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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 6 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 2

Game played on Sunday, May 14, 1939 (D) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     1 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0   -   2  7  3
Kansas City Monarchs                2 0 0  0 2 0  2 0 x   -   6  9  0

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cowan Hyde 2b                         3   1   0    0     1         1   4
Jelly Taylor 1b                       4   0   2    1     0         8   0
Lloyd Davenport rf                    4   0   2    1     0         1   0
Neil Robinson cf                      4   0   1    0     0         3   2
Babe Davis lf                         3   0   1    0     0         4   0
Larry Brown c                         4   0   0    0     0         4   2
Fred Bankhead 3b                      4   0   0    0     0         1   1
T.J. Brown ss                         2   0   0    0     0         2   1
  Provine Bradley ss                  1   0   0    0     0         0   1
Eugene Bremer p                       3   1   1    0     0         0   2
Totals                               32   2   7    2     1   5    24  13

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Jelly Taylor, Babe Davis, T.J. Brown. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jelly Taylor. 
SH:  Babe Davis. 
Team LOB:  5


Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton rf                       4   0   1    0     0         3   0
Rainey Bibbs 3b                       4   0   0    0     0         1   3
Turkey Stearnes cf                    4   2   0    0     0         0   0
Willard Brown lf                      4   2   2    2     0         2   0
Ted Strong ss                         3   2   2    2     1         2   1
Buck O`Neil 1b                        4   0   1    1     0        12   1
Newt Allen 2b                         3   0   2    1     1         2   6
Lionel Decuir c                       3   0   0    0     1         4   2
Hilton Smith p                        4   0   1    0     0         1   0
Totals                               33   6   9    6     3   3    27  13

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Rainey Bibbs, Buck O`Neil. 
PB: 1.  Lionel Decuir. 

BATTING -
2B:  Willard Brown, Ted Strong. 
HR:  Willard Brown, Ted Strong. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Turkey Stearnes. 

PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Eugene Bremer L                      8       9   6    4   3   3   2  36
Totals                               8       9   6    4   3   3   2  36


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Hilton Smith W                       9       7   2    2   1   5   0  34
Totals                               9       7   2    2   1   5   0  34



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Umpires: HP -  McDonald, 1B - Al Wallin

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 8500

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/14/1939, game 1 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas
City Monarchs (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Kansas City                   
1. C.Hyde              2b        H.Milton            rf        
2. J.Taylor            1b        R.Bibbs             3b        
3. L.Davenport         rf        T.Stearnes          cf        
4. N.Robinson          cf        W.Brown             lf        
5. B.Davis             lf        T.Strong            ss        
6. L.Brown             c         B.O`Neil            1b        
7. F.Bankhead          3b        N.Allen             2b        
8. T.Brown             ss        L.Decuir            c         
9. E.Bremer            p         H.Smith             p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; C.Hyde walked; J.Taylor doubled [C.Hyde scored];
L.Davenport out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play;
B.Davis out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton singled; R.Bibbs out on unknown play;
T.Stearnes forced H.Milton (unknown fielder) [T.Stearnes to
first]; T.Stearnes stole second; W.Brown doubled [T.Stearnes
scored]; T.Strong doubled [W.Brown scored]; B.O`Neil out on
unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

RED SOX 2ND: L.Brown out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on
unknown play; T.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 2ND: N.Allen singled to left field [N.Allen to second
(error by B.Davis)]; L.Decuir walked; H.Smith out on unknown
play; H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

RED SOX 3RD: E.Bremer out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on
unknown play; J.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 3RD: T.Stearnes reached on an error by J.Taylor
[T.Stearnes to first]; W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong out
on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

RED SOX 4TH: L.Davenport singled; N.Robinson hit into a double
play (R.Bibbs to B.O`Neil to R.Bibbs) [L.Davenport out at
third]; B.Davis singled; L.Decuir allowed a passed ball [B.Davis
to second]; L.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 4TH: N.Allen walked; L.Decuir out on unknown play;
H.Smith singled to center field (N.Robinson to F.Bankhead)
[N.Allen out at third]; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

RED SOX 5TH: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; T.Brown out on
unknown play; E.Bremer out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 5TH: R.Bibbs out on unknown play; T.Stearnes reached
on an error by T.Brown [T.Stearnes to first]; W.Brown out on
unknown play; T.Strong walked [T.Stearnes to second]; B.O`Neil
singled [T.Stearnes scored (unearned), T.Strong to second];
N.Allen singled (N.Robinson to T.Brown) [T.Strong scored
(unearned), B.O`Neil to third, N.Allen out at second]; 2 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 4.

RED SOX 6TH: C.Hyde out on unknown play; J.Taylor out on
unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 6TH: P.BRADLEY REPLACED T.BROWN (PLAYING SS); L.Decuir
out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Milton out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 4.

RED SOX 7TH: N.Robinson singled; B.Davis out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [N.Robinson to second]; L.Brown out on
unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 7TH: R.Bibbs out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on
unknown play; W.Brown homered to leftfield; T.Strong homered to
rightfield; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Red Sox 1, Monarchs 6.

RED SOX 8TH: P.Bradley out on unknown play; E.Bremer singled;
C.Hyde out on unknown play; J.Taylor singled [E.Bremer to
second]; L.Davenport singled [E.Bremer scored, J.Taylor to
second]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Red Sox 2, Monarchs 6.

MONARCHS 8TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; L.Decuir out on
unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 2, Monarchs 6.

RED SOX 9TH: B.Davis out on unknown play; L.Brown out on
unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Monarchs 6.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          2   7   3   5
 Monarchs         6   9   0   6


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