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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 4 Cleveland Buckeyes (CVB) 2

Game played on Wednesday, May 19, 1948 (N) at Lawrence Field, Wichita KS
Regular-Season game

Cleveland Buckeyes                  1 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0   -   2  8  2
Kansas City Monarchs                0 0 0  2 0 2  0 0 x   -   4  8  3

BATTING

Cleveland Buckeyes                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Archie Ware 1b                        5   2   2    0     0         9   0
Chico Renfroe ss                      4   0   0    0     0         1   0
Willie Grace cf                       4   0   3    2     0         4   0
Leon Kellman 3b                       4   0   0    0     0         2   0
Al Smith lf                           4   0   1    0     0         0   0
Joe Greene c                          4   0   0    0     0         4   0
Cannonball Berry rf                   3   0   0    0     0         1   0
  Tommy Harris ph                     1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Bill Reynolds 2b                      4   0   1    0     0         3   0
Frank Carswell p                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  John Brown p                        1   0   0    0     1         0   0
  Eugene Bremer ph                    1   0   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               35   2   8    2     1   6    24   0

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Al Smith, Bill Reynolds. 

BATTING -
3B:  Archie Ware. 
SH:  Frank Carswell. 
Team LOB:  8


Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Curtis Roberts 2b                     4   0   1    0     0         3   0
Herb Souell 3b                        4   0   1    0     0         1   0
Hank Thompson rf                      4   0   1    0     0         1   0
Willard Brown cf                      4   2   1    0     0         1   0
Johnie Scott lf                       3   2   2    3     1         1   0
Buck O'Neil 1b                        4   0   0    0     0        10   0
Gene Baker ss                         4   0   0    0     0         2   0
Earl Taborn c                         3   0   1    1     0         7   0
Hilton Smith p                        3   0   1    0     0         0   0
  Jim LaMarque p                      0   0   0    0     0         1   0
Totals                               33   4   8    4     1   3    27   0

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Curtis Roberts, Hank Thompson, Gene Baker. 

BATTING -
2B:  Willard Brown, Earl Taborn. 
HR:  Johnie Scott. 
Team LOB:  6


PITCHING

Cleveland Buckeyes                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Frank Carswell L                     3.1     3   2    2   1   1   1  14
John Brown                           4.2     5   2    2   0   2   0  20
Totals                               8       8   4    4   1   3   1  34


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Hilton Smith W                       7.1     7   2    2   1   6   0  31
Jim LaMarque SV                      1.2     1   0    0   0   0   0  6
Totals                               9       8   2    2   1   6   0  37



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Wednesday, 5/19/1948 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Kansas
City Monarchs (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Cleveland                     Kansas City                   
1. A.Ware              1b        C.Roberts           2b        
2. C.Renfroe           ss        H.Souell            3b        
3. W.Grace             cf        H.Thompson          rf        
4. L.Kellman           3b        W.Brown             cf        
5. A.Smith             lf        J.Scott             lf        
6. J.Greene            c         B.O'Neil            1b        
7. C.Berry             rf        G.Baker             ss        
8. B.Reynolds          2b        E.Taborn            c         
9. F.Carswell          p         H.Smith             p         

BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; A.Ware tripled; C.Renfroe out on unknown play;
W.Grace out on unknown play [A.Ware scored]; L.Kellman out on
unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: C.Roberts singled to left field [C.Roberts to
second (error by A.Smith)]; H.Souell lined to W.Grace;
H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0.

BUCKEYES 2ND: A.Smith out on unknown play; J.Greene out on
unknown play; C.Berry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: J.Scott walked; 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, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0.

BUCKEYES 3RD: B.Reynolds singled; F.Carswell out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Reynolds to second]; A.Ware out on
unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: H.Smith 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 1, Monarchs 0.

BUCKEYES 4TH: W.Grace singled to right field [W.Grace to second
(error by H.Thompson)]; L.Kellman out on unknown play; A.Smith
out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 4TH: H.Thompson singled; W.Brown forced H.Thompson
(unknown fielder) [W.Brown to first]; J.Scott homered [W.Brown
scored]; J.BROWN REPLACED F.CARSWELL (PITCHING); B.O'Neil out on
unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 2.

BUCKEYES 5TH: C.Berry out on unknown play; B.Reynolds out on
unknown play; J.Brown walked; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 5TH: E.Taborn out on unknown play; H.Smith singled;
C.Roberts out on unknown play; H.Souell singled [H.Smith to
second]; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 2.

BUCKEYES 6TH: C.Renfroe out on unknown play; W.Grace singled;
L.Kellman out on unknown play; A.Smith singled [W.Grace to
second]; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown doubled; J.Scott singled [W.Brown
scored]; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown
play; E.Taborn doubled [J.Scott scored]; H.Smith out on unknown
play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 4.

BUCKEYES 7TH: C.Berry out on unknown play; B.Reynolds out on
unknown play; J.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 7TH: C.Roberts reached on an error by B.Reynolds
[C.Roberts to first]; H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson
out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 4.

BUCKEYES 8TH: A.Ware singled; C.Renfroe out on unknown play
[A.Ware to second]; W.Grace singled [A.Ware scored]; L.Kellman
reached on an error by C.Roberts [W.Grace to second, L.Kellman
to first]; J.LAMARQUE REPLACED H.SMITH (PITCHING); A.Smith out
on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 8TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; B.O'Neil out on
unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 4.

BUCKEYES 9TH: T.HARRIS BATTED FOR C.BERRY; T.Harris out on
unknown play; B.Reynolds out on unknown play; E.BREMER BATTED
FOR J.BROWN; E.Bremer singled to shortstop [E.Bremer to second
(error by G.Baker)]; A.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Buckeyes         2   8   2   8
 Monarchs         4   8   3   6


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