Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 1 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 5 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Billy Horne ss 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 Marshall Riddle 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 Parnell Woods 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 Sam Jethroe cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 Archie Ware 1b 4 0 0 0 0 12 0 Johnny Hundley rf 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 Quincy Smith lf 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 Raymond Taylor c 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 Theolic Smith p 3 0 1 0 0 0 6 Totals 31 1 4 0 1 3 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Marshall Riddle, Archie Ware. E: 1. Quincy Smith. BATTING - 2B: Quincy Smith. GDP: Sam Jethroe. Team LOB: 4 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Newt Allen lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Herb Souell 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Bonnie Serrell 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 Willard Brown cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 Buck O`Neil 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 Jesse Williams ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 Hank Thompson rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Frank Duncan c 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 Satchel Paige p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Hilton Smith p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 31 0 6 0 0 1 27 14 FIELDING - DP: 1. Bonnie Serrell, Buck O`Neil, Jesse Williams. E: 5. Newt Allen, Bonnie Serrell, Hank Thompson, Frank Duncan, Satchel Paige. BATTING - 3B: Jesse Williams. GDP: Bonnie Serrell. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - CS: Jesse Williams. PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Theolic Smith W 9 6 0 0 0 1 0 31 Totals 9 6 0 0 0 1 0 31 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Satchel Paige 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 12 Hilton Smith L 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 20 Totals 9 4 1 0 1 3 0 32 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Hurley McNair, 2B - , 3B - Boone Time of Game: 1:50 Attendance: 2000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/23/1943, game 1 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Kansas City 1. B.Horne ss N.Allen lf 2. M.Riddle 2b H.Souell 3b 3. P.Woods 3b B.Serrell 2b 4. S.Jethroe cf W.Brown cf 5. A.Ware 1b B.O`Neil 1b 6. J.Hundley rf J.Williams ss 7. Q.Smith lf H.Thompson rf 8. R.Taylor c F.Duncan c 9. T.Smith p S.Paige p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; B.Serrell grounded into a double play (M.Riddle to A.Ware) [H.Souell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Hundley walked; Q.Smith reached on an error by B.Serrell [J.Hundley to second, Q.Smith to first]; J.Hundley was picked off second, but was safe on an error by S.Paige [J.Hundley to third, Q.Smith to second]; R.Taylor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: W.Brown 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. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 3RD: T.Smith singled to right field [T.Smith to second (error by H.Thompson)]; B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Thompson out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on unknown play; S.Paige singled; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 4TH: H.SMITH REPLACED S.PAIGE (PITCHING); S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Hundley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 5TH: Q.Smith doubled to right field; R.Taylor out on unknown play [Q.Smith to third]; T.Smith flied to W.Brown, Q.Smith safe at third on dropped catch error by F.Duncan, assist to W.Brown [Q.Smith scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by F.Duncan; assist by W.Brown)]; B.Horne out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Williams singled; J.Williams was caught stealing second (R.Taylor to B.Horne); H.Thompson singled to left field [H.Thompson to second (error by Q.Smith)]; F.Duncan out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 6TH: M.Riddle out on unknown play; P.Woods singled; S.Jethroe grounded into a double play (J.Williams to B.Serrell to B.O`Neil) [P.Woods out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 6TH: H.Smith out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 7TH: A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Hundley grounded out (H.Smith to J.Williams to B.O`Neil); Q.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 7TH: B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 8TH: R.Taylor out on unknown play; T.Smith out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 8TH: J.Williams tripled; H.Thompson popped to A.Ware; F.Duncan struck out; H.Smith flied to S.Jethroe; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 9TH: M.Riddle out on unknown play; P.Woods singled to left field [P.Woods to second (error by N.Allen)]; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 9TH: 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. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 1 4 1 4 Monarchs 0 6 5 4
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