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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 3 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 1

Game played on Sunday, August 20, 1939 (D) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   1  7  3
Kansas City Monarchs                1 0 0  0 0 2  0 0 x   -   3  8  0

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Lloyd Davenport rf                    4   1   2    0     0         4   0
Marlin Carter 3b                      4   0   1    0     0         1   0
Neil Robinson cf                      4   0   1    0     0         0   0
Nat Rogers lf                         4   0   1    0     0         0   0
Larry Brown c                         4   0   1    0     0         7   1
Jelly Taylor 1b                       3   0   0    0     0         8   0
Fred Bankhead 2b                      3   0   0    0     0         2   2
T.J. Brown ss                         3   0   0    0     0         2   3
Ted Radcliffe p                       3   0   1    0     0         0   2
Totals                               32   1   7    0     0   4    24   8

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Lloyd Davenport, Larry Brown, T.J. Brown. 

BATTING -
GDP:  Larry Brown. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Lloyd Davenport, Marlin Carter. 
CS:  Neil Robinson. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton rf                       3   0   1    0     1         3   0
Rainey Bibbs 3b                       4   1   1    0     0         0   0
Turkey Stearnes cf                    4   1   2    1     0         3   0
Ted Strong ss                         4   0   1    0     0         4   3
Joe Greene c                          3   1   0    0     1         4   1
Newt Allen 2b                         3   0   1    0     0         3   3
Buck O`Neil 1b                        4   0   1    1     0        10   0
Jesse Williams lf                     4   0   1    1     0         0   0
George Walker p                       3   0   0    0     0         0   3
Totals                               32   3   8    3     2   6    27  10

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Newt Allen, Buck O`Neil, George Walker. 

BATTING -
2B:  Rainey Bibbs, Newt Allen. 
SH:  Newt Allen. 
Team LOB:  8


PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ted Radcliffe L                      8       8   3    1   2   6   0  35
Totals                               8       8   3    1   2   6   0  35


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
George Walker W                      9       7   1    1   0   4   0  32
Totals                               9       7   1    1   0   4   0  32



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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, 8/20/1939, game 1 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas
City Monarchs (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Memphis                       Kansas City                   
1. L.Davenport         rf        H.Milton            rf        
2. M.Carter            3b        R.Bibbs             3b        
3. N.Robinson          cf        T.Stearnes          cf        
4. N.Rogers            lf        T.Strong            ss        
5. L.Brown             c         J.Greene            c         
6. J.Taylor            1b        N.Allen             2b        
7. F.Bankhead          2b        B.O`Neil            1b        
8. T.Brown             ss        J.Williams          lf        
9. T.Radcliffe         p         G.Walker            p         

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; L.Davenport singled; M.Carter out on unknown play;
N.Robinson out on unknown play; N.Rogers out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs doubled;
T.Stearnes singled to center field [R.Bibbs scored]; T.Strong
out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1.

RED SOX 2ND: L.Brown singled; J.Taylor out on unknown play;
F.Bankhead out on unknown play; T.Brown out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1.

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

RED SOX 3RD: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; L.Davenport
singled; M.Carter singled [L.Davenport to third]; L.Davenport
stole home and M.Carter stole second; N.Robinson out on unknown
play; N.Rogers out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 3RD: G.Walker out on unknown play; H.Milton singled;
H.Milton was picked off first, but was safe on an error by
L.Brown [H.Milton to second]; R.Bibbs out on unknown play;
T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
1, Monarchs 1.

RED SOX 4TH: L.Brown out on unknown play; J.Taylor out on
unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 4TH: T.Strong singled to right field [T.Strong to
second (error by L.Davenport)]; J.Greene walked; N.Allen out on
a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Strong to third, J.Greene
to second]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Williams out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 1.

RED SOX 5TH: T.Brown out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe singled;
L.Davenport out on unknown play; M.Carter out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 5TH: G.Walker out on unknown play; H.Milton out on
unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Red Sox 1, Monarchs 1.

RED SOX 6TH: N.Robinson singled; N.Robinson was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); N.Rogers out on unknown play; L.Brown
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs
1.

MONARCHS 6TH: T.Stearnes singled; T.Strong out on unknown play;
J.Greene reached on an error by T.Brown [T.Stearnes to second,
J.Greene to first]; N.Allen out on unknown play; B.O`Neil
singled [T.Stearnes scored (unearned), J.Greene to second];
J.Williams singled [J.Greene scored (unearned), B.O`Neil to
second]; G.Walker out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 3.

RED SOX 7TH: J.Taylor 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 3.

MONARCHS 7TH: H.Milton walked; R.Bibbs out on unknown play;
T.Stearnes out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 3.

RED SOX 8TH: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; L.Davenport out
on unknown play; M.Carter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 8TH: J.Greene out on unknown play; N.Allen doubled;
B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 3.

RED SOX 9TH: N.Robinson out on unknown play; N.Rogers singled;
L.Brown grounded into a double play (G.Walker to N.Allen to
B.O`Neil) [N.Rogers out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Monarchs 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          1   7   3   4
 Monarchs         3   8   0   8


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