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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 6 Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 5

Game played on Sunday, June 5, 1938 (D) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Atlanta Black Crackers              4 1 0  0 0 0  0  -   5  8  1
Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 1  2 3 0  x  -   6  8  0

BATTING

Atlanta Black Crackers               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Hap Glenn 3b                          4   2   2    0     0         3   0
Bozo Jackson ss                       3   1   1    0     0         2   2
Donald Reeves rf                      4   0   1    1     0         0   0
Joe Greene c                          3   1   1    1     0         3   0
Don Pelham cf                         3   0   0    0     0         2   0
Babe Davis lf                         3   1   1    2     0         2   0
Red Moore 1b                          3   0   2    1     0         4   0
Leo Sims 2b                           3   0   0    0     0         2   1
Bo Mitchell p                         2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Telosh Howard p                     1   0   0    0     0         0   2
Totals                               29   5   8    5     0   3    18   5

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Bozo Jackson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Babe Davis. 
SH:  Bozo Jackson. 
GDP:  Telosh Howard. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Donald Reeves. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton lf                       4   0   0    0     0         1   0
Roosevelt Cox 3b                      4   0   0    0     0         2   1
Newt Allen 2b                         4   1   1    0     0         0   6
Ed Mayweather rf                      3   1   1    0     0         0   0
Willard Brown cf                      3   1   2    3     0         1   0
Buck O`Neil 1b                        3   0   0    0     0        10   0
Frank Duncan II c                     2   1   1    0     0         4   0
Mex Johnson ss                        2   2   1    0     0         2   2
Floyd Kranson p                       0   0   0    0     0         1   1
  Hilton Smith p                      3   0   2    3     0         0   1
Totals                               28   6   8    6     0   3    21  11

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Roosevelt Cox, Buck O`Neil. 

BATTING -
2B:  Ed Mayweather, Hilton Smith 2. 
HR:  Willard Brown. 
SH:  Mex Johnson. 
HBP:  Frank Duncan II. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Willard Brown, Buck O`Neil. 

PITCHING

Atlanta Black Crackers               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bo Mitchell L                        4.1     7   5    5   0   3   0  22
Telosh Howard                        1.2     1   1    1   0   0   1  8
Totals                               6       8   6    6   0   3   1  30

HBP:  Telosh Howard. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Floyd Kranson                        0.2     4   4    4   0   0   0  6
Hilton Smith W                       6.1     4   1    1   0   3   0  24
Totals                               7       8   5    5   0   3   0  30



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Umpires: HP - Al Wallin, 1B -  McDonald

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 6/5/1938, game 2 -- Atlanta Black Crackers at
Kansas City Monarchs (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Atlanta                       Kansas City                   
1. H.Glenn             3b        H.Milton            lf        
2. B.Jackson           ss        R.Cox               3b        
3. D.Reeves            rf        N.Allen             2b        
4. J.Greene            c         E.Mayweather        rf        
5. D.Pelham            cf        W.Brown             cf        
6. B.Davis             lf        B.O`Neil            1b        
7. R.Moore             1b        F.Duncan II         c         
8. L.Sims              2b        M.Johnson           ss        
9. B.Mitchell          p         F.Kranson           p         

BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; H.Glenn singled; B.Jackson singled [H.Glenn
to second]; D.Reeves out on unknown play; J.Greene singled
[H.Glenn scored, B.Jackson to second]; D.Pelham out on unknown
play; B.Davis doubled [B.Jackson scored, J.Greene scored];
H.SMITH REPLACED F.KRANSON (PITCHING); R.Moore singled [B.Davis
scored]; L.Sims reached on a fielder's choice [R.Moore to
second]; B.Mitchell out on unknown play; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Black Crackers 4, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Cox out on
unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Black Crackers 4, Monarchs 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: H.Glenn singled; B.Jackson out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Glenn to second]; D.Reeves
singled [H.Glenn scored]; D.Reeves stole second; J.Greene out on
unknown play; D.Pelham out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Black Crackers 5, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: E.Mayweather out on unknown play; W.Brown
singled; W.Brown stole second; B.O`Neil out on unknown play;
F.Duncan II out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black
Crackers 5, Monarchs 0.

BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: B.Davis out on unknown play; R.Moore out on
unknown play; L.Sims out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Crackers 5, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: M.Johnson singled; H.Smith doubled [M.Johnson
scored]; H.Milton reached on a fielder's choice [H.Smith to
third]; R.Cox out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play;
E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black
Crackers 5, Monarchs 1.

BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: B.Mitchell out on unknown play; H.Glenn out
on unknown play; B.Jackson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Crackers 5, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on
unknown play; F.Duncan II singled; M.Johnson reached on a
fielder's choice [F.Duncan II to second]; H.Smith doubled
[F.Duncan II scored, M.Johnson scored]; H.Milton out on unknown
play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Crackers 5, Monarchs 3.

BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: D.Reeves out on unknown play; J.Greene out
on unknown play; D.Pelham out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Crackers 5, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 5TH: R.Cox out on unknown play; N.Allen singled;
E.Mayweather doubled [N.Allen to third]; T.HOWARD REPLACED
B.MITCHELL (PITCHING); W.Brown homered [N.Allen scored,
E.Mayweather scored]; B.O`Neil reached on an error by B.Jackson
[B.O`Neil to first]; B.O`Neil stole second; F.Duncan II was hit
by a pitch; M.Johnson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[B.O`Neil to third, F.Duncan II to second]; H.Smith out on
unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Black Crackers 5, Monarchs
6.

BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: B.Davis out on unknown play; R.Moore
singled; L.Sims reached on a fielder's choice [R.Moore to
second]; T.Howard grounded into a double play (R.Cox to
B.O`Neil) [R.Moore out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black
Crackers 5, Monarchs 6.

MONARCHS 6TH: H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Cox out on
unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Black Crackers 5, Monarchs 6.

BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: H.Glenn out on unknown play; B.Jackson out
on unknown play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Crackers 5, Monarchs 6.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Crackers   5   8   1   4
 Monarchs         6   8   0   6


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