Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 4 0 Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 0 0 2 x - 2 7 1 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Willie Simms lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Newt Allen 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 Ted Strong rf 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Willard Brown cf 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 3 0 1 0 0 8 0 Jesse Williams ss 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 Bonnie Serrell 2b 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 Frank Duncan c 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 Jack Matchett p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 23 1 4 1 2 4 18 7 FIELDING - DP: 1. Buck O`Neil, Jesse Williams, Bonnie Serrell. BATTING - 2B: Willard Brown. HBP: Bonnie Serrell. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - CS: Buck O`Neil, Jesse Williams. Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Felix McLaurin lf 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 Hoss Walker ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 Lloyd Davenport cf 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 Leroy Morney 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 Tommy Sampson 2b 3 1 1 2 0 3 2 Bill Bradford rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Luther Gilyard 1b 3 0 1 0 0 7 0 Paul Hardy c 2 0 1 0 0 7 2 Gready McKinnis p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 Totals 23 2 7 2 2 2 21 8 FIELDING - E: 1. Leroy Morney. BATTING - HR: Tommy Sampson. GDP: Leroy Morney. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - CS: Luther Gilyard. PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jack Matchett L 6 7 2 2 2 2 1 25 Totals 6 7 2 2 2 2 1 25 Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gready McKinnis W 7 4 1 1 2 4 0 26 Totals 7 4 1 1 2 4 0 26 HBP: Gready McKinnis. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Poindexter Williams, 1B - Moore Time of Game: 1:30 Attendance: 1500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/5/1942, game 2 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Birmingham Black Barons (D) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Birmingham 1. W.Simms lf F.McLaurin lf 2. N.Allen 3b H.Walker ss 3. T.Strong rf L.Davenport cf 4. W.Brown cf L.Morney 3b 5. B.O`Neil 1b T.Sampson 2b 6. J.Williams ss B.Bradford rf 7. B.Serrell 2b L.Gilyard 1b 8. F.Duncan c P.Hardy c 9. J.Matchett p G.McKinnis p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; W.Simms out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: F.McLaurin singled; H.Walker out on unknown play; L.Davenport singled [F.McLaurin to second]; L.Morney grounded into a double play (J.Williams to B.Serrell to B.O`Neil) [L.Davenport out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 2ND: W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil singled; B.O`Neil was caught stealing second (P.Hardy to T.Sampson); J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: T.Sampson out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown play; L.Gilyard singled; L.Gilyard was caught stealing second (F.Duncan to J.Williams); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 3RD: B.Serrell was hit by a pitch; F.Duncan out on unknown play; J.Matchett out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: P.Hardy singled; G.McKinnis out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 4TH: N.Allen singled; T.Strong forced N.Allen (unknown fielder) [T.Strong to first]; W.Brown doubled [T.Strong scored]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Williams walked; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: L.Davenport walked; L.Morney walked [L.Davenport to second]; T.Sampson out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown play; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 5TH: F.Duncan out on unknown play; J.Matchett out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 5TH: P.Hardy out on unknown play; G.McKinnis out on unknown play; F.McLaurin singled; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 6TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 6TH: L.Davenport singled; L.Morney out on unknown play; T.Sampson homered [L.Davenport scored]; B.Bradford out on unknown play; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 2. MONARCHS 7TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Williams walked; J.Williams was caught stealing second (P.Hardy to T.Sampson); B.Serrell singled to third base [B.Serrell to second (error by L.Morney)]; F.Duncan out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 1 4 0 4 Black Barons 2 7 1 5
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