Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 9 1 Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 x - 4 10 2 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A George Minor cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Archie Ware 1b 4 0 1 0 0 10 0 Leon Kellman 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 Willie Grace rf 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 Al Smith lf 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 Joe Greene c 4 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 Chico Renfroe ss 4 0 1 1 0 3 3 Bill Reynolds 2b 3 0 1 0 0 3 7 Clyde Nelson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Webbo Clarke p 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 Sam Jones p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 35 3 9 1 0 8 24 14 FIELDING - DP: 1. Archie Ware, Chico Renfroe, Bill Reynolds. E: 1. Chico Renfroe. PB: 1. Joe Greene. BATTING - 2B: Al Smith. GDP: Leon Kellman, Bill Reynolds. Team LOB: 5 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Curtis Roberts 2b 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 Herb Souell 3b 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 Hank Thompson rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 Willard Brown cf 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 Johnie Scott lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 Buck O'Neil 1b 3 0 1 0 1 8 2 Gene Baker ss 4 0 1 0 0 5 2 Earl Taborn c 4 0 0 0 0 10 0 Ford Smith p 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 Totals 32 4 10 3 3 4 27 9 FIELDING - DP: 3. Curtis Roberts, Buck O'Neil 3, Gene Baker 3, Ford Smith. E: 2. Willard Brown, Earl Taborn. BATTING - 2B: Ford Smith. 3B: Hank Thompson. GDP: Earl Taborn. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Herb Souell, Willard Brown, Johnie Scott. CS: Hank Thompson. PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Webbo Clarke L 2.2 5 3 2 1 2 0 14 Sam Jones 5.1 5 1 1 2 2 0 21 Totals 8 10 4 3 3 4 0 35 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ford Smith W 9 9 3 1 0 8 0 35 Totals 9 9 3 1 0 8 0 35 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Frank Duncan, 2B - , 3B - Sylvester Vaughn Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 14161 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/16/1948 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Kansas City 1. G.Minor cf C.Roberts 2b 2. A.Ware 1b H.Souell 3b 3. L.Kellman 3b H.Thompson rf 4. W.Grace rf W.Brown cf 5. A.Smith lf J.Scott lf 6. J.Greene c B.O'Neil 1b 7. C.Renfroe ss G.Baker ss 8. B.Reynolds 2b E.Taborn c 9. W.Clarke p F.Smith p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; G.Minor out on unknown play; A.Ware singled; L.Kellman grounded into a double play (G.Baker to C.Roberts to B.O'Neil) [A.Ware out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: C.Roberts out on unknown play; H.Souell walked; H.Thompson grounded out (W.Clarke unassisted) [H.Souell to second]; W.Brown singled to pitcher [H.Souell scored]; J.Scott out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 1. BUCKEYES 2ND: W.Grace out on unknown play; A.Smith doubled; J.Greene reached on an error by E.Taborn [J.Greene to first]; C.Renfroe lined into a double play (B.O'Neil to G.Baker) [A.Smith out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 2ND: B.O'Neil singled; G.Baker out on unknown play; E.Taborn grounded into a double play (C.Renfroe to B.Reynolds to A.Ware) [B.O'Neil out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 1. BUCKEYES 3RD: B.Reynolds singled; W.Clarke singled [B.Reynolds to second]; G.Minor out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; L.Kellman out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 3RD: F.Smith doubled to left field; C.Roberts popped to C.Renfroe; H.Souell grounded out (C.Renfroe to A.Ware); H.Thompson tripled to right field [F.Smith scored]; W.Brown reached on an error by C.Renfroe [H.Thompson scored (unearned) (no RBI), W.Brown to first]; J.Scott singled to pitcher [W.Brown to second]; W.Brown stole third and J.Scott stole second; S.JONES REPLACED W.CLARKE (PITCHING); B.O'Neil popped to B.Reynolds; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 3. BUCKEYES 4TH: W.Grace singled; A.Smith singled [W.Grace to second]; J.Greene struck out; C.Renfroe singled [W.Grace scored, A.Smith to second]; B.Reynolds grounded into a double play (F.Smith to G.Baker to B.O'Neil) [C.Renfroe out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 4TH: G.Baker singled; E.Taborn out on unknown play; J.Greene allowed a passed ball [G.Baker to second]; F.Smith out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 3. BUCKEYES 5TH: S.Jones out on unknown play; G.Minor out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 5TH: H.Souell singled; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown singled [H.Souell to second]; J.Scott out on unknown play; B.O'Neil walked [H.Souell to third, W.Brown to second]; H.Souell was out trying to advance to home and W.Brown advanced to and B.O'Neil advanced to (unknown fielder); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 3. BUCKEYES 6TH: L.Kellman out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; A.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 6TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; F.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 3. BUCKEYES 7TH: J.Greene out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; B.Reynolds out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 7TH: C.Roberts walked; H.Souell forced C.Roberts (unknown fielder) [H.Souell to first]; H.Souell stole second; H.Thompson singled to right field [H.Souell scored]; W.Brown struck out; J.Scott singled to pitcher [H.Thompson to third]; H.Thompson was caught stealing home (J.Greene to C.Renfroe to J.Greene); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 4. BUCKEYES 8TH: S.Jones out on unknown play; G.Minor out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 8TH: B.O'Neil out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 4. BUCKEYES 9TH: L.Kellman singled to right field; W.Grace forced L.Kellman (unknown fielder) [W.Grace to first]; A.Smith singled to center field [W.Grace to second]; J.Greene struck out; C.Renfroe reached on an error by W.Brown [W.Grace scored (unearned) (no RBI), A.Smith scored (unearned) (no RBI), C.Renfroe to second]; C.NELSON BATTED FOR B.REYNOLDS; C.Nelson flied to W.Brown; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 3, Monarchs 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 3 9 1 5 Monarchs 4 10 2 7
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