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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 7 Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB) 5

Game played on Tuesday, May 18, 1948 (N) at Lawrence Field, Wichita KS
Regular-Season game

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



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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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