Kansas City Monarchs 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 - 6 8 0 Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 2 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Lee Moody 2b 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 Newt Allen 1b 5 1 1 0 0 10 0 Herb Souell 3b 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 Bonnie Serrell ss 4 2 1 1 0 1 4 Mance Smith cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Walter Thomas rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 Dave Harper lf 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 Sammy Haynes c 4 0 1 1 0 11 0 Satchel Paige p 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 37 6 8 6 1 7 27 8 BATTING - 2B: Bonnie Serrell. 3B: Herb Souell, Dave Harper. Team LOB: 5 Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Felix McLaurin cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 Artie Wilson ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 John Britton 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 Piper Davis 1b 4 0 1 0 0 13 0 Ed Steele rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Johnie Scott lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 Pepper Bassett c 3 0 0 0 0 8 0 Alvin Gipson p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Leroy Morney ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alfred Saylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 31 0 4 0 0 11 27 13 FIELDING - E: 2. Piper Davis, Pepper Bassett. PB: 1. Pepper Bassett. BATTING - 2B: Artie Wilson, John Britton, Piper Davis. Team LOB: 4 PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Satchel Paige W 9 4 0 0 0 11 0 31 Totals 9 4 0 0 0 11 0 31 Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alvin Gipson L 8 8 6 4 1 7 0 35 Alfred Saylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 9 8 6 4 1 7 0 38 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 Sunday, 7/16/1944, game 1 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Birmingham Black Barons (D) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Birmingham 1. L.Moody 2b F.McLaurin cf 2. N.Allen 1b A.Wilson ss 3. H.Souell 3b J.Britton 3b 4. B.Serrell ss P.Davis 1b 5. M.Smith cf E.Steele rf 6. W.Thomas rf J.Scott lf 7. D.Harper lf T.Sampson 2b 8. S.Haynes c P.Bassett c 9. S.Paige p A.Gipson p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; L.Moody out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; P.Bassett allowed a passed ball [H.Souell to second]; B.Serrell 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; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 2ND: M.Smith out on unknown play; W.Thomas struck out [W.Thomas to second (error by P.Bassett)]; D.Harper singled [W.Thomas scored (unearned)]; S.Haynes out on unknown play; S.Paige out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: P.Davis doubled; E.Steele struck out; J.Scott struck out; T.Sampson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 3RD: L.Moody out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: P.Bassett out on unknown play; A.Gipson out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 4TH: B.Serrell out on unknown play; M.Smith out on unknown play; W.Thomas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton singled; P.Davis out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 5TH: D.Harper out on unknown play; S.Haynes out on unknown play; S.Paige out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 6TH: L.Moody out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 6TH: A.Gipson out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; A.Wilson doubled; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 7TH: B.Serrell reached on an error by P.Davis [B.Serrell to first]; M.Smith out on unknown play; W.Thomas walked [B.Serrell to second]; D.Harper out on unknown play; S.Haynes singled [B.Serrell scored (unearned), W.Thomas to second]; S.Paige out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 7TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 8TH: L.Moody singled; N.Allen singled [L.Moody to second]; H.Souell tripled [L.Moody scored, N.Allen scored]; B.Serrell doubled [H.Souell scored]; M.Smith out on unknown play; W.Thomas out on unknown play; D.Harper tripled [B.Serrell scored]; S.Haynes out on unknown play; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 6, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 8TH: T.Sampson out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; L.MORNEY BATTED FOR A.GIPSON; L.Morney out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 6, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 9TH: A.SAYLOR REPLACED L.MORNEY (PITCHING); S.Paige out on unknown play; L.Moody out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 6, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 9TH: F.McLaurin out on unknown play; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton doubled; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 6, Black Barons 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 6 8 0 5 Black Barons 0 4 2 4
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