Birmingham Black Barons 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 - 8 11 1 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 - 6 9 4 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Norman Robinson cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 Artie Wilson ss 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 John Britton 3b 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 Piper Davis 2b 4 1 2 2 0 1 2 Ed Steele rf 4 2 2 1 0 4 0 Eli Chism lf 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 Alonzo Perry ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Orinthal Anderson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Lee Moody 1b 3 0 1 1 0 6 1 Herman Bell c 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 Tommy Sampson ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Pepper Bassett c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bill Powell p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Curtis Hollingsworth ph, p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 8 11 6 2 4 21 9 FIELDING - DP: 2. Artie Wilson, John Britton, Piper Davis, Lee Moody 2. E: 1. Curtis Hollingsworth. BATTING - 2B: Norman Robinson, John Britton, Piper Davis, Ed Steele, Alonzo Perry. SH: Artie Wilson, Lee Moody. Team LOB: 7 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herb Souell 3b 5 1 2 0 0 2 1 Buck O`Neil 1b 3 1 1 0 1 6 0 Hank Thompson 2b, cf 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 Willard Brown ss 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 Ted Strong rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Chico Renfroe pr, 2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Johnie Scott lf 3 1 2 0 1 5 0 Tom Cooper cf, rf 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 Earl Taborn c 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 Jim LaMarque p 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 Steve Wylie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ford Smith ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 29 6 9 6 6 4 21 8 FIELDING - E: 4. Buck O`Neil, Ted Strong 2, Chico Renfroe. BATTING - 2B: Buck O`Neil, Jim LaMarque. HR: Willard Brown. SH: Tom Cooper. HBP: Earl Taborn. GDP: Tom Cooper. Team LOB: 10 PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bill Powell 3 4 5 5 5 2 1 18 Curtis Hollingsworth W 4 5 1 1 1 2 0 19 Totals 7 9 6 6 6 4 1 37 HBP: Curtis Hollingsworth. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim LaMarque 6 6 4 2 1 2 0 27 Steve Wylie L 1 5 4 4 1 2 0 9 Totals 7 11 8 6 2 4 0 36 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: 2:45 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/13/1947, game 2 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Kansas City Monarchs (D) 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 2b 4. P.Davis 2b W.Brown ss 5. E.Steele rf T.Strong rf 6. E.Chism lf J.Scott lf 7. L.Moody 1b T.Cooper cf 8. H.Bell c E.Taborn c 9. B.Powell p J.LaMarque p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; N.Robinson doubled to center field; A.Wilson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [N.Robinson to third]; J.Britton reached on an error by T.Strong [N.Robinson scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Britton to first]; P.Davis out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson walked; W.Brown walked [H.Thompson to second]; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: E.Chism walked; L.Moody out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [E.Chism to second]; H.Bell out on unknown play; B.Powell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: J.Scott walked; T.Cooper grounded into a double play (A.Wilson to P.Davis to L.Moody) [J.Scott out at second]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: N.Robinson out on unknown play; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton doubled to right field; P.Davis singled to right field [J.Britton scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by T.Strong), P.Davis to second]; E.Steele out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: J.LaMarque doubled to center field; H.Souell reached on a fielder's choice [J.LaMarque to third]; B.O`Neil walked [H.Souell to second]; H.Thompson singled [J.LaMarque scored, H.Souell scored, B.O`Neil to second]; W.Brown homered to rightfield [B.O`Neil scored, H.Thompson scored]; T.Strong walked; C.RENFROE RAN FOR T.STRONG; J.Scott singled [C.Renfroe to second]; T.Cooper out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Renfroe to third, J.Scott to second]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 5. BLACK BARONS 4TH: C.RENFROE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); H.THOMPSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); T.COOPER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); E.Chism singled; E.Chism was picked off first, but was safe on an error by B.O`Neil [E.Chism to second]; L.Moody out on unknown play; H.Bell out on unknown play; C.HOLLINGSWORTH BATTED FOR B.POWELL; C.Hollingsworth out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 4TH: C.HOLLINGSWORTH STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); H.Souell singled; B.O`Neil doubled [H.Souell to third]; H.Thompson lined into a double play (L.Moody to J.Britton) [H.Souell out at third]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 5. BLACK BARONS 5TH: N.Robinson reached on an error by C.Renfroe [N.Robinson to first]; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 5TH: C.Renfroe walked; J.Scott out on unknown play; T.Cooper reached on an error by C.Hollingsworth [C.Renfroe to second, T.Cooper to first]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 5. BLACK BARONS 6TH: E.Steele singled to right field; E.Chism singled to right field [E.Steele to third, E.Chism to second (on throw)]; L.Moody flied to J.Scott [E.Steele scored, E.Chism to third]; T.SAMPSON BATTED FOR H.BELL; T.Sampson flied to J.Scott [E.Chism scored]; C.Hollingsworth out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 4, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 6TH: P.BASSETT REPLACED T.SAMPSON (PLAYING C); H.Souell singled; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 4, Monarchs 5. BLACK BARONS 7TH: S.WYLIE REPLACED J.LAMARQUE (PITCHING); N.Robinson out on unknown play; A.Wilson walked; J.Britton singled to right field [A.Wilson to second]; P.Davis doubled to left field [A.Wilson scored, J.Britton scored]; E.Steele doubled [P.Davis scored]; A.PERRY BATTED FOR E.CHISM; A.Perry doubled [E.Steele scored]; L.Moody singled [A.Perry to third]; P.Bassett out on unknown play; C.Hollingsworth out on unknown play; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 8, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 7TH: O.ANDERSON REPLACED A.PERRY (PLAYING LF); C.Renfroe out on unknown play; J.Scott singled; T.Cooper singled [J.Scott to second]; E.Taborn was hit by a pitch [J.Scott to third, T.Cooper to second]; F.SMITH BATTED FOR S.WYLIE; F.Smith flied to N.Robinson [J.Scott scored]; H.Souell out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 8, Monarchs 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 8 11 1 7 Monarchs 6 9 4 10
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