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 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: 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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