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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 10 Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 9

Game played on Thursday, July 10, 1947 (N) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Birmingham Black Barons             0 0 1  0 0 1  1 3 3  0  -   9 14  1
Kansas City Monarchs                0 1 0  2 0 0  0 0 6  1  -  10 10  4

BATTING

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Norman Robinson cf                    5   1   2    0     1         2   1
Artie Wilson ss                       2   0   2    1     3         4   2
John Britton 3b                       6   0   0    1     0         2   1
Piper Davis 2b                        6   2   0    0     0         1   7
Ed Steele rf                          4   3   3    1     1         1   0
Eli Chism lf                          5   1   2    2     0         3   0
Lee Moody 1b                          5   1   1    0     0        11   0
Pepper Bassett c                      5   1   3    3     0         5   0
Alonzo Perry p                        5   0   1    1     0         0   0
  Jimmie Newberry p                   0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               43   9  14    9     5   3    29  11

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Norman Robinson. 
PB: 1.  Pepper Bassett. 

BATTING -
2B:  Ed Steele 2, Pepper Bassett. 
SH:  Artie Wilson. 
GDP:  John Britton. 
Team LOB:  10


Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Herb Souell 3b                        5   1   2    3     1         1   2
Buck O`Neil 1b                        4   1   1    1     1         7   2
Hank Thompson ss                      5   1   2    2     0         3   4
Willard Brown cf                      5   0   0    0     0         6   1
Ted Strong rf                         3   1   1    1     1         0   0
  Jim LaMarque pr, rf                 1   1   0    0     0         0   0
Joe Greene c                          4   0   0    0     1         3   2
Johnie Scott lf                       5   3   2    0     0         3   0
Chico Renfroe 2b                      2   0   0    0     0         2   1
  Tom Cooper 2b                       1   1   0    0     2         5   1
Steve Wylie p                         3   0   1    0     0         0   4
  Cannonball Berry p                  0   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Connie Johnson p                    0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Hilton Smith ph                     1   0   1    1     0         0   0
  Ford Smith pr, p                    1   1   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               40  10  10    8     6   5    30  18

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Buck O`Neil, Hank Thompson, Tom Cooper. 
E: 4.  Hank Thompson 2, Willard Brown, Steve Wylie. 
PB: 1.  Joe Greene. 

BATTING -
2B:  Hank Thompson, Ted Strong. 
3B:  Johnie Scott, Steve Wylie. 
Team LOB:  7


PITCHING

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Alonzo Perry                         8.1     5   7    5   5   4   0  36
Jimmie Newberry L                    1.1     5   3    3   1   1   0  10
Totals                               9.2    10  10    8   6   5   0  46


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Steve Wylie                          7       8   6    3   4   3   0  33
Cannonball Berry                     1       3   2    1   1   0   0  8
Connie Johnson                       1       2   1    1   0   0   0  5
Ford Smith W                         1       1   0    0   0   0   0  3
Totals                               10     14   9    5   5   3   0  49

Steve Wylie pitched to 3 batters in the 8th inning
Cannonball Berry pitched to 2 batters in the 9th inning


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Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Sylvester Vaughn, 2B -  , 3B -  Fambro

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 2505

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 7/10/1947 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Kansas
City Monarchs (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Birmingham                    Kansas City                   
1. N.Robinson          cf        H.Souell            3b        
2. A.Wilson            ss        B.O`Neil            1b        
3. J.Britton           3b        H.Thompson          ss        
4. P.Davis             2b        W.Brown             cf        
5. E.Steele            rf        T.Strong            rf        
6. E.Chism             lf        J.Greene            c         
7. L.Moody             1b        J.Scott             lf        
8. P.Bassett           c         C.Renfroe           2b        
9. A.Perry             p         S.Wylie             p         

BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; N.Robinson walked; A.Wilson out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [N.Robinson to second];
J.Britton out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell walked; B.O`Neil out on unknown play;
H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: E.Steele singled; E.Chism out on unknown
play; L.Moody out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: T.Strong out on unknown play; J.Greene out on
unknown play; J.Scott tripled; P.Bassett allowed a passed ball
[J.Scott scored (unearned)]; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 0, Monarchs 1.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: A.Perry out on unknown play; N.Robinson
singled; A.Wilson walked [N.Robinson to second]; J.Greene
allowed a passed ball [N.Robinson to third]; J.Britton out on
unknown play [N.Robinson scored (unearned)]; P.Davis out on
unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 1,
Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 3RD: S.Wylie out on unknown play; H.Souell out on
unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 1, Monarchs 1.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: E.Steele out on unknown play; E.Chism
singled; E.Chism was picked off first, but was safe on an error
by S.Wylie [E.Chism to second]; L.Moody out on unknown play;
P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Black
Barons 1, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 4TH: H.Thompson doubled; W.Brown out on unknown play;
T.Strong doubled [H.Thompson scored]; J.Greene reached on an
error by N.Robinson [T.Strong scored (unearned) (no RBI),
J.Greene to first]; J.Scott out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out
on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 1,
Monarchs 3.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: T.COOPER REPLACED C.RENFROE (PLAYING 2B);
A.Perry out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play;
A.Wilson walked; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Black Barons 1, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 5TH: S.Wylie out on unknown play; H.Souell out on
unknown play; B.O`Neil walked; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 1, Monarchs 3.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; E.Steele doubled
to center field [E.Steele to third (error by W.Brown)]; E.Chism
out on unknown play [E.Steele scored (unearned)]; L.Moody out on
unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 2,
Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong out on
unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 2, Monarchs 3.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: P.Bassett singled; A.Perry out on unknown
play; N.Robinson singled [P.Bassett to second]; A.Wilson singled
[P.Bassett scored, N.Robinson to second]; J.Britton grounded
into a double play (T.Cooper to H.Thompson to B.O`Neil)
[A.Wilson out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 3,
Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 7TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on
unknown play; S.Wylie tripled; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 3, Monarchs 3.

BLACK BARONS 8TH: P.Davis reached on an error by H.Thompson
[P.Davis to first]; E.Steele walked [P.Davis to second]; E.Chism
singled [P.Davis scored (unearned), E.Steele to second]; C.BERRY
REPLACED S.WYLIE (PITCHING); L.Moody out on unknown play;
P.Bassett singled [E.Steele scored, E.Chism to second]; A.Perry
singled [E.Chism scored, P.Bassett to second]; N.Robinson out on
unknown play; A.Wilson walked [P.Bassett to third, A.Perry to
second]; J.Britton out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Black Barons 6, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 8TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on
unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Black Barons 6, Monarchs 3.

BLACK BARONS 9TH: P.Davis reached on an error by H.Thompson
[P.Davis to first]; E.Steele doubled [P.Davis scored
(unearned)]; C.JOHNSON REPLACED C.BERRY (PITCHING); E.Chism out
on unknown play; L.Moody singled [E.Steele to third]; P.Bassett
doubled [E.Steele scored, L.Moody scored]; A.Perry out on
unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 9, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 9TH: T.Strong walked; J.LAMARQUE RAN FOR T.STRONG;
J.Greene walked [J.LaMarque to second]; J.Scott forced J.Greene
(unknown fielder) [J.LaMarque to third, J.Scott to first];
T.Cooper walked [J.Scott to second]; H.SMITH BATTED FOR
C.JOHNSON; H.Smith singled [J.LaMarque scored, J.Scott to third,
T.Cooper to second]; F.SMITH RAN FOR H.SMITH; J.NEWBERRY
REPLACED A.PERRY (PITCHING); H.Souell singled [J.Scott scored,
T.Cooper scored, F.Smith to second]; B.O`Neil singled [F.Smith
scored, H.Souell to third, B.O`Neil to second (on throw)];
H.Thompson singled to center field [H.Souell scored, B.O`Neil
scored]; W.Brown out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown
play; 6 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 9, Monarchs 9.

BLACK BARONS 10TH: F.SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING);
J.LAMARQUE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); A.Wilson singled to
center field (W.Brown to T.Cooper) [A.Wilson out at second];
J.Britton out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 9, Monarchs 9.

MONARCHS 10TH: J.Greene out on unknown play; J.Scott singled;
T.Cooper walked [J.Scott to second]; F.Smith out on unknown
play; H.Souell singled to right field [J.Scott scored, T.Cooper
to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 9, Monarchs 10.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Barons     9  14   1  10
 Monarchs        10  10   4   7


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