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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 5 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 3

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

Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 0  1 0 1  1  -   3  9  0
Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 0  0 0 5  x  -   5  9  0

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Cowan Hyde 2b                         2   0   0    1     0         5   1
Jelly Taylor 1b                       3   1   2    0     0         2   0
Lloyd Davenport rf                    3   0   3    0     0         0   0
Neil Robinson cf                      3   0   0    0     0         1   0
Babe Davis lf                         3   1   2    0     0         0   0
Larry Brown c                         3   0   1    0     0         8   2
  Eugene Bremer pr                    0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Fred Bankhead 3b                      3   0   0    0     0         1   1
T.J. Brown ss                         2   1   1    0     0         1   1
  Red Longley ph                      0   0   0    1     0         0   0
 Walsh p                              2   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Ted Radcliffe p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Porter Moss ph                      1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               25   3   9    2     0   5    18   6

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Cowan Hyde, T.J. Brown. 

BATTING -
3B:  Jelly Taylor, Lloyd Davenport. 
SF:  Cowan Hyde, Red Longley. 
Team LOB:  3

BASERUNNING -
SB:  T.J. Brown. 
CS:  Lloyd Davenport, Babe Davis. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton rf                       4   0   0    0     0         1   0
Rainey Bibbs 3b                       2   1   2    0     1         0   0
Turkey Stearnes cf                    3   1   2    1     0         2   0
Willard Brown lf                      3   1   1    1     0         1   0
Ted Strong ss                         2   0   1    0     0         1   3
Buck O`Neil 1b                        3   1   1    0     0         4   0
Newt Allen 2b                         3   1   1    1     0         6   2
Lionel Decuir c                       2   0   0    0     0         6   2
  Paul Hardy ph, c                    1   0   1    1     0         0   0
Frank Bradley p                       3   0   0    1     0         0   1
  George Walker p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               26   5   9    5     1   8    21   8

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Newt Allen, Lionel Decuir. 
PB: 2.  Lionel Decuir 2. 

BATTING -
2B:  Turkey Stearnes. 
HBP:  Ted Strong. 
Team LOB:  5


PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
 Walsh L                             5.1     7   4    4   1   7   0  24
Ted Radcliffe                        0.2     2   1    1   0   1   0  4
Totals                               6       9   5    5   1   8   0  28

HBP:   Walsh. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Frank Bradley W                      6       9   3    3   0   5   0  24
George Walker SV                     1       0   0    0   0   0   0  3
Totals                               7       9   3    3   0   5   0  27

Frank Bradley pitched to 2 batters in the 7th inning


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Umpires: HP - Al Wallin, 1B -  McDonald

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 8500

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/14/1939, game 2 -- 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.                     p         F.Bradley           p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; C.Hyde out on unknown play; J.Taylor out on unknown
play; L.Davenport singled; L.Davenport was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs singled;
T.Stearnes singled [R.Bibbs to second]; W.Brown lined into a
double play (C.Hyde to T.Brown) [R.Bibbs out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0.

RED SOX 2ND: N.Robinson out on unknown play; B.Davis out on
unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: T.Strong was hit by a pitch; B.O`Neil out on
unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; L.Decuir out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0.

RED SOX 3RD: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; T.Brown out on
unknown play;  out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: F.Bradley out on unknown play; H.Milton out on
unknown play; R.Bibbs walked; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0.

RED SOX 4TH: C.Hyde out on unknown play; J.Taylor tripled to
center field; L.Decuir allowed a passed ball [J.Taylor scored];
L.Davenport tripled to center field; N.Robinson hit into a
double play (N.Allen to L.Decuir) [L.Davenport out at home]; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong singled;
B.O`Neil out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0.

RED SOX 5TH: B.Davis singled; B.Davis was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); L.Brown out on unknown play;
F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 5TH: L.Decuir out on unknown play; F.Bradley out on
unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0.

RED SOX 6TH: T.Brown singled; T.Brown stole second;  out on
unknown play; L.Decuir allowed a passed ball [T.Brown to third];
C.Hyde out on a sacrifice fly to unknown fielder [T.Brown
scored]; J.Taylor singled; L.Davenport singled [J.Taylor to
second]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Red Sox 2, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 6TH: R.Bibbs singled; T.Stearnes doubled [R.Bibbs
scored]; W.Brown singled [T.Stearnes scored]; T.Strong out on
unknown play; B.O`Neil singled [W.Brown to second]; T.RADCLIFFE
REPLACED  (PITCHING); N.Allen singled [W.Brown scored, B.O`Neil
to second]; P.HARDY BATTED FOR L.DECUIR; P.Hardy singled
[B.O`Neil scored, N.Allen to third]; F.Bradley out on unknown
play [N.Allen scored]; H.Milton out on unknown play; 5 R, 6 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Monarchs 5.

RED SOX 7TH: P.HARDY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); B.Davis
singled; L.Brown singled [B.Davis to third]; G.WALKER REPLACED
F.BRADLEY (PITCHING); E.BREMER RAN FOR L.BROWN; F.Bankhead out
on unknown play; R.LONGLEY BATTED FOR T.BROWN; R.Longley out on
a sacrifice fly to unknown fielder [B.Davis scored]; P.MOSS
BATTED FOR T.RADCLIFFE; P.Moss out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Monarchs 5.

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

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