Memphis Red Sox 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 4 Kansas City Monarchs 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 x - 8 12 2 BATTING Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Joe Burt Scott lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 Fred Bankhead 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 Marlin Carter ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 George Handy 2b 5 0 2 1 0 3 5 Pedro Formental rf 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 Bob Boyd 1b 4 0 0 0 0 14 1 Cowan Hyde cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Red Longley c 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Willie Wells ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 Felix Evans p 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 Totals 33 1 5 1 5 3 24 14 FIELDING - E: 4. George Handy, Bob Boyd, Cowan Hyde, Red Longley. BATTING - SH: Fred Bankhead. Team LOB: 11 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herb Souell 3b 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 5 2 1 0 0 14 0 Hank Thompson ss 4 1 2 1 0 1 4 Willard Brown cf 5 0 2 2 0 1 0 Ted Strong rf 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 Tom Cooper pr, rf 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 Joe Greene c 4 0 1 1 0 3 1 Johnie Scott lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 Chico Renfroe 2b 1 1 0 0 2 3 3 Ford Smith p 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 Totals 35 8 12 6 4 2 27 12 FIELDING - E: 2. Buck O`Neil, Chico Renfroe. PB: 1. Joe Greene. BATTING - 2B: Hank Thompson, Willard Brown, Ted Strong. SH: Hank Thompson, Chico Renfroe. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Buck O`Neil, Tom Cooper 2. PITCHING Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Felix Evans L 8 12 8 4 4 2 0 41 Totals 8 12 8 4 4 2 0 41 BK: Felix Evans. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ford Smith W 9 5 1 1 5 3 0 39 Totals 9 5 1 1 5 3 0 39 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Sylvester Vaughn, 2B - , 3B - Fambro Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 2076 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Friday, 6/27/1947 -- Memphis Red Sox at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Memphis Kansas City 1. J.Scott lf H.Souell 3b 2. F.Bankhead 3b B.O`Neil 1b 3. G.Handy 2b H.Thompson ss 4. P.Formental rf W.Brown cf 5. B.Boyd 1b T.Strong rf 6. C.Hyde cf J.Greene c 7. R.Longley c J.Scott lf 8. W.Wells ss C.Renfroe 2b 9. F.Evans p F.Smith p RED SOX 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Scott reached on an error by C.Renfroe [J.Scott to first]; F.Bankhead out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Scott to second]; G.Handy out on unknown play; P.Formental walked; B.Boyd out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson doubled; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0. RED SOX 2ND: C.Hyde out on unknown play; R.Longley out on unknown play; W.Wells out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: T.Strong doubled; T.COOPER RAN FOR T.STRONG; Ted Strong left the game with a charley horse; J.Greene out on unknown play; T.Cooper stole third; J.Scott singled [T.Cooper scored]; C.Renfroe walked [J.Scott to second]; F.Smith out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Monarchs 1. RED SOX 3RD: T.COOPER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); F.Evans walked; J.Scott out on unknown play; F.Bankhead walked [F.Evans to second]; G.Handy singled to center field [F.Evans scored, F.Bankhead to second]; P.Formental out on unknown play; B.Boyd out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 3RD: B.Boyd dropped a foul fly hit by B.O`Neil; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown doubled; T.Cooper walked; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 1. RED SOX 4TH: C.Hyde out on unknown play; R.Longley singled; W.Wells out on unknown play; F.Evans out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 4TH: J.Scott reached on an error by G.Handy [J.Scott to first]; C.Renfroe out on a sacrifice bunt (F.Bankhead to B.Boyd) [J.Scott to second]; F.Smith singled to right field [J.Scott scored (unearned)]; H.Souell singled [F.Smith to second]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2. RED SOX 5TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; G.Handy singled; P.Formental out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 5TH: W.Brown singled; W.Brown was picked off first (F.Evans to B.Boyd); T.Cooper out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2. RED SOX 6TH: B.Boyd out on unknown play; C.Hyde singled; J.Greene allowed a passed ball [C.Hyde to second]; R.Longley out on unknown play; W.Wells out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 6TH: J.Scott singled; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; F.Smith out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2. RED SOX 7TH: F.Evans out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; F.Bankhead reached on an error by B.O`Neil [F.Bankhead to first]; G.Handy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 7TH: B.O`Neil singled to center field; H.Thompson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.O`Neil to second]; B.O`Neil stole third; W.Brown grounded out (G.Handy to B.Boyd) [B.O`Neil scored]; T.Cooper walked; T.Cooper stole second; J.Greene singled [T.Cooper scored]; J.Scott out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 4. RED SOX 8TH: P.Formental walked; B.Boyd out on unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; R.Longley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 8TH: C.Renfroe walked; F.Smith singled to shortstop [C.Renfroe to second]; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil reached on an error by C.Hyde [C.Renfroe scored (no RBI), F.Smith scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.O`Neil to second]; H.Thompson singled [B.O`Neil scored (unearned) (error by R.Longley), H.Thompson to second (error by R.Longley)]; F.Evans balked [H.Thompson to third]; W.Brown flied to C.Hyde [H.Thompson scored (unearned)]; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 4 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 8. RED SOX 9TH: W.Wells singled; F.Evans out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; M.CARTER BATTED FOR F.BANKHEAD; M.Carter walked [W.Wells to second]; G.Handy out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Monarchs 8. Final Totals R H E LOB Red Sox 1 5 4 11 Monarchs 8 12 2 9
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