Kansas City Monarchs 1 2 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 - 10 18 3 Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 - 4 7 2 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Curt Roberts ss 5 1 3 3 1 1 0 Chico Renfroe 2b 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 Herb Souell 3b 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 5 1 3 1 0 9 0 Willard Brown cf 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 Johnie Scott lf 5 2 4 1 0 1 0 Joe Greene c 5 1 3 1 0 13 0 Tom Cooper rf 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 Gene Collins p 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 Totals 45 10 18 9 2 4 27 5 FIELDING - E: 3. Chico Renfroe, Buck O`Neil 2. BATTING - 2B: Herb Souell, Buck O`Neil, Johnie Scott. HR: Curt Roberts. Team LOB: 10 BASERUNNING - SB: Johnie Scott 2. Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Merchant cf 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 Sherwood Brewer ss 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 Ray Neil 2b 4 1 1 0 1 1 2 Sam Hairston 3b 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 Goose Tatum 1b 4 0 1 2 0 12 0 Robert Abernathy lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Leonard Pigg c 4 0 1 0 0 7 0 Vicente Villafane rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Armando Vazquez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Preacher Henry p 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 36 4 7 3 4 13 27 9 FIELDING - DP: 2. Sherwood Brewer, Goose Tatum, Leonard Pigg. E: 2. Henry Merchant, Sherwood Brewer. BATTING - 2B: Henry Merchant. HR: Sam Hairston. Team LOB: 9 PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gene Collins W 9 7 4 3 4 13 1 40 Totals 9 7 4 3 4 13 1 40 WP: Gene Collins. Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Armando Vazquez L 3.1 10 8 7 1 3 1 22 Preacher Henry 5.2 8 2 2 1 1 0 25 Totals 9 18 10 9 2 4 1 47 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Strasheim, 1B - Stull Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 1000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 9/22/1947 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Indianapolis Clowns (N) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Indianapolis 1. C.Roberts ss H.Merchant cf 2. C.Renfroe 2b S.Brewer ss 3. H.Souell 3b R.Neil 2b 4. B.O`Neil 1b S.Hairston 3b 5. W.Brown cf G.Tatum 1b 6. J.Scott lf R.Abernathy lf 7. J.Greene c L.Pigg c 8. T.Cooper rf V.Villafane rf 9. G.Collins p A.Vazquez p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; C.Roberts homered to left-center; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil singled; W.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 1ST: H.Merchant out on unknown play; S.Brewer out on unknown play; R.Neil walked; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Clowns 0. MONARCHS 2ND: J.Scott singled; J.Greene singled [J.Scott to second]; T.Cooper out on unknown play [J.Scott to third, J.Greene to second]; G.Collins out on unknown play; C.Roberts singled [J.Scott scored, J.Greene scored]; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 3, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 2ND: G.Tatum reached on an error by C.Renfroe [G.Tatum to first]; R.Abernathy out on unknown play; L.Pigg out on unknown play; V.Villafane out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 3, Clowns 0. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; W.Brown reached on an error by H.Merchant [W.Brown to first]; J.Scott doubled [W.Brown to third]; J.Greene singled [W.Brown scored (unearned), J.Scott to third]; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 4, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 3RD: A.Vazquez out on unknown play; H.Merchant out on unknown play; S.Brewer out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 4, Clowns 0. MONARCHS 4TH: G.Collins singled; C.Roberts out on unknown play; C.Renfroe walked [G.Collins to second]; H.Souell singled [G.Collins scored, C.Renfroe to third]; B.O`Neil doubled [C.Renfroe scored, H.Souell to third]; P.HENRY REPLACED A.VAZQUEZ (PITCHING); W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Scott singled [H.Souell scored, B.O`Neil to third]; J.Scott stole second [B.O`Neil scored (on throw)]; J.Greene singled [J.Scott to third]; T.Cooper singled [J.Scott scored, J.Greene to second]; G.Collins out on unknown play; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 9, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 4TH: R.Neil out on unknown play; S.Hairston walked; G.Tatum out on unknown play; R.Abernathy singled [S.Hairston to second]; L.Pigg out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 9, Clowns 0. MONARCHS 5TH: C.Roberts out on unknown play; C.Renfroe singled; H.Souell doubled [C.Renfroe scored, H.Souell to third (on throw)]; B.O`Neil hit into a double play (S.Brewer to L.Pigg) [H.Souell out at home]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 10, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 5TH: V.Villafane out on unknown play; P.Henry out on unknown play; H.Merchant doubled to center field; S.Brewer reached on an error by B.O`Neil [H.Merchant scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by B.O`Neil), S.Brewer to second]; R.Neil out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 10, Clowns 1. MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 10, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 6TH: S.Hairston homered; G.Tatum out on unknown play; R.Abernathy out on unknown play; L.Pigg singled; V.Villafane singled [L.Pigg to second]; P.Henry out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 10, Clowns 2. MONARCHS 7TH: T.Cooper lined to G.Tatum; G.Collins reached on an error by S.Brewer [G.Collins to first]; C.Roberts walked [G.Collins to second]; C.Renfroe lined into a double play (G.Tatum unassisted) [C.Roberts out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 10, Clowns 2. CLOWNS 7TH: H.Merchant walked; S.Brewer out on unknown play; R.Neil singled [H.Merchant to second]; G.Collins threw a wild pitch [H.Merchant to third, R.Neil to second]; S.Hairston out on unknown play; G.Tatum singled to second base [H.Merchant scored, R.Neil scored]; R.Abernathy out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 10, Clowns 4. MONARCHS 8TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil singled; W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Scott singled [B.O`Neil to third]; J.Scott stole second; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 10, Clowns 4. CLOWNS 8TH: L.Pigg out on unknown play; V.Villafane out on unknown play; P.Henry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 10, Clowns 4. MONARCHS 9TH: T.Cooper out on unknown play; G.Collins out on unknown play; C.Roberts singled; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 10, Clowns 4. CLOWNS 9TH: H.Merchant out on unknown play; S.Brewer walked; R.Neil out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 10, Clowns 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 10 18 3 10 Clowns 4 7 2 9
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