Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 2 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 x - 4 6 1 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Milton rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Rainey Bibbs 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Turkey Stearnes cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Willard Brown lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Ted Strong ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Newt Allen 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lionel Decuir c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Hardy ph, c 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Hilton Smith p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 1 5 1 1 0 24 0 FIELDING - E: 2. Ted Strong 2. BATTING - SH: Rainey Bibbs. Team LOB: 6 Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Willie Simms cf 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ernest Smith lf, rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Ed Young 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Subby Byas rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Wilson Redus lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Red Hale ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Billy Horne 2b 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pepper Bassett c 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 Ted Trent p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 32 4 6 4 1 2 27 0 FIELDING - E: 1. Red Hale. BATTING - HR: Willie Simms. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Willie Simms, Subby Byas. PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hilton Smith L 8 6 4 1 1 2 1 33 Totals 8 6 4 1 1 2 1 33 Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ted Trent W 9 5 1 1 1 0 0 34 Totals 9 5 1 1 1 0 0 34 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 Saturday, 5/20/1939 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Chicago Am. Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Chicago 1. H.Milton rf W.Simms cf 2. R.Bibbs 3b A.Radcliff 3b 3. T.Stearnes cf E.Smith lf 4. W.Brown lf E.Young 1b 5. T.Strong ss S.Byas rf 6. B.O`Neil 1b R.Hale ss 7. N.Allen 2b B.Horne 2b 8. L.Decuir c P.Bassett c 9. H.Smith p T.Trent p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Milton singled to shortstop; R.Bibbs out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Milton to second]; T.Stearnes flied to E.Smith; W.Brown singled to center field [H.Milton scored]; T.Strong flied to unknown fielder; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 1ST: W.Simms singled; W.Simms stole second; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; E.Smith out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0. MONARCHS 2ND: B.O`Neil reached on an error by R.Hale [B.O`Neil to first]; N.Allen out on unknown play; L.Decuir out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: S.Byas out on unknown play; R.Hale out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; T.Stearnes singled; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 3RD: P.Bassett out on unknown play; T.Trent out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0. MONARCHS 4TH: T.Strong walked; 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. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 4TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; E.Smith out on unknown play; E.Young walked; S.Byas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0. MONARCHS 5TH: H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs singled; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 5TH: R.Hale out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Bassett singled; T.Trent out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0. MONARCHS 6TH: 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. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 6TH: W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff reached on an error by T.Strong [A.Radcliff to first]; E.Smith out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0. MONARCHS 7TH: P.HARDY BATTED FOR L.DECUIR; P.Hardy out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 7TH: P.HARDY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); S.Byas singled to right field; S.Byas stole second; R.Hale was called out on strikes; B.Horne reached on an error by T.Strong [S.Byas to third, B.Horne to first]; P.Bassett singled to shortstop [S.Byas scored, B.Horne to second]; T.Trent struck out; W.Simms homered to left-center (unearned) [B.Horne scored (unearned), P.Bassett scored (unearned)]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 4 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4. MONARCHS 8TH: W.REDUS REPLACED S.BYAS (PLAYING LF); E.SMITH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); R.Bibbs out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4. AM. GIANTS 8TH: E.Smith singled; E.Young out on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; R.Hale out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4. MONARCHS 9TH: T.Strong out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 1 5 2 6 Am. Giants 4 6 1 5
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