Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 9 0 Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 x - 4 10 4 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Newt Allen lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 Herb Souell 3b 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 Bonnie Serrell 2b 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 Willard Brown cf 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 Joe Greene c 5 0 1 0 0 7 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 0 0 0 1 11 0 Jesse Williams ss 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 Hank Thompson rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 Satchel Paige p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Matchett p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 40 2 9 2 1 2 24 1 FIELDING - DP: 1. Bonnie Serrell, Joe Greene. BATTING - 2B: Hank Thompson. 3B: Joe Greene. HBP: Hank Thompson. Team LOB: 13 Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Felix McLaurin cf 4 1 2 0 0 3 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 4 0 2 0 0 6 0 Leroy Morney lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 Clyde Spearman rf 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 Lester Lockett 3b 2 1 1 2 2 3 0 Piper Davis 1b 4 0 2 1 0 1 5 0 Hoss Walker ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Paul Hardy c 4 0 1 0 0 5 0 Gready McKinnis p 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 33 4 10 3 3 2 27 0 FIELDING - E: 4. Tommy Sampson, Leroy Morney, Lester Lockett 2. BATTING - 2B: Lester Lockett. Team LOB: 8 PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Satchel Paige L 5 7 4 4 3 2 0 25 Jack Matchett 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 Totals 8 10 4 4 3 2 0 36 WP: Satchel Paige. Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gready McKinnis W 9 9 2 2 1 2 0 42 Totals 9 9 2 2 1 2 0 42 HBP: Gready McKinnis. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 10000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/2/1943, game 1 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Birmingham Black Barons (D) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Birmingham 1. N.Allen lf F.McLaurin cf 2. H.Souell 3b T.Sampson 2b 3. B.Serrell 2b L.Morney lf 4. W.Brown cf C.Spearman rf 5. J.Greene c L.Lockett 3b 6. B.O`Neil 1b P.Davis 1b 7. J.Williams ss H.Walker ss 8. H.Thompson rf P.Hardy c 9. S.Paige p G.McKinnis p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson singled; L.Morney singled [T.Sampson to second]; C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Lockett walked [T.Sampson to third, L.Morney to second]; P.Davis struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 2ND: J.Greene out on unknown play; B.O`Neil walked; J.Williams singled [B.O`Neil to second]; H.Thompson out on unknown play; S.Paige out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: H.Walker out on unknown play; P.Hardy out on unknown play; G.McKinnis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 3RD: N.Allen reached on an error by T.Sampson [N.Allen to first]; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell singled [N.Allen to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: F.McLaurin singled; T.Sampson singled [F.McLaurin to second]; L.Morney forced T.Sampson (unknown fielder) [F.McLaurin to third, L.Morney to first]; C.Spearman walked [L.Morney to second]; L.Lockett doubled [F.McLaurin scored, L.Morney scored, C.Spearman to third]; P.Davis singled [C.Spearman scored, L.Lockett to third]; H.Walker out on unknown play; P.Hardy out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 3. MONARCHS 4TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Williams singled; H.Thompson doubled [J.Williams scored]; S.Paige out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 4TH: G.McKinnis out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 3. MONARCHS 5TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown reached on an error by L.Lockett [W.Brown to first]; J.Greene reached on an error by L.Lockett [W.Brown to second, J.Greene to first]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 5TH: L.Morney out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Lockett walked; P.Davis singled [L.Lockett to third]; S.Paige threw a wild pitch [L.Lockett scored, P.Davis to second]; H.Walker out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 4. MONARCHS 6TH: J.Williams singled; H.Thompson was hit by a pitch [J.Williams to second]; S.Paige out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 6TH: J.MATCHETT REPLACED S.PAIGE (PITCHING); P.Hardy singled; G.McKinnis out on unknown play; F.McLaurin singled [P.Hardy to third]; T.Sampson hit into a double play (B.Serrell to J.Greene) [P.Hardy out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 4. MONARCHS 7TH: B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Greene tripled; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 7TH: L.Morney out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 4. MONARCHS 8TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; J.Matchett reached on an error by L.Morney [J.Matchett to first]; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 8TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; H.Walker singled; P.Hardy out on unknown play; G.McKinnis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 4. MONARCHS 9TH: H.Souell singled; B.Serrell singled [H.Souell to third]; W.Brown out on unknown play [H.Souell scored]; J.Greene out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 2 9 0 13 Black Barons 4 10 4 8
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