Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 3 7 2 Atlanta Black Crackers 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 4 7 0 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Milton lf 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 Newt Allen ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 Harry Else c 4 1 1 0 0 7 1 Turkey Stearnes cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Willard Brown 3b 3 0 3 1 1 2 1 Ed Mayweather rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 Rainey Bibbs 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 Hilton Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 3 1 1 0 0 8 1 Big Train Jackson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eugene Bremer p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 33 3 7 3 1 7 24 9 FIELDING - E: 2. Willard Brown, Big Train Jackson. BATTING - 2B: Willard Brown 2, Buck O`Neil. HR: Henry Milton. IW: Willard Brown. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: Turkey Stearnes, Willard Brown. Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Bill Cooper c 4 2 2 0 0 9 0 Spencer Davis 3b 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 Babe Davis lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Don Pelham cf 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 Tommy Butts ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 Donald Reeves rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 Red Moore 1b 3 0 0 0 1 11 1 Gabby Kemp 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 Felix Evans p 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 Totals 31 4 7 2 4 8 27 10 BATTING - 2B: Bill Cooper. SH: Spencer Davis. Team LOB: 8 PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Big Train Jackson L 3 5 4 0 1 1 0 16 Eugene Bremer 5 2 0 0 3 7 0 20 Totals 8 7 4 0 4 8 0 36 Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Felix Evans W 9 7 3 3 1 7 1 34 Totals 9 7 3 3 1 7 1 34 WP: Felix Evans. IW: Felix Evans. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Wednesday, 8/31/1938 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Atlanta Black Crackers (N) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Atlanta 1. H.Milton lf B.Cooper c 2. N.Allen ss S.Davis 3b 3. H.Else c B.Davis lf 4. T.Stearnes cf D.Pelham cf 5. W.Brown 3b T.Butts ss 6. E.Mayweather rf D.Reeves rf 7. R.Bibbs 2b R.Moore 1b 8. B.O`Neil 1b G.Kemp 2b 9. B.Jackson p F.Evans p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Milton out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Else out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: B.Cooper singled to left field; S.Davis reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by B.Jackson [B.Cooper to third, S.Davis to second]; B.Davis walked; D.Pelham flied to unknown fielder [B.Cooper scored (unearned), S.Davis to third]; T.Butts flied to E.Mayweather [S.Davis scored (unearned)]; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 2. MONARCHS 2ND: T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown doubled to center field (D.Pelham to S.Davis) [W.Brown out at third]; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 2. BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: R.Moore out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; F.Evans singled to center field; B.Cooper doubled [F.Evans to third]; S.Davis reached on an error by W.Brown (unknown fielder) [F.Evans scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Cooper scored (unearned) (no RBI), S.Davis out at third]; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. MONARCHS 3RD: R.Bibbs out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; B.Jackson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: B.Davis out on unknown play; D.Pelham singled; T.Butts out on unknown play; D.Reeves singled [D.Pelham to second]; R.Moore out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. MONARCHS 4TH: H.Milton out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Else out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: E.BREMER REPLACED B.JACKSON (PITCHING); G.Kemp walked; F.Evans walked [G.Kemp to second]; B.Cooper out on unknown play; S.Davis out on unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. MONARCHS 5TH: T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown singled; W.Brown stole second; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; F.Evans threw a wild pitch [W.Brown to third]; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: D.Pelham out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; D.Reeves singled; R.Moore walked [D.Reeves to second]; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. MONARCHS 6TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; E.Bremer out on unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: F.Evans out on unknown play; B.Cooper out on unknown play; S.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. MONARCHS 7TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Else singled to left field; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown doubled [H.Else scored]; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Crackers 4. BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: B.Davis out on unknown play; D.Pelham out on unknown play; T.Butts singled; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Crackers 4. MONARCHS 8TH: R.Bibbs out on unknown play; B.O`Neil doubled; E.Bremer struck out; H.Milton homered [B.O`Neil scored]; N.Allen out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 3, Black Crackers 4. BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: R.Moore out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; F.Evans out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 3, Black Crackers 4. MONARCHS 9TH: H.Else popped to G.Kemp; On a bunt T.Stearnes singled to first base; T.Stearnes stole second; W.Brown was walked intentionally; E.Mayweather grounded out (G.Kemp to R.Moore) [T.Stearnes to third, W.Brown to second]; H.SMITH BATTED FOR R.BIBBS; H.Smith grounded out (F.Evans to R.Moore); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 3, Black Crackers 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 3 7 2 4 Black Crackers 4 7 0 8
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