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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 6 Indianapolis Clowns (IN9) 5

Game played on Sunday, April 11, 1948 (D) at Disch Field, Austin TX
Exhibition game

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



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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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