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Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 5 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 2

Game played on Sunday, July 10, 1938 (D) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Birmingham Black Barons             1 0 0  0 2 0  2  -   5  7  2
Kansas City Monarchs                1 0 0  0 0 0  1  -   2  3  0

BATTING

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
David Whatley rf                      3   2   2    0     1         0   0
Parnell Woods 3b                      2   3   1    0     2         0   1
Melzar Williams lf                    3   0   1    1     1         0   0
Henry McCall 1b                       4   0   2    3     0        10   0
Sylvester Owens cf                    4   0   1    1     0         5   0
Fred Bankhead 2b                      3   0   0    0     0         1   3
Harry Barnes c                        2   0   0    0     1         3   0
Andrew Cephas ss                      3   0   0    0     0         2   6
Dick Burton p                         3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               27   5   7    5     5   7    21  10

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Andrew Cephas 2. 

BATTING -
GDP:  Andrew Cephas. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Henry McCall, Sylvester Owens. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton rf                       3   1   2    0     0         0   0
Roosevelt Cox 3b                      3   0   0    0     0         0   1
Newt Allen 2b                         3   0   0    1     0         0   2
Willard Brown cf                      3   0   0    0     0         2   0
Buck O`Neil 1b                        3   1   1    0     0         3   0
Harry Else c                          2   0   0    0     1        12   0
 Betts lf                             3   0   0    1     0         0   0
Mex Johnson ss                        3   0   0    0     0         4   1
Big Train Jackson p                   1   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Frank Bradley p                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Hilton Smith ph                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               26   2   3    2     1   2    21   5

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Buck O`Neil, Mex Johnson. 

BATTING -
2B:  Henry Milton. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Buck O`Neil 2. 

PITCHING

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Dick Burton W                        7       3   2    2   1   2   0  27
Totals                               7       3   2    2   1   2   0  27


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Big Train Jackson L                  4.2     5   3    3   4   3   0  22
Frank Bradley                        2.1     2   2    2   1   4   0  10
Totals                               7       7   5    5   5   7   0  32



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Umpires: HP - Al Wallin, 1B -  McDonald

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 2000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/10/1938, game 2 -- Birmingham Black Barons at
Kansas City Monarchs (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Birmingham                    Kansas City                   
1. D.Whatley           rf        H.Milton            rf        
2. P.Woods             3b        R.Cox               3b        
3. M.Williams          lf        N.Allen             2b        
4. H.McCall            1b        W.Brown             cf        
5. S.Owens             cf        B.O`Neil            1b        
6. F.Bankhead          2b        H.Else              c         
7. H.Barnes            c                             lf        
8. A.Cephas            ss        M.Johnson           ss        
9. D.Burton            p         B.Jackson           p         

BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; D.Whatley out on unknown play; P.Woods
walked; M.Williams walked [P.Woods to second]; H.McCall out on
unknown play; S.Owens singled [P.Woods scored, M.Williams to
third]; S.Owens stole second; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton doubled to right field; R.Cox out on
unknown play [H.Milton to third]; N.Allen out on unknown play
[H.Milton scored]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 1, Monarchs 1.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: H.Barnes walked; A.Cephas grounded into a
double play (M.Johnson to B.O`Neil) [H.Barnes out at second];
D.Burton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Barons 1, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 2ND: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Else out on
unknown play;  reached on an error by A.Cephas [ to first];
M.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Black
Barons 1, Monarchs 1.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: D.Whatley walked; P.Woods out on unknown
play; M.Williams out on unknown play; H.McCall out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 1, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 3RD: B.Jackson out on unknown play; H.Milton singled;
R.Cox out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 1, Monarchs 1.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: S.Owens out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out
on unknown play; H.Barnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 1, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown reached on an error by A.Cephas [W.Brown
to first]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Else out on unknown
play;  out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons
1, Monarchs 1.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: A.Cephas out on unknown play; D.Burton out on
unknown play; D.Whatley singled; P.Woods singled [D.Whatley to
second]; M.Williams singled [D.Whatley scored, P.Woods to
second]; H.McCall singled [P.Woods scored, M.Williams to
second]; F.BRADLEY REPLACED B.JACKSON (PITCHING); S.Owens out on
unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 3, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 5TH: M.Johnson out on unknown play; F.Bradley out on
unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 3, Monarchs 1.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; H.Barnes out
on unknown play; A.Cephas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 3, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 6TH: R.Cox out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown
play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Barons 3, Monarchs 1.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: D.Burton out on unknown play; D.Whatley
singled; P.Woods walked [D.Whatley to second]; M.Williams out on
unknown play [D.Whatley to third, P.Woods to second]; H.McCall
singled [D.Whatley scored, P.Woods scored]; H.McCall stole
second; S.Owens out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Black Barons 5, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 7TH: B.O`Neil singled to pitcher; B.O`Neil stole
second; H.Else walked; B.O`Neil stole third;  out on unknown
play [B.O`Neil scored]; M.Johnson out on unknown play; H.SMITH
BATTED FOR F.BRADLEY; H.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 5, Monarchs 2.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Barons     5   7   2   6
 Monarchs         2   3   0   4


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