Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 8 2 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Williams ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Walter Thomas rf 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Herb Souell 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 Lee Moody cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bonnie Serrell 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 Norman Young pr, 2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mance Smith lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hilton Smith ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dean Thomas pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Harper lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Newt Allen 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Frank Duncan c 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 Satchel Paige p 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 8 2 1 0 27 4 FIELDING - DP: 2. Jesse Williams, Herb Souell, Bonnie Serrell, Newt Allen 2, Frank Duncan. E: 2. Jesse Williams, Bonnie Serrell. BATTING - SH: Walter Thomas, Herb Souell. Team LOB: 7 Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Douglas 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 John Bissant lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Lloyd Davenport cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Art Pennington 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnny Smith rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Clyde Nelson 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Herb Barnhill c 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bob Smith ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ollie Waldon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Wells ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gready McKinnis p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 0 3 0 1 1 27 1 FIELDING - E: 1. John Bissant. BATTING - 2B: Jesse Douglas. GDP: Bob Smith. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - CS: John Bissant. PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Satchel Paige W 9 3 0 0 1 1 0 31 Totals 9 3 0 0 1 1 0 31 Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gready McKinnis L 9 8 2 2 1 0 0 36 Totals 9 8 2 2 1 0 0 36 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Virgil Blueitt, 1B - Anderson Pryor, 2B - Anderson, 3B - W. Moore Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 26689 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/6/1944, game 1 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Chicago Am. Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Chicago 1. J.Williams ss J.Douglas 2b 2. W.Thomas rf J.Bissant lf 3. H.Souell 3b L.Davenport cf 4. L.Moody cf A.Pennington 1b 5. B.Serrell 2b J.Smith rf 6. M.Smith lf C.Nelson 3b 7. N.Allen 1b H.Barnhill c 8. F.Duncan c B.Smith ss 9. S.Paige p G.McKinnis p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Williams singled; W.Thomas out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Williams to second]; H.Souell singled [J.Williams to third]; L.Moody out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 1ST: J.Douglas doubled; J.Bissant out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. MONARCHS 2ND: M.Smith out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: J.Smith singled; C.Nelson out on unknown play; H.Barnhill reached on an error by B.Serrell [J.Smith to second, H.Barnhill to first]; B.Smith grounded into a double play (H.Souell to B.Serrell to N.Allen) [H.Barnhill out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. MONARCHS 3RD: S.Paige out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; W.Thomas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 3RD: G.McKinnis singled; J.Douglas out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. MONARCHS 4TH: H.Souell singled; L.Moody out on unknown play; B.Serrell singled [H.Souell to second]; M.Smith out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 4TH: A.Pennington out on unknown play; J.Smith out on unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. MONARCHS 5TH: F.Duncan out on unknown play; S.Paige out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 5TH: H.Barnhill out on unknown play; B.Smith out on unknown play; G.McKinnis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. MONARCHS 6TH: W.Thomas walked; H.Souell out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Thomas to second]; L.Moody out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 6TH: J.Douglas out on unknown play; J.Bissant walked; L.Davenport struck out while J.Bissant was caught stealing second (F.Duncan to N.Allen to J.Williams); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. MONARCHS 7TH: M.Smith out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 7TH: A.Pennington out on unknown play; J.Smith out on unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. MONARCHS 8TH: S.Paige reached on an error by J.Bissant [S.Paige to second]; J.Williams out on unknown play; W.Thomas singled to center field (L.Davenport to H.Barnhill) [S.Paige out at home]; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 8TH: H.Barnhill reached on an error by J.Williams [H.Barnhill to first]; O.WALDON BATTED FOR B.SMITH; O.Waldon out on unknown play; G.McKinnis out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. MONARCHS 9TH: W.WELLS REPLACED O.WALDON (PLAYING SS); L.Moody out on unknown play; B.Serrell singled to right field; N.YOUNG RAN FOR B.SERRELL; H.SMITH BATTED FOR M.SMITH; H.Smith singled to center field [N.Young to second]; D.THOMAS RAN FOR H.SMITH; N.Allen singled to right field [N.Young scored, D.Thomas to third]; F.Duncan out on unknown play [D.Thomas scored, N.Allen to second]; S.Paige out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 9TH: N.YOUNG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); D.HARPER REPLACED D.THOMAS (PLAYING LF); J.Bissant out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 2 8 2 7 Am. Giants 0 3 1 4
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