Homestead Grays 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 - 4 9 0 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 5 1 BATTING Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jerry Benjamin cf 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 Ed Stone rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 Howard Easterling 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Josh Gibson c 4 0 0 0 0 1 13 1 Buck Leonard 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 Bus Clarkson ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 Lennie Pearson 2b 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 3 Vic Harris lf 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 Leon Day p 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 Totals 36 4 9 3 1 7 27 7 FIELDING - DP: 1. Bus Clarkson, Lennie Pearson. BATTING - 2B: Ed Stone, Lennie Pearson 2, Leon Day. 3B: Jerry Benjamin. Team LOB: 6 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Willie Simms lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 Herb Souell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 Ted Strong rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Willard Brown cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 3 1 1 0 0 11 1 Bonnie Serrell 2b 3 0 1 0 0 3 3 Jesse Williams ss 3 0 0 1 0 2 3 Frank Duncan c 3 0 1 0 0 8 0 Satchel Paige p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Totals 30 1 5 1 1 12 27 9 FIELDING - E: 1. Buck O`Neil. BATTING - 2B: Frank Duncan. Team LOB: 3 BASERUNNING - CS: Willie Simms. PITCHING Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Leon Day W 9 5 1 1 1 12 0 31 Totals 9 5 1 1 1 12 0 31 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Satchel Paige L 9 9 4 3 1 7 0 37 Totals 9 9 4 3 1 7 0 37 WP: Satchel Paige. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Billy Donaldson, 1B - Bullet Rogan, 3B - Hurley McNair Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 8542 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 9/20/1942 -- Homestead Grays at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Homestead Kansas City 1. J.Benjamin cf W.Simms lf 2. E.Stone rf H.Souell 3b 3. H.Easterling 3b T.Strong rf 4. J.Gibson c W.Brown cf 5. B.Leonard 1b B.O`Neil 1b 6. B.Clarkson ss B.Serrell 2b 7. L.Pearson 2b J.Williams ss 8. V.Harris lf F.Duncan c 9. L.Day p S.Paige p GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; E.Stone singled; H.Easterling out on unknown play; J.Gibson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: W.Simms singled; W.Simms was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); H.Souell out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 0. GRAYS 2ND: B.Leonard out on unknown play; B.Clarkson struck out; L.Pearson lined to B.O`Neil; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 0. GRAYS 3RD: V.Harris singled; L.Day doubled [V.Harris to third]; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; E.Stone struck out; H.Easterling flied to W.Brown; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: J.Williams out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on unknown play; S.Paige out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 0. GRAYS 4TH: J.Gibson out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; B.Clarkson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: W.Simms out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Monarchs 0. GRAYS 5TH: L.Pearson out on unknown play; V.Harris singled; L.Day struck out; J.Benjamin tripled [V.Harris scored]; E.Stone doubled [J.Benjamin scored]; H.Easterling singled to second base (B.Serrell to F.Duncan) [E.Stone out at home]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 2, Monarchs 0. GRAYS 6TH: J.Gibson out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; B.Clarkson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 6TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; F.Duncan doubled; S.Paige lined into a double play (B.Clarkson to L.Pearson) [F.Duncan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 2, Monarchs 0. GRAYS 7TH: L.Pearson doubled to left field; V.Harris reached on an error by B.O`Neil [L.Pearson scored (unearned) (no RBI), V.Harris to first]; L.Day out on unknown play; J.Benjamin struck out; E.Stone grounded out (B.Serrell to B.O`Neil); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 3, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 7TH: W.Simms out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; T.Strong out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 3, Monarchs 0. GRAYS 8TH: H.Easterling out on unknown play; J.Gibson out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 3, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 8TH: B.O`Neil singled to center field; B.Serrell singled to left field [B.O`Neil to third]; J.Williams forced B.Serrell (L.Pearson to B.Clarkson) [B.O`Neil scored, J.Williams to first]; F.Duncan popped to H.Easterling in foul territory; S.Paige struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 3, Monarchs 1. GRAYS 9TH: B.Clarkson out on unknown play; L.Pearson doubled to left field; S.Paige threw a wild pitch [L.Pearson to third]; V.Harris walked; L.Day forced V.Harris (J.Williams to B.Serrell) [L.Pearson scored, L.Day to first]; J.Benjamin struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 4, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 9TH: W.Simms walked; H.Souell out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 4, Monarchs 1. GRAYS 10TH: Kansas City protested Homestead's use of Clarkson, from the Philadelphia Stars; and Stone, Pearson, and Day, all Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 4 9 0 6 Monarchs 1 5 1 3
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