Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 - 5 7 3 Kansas City Monarchs 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 x - 7 9 2 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Chico Renfroe ss 4 1 2 0 1 2 0 Archie Ware 1b 5 0 0 0 0 10 0 Leon Kellman 3b 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 Al Smith lf 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 Willie Grace cf 5 1 1 1 0 3 0 Joe Greene rf 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 Tommy Harris c 3 0 1 0 1 7 0 Bill Reynolds 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chet Brewer p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 5 7 5 6 5 24 0 FIELDING - E: 3. Chico Renfroe, Tommy Harris, Bill Reynolds. BATTING - 3B: Al Smith. HR: Joe Greene. SH: Leon Kellman, Chet Brewer. Team LOB: 9 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Curtis Roberts 2b 3 1 1 0 1 3 0 Herb Souell 3b 4 2 2 1 0 3 0 Hank Thompson rf 4 2 1 2 0 0 0 Willard Brown cf 3 1 3 1 1 4 1 Johnie Scott lf 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 Buck O'Neil 1b 4 0 0 1 0 8 0 Gene Baker ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Earl Taborn c 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 Connie Johnson p 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 7 9 5 2 6 27 1 FIELDING - DP: 1. Herb Souell, Willard Brown. E: 2. Curtis Roberts, Gene Baker. BATTING - 3B: Herb Souell, Hank Thompson. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Willard Brown. PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Chet Brewer L 8 9 7 5 2 6 0 36 Totals 8 9 7 5 2 6 0 36 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Connie Johnson W 9 7 5 5 6 5 1 41 Totals 9 7 5 5 6 5 1 41 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Smeltzer, 1B - Whitney, 2B - , 3B - Daugherty Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 1500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Tuesday, 5/18/1948 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Kansas City 1. C.Renfroe ss C.Roberts 2b 2. A.Ware 1b H.Souell 3b 3. L.Kellman 3b H.Thompson rf 4. A.Smith lf W.Brown cf 5. W.Grace cf J.Scott lf 6. J.Greene rf B.O'Neil 1b 7. T.Harris c G.Baker ss 8. B.Reynolds 2b E.Taborn c 9. C.Brewer p C.Johnson p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; C.Renfroe singled; A.Ware out on unknown play; L.Kellman singled [C.Renfroe to second]; A.Smith out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: C.Roberts singled; H.Souell tripled [C.Roberts scored]; H.Thompson reached on an error by B.Reynolds [H.Souell scored, H.Thompson to first]; W.Brown singled [H.Thompson to third]; W.Brown stole second [H.Thompson scored (unearned) (error by T.Harris), W.Brown to third]; J.Scott out on unknown play; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 3. BUCKEYES 2ND: J.Greene walked; T.Harris walked [J.Greene to second]; B.Reynolds out on unknown play; C.Brewer out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 2ND: E.Taborn out on unknown play; C.Johnson out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 3. BUCKEYES 3RD: A.Ware reached on an error by G.Baker [A.Ware to first]; L.Kellman out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [A.Ware to second]; A.Smith hit into a double play (W.Brown to H.Souell) [A.Ware out at third]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Souell singled; H.Thompson tripled [H.Souell scored]; W.Brown singled [H.Thompson scored]; J.Scott singled [W.Brown to third]; B.O'Neil out on unknown play [W.Brown scored, J.Scott to second]; G.Baker singled to shortstop [J.Scott scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by C.Renfroe), G.Baker to second]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; C.Johnson out on unknown play; 4 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 7. BUCKEYES 4TH: W.Grace out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; T.Harris singled; B.Reynolds out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 7. MONARCHS 4TH: C.Roberts walked; H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown singled [C.Roberts to second]; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 7. BUCKEYES 5TH: C.Brewer out on unknown play; C.Renfroe singled; A.Ware out on unknown play; L.Kellman walked [C.Renfroe to second]; A.Smith tripled [C.Renfroe scored, L.Kellman scored]; W.Grace singled [A.Smith scored]; J.Greene homered to leftfield [W.Grace scored]; T.Harris out on unknown play; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 5, Monarchs 7. MONARCHS 5TH: 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 5, Monarchs 7. BUCKEYES 6TH: B.Reynolds reached on an error by C.Roberts [B.Reynolds to first]; C.Brewer out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Reynolds to second]; C.Renfroe walked; A.Ware out on unknown play; L.Kellman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 5, Monarchs 7. MONARCHS 6TH: C.Johnson out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 5, Monarchs 7. BUCKEYES 7TH: A.Smith out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; J.Greene walked; T.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 5, Monarchs 7. MONARCHS 7TH: H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown walked; J.Scott out on unknown play; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 5, Monarchs 7. BUCKEYES 8TH: B.Reynolds out on unknown play; C.Brewer out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 5, Monarchs 7. MONARCHS 8TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; C.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 5, Monarchs 7. BUCKEYES 9TH: A.Ware out on unknown play; L.Kellman walked; A.Smith out on unknown play; W.Grace out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 5, Monarchs 7. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 5 7 3 9 Monarchs 7 9 2 5
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