Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 3 6 0 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 3 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Billy Horne ss 4 0 1 0 1 1 6 Marshall Riddle 2b 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 Parnell Woods 3b 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 Sam Jethroe cf 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 Archie Ware 1b 4 0 1 0 1 21 0 Johnny Hundley rf 4 0 3 2 1 0 0 Theolic Smith lf 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 Raymond Taylor c 5 0 0 0 0 5 1 Willie Jefferson p 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 Totals 40 3 6 2 5 6 36 20 FIELDING - DP: 1. Billy Horne, Marshall Riddle, Archie Ware. BATTING - IW: Archie Ware. GDP: Johnny Hundley, Theolic Smith 2. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - SB: Theolic Smith, Willie Jefferson. CS: Billy Horne. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Williams ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 Herb Souell 3b 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 Bonnie Serrell 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 Willard Brown cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 Hilton Smith lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Frank Duncan c 5 0 2 0 0 0 7 2 Hank Thompson rf 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 Jack Matchett p 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 Totals 42 1 8 1 2 1 36 20 FIELDING - DP: 3. Jesse Williams 2, Herb Souell, Bonnie Serrell 3, Buck O`Neil 3. E: 3. Bonnie Serrell, Willard Brown, Frank Duncan. BATTING - 3B: Hilton Smith. GDP: Willard Brown. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Frank Duncan, Hank Thompson. CS: Herb Souell. PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Jefferson W 12 8 1 1 2 1 0 44 Totals 12 8 1 1 2 1 0 44 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jack Matchett L 12 6 3 2 5 6 0 45 Totals 12 6 3 2 5 6 0 45 IW: Jack Matchett. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 5/24/1943 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Kansas City 1. B.Horne ss J.Williams ss 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 H.Smith lf 7. T.Smith lf F.Duncan c 8. R.Taylor c H.Thompson rf 9. W.Jefferson p J.Matchett p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; B.Horne singled; M.Riddle out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: J.Williams 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 0, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Hundley singled; T.Smith grounded into a double play (B.Serrell to J.Williams to B.O`Neil) [J.Hundley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Smith struck out; F.Duncan lined to S.Jethroe; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 3RD: R.Taylor out on unknown play; W.Jefferson out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Thompson out on unknown play; J.Matchett out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 4TH: M.Riddle out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; S.Jethroe 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: A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Hundley singled; T.Smith walked [J.Hundley to second]; R.Taylor out on unknown play; W.Jefferson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Smith tripled to right field; F.Duncan out on unknown play; H.Thompson singled to left field [H.Smith scored]; H.Thompson stole second; J.Matchett out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 1. BUCKEYES 6TH: B.Horne walked; B.Horne was caught stealing second (F.Duncan to B.Serrell); M.Riddle out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 6TH: J.Williams singled; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell walked [J.Williams to second]; W.Brown grounded into a double play (B.Horne to M.Riddle to A.Ware) [B.Serrell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 1. BUCKEYES 7TH: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware singled; J.Hundley grounded into a double play (H.Souell to B.Serrell to B.O`Neil) [A.Ware out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 7TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; F.Duncan singled; F.Duncan stole second; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 1. BUCKEYES 8TH: T.Smith reached on an error by B.Serrell [T.Smith to first]; R.Taylor out on unknown play [T.Smith to second]; W.Jefferson reached on an error by W.Brown [T.Smith to third, W.Jefferson to first]; T.Smith stole home and W.Jefferson stole second; B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 8TH: J.Matchett singled; J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell singled [J.Matchett to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 1. BUCKEYES 9TH: P.Woods out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 9TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; F.Duncan singled; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 1. BUCKEYES 10TH: J.Hundley walked; T.Smith grounded into a double play (J.Williams to B.Serrell to B.O`Neil) [J.Hundley out at second]; R.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 10TH: J.Matchett out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Souell walked; H.Souell was caught stealing second (R.Taylor to M.Riddle); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 1. BUCKEYES 11TH: W.Jefferson out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 11TH: 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 1. BUCKEYES 12TH: P.Woods walked; S.Jethroe singled [P.Woods to second]; P.Woods was picked off second, but was safe on an error by F.Duncan [P.Woods to third, S.Jethroe to second]; A.Ware was walked intentionally; J.Hundley singled [P.Woods scored, S.Jethroe scored, A.Ware to second]; T.Smith out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play; W.Jefferson out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 3, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 12TH: H.Smith out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 3, Monarchs 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 3 6 0 6 Monarchs 1 8 3 7
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