Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 x - 4 6 1 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Williams ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Herb Souell 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 Bonnie Serrell 2b 4 0 1 0 0 6 6 Willard Brown cf 4 0 2 0 0 4 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 0 1 0 0 9 2 Hank Thompson lf 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 Hilton Smith rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sammy Haynes c 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jack Matchett p 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 Totals 33 1 8 1 2 3 24 13 BATTING - 2B: Hank Thompson, Jack Matchett. GDP: Buck O`Neil. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Buck O`Neil. CS: Bonnie Serrell. Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Billy Horne ss 3 0 0 1 0 3 3 Marshall Riddle 2b 3 0 0 0 1 2 7 Parnell Woods 3b 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 Sam Jethroe cf 4 0 1 0 0 5 0 Archie Ware 1b 3 0 0 0 1 12 0 Johnny Hundley rf 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 Thad Christopher lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 Raymond Taylor c 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 Theolic Smith p 2 0 1 1 1 0 4 Totals 30 4 6 4 4 1 27 15 FIELDING - DP: 1. Billy Horne, Marshall Riddle, Archie Ware. E: 1. Raymond Taylor. BATTING - 2B: Thad Christopher 2, Theolic Smith. SH: Billy Horne. Team LOB: 7 PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jack Matchett L 8 6 4 4 4 1 0 35 Totals 8 6 4 4 4 1 0 35 Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Theolic Smith W 9 8 1 1 2 3 0 35 Totals 9 8 1 1 2 3 0 35 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Harry Walker, 1B - Banaham, 2B - , 3B - Thomas Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 3200 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 6/6/1943, game 1 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Cleveland Buckeyes (D) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Cleveland 1. J.Williams ss B.Horne ss 2. H.Souell 3b M.Riddle 2b 3. B.Serrell 2b P.Woods 3b 4. W.Brown cf S.Jethroe cf 5. B.O`Neil 1b A.Ware 1b 6. H.Thompson lf J.Hundley rf 7. H.Smith rf T.Christopher lf 8. S.Haynes c R.Taylor c 9. J.Matchett p T.Smith p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 1ST: 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. Monarchs 0, Buckeyes 0. MONARCHS 2ND: W.Brown singled; B.O`Neil grounded into a double play (M.Riddle to B.Horne to A.Ware) [W.Brown out at second]; H.Thompson doubled; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: S.Jethroe out on unknown play; A.Ware walked; J.Hundley out on unknown play; T.Christopher out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Buckeyes 0. MONARCHS 3RD: S.Haynes out on unknown play; J.Matchett walked; J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Buckeyes 0. BUCKEYES 3RD: R.Taylor walked; T.Smith walked [R.Taylor to second]; B.Horne out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Taylor to third, T.Smith to second]; M.Riddle walked; P.Woods flied to unknown fielder [R.Taylor scored]; S.Jethroe singled [T.Smith to third, M.Riddle to second]; A.Ware out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Monarchs 0, Buckeyes 1. MONARCHS 4TH: B.Serrell singled; B.Serrell was caught stealing second (R.Taylor to B.Horne); W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Buckeyes 1. BUCKEYES 4TH: J.Hundley singled to left field; T.Christopher doubled to right field [J.Hundley scored]; R.Taylor popped to unknown fielder; T.Smith doubled [T.Christopher scored]; B.Horne out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Buckeyes 3. MONARCHS 5TH: H.Thompson out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; S.Haynes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Buckeyes 3. BUCKEYES 5TH: 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. Monarchs 0, Buckeyes 3. MONARCHS 6TH: J.Matchett doubled to left field; J.Williams out on unknown play [J.Matchett to third]; H.Souell singled to catcher [J.Matchett scored]; B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown singled [H.Souell to second]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 1, Buckeyes 3. BUCKEYES 6TH: J.Hundley singled; T.Christopher doubled [J.Hundley to third]; R.Taylor reached on a fielder's choice; T.Smith out on unknown play; B.Horne flied to unknown fielder [J.Hundley scored]; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 1, Buckeyes 4. MONARCHS 7TH: H.Thompson singled; H.Smith out on unknown play; S.Haynes out on unknown play; J.Matchett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Buckeyes 4. BUCKEYES 7TH: 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. Monarchs 1, Buckeyes 4. MONARCHS 8TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Buckeyes 4. BUCKEYES 8TH: J.Hundley out on unknown play; T.Christopher out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Buckeyes 4. MONARCHS 9TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil singled; B.O`Neil stole second [B.O`Neil to third (error by R.Taylor)]; H.Thompson walked; H.Smith out on unknown play; S.Haynes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 1, Buckeyes 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 1 8 0 7 Buckeyes 4 6 1 7
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