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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 4 St. Louis Stars (SSA) 3

Game played on Sunday, June 4, 1939 (N) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

St. Louis Stars                     1 0 0  1 0 1  0  -   3  8  2
Kansas City Monarchs                1 0 0  1 2 0  x  -   4  9  1

BATTING

St. Louis Stars                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Dan Wilson lf                         3   1   2    0     1         0   0
Bobby Robinson 3b                     3   0   0    0     0         1   1
Buddy Armour ss                       4   0   2    1     0         1   0
Ed Mayweather 1b                      4   0   0    0     0         8   0
Bill Bradford rf                      3   0   1    0     0         2   0
Leslie Green cf                       3   1   0    0     0         1   1
Bob Smith c                           1   1   0    0     1         4   2
Marshall Riddle 2b                    3   0   2    1     0         1   1
Frank McAllister p                    3   0   1    0     0         0   2
Totals                               27   3   8    2     2   4    18   7

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Ed Mayweather, Leslie Green. 
E: 2.  Bobby Robinson, Bill Bradford. 

BATTING -
SH:  Bobby Robinson. 
HBP:  Bob Smith. 
GDP:  Marshall Riddle. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Dan Wilson. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton rf                       3   1   2    0     1         0   0
Rainey Bibbs 3b                       3   1   1    0     0         0   1
Turkey Stearnes cf                    3   1   1    1     0         2   0
Willard Brown lf                      3   1   2    2     0         0   0
Ted Strong ss                         2   0   1    1     1         2   2
Buck O`Neil 1b                        3   0   0    0     0         9   2
Newt Allen 2b                         3   0   1    0     0         1   3
Joe Greene c                          2   0   0    0     0         4   1
  Lionel Decuir ph, c                 0   0   0    0     1         1   0
George Walker p                       1   0   0    0     0         2   3
  Lefty Moses p                       2   0   1    0     0         0   1
  Hilton Smith p                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               25   4   9    4     3   5    21  13

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Buck O`Neil, Newt Allen. 
E: 1.  Turkey Stearnes. 

BATTING -
SH:  Rainey Bibbs. 
Team LOB:  7

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Henry Milton 2, Rainey Bibbs, Turkey Stearnes, Willard Brown, Newt Allen, Lefty Moses. 

PITCHING

St. Louis Stars                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Frank McAllister L                   6       9   4    1   3   5   0  29
Totals                               6       9   4    1   3   5   0  29


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
George Walker                        4       5   2    1   1   2   0  18
Lefty Moses W                        2       3   1    1   1   1   0  10
Hilton Smith SV                      1       0   0    0   0   1   0  3
Totals                               7       8   3    2   2   4   0  31

Lefty Moses pitched to 1 batters in the 7th inning
HBP:  George Walker. 


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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP - Al Wallin, 1B -  McDonald

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 3000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 6/4/1939, game 2 --   at Kansas City Monarchs (N)

Starting Lineups:

                                 Kansas City                   
1. D.Wilson            lf        H.Milton            rf        
2. B.Robinson          3b        R.Bibbs             3b        
3. B.Armour            ss        T.Stearnes          cf        
4. E.Mayweather        1b        W.Brown             lf        
5. B.Bradford          rf        T.Strong            ss        
6. L.Green             cf        B.O`Neil            1b        
7. B.Smith             c         N.Allen             2b        
8. M.Riddle            2b        J.Greene            c         
9. F.McAllister        p         G.Walker            p         

 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; D.Wilson singled; B.Robinson out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [D.Wilson to second]; B.Armour singled
[D.Wilson scored]; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; B.Bradford
out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   1, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton singled to right field [H.Milton to
second (error by B.Bradford)]; R.Bibbs out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [H.Milton to third]; T.Stearnes singled
[H.Milton scored (unearned)]; W.Brown out on unknown play;
T.Stearnes stole second; T.Strong out on unknown play; 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.   1, Monarchs 1.

 2ND: L.Green out on unknown play; B.Smith walked; M.Riddle
grounded into a double play (N.Allen to B.O`Neil) [B.Smith out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   1, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 2ND: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; N.Allen out on
unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   1, Monarchs 1.

 3RD: F.McAllister singled; D.Wilson out on unknown play;
B.Robinson out on unknown play; B.Armour singled [F.McAllister
to second]; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.   1, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 3RD: G.Walker out on unknown play; H.Milton singled;
R.Bibbs hit into a double play (L.Green to E.Mayweather)
[H.Milton out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   1, Monarchs 1.

 4TH: B.Bradford out on unknown play; L.Green out on unknown
play; B.Smith was hit by a pitch; M.Riddle singled to center
field [B.Smith scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by
T.Stearnes)]; F.McAllister out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.   2, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 4TH: T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown singled;
W.Brown stole second; T.Strong singled [W.Brown scored];
B.O`Neil out on unknown play; N.Allen singled [T.Strong to
third]; N.Allen stole second; J.Greene out on unknown play; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   2, Monarchs 2.

 5TH: L.MOSES REPLACED G.WALKER (PITCHING); D.Wilson singled;
B.Robinson out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play;
E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   2,
Monarchs 2.

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

 6TH: B.Bradford singled; L.Green forced B.Bradford (unknown
fielder) [L.Green to first]; B.Smith out on unknown play
[L.Green to second]; M.Riddle singled [L.Green scored];
F.McAllister out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   3,
Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 6TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; L.DECUIR BATTED FOR
J.GREENE; L.Decuir walked; L.Moses singled [L.Decuir to third];
L.Moses stole second; H.Milton reached on a fielder's choice
(unknown fielder) [L.Decuir out at home, L.Moses to third];
H.Milton stole second; R.Bibbs popped to B.Smith; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.   3, Monarchs 4.

 7TH: L.DECUIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); H.SMITH REPLACED
L.MOSES (PITCHING); Smith replaced Moses with a 2-0 count to
Wilson; D.Wilson walked; B.Robinson out on unknown play;
B.Armour out on unknown play; D.Wilson stole second;
E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   3,
Monarchs 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  3   8   2   7
 Monarchs         4   9   1   7


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