Indianapolis Clowns 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 - 5 12 1 Kansas City Monarchs 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 x - 6 11 4 BATTING Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Andres Mesa rf 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 Coco Ferrer ss 5 0 1 0 0 3 3 Ray Neil 2b 5 1 3 1 0 4 1 Sam Hairston c 5 1 2 0 0 5 2 Rafael Cabrera lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 Reinaldo Drake cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 Koney Williams ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Henry Merchant 1b 3 1 0 0 1 7 0 Leonard Pigg ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Luis Perez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 Luis Cabrera p 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 Preacher Henry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Blair p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 41 5 12 4 1 5 24 12 FIELDING - E: 1. Coco Ferrer. PB: 1. Sam Hairston. BATTING - 2B: Ray Neil, Koney Williams. 3B: Andres Mesa. SH: Luis Perez. GDP: Andres Mesa. Team LOB: 11 BASERUNNING - SB: Sam Hairston. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Curtis Roberts lf 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 Herb Souell 3b 3 0 1 1 1 2 1 Hank Thompson 2b, ss 3 1 2 0 1 3 4 Willard Brown cf 3 1 2 0 1 3 0 Johnie Scott rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 Gene Baker ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 Buck O'Neil ph, 1b 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 Earl Taborn c 3 0 1 1 1 6 0 Tom Cooper 1b, 2b 4 0 0 0 0 7 2 Jim LaMarque p 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 Totals 32 6 11 5 5 4 27 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Herb Souell, Hank Thompson, Tom Cooper. E: 4. Curtis Roberts, Herb Souell, Tom Cooper 2. BATTING - 3B: Curtis Roberts, Gene Baker. IW: Willard Brown. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Hank Thompson, Johnie Scott. CS: Herb Souell, Willard Brown. PITCHING Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Luis Cabrera 6 10 4 3 1 3 0 27 Preacher Henry L 0.2 1 2 2 4 0 0 6 Bill Blair 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Totals 8 11 6 5 5 4 0 37 IW: Preacher Henry. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim LaMarque W 9 12 5 3 1 5 0 43 Totals 9 12 5 3 1 5 0 43 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Ben Taylor, 1B - Pilgrim Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 3565 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 4/11/1948 -- Indianapolis Clowns at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Kansas City 1. A.Mesa rf C.Roberts lf 2. C.Ferrer ss H.Souell 3b 3. R.Neil 2b H.Thompson 2b 4. S.Hairston c W.Brown cf 5. R.Cabrera lf J.Scott rf 6. R.Drake cf G.Baker ss 7. H.Merchant 1b E.Taborn c 8. L.Perez 3b T.Cooper 1b 9. L.Cabrera p J.LaMarque p CLOWNS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; A.Mesa out on unknown play; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; R.Neil doubled; S.Hairston singled [R.Neil to third]; R.Cabrera reached on an error by H.Souell [R.Neil scored (unearned) (no RBI), S.Hairston to second, R.Cabrera to first]; R.Drake out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: C.Roberts out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson singled; H.Thompson was picked off first (unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 0. CLOWNS 2ND: H.Merchant out on unknown play; L.Perez out on unknown play; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: W.Brown singled; W.Brown was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); J.Scott singled; J.Scott stole second [J.Scott to third (error by C.Ferrer)]; S.Hairston allowed a passed ball [J.Scott scored (unearned)]; G.Baker out on unknown play; E.Taborn walked; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 1, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 3RD: A.Mesa tripled; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; R.Neil singled [A.Mesa scored]; S.Hairston out on unknown play; R.Cabrera out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 2, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 3RD: J.LaMarque out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 2, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 4TH: R.Drake singled; H.Merchant walked [R.Drake to second]; L.Perez out on unknown play; L.Cabrera singled [R.Drake scored, H.Merchant to second]; A.Mesa grounded into a double play (H.Souell to H.Thompson to T.Cooper) [L.Cabrera out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 4TH: H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown singled; J.Scott out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 1. CLOWNS 5TH: C.Ferrer singled; R.Neil singled [C.Ferrer to second]; S.Hairston out on unknown play; R.Cabrera out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 5TH: E.Taborn out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; J.LaMarque singled; C.Roberts tripled [J.LaMarque scored]; H.Souell singled [C.Roberts scored]; H.Thompson singled [H.Souell to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 3, Monarchs 3. CLOWNS 6TH: H.Merchant reached on an error by C.Roberts [H.Merchant to first]; L.Perez out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Merchant to second]; L.Cabrera singled [H.Merchant scored (unearned)]; A.Mesa out on unknown play; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 6TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; G.Baker tripled; E.Taborn singled [G.Baker scored]; T.Cooper out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 4. CLOWNS 7TH: R.Neil reached on an error by T.Cooper [R.Neil to first]; S.Hairston out on unknown play; R.Cabrera out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 7TH: P.HENRY REPLACED L.CABRERA (PITCHING); C.Roberts out on unknown play; H.Souell walked; H.Souell was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); H.Thompson walked; H.Thompson stole second; W.Brown was walked intentionally; J.Scott walked [H.Thompson to third, W.Brown to second]; B.O'NEIL BATTED FOR G.BAKER; B.O'Neil singled to left field [H.Thompson scored, W.Brown scored, J.Scott to second]; B.BLAIR REPLACED P.HENRY (PITCHING); E.Taborn out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 6. CLOWNS 8TH: B.O'NEIL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); T.COOPER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); H.THOMPSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); H.Merchant out on unknown play; L.Perez reached on an error by T.Cooper [L.Perez to first]; B.Blair out on unknown play; A.Mesa singled [L.Perez to second]; C.Ferrer out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 8TH: T.Cooper out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Clowns 4, Monarchs 6. CLOWNS 9TH: R.Neil out on unknown play; S.Hairston singled; S.Hairston stole second; R.Cabrera out on unknown play; K.WILLIAMS BATTED FOR R.DRAKE; K.Williams doubled [S.Hairston scored]; L.PIGG BATTED FOR H.MERCHANT; L.Pigg struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Clowns 5, Monarchs 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Clowns 5 12 1 11 Monarchs 6 11 4 7
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