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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 7 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 0

Game played on Sunday, August 7, 1938 (D) at Rickwood Field , Birmingham AL
Regular-Season game

Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 1  0 1 0  3 0 2   -   7 12  0
Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   0  4  5

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Rainey Bibbs 3b                       5   1   4    2     0   0     1   1
Henry Milton rf                       5   2   2    1     0   0     2   0
Newt Allen 2b                         5   1   2    2     0   0     2   4
Turkey Stearnes cf                    5   0   1    1     0   0     2   0
Willard Brown lf                      4   0   0    0     1   0     3   0
Harry Else c                          5   0   1    0     0   0     4   0
Buck O`Neil 1b                        4   1   1    0     0   0    12   0
Mex Johnson ss                        3   1   0    0     0   0     1   2
Hilton Smith p                        4   1   1    0     0   0     0   4
Totals                               40   7  12    6     1   0    27  11

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

BATTING -
2B:  Rainey Bibbs. 
3B:  Harry Else. 
SH:  Mex Johnson. 
Team LOB:  8


Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Marlin Carter 3b                      4   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Cowan Hyde cf                         4   0   1    0     0   0     3   0
Lloyd Davenport rf                    4   0   1    0     0   0     3   0
Jelly Taylor 1b                       3   0   0    0     0   0    10   0
Neil Robinson ss                      3   0   0    0     0   0     3   4
Ted Radcliffe lf                      3   0   1    0     0   0     1   0
Larry Brown c                         3   0   0    0     0   0     7   1
Red Longley 2b                        3   0   0    0     0   0     0   1
Willie Jefferson p                    3   0   0    0     0   0     0   1
Totals                               30   0   4    0     0   0    27   7

FIELDING -
E: 5.  Marlin Carter, Red Longley 3, Willie Jefferson. 

BATTING -
GDP:  Cowan Hyde. 
Team LOB:  3


PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Hilton Smith W                       9       4   0    0   0   0   0  30
Totals                               9       4   0    0   0   0   0  30


Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Jefferson L                   9      12   7    6   1   0   0  42
Totals                               9      12   7    6   1   0   0  42



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Umpires: HP - Red Moore, 1B - L.J. Meickle

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 8/7/1938, game 1 -- Kansas City Monarchs at
Memphis Red Sox (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City                   Memphis                       
1. R.Bibbs             3b        M.Carter            3b        
2. H.Milton            rf        C.Hyde              cf        
3. N.Allen             2b        L.Davenport         rf        
4. T.Stearnes          cf        J.Taylor            1b        
5. W.Brown             lf        N.Robinson          ss        
6. H.Else              c         T.Radcliffe         lf        
7. B.O`Neil            1b        L.Brown             c         
8. M.Johnson           ss        R.Longley           2b        
9. H.Smith             p         W.Jefferson         p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; R.Bibbs singled; R.Bibbs was picked off first, but
was safe on an error by W.Jefferson [R.Bibbs to second];
H.Milton out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play;
T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs
0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: M.Carter singled; C.Hyde grounded into a double
play (H.Smith to M.Johnson to B.O`Neil) [M.Carter out at
second]; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Monarchs 0, Red Sox 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: W.Brown out on unknown play; H.Else out on
unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: J.Taylor out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on
unknown play; T.Radcliffe singled; L.Brown out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 0, Red Sox 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: M.Johnson reached on an error by R.Longley
[M.Johnson to second]; H.Smith out on unknown play; R.Bibbs
singled [M.Johnson scored (unearned)]; H.Milton out on unknown
play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: R.Longley out on unknown play; W.Jefferson out on
unknown play; M.Carter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 1, Red Sox 0.

MONARCHS 4TH: T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown out on
unknown play; H.Else out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Monarchs 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: C.Hyde out on unknown play; L.Davenport singled;
J.Taylor out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Red Sox 0.

MONARCHS 5TH: B.O`Neil singled; M.Johnson out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [B.O`Neil to second]; H.Smith out on
unknown play; R.Bibbs singled [B.O`Neil scored]; H.Milton
reached on an error by R.Longley [R.Bibbs to second, H.Milton to
first]; N.Allen out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 
Monarchs 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; L.Brown out on
unknown play; R.Longley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 2, Red Sox 0.

MONARCHS 6TH: T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown out on
unknown play; H.Else tripled; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 6TH: W.Jefferson out on unknown play; M.Carter out on
unknown play; C.Hyde singled; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 2, Red Sox 0.

MONARCHS 7TH: M.Johnson out on unknown play; H.Smith singled;
R.Bibbs doubled [H.Smith to third]; H.Milton singled [H.Smith
scored, R.Bibbs to third]; N.Allen singled to second base
[R.Bibbs scored, H.Milton scored (no RBI) (error by R.Longley),
N.Allen to second]; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown out
on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 5, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 7TH: J.Taylor out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on
unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 5, Red Sox 0.

MONARCHS 8TH: H.Else out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on
unknown play; M.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 5, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 8TH: L.Brown out on unknown play; R.Longley out on
unknown play; W.Jefferson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 5, Red Sox 0.

MONARCHS 9TH: H.Smith out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on
unknown play; H.Milton singled to third base [H.Milton to second
(error by M.Carter)]; N.Allen singled [H.Milton scored, N.Allen
to second (on throw)]; T.Stearnes singled [N.Allen scored];
W.Brown walked [T.Stearnes to second]; H.Else out on unknown
play; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Monarchs 7, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 9TH: M.Carter out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on
unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 7, Red Sox 0.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs         7  12   0   8
 Red Sox          0   4   5   3


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