Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 2 Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 x - 8 10 1 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Reinaldo Drake cf 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 T.J. Brown ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 Newt Allen ss 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 Ray Neil 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 Robert Abernathy lf 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 Goose Tatum 1b 4 0 1 0 0 7 1 Sam Hairston 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 Alphonso Gerard rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 Buster Haywood c 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 Bailey ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Juan Guilbe p 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 Totals 33 1 6 1 3 4 24 8 FIELDING - E: 2. T.J. Brown, Newt Allen. BATTING - 2B: T.J. Brown, Alphonso Gerard. SH: Sam Hairston. Team LOB: 9 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herb Souell 3b 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 2 3 3 1 11 0 Hank Thompson ss 5 0 0 0 0 4 2 Willard Brown cf 4 2 2 2 0 2 0 Joe Greene c 4 0 0 1 0 5 1 Johnie Scott lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 Chico Renfroe 2b 3 0 0 1 1 1 4 Tom Cooper rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 Hilton Smith p 4 2 2 1 0 0 2 Totals 36 8 10 8 3 7 27 10 FIELDING - E: 1. Hank Thompson. BATTING - 3B: Buck O`Neil, Willard Brown. HR: Buck O`Neil, Hilton Smith. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Herb Souell, Buck O`Neil, Willard Brown. PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Juan Guilbe L 8 10 8 6 3 7 2 39 Totals 8 10 8 6 3 7 2 39 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hilton Smith W 9 6 1 1 3 4 0 37 Totals 9 6 1 1 3 4 0 37 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: 2:20 Attendance: 8500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 6/29/1947, game 1 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. R.Drake cf H.Souell 3b 2. T.Brown ss B.O`Neil 1b 3. R.Neil 2b H.Thompson ss 4. R.Abernathy lf W.Brown cf 5. G.Tatum 1b J.Greene c 6. S.Hairston 3b J.Scott lf 7. A.Gerard rf C.Renfroe 2b 8. B.Haywood c T.Cooper rf 9. J.Guilbe p H.Smith p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; R.Drake out on unknown play; T.Brown out on unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell singled; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Souell stole second; H.Thompson reached on an error by T.Brown [H.Souell to third, H.Thompson to first]; W.Brown singled to left field [H.Souell scored (unearned), H.Thompson to second]; J.Greene out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 2ND: R.Abernathy singled; G.Tatum singled [R.Abernathy to second]; S.Hairston out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Abernathy to third, G.Tatum to second]; A.Gerard out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 2ND: C.Renfroe walked; T.Cooper out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 3RD: J.Guilbe out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; T.Brown doubled; R.Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 3RD: B.O`Neil tripled; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown tripled [B.O`Neil scored]; J.Greene out on unknown play [W.Brown scored]; J.Scott out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 3. CLOWNS 4TH: R.Abernathy out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 4TH: C.Renfroe out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; H.Smith homered to leftfield; H.Souell singled; B.O`Neil walked [H.Souell to second]; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 4. CLOWNS 5TH: A.Gerard doubled; B.Haywood flied to W.Brown [A.Gerard to third]; J.Guilbe flied to T.Cooper [A.Gerard scored]; R.Drake out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 5TH: N.ALLEN REPLACED T.BROWN (PLAYING SS); W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 4. CLOWNS 6TH: N.Allen singled; R.Neil out on unknown play; R.Abernathy singled [N.Allen to second]; G.Tatum out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 6TH: C.Renfroe out on unknown play; T.Cooper singled to center field; H.Smith singled to center field [T.Cooper to second]; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil homered [T.Cooper scored, H.Smith scored]; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 7. CLOWNS 7TH: A.Gerard out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; J.Guilbe walked; R.Drake walked [J.Guilbe to second]; N.Allen walked [J.Guilbe to third, R.Drake to second]; R.Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 7. MONARCHS 7TH: W.Brown reached on an error by N.Allen [W.Brown to first]; J.Greene flied to R.Abernathy [W.Brown to second]; J.Scott walked; W.Brown stole third; C.Renfroe flied to unknown fielder [W.Brown scored (unearned)]; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 8. CLOWNS 8TH: R.Abernathy out on unknown play; G.Tatum reached on an error by H.Thompson [G.Tatum to first]; S.Hairston out on unknown play; A.Gerard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 8. MONARCHS 8TH: H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil singled; B.O`Neil stole second; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 8. CLOWNS 9TH: BATTED FOR B.HAYWOOD; struck out; J.Guilbe out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 8. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 1 6 2 9 Monarchs 8 10 1 7
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