.Johnson to second]; H.Milton out on unknown play; J.Marshall out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, American Giants 0. MONARCHS 6TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: L.Gilyard out on unknown play; J.Houston out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, American Giants 0. MONARCHS 7TH: B.O`Neil walked; F.Duncan II out on unknown play; M.Johnson out on unknown play; F.Kranson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: O.Sampson out on unknown play; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, American Giants 0. MONARCHS 8TH: H.Milton tripled to left field; J.Marshall struck out; N.Allen singled to right field [H.Milton scored]; E.Mayweather grounded out (J.Houston to L.Gilyard) [N.Allen to second]; W.Brown singled to right field [N.Allen scored]; W.Brown stole second; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 3, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: A.Radcliff singled to right field; P.GILLIARD BATTED FOR S.BYAS; P.Gilliard out on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; L.Gilyard walked [A.Radcliff to second]; J.Houston out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 3, American Giants 0. MONARCHS 9TH: P.HARDY REPLACED P.GILLIARD (PLAYING C); F.Duncan II walked; M.Johnson singled [F.Duncan II to third]; F.Duncan II was picked off third, but was safe on an error by P.Hardy [F.Duncan II scored]; M.Johnson was picked off first, but was safe on an error by J.Houston [M.Johnson to second]; F.Kranson flied to T.Stearnes [M.Johnson to third]; H.Milton reached on an error by O.Sampson [M.Johnson scored (unearned) (no RBI), H.Milton to first]; J.Marshall out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 3 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 5, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: R.Bibbs singled to right field; O.Sampson singled [R.Bibbs to second]; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 5, American Giants 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 5 6 0 7 American Giants 0 3 4 5
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