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 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. 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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