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Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 5 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 3

Game played on Sunday, July 11, 1943 (D) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Birmingham Black Barons             0 2 0  1 0 1  1  -   5  5  1
Kansas City Monarchs                0 1 1  1 0 0  0  -   3  7  3

BATTING

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Felix McLaurin cf                     4   0   1    0     0         3   1
Tommy Sampson 2b                      4   0   0    1     0         1   1
Clyde Spearman rf                     3   1   1    0     0         0   0
Lester Lockett lf                     2   0   0    0     1         2   0
Piper Davis ss                        3   2   1    1     0         1   4
Alphonse Dunn 1b                      2   1   1    0     1        11   0
Hoss Walker 3b                        1   1   0    0     1         1   2
Paul Hardy c                          3   0   0    0     0         2   2
Johnny Markham p                      3   0   1    0     0         0   2
Totals                               25   5   5    2     3   3    21  12

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Hoss Walker. 

BATTING -
3B:  Clyde Spearman. 
SH:  Hoss Walker. 
Team LOB:  3

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Lester Lockett, Johnny Markham. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jesse Williams ss                     4   0   0    0     0         3   3
Willie Simms lf                       4   0   1    1     0         0   0
Herb Souell 3b                        3   0   1    0     0         2   0
Willard Brown cf                      3   1   1    0     0         2   0
Bonnie Serrell 2b                     3   0   0    1     0         4   3
Buck O`Neil 1b                        3   1   1    0     0         6   1
Hank Thompson rf                      3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Sammy Haynes c                        3   1   2    1     0         4   2
Satchel Paige p                       0   0   0    0     0         0   1
  George Walker p                     2   0   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               28   3   7    3     0   1    21  10

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Willard Brown, Bonnie Serrell, Sammy Haynes. 
PB: 1.  Sammy Haynes. 

BATTING -
SH:  Satchel Paige. 
Team LOB:  5


PITCHING

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Johnny Markham W                     7       7   3    2   0   1   0  29
Totals                               7       7   3    2   0   1   0  29


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Satchel Paige                        3       1   2    0   2   1   0  11
George Walker L                      4       4   3    2   1   2   0  18
Totals                               7       5   5    2   3   3   0  29



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 5500

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/11/1943, game 2 -- Birmingham Black Barons at
Kansas City Monarchs (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Birmingham                    Kansas City                   
1. F.McLaurin          cf        J.Williams          ss        
2. T.Sampson           2b        W.Simms             lf        
3. C.Spearman          rf        H.Souell            3b        
4. L.Lockett           lf        W.Brown             cf        
5. P.Davis             ss        B.Serrell           2b        
6. A.Dunn              1b        B.O`Neil            1b        
7. H.Walker            3b        H.Thompson          rf        
8. P.Hardy             c         S.Haynes            c         
9. J.Markham           p         S.Paige             p         

BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson
out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: J.Williams out on unknown play; W.Simms out on
unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: L.Lockett walked; L.Lockett was caught
stealing second (S.Haynes to B.Serrell); P.Davis singled;
S.Haynes allowed a passed ball [P.Davis to second]; A.Dunn
walked; H.Walker out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[P.Davis to third, A.Dunn to second]; P.Davis was picked off
third, but was safe on an error by S.Haynes [P.Davis scored
(unearned), A.Dunn scored (unearned)]; P.Hardy out on unknown
play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 2, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: W.Brown reached on an error by H.Walker [W.Brown
to third]; B.Serrell out on unknown play [W.Brown scored
(unearned)]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on
unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 2,
Monarchs 1.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: J.Markham out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out
on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 2, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 3RD: S.Haynes singled; S.Paige out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [S.Haynes to second]; J.Williams out on
unknown play; W.Simms singled [S.Haynes scored]; H.Souell
singled [W.Simms to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 2, Monarchs 2.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: G.WALKER REPLACED S.PAIGE (PITCHING);
C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play;
P.Davis reached on an error by B.Serrell [P.Davis to first];
A.Dunn singled [P.Davis to third]; H.Walker reached on an error
by W.Brown [P.Davis scored (unearned) (no RBI), A.Dunn to
second, H.Walker to first]; P.Hardy out on unknown play; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 3, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 4TH: B.Serrell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil singled;
H.Thompson out on unknown play [B.O`Neil to second]; S.Haynes
singled [B.O`Neil scored]; G.Walker singled [S.Haynes to
second]; J.Williams out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Black Barons 3, Monarchs 3.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.Markham out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out
on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 3, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 5TH: W.Simms out on unknown play; H.Souell out on
unknown play; W.Brown singled; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 3, Monarchs 3.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: C.Spearman tripled to right-center; L.Lockett
out on unknown play; P.Davis flied to unknown fielder
[C.Spearman scored]; A.Dunn out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Black Barons 4, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 6TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on
unknown play; S.Haynes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 4, Monarchs 3.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: H.Walker walked; P.Hardy out on unknown play;
J.Markham singled [H.Walker to second]; F.McLaurin singled
[H.Walker to third, J.Markham to second]; T.Sampson out on
unknown play [H.Walker scored]; J.Markham was caught stealing
third (S.Haynes to H.Souell); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black
Barons 5, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 7TH: G.Walker out on unknown play; J.Williams out on
unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Black Barons 5, Monarchs 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Barons     5   5   1   3
 Monarchs         3   7   3   5


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