Indianapolis Clowns 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 - 7 10 4 Kansas City Monarchs 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 - 8 10 4 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Merchant cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 Ray Neil 2b 4 2 1 0 0 1 3 Leovigildo Xiques lf 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 Duke Cleveland rf 5 1 2 2 0 3 0 Sam Hairston 3b 3 1 2 0 0 1 3 Buster Haywood c 4 0 0 1 0 9 2 Tice James ss 4 1 2 2 0 2 4 Peanuts Davis 1b 4 0 0 0 0 7 2 Sam Odom p 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 Totals 37 7 10 6 1 8 25 17 FIELDING - E: 4. Henry Merchant, Tice James, Peanuts Davis, Sam Odom. PB: 1. Buster Haywood. BATTING - 2B: Ray Neil, Sam Hairston 2. SH: Ray Neil, Sam Hairston. Team LOB: 6 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Johnie Scott lf 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 Chico Renfroe ss 5 2 3 3 0 2 1 Ted Strong 3b 4 1 0 0 1 3 2 Willard Brown cf 5 2 2 1 0 2 1 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 0 0 0 1 12 2 Lee Moody 2b 5 1 3 2 0 1 4 Earl Taborn c 3 0 0 0 1 7 0 Joe Greene c 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Larry Hubbard rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 Hilton Smith ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Allen Bryant p 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Connie Johnson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 38 8 10 7 6 9 27 13 FIELDING - E: 4. Johnie Scott, Chico Renfroe, Ted Strong 2. BATTING - 2B: Chico Renfroe 2, Willard Brown, Lee Moody 3, Allen Bryant. HR: Chico Renfroe, Willard Brown. IW: Buck O`Neil, Joe Greene. Team LOB: 11 PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Sam Odom L 8.1 10 8 4 6 9 2 44 Totals 8.1 10 8 4 6 9 2 44 IW: Sam Odom 2. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Allen Bryant 6.1 6 6 3 1 6 0 29 Connie Johnson W 2.2 4 1 0 0 2 0 11 Totals 9 10 7 3 1 8 0 40 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 1500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Thursday, 5/2/1946 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. H.Merchant cf J.Scott lf 2. R.Neil 2b C.Renfroe ss 3. L.Xiques lf T.Strong 3b 4. D.Cleveland rf W.Brown cf 5. S.Hairston 3b B.O`Neil 1b 6. B.Haywood c L.Moody 2b 7. T.James ss E.Taborn c 8. P.Davis 1b L.Hubbard rf 9. S.Odom p A.Bryant p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Merchant reached on an error by T.Strong [H.Merchant to first]; R.Neil out on unknown play; L.Xiques out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: J.Scott reached on an error by T.James [J.Scott to first]; C.Renfroe doubled [J.Scott scored (unearned)]; T.Strong reached on an error by S.Odom [C.Renfroe to third, T.Strong to first]; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; L.Moody doubled [C.Renfroe scored (unearned), T.Strong scored (unearned)]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 3. CLOWNS 2ND: S.Hairston doubled; B.Haywood out on unknown play [S.Hairston to third]; T.James out on unknown play [S.Hairston scored]; P.Davis out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 2ND: L.Hubbard walked; A.Bryant doubled [L.Hubbard to third]; J.Scott out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 3. CLOWNS 3RD: S.Odom walked; H.Merchant out on unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown play; L.Xiques out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 3RD: W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; L.Moody doubled; E.Taborn walked; L.Hubbard out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 3. CLOWNS 4TH: D.Cleveland out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 4TH: A.Bryant out on unknown play; J.Scott walked; C.Renfroe doubled [J.Scott scored]; T.Strong walked; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 4. CLOWNS 5TH: T.James out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; S.Odom out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 5TH: L.Moody hit a ground rule double to rightfield; E.Taborn flied to H.Merchant; L.Hubbard reached on an error by P.Davis [L.Moody to third, L.Hubbard to first]; B.Haywood allowed a passed ball [L.Moody scored (unearned)]; A.Bryant struck out; J.Scott struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 5. CLOWNS 6TH: H.Merchant singled; R.Neil reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by T.Strong [H.Merchant to second, R.Neil to first]; L.Xiques singled [H.Merchant scored, R.Neil to second]; D.Cleveland singled [R.Neil scored (unearned), L.Xiques to second]; S.Hairston out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Xiques to third, D.Cleveland to second]; B.Haywood out on unknown play [L.Xiques scored (unearned)]; T.James singled [D.Cleveland scored (unearned)]; P.Davis reached on an error by C.Renfroe [T.James to second, P.Davis to first]; S.Odom out on unknown play; 4 R (1 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 5, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 6TH: C.Renfroe out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; W.Brown homered to rightfield; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 5, Monarchs 6. CLOWNS 7TH: H.Merchant out on unknown play; R.Neil doubled; C.JOHNSON REPLACED A.BRYANT (PITCHING); L.Xiques out on unknown play; D.Cleveland singled to center field (W.Brown to C.Renfroe) [R.Neil scored, D.Cleveland out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 6, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 7TH: L.Moody out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; L.Hubbard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 6, Monarchs 6. CLOWNS 8TH: J.GREENE REPLACED E.TABORN (PLAYING C); S.Hairston doubled to center field; B.Haywood out on unknown play; T.James singled to third base; P.Davis forced S.Hairston (C.Johnson to T.Strong) [T.James to second, P.Davis to first]; S.Odom singled to left field [T.James scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by J.Scott), P.Davis to third, S.Odom to second]; H.Merchant out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 7, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 8TH: C.Johnson out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; C.Renfroe homered; T.Strong out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 7, Monarchs 7. CLOWNS 9TH: R.Neil out on unknown play; L.Xiques out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 7, Monarchs 7. MONARCHS 9TH: W.Brown doubled to center field [W.Brown to third (error by H.Merchant)]; B.O`Neil was walked intentionally; L.Moody out on unknown play; J.Greene was walked intentionally [B.O`Neil to second]; H.SMITH BATTED FOR L.HUBBARD; H.Smith singled to pitcher [W.Brown scored, B.O`Neil to third, J.Greene to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Clowns 7, Monarchs 8. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 7 10 4 6 Monarchs 8 10 4 11
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