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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 5 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  -   1  4  3
Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 1  1 0 3  x  -   5  7  1

BATTING

Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Marlin Carter 3b                      3   1   1    0     1         1   0
T.J. Brown ss                         2   0   0    0     0         6   0
Lloyd Davenport rf                    4   0   1    1     0         0   0
Neil Robinson cf                      2   0   0    0     0         1   0
Nat Rogers lf                         3   0   0    0     0         2   0
Larry Brown c                         2   0   1    0     1         1   0
Jelly Taylor 1b                       2   0   0    0     1         7   0
Fred Bankhead 2b                      2   0   1    0     1         0   0
Roosevelt Davis p                     2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Red Longley ph                      1   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
  Ted Radcliffe p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               23   1   4    1     4   6    18   0

FIELDING -
E: 3.  T.J. Brown, Jelly Taylor, Roosevelt Davis. 

BATTING -
2B:  Lloyd Davenport. 
SH:  T.J. Brown 2. 
HBP:  Neil Robinson. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Neil Robinson, Larry Brown. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton rf                       4   1   3    0     0         0   0
Rainey Bibbs 3b                       4   0   0    0     0         1   1
Turkey Stearnes cf                    4   0   1    1     0         0   0
Ted Strong ss                         3   0   0    0     0         1   4
Joe Greene c                          2   1   0    0     1         8   1
Newt Allen 2b                         3   2   2    0     0         2   2
Buck O`Neil 1b                        2   1   1    2     0         8   2
Jesse Williams lf                     2   0   0    1     0         1   0
Floyd Kranson p                       2   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               26   5   7    4     1   1    21  10

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Ted Strong. 

BATTING -
3B:  Buck O`Neil. 
SH:  Buck O`Neil, Jesse Williams. 
HBP:  Floyd Kranson. 
Team LOB:  7


PITCHING

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Roosevelt Davis L                    5       4   2    1   0   1   0  22
Ted Radcliffe                        1       3   3    3   1   0   0  8
Totals                               6       7   5    4   1   1   0  30

HBP:  Ted Radcliffe. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Floyd Kranson W                      7       4   1    1   4   6   0  30
Totals                               7       4   1    1   4   6   0  30

HBP:  Floyd Kranson. 


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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 2 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas
City Monarchs (D)

Starting Lineups:

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

RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; M.Carter walked; T.Brown out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [M.Carter to second]; L.Davenport out on
unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton singled; R.Bibbs out on unknown play;
T.Stearnes out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0.

RED SOX 2ND: N.Rogers out on unknown play; L.Brown out on
unknown play; J.Taylor walked; F.Bankhead singled [J.Taylor to
second]; R.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 0, Monarchs 0.

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

RED SOX 3RD: M.Carter singled; T.Brown out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [M.Carter to second]; L.Davenport doubled
[M.Carter scored]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; N.Rogers out
on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: F.Kranson out on unknown play; H.Milton singled;
R.Bibbs reached on an error by T.Brown [H.Milton to second,
R.Bibbs to first]; T.Stearnes singled [H.Milton scored, R.Bibbs
to second]; T.Strong out on unknown play; J.Greene out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 1.

RED SOX 4TH: L.Brown singled to shortstop [L.Brown to second
(error by T.Strong)]; J.Taylor out on unknown play; F.Bankhead
out on unknown play; R.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 4TH: N.Allen reached on an error by J.Taylor [N.Allen
to first]; B.O`Neil out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[N.Allen to second]; J.Williams out on unknown play [N.Allen to
third]; F.Kranson reached on an error by R.Davis [N.Allen scored
(unearned) (no RBI), F.Kranson to first]; H.Milton out on
unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs
2.

RED SOX 5TH: M.Carter out on unknown play; T.Brown out on
unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 5TH: R.Bibbs out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on
unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2.

RED SOX 6TH: N.Robinson was hit by a pitch; N.Rogers out on
unknown play; L.Brown walked [N.Robinson to second]; J.Taylor
out on unknown play; N.Robinson stole third and L.Brown stole
second; F.Bankhead walked; R.LONGLEY BATTED FOR R.DAVIS;
R.Longley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs
2.

MONARCHS 6TH: T.RADCLIFFE REPLACED R.LONGLEY (PITCHING);
J.Greene walked; N.Allen singled [J.Greene to second]; B.O`Neil
tripled [J.Greene scored, N.Allen scored]; J.Williams out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.O`Neil scored]; F.Kranson
was hit by a pitch; H.Milton singled [F.Kranson to second];
R.Bibbs out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 3
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 5.

RED SOX 7TH: M.Carter out on unknown play; T.Brown out on
unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Monarchs 5.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Red Sox          1   4   3   8
 Monarchs         5   7   1   7


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