Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 3 Kansas City Monarchs 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 x - 5 6 3 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Reinaldo Drake cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Johnny Williams ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Sherwood Brewer ss 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 Ray Neil 2b 4 0 1 0 1 2 3 Sam Hairston 3b 3 0 1 1 1 1 3 Goose Tatum 1b 3 0 0 0 1 9 2 Robert Abernathy lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Henry Merchant rf 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 Leonard Pigg ph, c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Buster Haywood c, rf 3 1 2 0 1 9 2 Jim Colzie p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Armando Vazquez ph, p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Vicente Villafane ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 7 2 7 8 24 13 FIELDING - E: 3. Ray Neil 2, Leonard Pigg. BATTING - GDP: Reinaldo Drake, Ray Neil. Team LOB: 10 BASERUNNING - CS: Buster Haywood. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Curt Roberts ss 5 1 1 2 0 3 3 Chico Renfroe 2b 3 0 1 0 1 4 2 Herb Souell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 Buck O`Neil 1b 3 1 0 0 1 9 0 Willard Brown cf 4 1 2 1 0 2 0 Johnie Scott lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 Earl Taborn c 1 1 1 0 1 8 1 Tom Cooper rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gene Richardson p 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 Totals 31 5 6 3 4 8 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 2. Curt Roberts 2, Chico Renfroe, Buck O`Neil 2. E: 3. Herb Souell, Johnie Scott, Tom Cooper. BATTING - HR: Curt Roberts, Willard Brown. SH: Earl Taborn. HBP: Earl Taborn. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Willard Brown, Johnie Scott. CS: Curt Roberts. PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim Colzie 5 5 2 1 3 7 1 24 Armando Vazquez L 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 13 Totals 8 6 5 3 4 8 2 37 HBP: Armando Vazquez. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gene Richardson W 9 7 2 1 7 8 0 39 Totals 9 7 2 1 7 8 0 39 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Matt Ohlinger, 1B - Bob Ohlinger, 2B - , 3B - Akronis Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 3095 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 9/21/1947, game 2 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. R.Drake cf C.Roberts ss 2. S.Brewer ss C.Renfroe 2b 3. R.Neil 2b H.Souell 3b 4. S.Hairston 3b B.O`Neil 1b 5. G.Tatum 1b W.Brown cf 6. R.Abernathy lf J.Scott lf 7. H.Merchant rf E.Taborn c 8. B.Haywood c T.Cooper rf 9. J.Colzie p G.Richardson p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; R.Drake out on unknown play; S.Brewer out on unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: C.Roberts out on unknown play; C.Renfroe walked; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 2ND: S.Hairston out on unknown play; G.Tatum walked; R.Abernathy out on unknown play; H.Merchant singled to left field [G.Tatum to second]; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: W.Brown homered to leftfield; J.Scott out on unknown play; E.Taborn walked; T.Cooper out on unknown play; G.Richardson singled [E.Taborn to second]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 0, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 3RD: J.Colzie out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; S.Brewer walked; R.Neil singled [S.Brewer to second]; S.Hairston singled [S.Brewer scored, R.Neil to second]; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 3RD: C.Renfroe singled; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil walked [C.Renfroe to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 4TH: R.Abernathy out on unknown play; H.Merchant reached on an error by H.Souell [H.Merchant to first]; B.Haywood singled to right field [H.Merchant to third, B.Haywood to second (error by T.Cooper)]; J.Colzie out on unknown play; R.Drake walked; S.Brewer out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 4TH: E.Taborn singled; T.Cooper out on unknown play; G.Richardson out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 5TH: R.Neil walked; S.Hairston walked [R.Neil to second]; G.Tatum forced S.Hairston (unknown fielder) [R.Neil to third, G.Tatum to first]; R.Abernathy out on unknown play; H.Merchant out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 5TH: C.Renfroe out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil reached on an error by R.Neil [B.O`Neil to first]; W.Brown singled [B.O`Neil to third]; W.Brown stole second [B.O`Neil scored (unearned)]; J.Scott out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 2. CLOWNS 6TH: B.Haywood walked; B.Haywood was caught stealing second (E.Taborn to C.Renfroe); A.VAZQUEZ BATTED FOR J.COLZIE; A.Vazquez singled; R.Drake grounded into a double play (C.Roberts to B.O`Neil) [A.Vazquez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 6TH: A.VAZQUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); E.Taborn was hit by a pitch; T.Cooper out on unknown play; G.Richardson out on unknown play; C.Roberts hit an inside the park homer to right field [E.Taborn scored]; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 4. CLOWNS 7TH: S.Brewer out on unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 7TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 4. CLOWNS 8TH: G.Tatum out on unknown play; R.Abernathy out on unknown play; L.PIGG BATTED FOR H.MERCHANT; L.Pigg out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 8TH: L.PIGG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); B.HAYWOOD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); J.Scott walked; J.Scott stole second; E.Taborn reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by L.Pigg [J.Scott to third, E.Taborn to first]; T.Cooper out on unknown play; G.Richardson out on unknown play; C.Roberts reached on an error by R.Neil [J.Scott scored (unearned) (no RBI), E.Taborn to third, C.Roberts to first]; C.Roberts was caught stealing second (L.Pigg to R.Neil); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 5. CLOWNS 9TH: B.Haywood singled; V.VILLAFANE BATTED FOR A.VAZQUEZ; V.Villafane singled to left field [B.Haywood to third (error by J.Scott)]; J.WILLIAMS BATTED FOR R.DRAKE; J.Williams forced V.Villafane (unknown fielder) [B.Haywood scored (unearned), J.Williams to first]; S.Brewer walked [J.Williams to second]; R.Neil grounded into a double play (C.Roberts to C.Renfroe to B.O`Neil) [S.Brewer out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 2, Monarchs 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 2 7 3 10 Monarchs 5 6 3 8
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