Indianapolis ABCs 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 8 2 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 x - 4 8 0 BATTING Indianapolis ABCs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A John Lyles cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Buddy Armour ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 Quincy Trouppe lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 Harry Shepherd pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ted Strong 1b 4 0 1 0 0 10 0 Bill Bradford rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Bobby Robinson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 Marshall Riddle 2b 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 Raymond Taylor c 3 0 0 0 0 10 1 Frank McAllister p 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 Jimmie Armstead p 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 33 1 8 1 0 9 24 10 FIELDING - E: 2. Buddy Armour, Raymond Taylor. BATTING - 2B: Ted Strong, Marshall Riddle. 3B: John Lyles. HR: Frank McAllister. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - CS: Bill Bradford, Marshall Riddle. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Rainey Bibbs 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Henry Milton rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 Newt Allen 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 4 Turkey Stearnes cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 Willard Brown lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 2 1 0 0 1 13 0 Harry Else c 4 0 1 0 0 9 3 Mex Johnson ss 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 Hilton Smith p 4 0 1 2 0 0 4 Totals 30 4 8 4 5 6 27 13 BATTING - 2B: Newt Allen, Hilton Smith. 3B: Turkey Stearnes. SH: Buck O`Neil. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Buck O`Neil. CS: Henry Milton. PITCHING Indianapolis ABCs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Frank McAllister L 6 4 3 3 5 5 0 27 Jimmie Armstead 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 9 Totals 8 8 4 4 5 6 0 36 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hilton Smith W 9 8 1 1 0 9 1 33 Totals 9 8 1 1 0 9 1 33 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - McDonald, 1B - Al Wallin Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 3000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/14/1938, game 1 -- Indianapolis ABCs at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. J.Lyles cf R.Bibbs 3b 2. B.Armour ss H.Milton rf 3. Q.Trouppe lf N.Allen 2b 4. T.Strong 1b T.Stearnes cf 5. B.Bradford rf W.Brown lf 6. B.Robinson 3b B.O`Neil 1b 7. M.Riddle 2b H.Else c 8. R.Taylor c M.Johnson ss 9. F.McAllister p H.Smith p ABCS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Lyles out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe singled; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: R.Bibbs out on unknown play; H.Milton singled to shortstop [H.Milton to second (error by B.Armour)]; N.Allen walked; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. ABCs 0, Monarchs 0. ABCS 2ND: B.Bradford out on unknown play; B.Robinson out on unknown play; M.Riddle doubled; M.Riddle was caught stealing third (H.Else to R.Bibbs); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Else out on unknown play; M.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 0, Monarchs 0. ABCS 3RD: R.Taylor out on unknown play; F.McAllister out on unknown play; J.Lyles tripled; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Smith out on unknown play; R.Bibbs walked; H.Milton walked [R.Bibbs to second]; N.Allen out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. ABCs 0, Monarchs 0. ABCS 4TH: Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; B.Bradford singled; B.Bradford was caught stealing second (H.Else to N.Allen); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil walked; B.O`Neil stole second [B.O`Neil to third (error by R.Taylor)]; H.Else out on unknown play; M.Johnson walked; H.Smith doubled to left field [B.O`Neil scored, M.Johnson scored]; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 0, Monarchs 2. ABCS 5TH: B.Robinson out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 0, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 5TH: H.Milton out on unknown play; N.Allen doubled; T.Stearnes tripled [N.Allen scored]; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 0, Monarchs 3. ABCS 6TH: F.McAllister homered to leftfield; J.Lyles out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 6TH: H.Else out on unknown play; M.Johnson out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 3. ABCS 7TH: T.Strong doubled; B.Bradford out on unknown play; B.Robinson out on unknown play; M.Riddle singled [T.Strong to third]; R.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 7TH: J.ARMSTEAD REPLACED F.MCALLISTER (PITCHING); R.Bibbs out on unknown play; H.Milton singled; H.Milton was caught stealing second (R.Taylor to M.Riddle); N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 3. ABCS 8TH: J.Armstead out on unknown play; J.Lyles out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 8TH: T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown singled; B.O`Neil out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Brown to second]; H.Else singled [W.Brown to third]; M.Johnson singled [W.Brown scored, H.Else to second]; H.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 4. ABCS 9TH: Q.Trouppe singled; H.SHEPHERD RAN FOR Q.TROUPPE; T.Strong out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown play; B.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 1, Monarchs 4. Final Totals R H E LOB ABCs 1 8 2 5 Monarchs 4 8 0 8
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