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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 7 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 6

Game played on Wednesday, May 7, 1947 (N) at Lawrence Field, Wichita KS
Regular-Season game

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



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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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