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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 6 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 1

Game played on Sunday, May 29, 1938 (D) at South Side Park III, Chicago IL
Regular-Season game

Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 2  0 3 0  0 0 1   -   6 11  0
Chicago American Giants             0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 0   -   1  9  1

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton lf                       4   3   2    1     1         0   0
Jack Marshall 3b                      5   0   0    0     0         0   3
Newt Allen 2b                         4   1   2    2     1         2   3
Ed Mayweather rf                      5   1   1    2     0         1   0
Willard Brown cf                      4   0   2    0     0         1   0
Buck O`Neil 1b                        4   0   2    1     0        14   0
Frank Duncan II c                     4   0   0    0     0         7   1
Mex Johnson ss                        4   0   0    0     0         2   5
Hilton Smith p                        4   1   2    0     0         0   6
Totals                               38   6  11    6     2   6    27  18


BATTING -
2B:  Newt Allen, Willard Brown, Hilton Smith. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Henry Milton 3, Newt Allen, Willard Brown, Buck O`Neil. 

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Rainey Bibbs 2b                       2   0   1    0     0         0   1
  Joe Sparks 2b                       1   0   0    0     0         2   1
  Pen Gilliard ph                     1   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
  Tommy Johnson p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Ormond Sampson ss                     3   0   0    0     0         1   3
Herman Dunlap rf                      3   0   1    0     0         3   0
Turkey Stearnes cf                    4   1   1    0     0         2   0
Alex Radcliff 3b, 2b                  4   0   1    0     0         1   1
Subby Byas c                          4   0   2    1     0         7   0
Wilson Redus lf                       4   0   1    0     0         1   1
Luther Gilyard 1b                     4   0   1    0     0   1    10   0
Ted Trent p                           1   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Willie Cornelius p                  1   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Ed Young ph, 3b                     1   0   1    0     0         0   1
Totals                               33   1   9    1     0   4    27  10

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Subby Byas, Wilson Redus. 
E: 1.  Joe Sparks. 

BATTING -
SH:  Ormond Sampson, Herman Dunlap. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Subby Byas. 

PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Hilton Smith W                       9       9   1    1   0   4   0  35
Totals                               9       9   1    1   0   4   0  35


Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ted Trent L                          4.2     9   5    5   1   4   0  23
Willie Cornelius                     3.1     1   0    0   0   2   0  12
Tommy Johnson                        1       1   1    1   1   0   0  5
Totals                               9      11   6    6   2   6   0  40

WP:  Tommy Johnson. 


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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/29/1938, game 2 -- 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. H.Smith             p         T.Trent             p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; 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 1ST: R.Bibbs singled; O.Sampson out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Bibbs to second]; H.Dunlap
out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Bibbs to third];
T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs
0, American Giants 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: E.Mayweather out on unknown play; W.Brown
singled; B.O`Neil singled [W.Brown to second]; F.Duncan II out
on unknown play; W.Brown stole third and B.O`Neil stole second;
M.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 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.Smith doubled; H.Milton singled [H.Smith
scored]; H.Milton stole second; J.Marshall out on unknown play;
N.Allen doubled [H.Milton scored]; E.Mayweather out on unknown
play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 2, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: L.Gilyard singled; T.Trent out on unknown
play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; O.Sampson out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 2, American Giants 0.

MONARCHS 4TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; F.Duncan II out on
unknown play; M.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 2, American Giants 0.

AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: H.Dunlap out on unknown play; T.Stearnes
singled; A.Radcliff singled [T.Stearnes to third]; S.Byas forced
A.Radcliff (H.Smith to M.Johnson) [T.Stearnes scored, S.Byas to
first]; W.Redus singled [S.Byas to third]; S.Byas was caught
stealing home (F.Duncan II to N.Allen to F.Duncan II); 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 2, American Giants 1.

MONARCHS 5TH: J.SPARKS REPLACED R.BIBBS (PLAYING 2B); H.Smith
singled; H.Milton singled [H.Smith to third]; J.Marshall hit
into a double play (W.Redus to S.Byas) [H.Smith out at home];
N.Allen walked [H.Milton to second]; H.Milton stole third and
N.Allen stole second; E.Mayweather singled [H.Milton scored,
N.Allen scored]; W.Brown doubled [E.Mayweather to third];
W.CORNELIUS REPLACED T.TRENT (PITCHING); B.O`Neil singled
[E.Mayweather scored, W.Brown to third]; F.Duncan II out on
unknown play; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 5, American Giants
1.

AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: L.Gilyard out on unknown play; W.Cornelius
out on unknown play; J.Sparks out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 5, American Giants 1.

MONARCHS 6TH: M.Johnson reached on an error by J.Sparks
[M.Johnson to first]; H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Milton out
on unknown play; J.Marshall out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Monarchs 5, American Giants 1.

AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: 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 5, American Giants 1.

MONARCHS 7TH: 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 5, American Giants 1.

AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; S.Byas
singled; W.Redus out on unknown play; L.Gilyard out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 5, American Giants 1.

MONARCHS 8TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; F.Duncan II out on
unknown play; M.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 5, American Giants 1.

AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: E.YOUNG BATTED FOR W.CORNELIUS; E.Young
singled to left-center; P.GILLIARD BATTED FOR J.SPARKS;
P.Gilliard struck out; O.Sampson forced E.Young (M.Johnson to
N.Allen) [O.Sampson to first]; H.Dunlap singled [O.Sampson to
second]; T.Stearnes grounded out (N.Allen to B.O`Neil); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 5, American Giants 1.

MONARCHS 9TH: E.YOUNG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); A.RADCLIFF
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); T.JOHNSON REPLACED P.GILLIARD
(PITCHING); H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Milton walked;
H.Milton stole second; T.Johnson threw a wild pitch [H.Milton to
third]; J.Marshall flied to H.Dunlap in foul territory; N.Allen
singled to right field [H.Milton scored]; E.Mayweather out on
unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 6, American Giants
1.

AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; S.Byas
singled to right field; W.Redus grounded out (B.O`Neil
unassisted) [S.Byas to second]; L.Gilyard struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 6, American Giants 1.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs         6  11   0   7
 American Giants   1   9   1   7


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