Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 3 2 1 2 x - 8 13 0 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A T.J. Brown ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 Bailey ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Newt Allen rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Neil 2b 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 Robert Abernathy lf 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 Goose Tatum 1b 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 Sam Hairston 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 Buster Haywood c 3 0 2 1 0 4 0 Henry Merchant cf 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 Jim Colzie p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Johnny Williams ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Reinaldo Drake pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 28 1 7 1 0 1 18 4 FIELDING - DP: 1. Ray Neil, Goose Tatum, Sam Hairston. BATTING - Team LOB: 6 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herb Souell 3b 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 0 0 0 0 8 0 Hank Thompson ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 Willard Brown cf 4 1 2 2 0 6 0 Johnie Scott lf 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 Chico Renfroe 2b 2 1 1 0 1 2 3 Tom Cooper rf 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 Earl Taborn c 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 Jim LaMarque p 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 Totals 29 8 13 8 1 3 21 7 BATTING - 3B: Herb Souell, Jim LaMarque. HR: Willard Brown. SH: Tom Cooper. GDP: Chico Renfroe. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Tom Cooper. PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim Colzie L 6 13 8 8 1 3 1 31 Totals 6 13 8 8 1 3 1 31 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim LaMarque W 7 7 1 1 0 1 0 28 Totals 7 7 1 1 0 1 0 28 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Fambro, 2B - , 3B - Sylvester Vaughn Time of Game: 1:27 Attendance: 8500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 6/29/1947, game 2 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. T.Brown ss H.Souell 3b 2. N.Allen rf B.O`Neil 1b 3. R.Neil 2b H.Thompson ss 4. R.Abernathy lf W.Brown cf 5. G.Tatum 1b J.Scott lf 6. S.Hairston 3b C.Renfroe 2b 7. B.Haywood c T.Cooper rf 8. H.Merchant cf E.Taborn c 9. J.Colzie p J.LaMarque p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; T.Brown out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; R.Neil singled; R.Abernathy out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson singled; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 2ND: G.Tatum out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; B.Haywood singled; H.Merchant out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: J.Scott out on unknown play; C.Renfroe singled; T.Cooper out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Renfroe to second]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 3RD: J.Colzie out on unknown play; T.Brown singled; N.Allen out on unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: J.LaMarque tripled to left field; H.Souell tripled to center field [J.LaMarque scored]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown homered to leftfield [H.Souell scored]; J.Scott out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 3. CLOWNS 4TH: R.Abernathy singled to shortstop; G.Tatum singled to right field [R.Abernathy to third]; S.Hairston out on unknown play; B.Haywood singled to right field [R.Abernathy scored, G.Tatum to second]; H.Merchant out on unknown play; J.Colzie out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 4TH: C.Renfroe walked; T.Cooper singled to center field [C.Renfroe to third]; T.Cooper stole second; E.Taborn flied to R.Abernathy [C.Renfroe scored, T.Cooper to third]; J.LaMarque grounded out (J.Colzie to G.Tatum) [T.Cooper scored]; H.Souell out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 5. CLOWNS 5TH: T.Brown out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 5TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson singled; W.Brown singled to center field [H.Thompson to third]; J.Scott singled to right field [H.Thompson scored, W.Brown to second]; C.Renfroe grounded into a double play (S.Hairston to R.Neil to G.Tatum) [J.Scott out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 6. CLOWNS 6TH: 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 1, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 6TH: REPLACED T.BROWN (PLAYING SS); T.Cooper singled to right field; E.Taborn singled to left field [T.Cooper to third]; J.LaMarque singled [T.Cooper scored, E.Taborn to second]; H.Souell singled [E.Taborn scored, J.LaMarque to second]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 8. CLOWNS 7TH: B.Haywood out on unknown play; H.Merchant out on unknown play; J.WILLIAMS BATTED FOR J.COLZIE; J.Williams singled; R.DRAKE RAN FOR J.WILLIAMS; out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 8. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 1 7 0 6 Monarchs 8 13 0 5
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