Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 - 6 8 1 Kansas City Monarchs 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 - 7 10 4 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Bernell Longest 2b 4 2 2 0 1 3 0 Buddy Armour cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 Sam Hill lf 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 Earl Bumpus 1b, p 3 1 1 0 2 13 0 Walter McCoy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Ritchey c 4 1 0 1 1 6 0 Jim McCurine rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 John Miles 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Clyde McNeal ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gentry Jessup p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Harry Rhodes ph, 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 6 8 2 5 7 25 0 FIELDING - E: 1. Sam Hill. BATTING - Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Bernell Longest. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Willard Brown cf 5 3 3 1 0 6 0 Chico Renfroe 2b 4 0 3 3 1 0 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 1 1 0 0 6 0 Hank Thompson ss 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 Johnie Scott lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 Ted Strong 3b 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 Joe Greene c 3 1 1 1 1 7 0 Tom Cooper rf 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 Ford Smith ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Ted Alexander p 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 Cannonball Berry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 7 10 6 7 6 27 0 FIELDING - E: 4. Buck O`Neil, Hank Thompson 2, Ted Alexander. BATTING - 2B: Willard Brown. SH: Buck O`Neil, Tom Cooper, Ted Alexander. HBP: Ted Strong, Joe Greene. Team LOB: 12 BASERUNNING - SB: Willard Brown, Chico Renfroe, Johnie Scott. PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gentry Jessup 8 8 5 4 5 5 0 38 Earl Bumpus L 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 Walter McCoy 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 Totals 8.1 10 7 6 7 6 0 44 Earl Bumpus pitched to 2 batters in the 9th inning HBP: Gentry Jessup, Walter McCoy. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ted Alexander 8.2 8 6 2 5 6 0 41 Cannonball Berry W 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Totals 9 8 6 2 5 7 0 42 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Massey, 1B - Paul Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 1100 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Wednesday, 5/7/1947 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Chicago Kansas City 1. B.Longest 2b W.Brown cf 2. B.Armour cf C.Renfroe 2b 3. S.Hill lf B.O`Neil 1b 4. E.Bumpus 1b H.Thompson ss 5. J.Ritchey c J.Scott lf 6. J.McCurine rf T.Strong 3b 7. J.Miles 3b J.Greene c 8. C.McNeal ss T.Cooper rf 9. G.Jessup p T.Alexander p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; B.Longest singled; B.Armour out on unknown play; S.Hill out on unknown play; E.Bumpus walked [B.Longest to second]; J.Ritchey out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: W.Brown doubled; C.Renfroe singled [W.Brown scored]; B.O`Neil out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Renfroe to second]; H.Thompson out on unknown play; J.Scott singled [C.Renfroe to third]; J.Scott stole second; T.Strong out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 1. AM. GIANTS 2ND: J.McCurine singled; J.Miles out on unknown play; C.McNeal out on unknown play; G.Jessup out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 2ND: J.Greene singled; T.Cooper out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Greene to second]; T.Alexander out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Greene to third]; W.Brown singled [J.Greene scored]; C.Renfroe singled to left field [W.Brown scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by S.Hill), C.Renfroe to second]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 3. AM. GIANTS 3RD: B.Longest out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; S.Hill out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Thompson out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 3. AM. GIANTS 4TH: E.Bumpus singled; J.Ritchey walked [E.Bumpus to second]; J.McCurine out on unknown play; J.Miles out on unknown play; C.McNeal reached on an error by T.Alexander [E.Bumpus to third, J.Ritchey to second, C.McNeal to first]; G.Jessup out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 4TH: J.Greene out on unknown play; T.Cooper walked; T.Alexander out on unknown play; W.Brown singled [T.Cooper to third]; W.Brown stole second; C.Renfroe singled [T.Cooper scored, W.Brown scored]; C.Renfroe stole second; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 5. AM. GIANTS 5TH: B.Longest singled; B.Armour singled [B.Longest to second]; S.Hill walked [B.Longest to third, B.Armour to second]; E.Bumpus out on unknown play; J.Ritchey out on unknown play [B.Longest scored]; J.McCurine out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 5TH: H.Thompson out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; T.Strong was hit by a pitch; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 5. AM. GIANTS 6TH: J.Miles singled; C.McNeal out on unknown play; G.Jessup out on unknown play; B.Longest out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 6TH: T.Cooper out on unknown play; T.Alexander walked; W.Brown out on unknown play; C.Renfroe walked [T.Alexander to second]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 5. AM. GIANTS 7TH: B.Armour out on unknown play; S.Hill out on unknown play; E.Bumpus out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 7TH: H.Thompson out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 5. AM. GIANTS 8TH: J.Ritchey out on unknown play; J.McCurine out on unknown play; J.Miles out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 8TH: J.Greene walked; T.Cooper out on unknown play; T.Alexander walked [J.Greene to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 5. AM. GIANTS 9TH: C.McNeal out on unknown play; H.RHODES BATTED FOR G.JESSUP; H.Rhodes out on unknown play; B.Longest walked; B.Longest stole second; B.Armour singled [B.Longest to third]; B.Armour was picked off first, but was safe on an error by B.O`Neil [B.Longest scored, B.Armour to second]; S.Hill singled [B.Armour scored (unearned)]; E.Bumpus walked [S.Hill to second]; J.Ritchey reached on an error by H.Thompson [S.Hill scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by H.Thompson), E.Bumpus scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Ritchey scored (unearned)]; C.BERRY REPLACED T.ALEXANDER (PITCHING); J.McCurine out on unknown play; 4 R (0 ER), 2 H, 3 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 6, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 9TH: H.RHODES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); E.BUMPUS CHANGED POSITIONS (PITCHING); B.O`Neil singled; H.Thompson walked [B.O`Neil to second]; W.MCCOY REPLACED E.BUMPUS (PITCHING); J.Scott out on unknown play; T.Strong walked [B.O`Neil to third, H.Thompson to second]; J.Greene was hit by a pitch [B.O`Neil scored, H.Thompson to third, T.Strong to second]; F.SMITH BATTED FOR T.COOPER; F.Smith singled to right-center [H.Thompson scored, T.Strong to third, J.Greene to second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Am. Giants 6, Monarchs 7. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 6 8 1 9 Monarchs 7 10 4 12
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