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St. Louis Stars (SSA) 5 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 4

Game played on Sunday, July 9, 1939 (D) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

St. Louis Stars                     0 0 0  2 2 0  1  -   5  5  1
Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 0  0 0 4  0  -   4  8  1

BATTING

St. Louis Stars                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Leslie Green cf                       2   3   1    1     2         2   0
Dan Wilson lf                         4   1   3    2     0         0   0
Bill Bradford rf                      2   0   0    1     0         1   0
Buddy Armour ss                       1   0   0    0     2         3   1
Ed Mayweather 1b                      2   0   0    1     0        11   0
Jimmy Ford 2b                         3   0   0    0     0         2   3
Bobby Robinson 3b                     3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Raymond Taylor c                      3   1   1    0     0         2   2
Theolic Smith p                       3   0   0    0     0         0   4
Totals                               23   5   5    5     4   4    21  10

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Buddy Armour, Ed Mayweather. 
E: 1.  Ed Mayweather. 

BATTING -
2B:  Leslie Green. 
3B:  Dan Wilson. 
SF:  Bill Bradford, Ed Mayweather. 
Team LOB:  3

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Leslie Green, Buddy Armour. 
CS:  Dan Wilson. 

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

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Rainey Bibbs. 

BATTING -
2B:  George Walker. 
SH:  Rainey Bibbs. 
HBP:  Henry Milton. 
GDP:  Buck O`Neil. 
Team LOB:  3

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Turkey Stearnes. 
CS:  Henry Milton. 

PITCHING

St. Louis Stars                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Theolic Smith W                      7       8   4    4   0   2   0  28
Totals                               7       8   4    4   0   2   0  28

HBP:  Theolic Smith. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Frank Bradley                        4.2     4   4    4   2   2   0  20
George Walker L                      2.1     1   1    1   2   2   0  9
Totals                               7       5   5    5   4   4   0  29



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Umpires: HP - Al Wallin, 1B -  McDonald

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/9/1939, game 2 --   at Kansas City Monarchs (D)

Starting Lineups:

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

 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; L.Green out on unknown play; D.Wilson out on unknown play;
B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton singled; R.Bibbs out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [H.Milton to second]; T.Stearnes out on
unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.   0, Monarchs 0.

 2ND: B.Armour out on unknown play; E.Mayweather out on unknown
play; J.Ford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: W.Brown singled; B.O`Neil grounded into a double
play (B.Armour to E.Mayweather) [W.Brown out at second];
J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Monarchs 0.

 3RD: B.Robinson out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown
play; T.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: J.Williams out on unknown play; F.Bradley out on
unknown play; H.Milton singled; H.Milton was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0, Monarchs 0.

 4TH: L.Green walked; D.Wilson singled [L.Green to third,
D.Wilson to second (on throw)]; B.Bradford out on a sacrifice
fly to unknown fielder [L.Green scored, D.Wilson to third];
B.Armour walked; B.Armour stole second; E.Mayweather out on a
sacrifice fly to unknown fielder [D.Wilson scored]; J.Ford out
on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   2, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 4TH: R.Bibbs out on unknown play; T.Stearnes singled;
T.Stearnes was picked off first, but was safe on an error by
E.Mayweather [T.Stearnes to second]; T.Strong out on unknown
play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.   2,
Monarchs 0.

 5TH: B.Robinson out on unknown play; R.Taylor singled to
second base [R.Taylor to second (error by R.Bibbs)]; T.Smith out
on unknown play; L.Green doubled [R.Taylor scored]; D.Wilson
tripled [L.Green scored]; G.WALKER REPLACED F.BRADLEY
(PITCHING); B.Bradford out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.   4, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 5TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Greene out on
unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   4, Monarchs 0.

 6TH: B.Armour walked; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; J.Ford
out on unknown play; B.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.   4, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 6TH: G.Walker doubled; H.Milton was hit by a pitch;
R.Bibbs singled [G.Walker to third, H.Milton to second];
T.Stearnes singled [G.Walker scored, H.Milton scored, R.Bibbs to
third]; T.Stearnes stole second; T.Strong singled [R.Bibbs
scored, T.Stearnes scored]; W.Brown out on unknown play;
B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 4 R,
4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   4, Monarchs 4.

 7TH: R.Taylor out on unknown play; T.Smith out on unknown
play; L.Green walked; L.Green stole second; D.Wilson singled
[L.Green scored]; D.Wilson was caught stealing second (unknown
fielder); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   5, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 7TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; N.ALLEN BATTED
FOR G.WALKER; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Milton out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   5, Monarchs 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  5   5   1   3
 Monarchs         4   8   1   3


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